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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
2
A reader praises The Pathfinder for concise reliable world news and urges subscriptions. The note promotes a special one year price of 2.35 dollars for both The Pathfinder and Register-Tribune and encourages patronage of home merchants.
Memorial Day dinner by the Ladies of the Christian church. For sale items include a McCormick-Deering cultivator and a John Deere corn planter. Old-time dance at Riversioux Park with live music by George Ahrens. Akron Variety Store advertises plants and farm tools. Local visits from D E Mentzer and out‑of‑town relatives. Senior class play Heart Trouble to be staged May 15–16 with full cast and synopsis. Community notes and business ads conclude.
Commencement exercises for the Junior High will be held Thursday evening May 21 with forty three ninth grade graduates to receive certificates of promotion. Rev W S Johnson will deliver the address. Valedictory and Salutatory will be given by top scholastic students. Ninth grade graduates listed include John Adams Stanley Anderson Martha Appley Evelyn Baldwin Joseph Blum Donald Boden Thelma Bohlcken Arthur Brundeen Eugene Buehre Wayne Burris Betty Chamberlain Frances Clayton Ardus Finzen Alvin Frisk Harold Gillespie Arnold Harkness Ida Howard Ferne Husted Milo Jacobs Dorothy Johnson Naome Johnson Thomas Kenny Dorothy Klemme Phyllis Koch Marjorie Lake Opal Sorenson Carol McKilhaney Gilbert Mellen Harriet Moore Kathryn Moore Sidney Moore Dorothy Neilson Neva Neal Evelyn
The Town Council orders removal of rubble and ashes from alleys. Cleanup must be finished by Friday May 15 1936, after which the town will perform the work and assess the cost to the property owner. Mayor Dick Bohleken signs the notice.
A farmer explains how he always pays cash for purchases and borrows from a bank when money is needed to keep bills centralized. The piece notes the risk of farmers charging items and later finding corn sales won’t cover the rising debt.
Multiple notices advertise services and sales including a girl for general house work, a two row cultivator, crocheted items, work horses, Sudan grass seed, a modern seven room house, wild hay, and sewing work priced at 25 to 35 cents per hour. Names include Mrs. Chas Moffatt A W Lundberg Mrs Rose Shearer John Koch Hiram Holm Jas Coleman Ruth Swift. Local contact details and terms provided.
A reader is advised not to skip the Register-Tribune and the Pathfinder for economy. The notice promotes a yearly bundle of 52 issues of both papers at a price of $2.35, highlighting its value.
A local notice invites readers to stay informed weekly about events locally, in Washington, and worldwide. It promises a sample copy upon request and urges sending subscription payments to the office, highlighting a bargain price and the value of the Want Ad Column.
Pattern tracing carbon paper offered for sale at the Register Tribune office. Large sheet available for 10 cents.
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