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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
4
Westfield Herms special notes visits from Akron and Sioux City residents. Local events include the Congregational church supper and Peace Day performance by boys, with proceeds near $28 for the Sunday school.
Mr and Mrs Wm Ericson visited M Hultgren at his home last Sunday. The Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Hilder Johnson next Thursday afternoon. Henning Gassman visited from Elk Point. his mother has been ill. Regular Lutheran service next Sunday at 10:30. Rev Nelson preaches German Lutheran at 4 pm. Farmers bought a road scraper for better travel. P O Nilson of Akron and Lawton Wyckoff of Sioux City demonstrated Cadillacs. Nilson sold to Joseph Johnson, others ordered. June 8 concert at Union Creek Lutheran Church by the Augustana Male Quartet with Prof John Herman. admission 25c adults, 15c children. Watch for next week’s notice. Want ads are profitable.
Miss Emma Klemme assists at the John Koch home. Adolph Schuster works on Aug Koch farm. Rena Huls returns from Dakota visit. Miss Meta Von Hagel leaves Akron for home. May 22 dance at Ruble hall. Rudolph Erks builds a new house on his farm. Maria and William Freriebs visit Lueschen home. Mia Schuster helps her sister in Akron. Jenssy Gable visits from near Merrill to stay with Frank. Shrome visits relatives in Dakota last Sunday.
Mrs. F Fletcher of Merrill visits her daughters Mesdames Al and Wilbur Morehead. Rev James of Westheld delivers an illustrated lecture at the church. Sunday school draws attendees from LeMars Akron Merrill Grathorne and Dotosia. Elsie and Blanche Greene visit from LeMars. Kid Stinton hosts George Eisentraut of Sioux City. Mr and Mrs H B Morehead suffer ptomaine poisoning from meat left in a tin pail. Dr Bushnell treats them and they recover.
Local notes report residents visiting, hospitalizations, and deaths in Richland area. Mrs. Will Dickerson recovered after surgery in Sioux City hospital. Mrs. Woodbury Card died near Elk Point after long illness and a kidney operation. Erick Erickson, Union county pioneer, died aged 85. funeral held at Big Springs church with interment in the cemetery.
Alcester Union reports a daughter born to Mr and MrsThomas McCarty southeast of Westield on May 16 1900. In a nearby parish two orphan piglets found a foster mother a cow near Cler mont C Lava. The cow lets them feed and the piglets follow her squealing Wee Wes all the way home.
Local mentions include Mrs Pearl Gemnon visiting Sioux City yesterday and John Anderson suffering blood poisoning from a snail thorn. Notes record visits by George Baucom and Miss Hazel Milnes, travel by Mr and Mrs I Knudson, and a niece’s wedding in Sac City. Farmers report a strong corn planting week and hail damage nearby. Nearby residents Gilbert Lyons returns from Oregon to visit family as others plan funerals and travel. Street concert by blind performers, and Egar Johnson preparing for Sweden trip.
The article argues good temper is the foremost quality for husband and wife and for human relations. It warns ill temper poisons lives, grows worse with age, and disrupts romantic notions. It notes lovers often abandon common sense, with Cupid depicted as rose colored rather than blind.
The writer recalls dime novels as wholesome tales that spurred outdoor sport and family reading by the fire. He notes a crusade against dime novels lasting about twenty years and laments their decline, mentioning Beadle ten-centers and the shift to cheap urban tales in New York Press.
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