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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
2
An article quotes business leaders decrying rampant inflation with scarce goods and profiteering. Sugar, potatoes, and printing paper are cited as rising costs while Federal Reserve efforts falter. Despite chaos, merchants urge courage and preparedness for worse to come.
Mrs. Henrietta Shoup of Peoria Route 3 credits Tanlac with restoring her health after a quarter century of misery. She reports relief from stomach trouble headaches dizzy spells and nervousness and says she is now in the best health of her life at seventy. The ad notes Tanlac is sold in Akron Merrill and other towns.
Plymouth County Medical Society meeting in LeMars on May 10 adopted a uniform county wide fee schedule. Town day calls set at 3 dollars, night calls 4 dollars. Country day calls 3 dollars plus 1 dollar per mile one way with extra charges for night work and bad roads. Vernon and Brunner signed.
Town of Akron Iowa council on April 20 1920 presented a measure to install sewers in the town. It calls for vitrified pipe eight to ten inches in diameter to serve multiple street segments and lists numerous parcels to be assessed for the project costs. The plan follows specific street projections and manhole placements in Akron Plymouth County Iowa.
Resolution 43 covers multiple blocks in the Town of Akron including Block 76 Section 3 and surrounding Lots 4 through 9 in Blocks 86 87 and related areas. Final passage scheduled for Tuesday June 15 1920 at 8:00 p m at the Town Council office with public hearing opportunity. Mayor A L Yeaton Clerk Co J Hammer sign the document. Shoulberg Palm Mattison Bennett Burnight voted affirmative.
The Institute of American Meat Packers expands its push for using inexpensive fore-quarter cuts to aid stock producers and packing interests. The analysis notes beef demand is uneven, fore-quarters are palatable and nutritious, and wider consumer adoption could stabilize prices, reduce waste, and broaden meat consumption. Also lists local birth notices with dates in May 1920 and 1924.
Notice from A. J. Wallin Supt Light and Water Dept urges all persons indebted to the town for house wiring to call at the office and settle immediately as the accounts in that department must be closed.
Delivery times updated with morning and afternoon departures from stores. Bake Sale to fund school grounds improvements at March and Thorson’s on May 22. Wrestling match reports at opera house include Sorenson defeating Harris, with substitute exhibitions by Lilly and Waltman and a match ending as a flea from referee Simeon.
Mrs Henry Dirks and Mrs W Z Brunner visited Sioux City yesterday. Community church notices and social calls fill the Akron area, with Shriners meeting in Sioux Falls and a 800-member initiation. The May Festival at Concordia Church and a playground fund drive are announced, along with obituaries and welcome weather for corn planting.
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