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Newspaper

Akron Register Tribune

Location

Akron, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1940

Page

5

Union Orebek News Special Correspondence May Services and Local Visits

Morning services Sunday May 12 at 11 oclock and Sunday school at 10 oclock. Mrs Milton Ericson visited her mother Mrs C A Hamilton Friday afternoon. A large crowd attended the soil conservation program at Hoyt school Friday evening featuring pupils from Hoyt Mount Hope West Union and Spring Creek, a talk by Prof Gerber Alcester and a moving picture The River. 4 H club members were hosts. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Fickbohm and daughters and Mr and Mrs George Fickbohm visited Roy Fickbohm home in Sioux Falls Sunday and attended the Junior Missionary program at Augustana Lutheran church in the afternoon at the annual district convention. Hannah Seliberg Mrs Arthur Wilcox and Mrs Wm Erieson visited friends in Sioux Falls Sunday and stayed for the district Ladies Aid meeting at St Marys. Remaining items for Mr and Mrs Al Teckla we on spelled the Necundent.

Ofelock O’élock Milton ‘Ericson C. A. Hamilton Hoyt Mount ‘Hope West Union Spring Creek Gerber Alcester River Lloyd Fickbohm George Fickbohm Roy Fickbohm Sioux Falls

Dewey Home Sunday Attends Junior Missionary Program

Reading fragments show Dewey at home Sunday and attending the Junior Missionary program in Sioux Falls an afternoon event. The note mentions a Sunday gathering and participation by Dewey in the program.

Esteemed statesman editor dies at 86 after long service

The trial commissioner from 1916 to 1937, a 21 year period, died at age 86 leaving a legacy in state law and institutions. He outlived most contemporaries and, though perhaps unknown to newer generations, his influence is inscribed in the laws and traditions of the state.

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Homan Announces Candidacy for State Representative Nomination

Peter J. Homan of Remsen announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for State Representative from Plymouth County, subject to June primary voters' decision. The notice appeared in the Register-Tribune and invites support in the upcoming election.

Register-Tribune Plymouth County Peter J. Homan Remsen

Card of Thanks for Mother’s Day Gifts and Kindness

Card expresses gratitude for neighbors and relatives after Leonard Lee’s death. Thanks Sixth, Fourth, Second, and Kindergarten grades for kindness. Notices promotion of gift items for Mother's Day at Akron Variety Store The Elite Shop and Thorson’s Drug Store.

Theonighbors Leonard ‘Lee Wim. Omen Grain ‘Co Akron Variety

Fragmented Iowa News Briefs and Notices

Local notices and brief items from Elk Point and surrounding areas cover auctions, sales, and chores in Akron and Humboldt. Highlights include a drug store promotion, court schedule announcements, Humane Society style notices, and remarks on local illness, construction progress, and visiting relatives. The column also lists court dates in Plymouth County and a reminder about radio and TV course opportunities.

Akron Bakery Promotes Local Pleasures in Town

Akron Bakery earns praise through neighborly word of mouth as locals tout bread rolls cookies pies and pastries. The piece notes the town’s preference for homegrown goods and the impact of local production on community trade. A separate item mentions a new seven-team Southeastern Dakota baseball circuit forming around midwestern stations with a fourteen week schedule beginning May 19 and each team playing twice.

Éignet Bowie Akyon Akron Iany Beresford Canton Elk Point Hudson Lennox Vermillion Midway Suunday

Standard Oil to boost ad budget in newspapers

Standard Oil of Indiana will raise its 1940 advertising budget and place about 75 percent of it in newspapers across 13 states in the Midwest. Agent Armold Brundeen says Red Crown gasoline is the 2-to-1 favorite of motorists, with 1,713 papers totaling 14 million in circulation carrying the campaign, emphasizing Ico-Vis motor oil as favored by midwestern drivers.

Standard Oil Company Indiana Red’ Crown Armold Brundeen Standard Middlewest Akron Register- Tribune Brandéen Red Crown

Akron Dry Cleaners offer limited subscription rate

Fragments show Sanitex bags and free sealing mentioned. The Akron Register-Tribune expands reader service with a yearly Pathfinder subscription offered at a low price of 2.35 dollars. Send orders by mail or act soon.

Akron Sanitex Register-Tribuné Adt Ani Pathfinder

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