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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
4
Our new goods for spring and summer are arriving daily. New House Dresses and Aprons, dresses for Children and Misses, new Hosiery, Underwear. Shipment of Outing Gowns arrived. they should have been last fall. They are reduced from 2.00 to 1.50. Hosiery, all sizes and prices. One lot of hosiery for children at 25c. Towelling bleached and unbleached, regular 30c, now 18c.
Nick Wille announces sale options from the Akron area including 25 full blood Hereford bulls 13 to 20 months old offered with pedigrees, nine pedigreed Hereford cows from a recent sale, and 18 two year old Hereford heifers not pedigreed but of A-1 quality. Books open May 1 with call to 33 FP2 for details and farm visits northeast of Akron.
Milnerville area news covers moving residents, new homes, and illness. Sixteen students from six schools took the Sunnyside eighth grade exams, with lists of names. multiple families relocate, and local doctors report patient recoveries. Community events include a Sunnyside Dramatic Club play and a farm bureau meeting.
Regular service next Sunday forenoon at the Lutheran church with Sunday school after service. Luther League social at L. E. Ericson home last Wednesday. Literary program and refreshments planned for next Wednesday at the church. Several local residents noted for visits, illnesses, and family gatherings including a three months wedding tour in California and a recent operation in Sioux City.
The Westfield column records Miss Julia Cilley visiting from the US, Mr. Bennett returning from California to resume depot duties, and several locals on trips. It also notes the death of E. M. Doyle at 65, his funeral at St. Catherines in Akron, and tribute to a respected town merchant, with survivors listed.
City council met March 2 1920 with Mayor Wooton and four councillors present. Minutes approved. The revised Miller Milling Co contract for power plant space not accepted. Grubbs & West bids for sewer and water mains approved. Wages for Martin Sanvold and salary of John Von Hagel increased. Various bills paid. meeting adjourned.
Local residents report travel for business and leisure with trips to LeMars Sioux City Chicago Omaha and Des Moines. Notable events include a hospital operation in Akron and several marriages recently announced in Sioux City Akron and Spencer with plans to establish new homes post ceremony.
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