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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
2
The Cuban republic became a reality on Tuesday noon. General Wood, governor under military rule, turned over the reins to Tomas Estrada Palma, the newly inaugurated president, signaling independence after a century of struggle against Spanish rule. General rejoicing followed the ceremony in Cuba.
Nearby items report the Modern Woodmen of Hawarden planning a June 24 event, the Iowa Pharmaceutical association set for Sioux City July 8–10, and local notes on wolf scalps bought by Louis Moran of Chatsworth. Sioux County rejects courthouse bids amid high material costs and contractor shortages. Rev. E H Holman resigns from Sioux City First Christian Church. A formaldehyde lamp exploded in a Wausa hotel risking a doctor’s life. Iowa Brokerage Company forms to pool western Iowa and eastern Nebraska merchant buying power for bedrock prices.
In LeMars Saturday the Plymouth County Republican convention selected delegates to state, congressional, and judicial gatherings. Delegates from Portland township included G. C. Byland and Neil Robertson among others. Judge F F R Gaynor picked judicial delegates. Resolutions backed Hon. Lot Thomas for congress and W. W. Cornwall for Supreme Court reporter.
A May 30 gathering at the graveyard honors Union and Confederate dead with flowers and a banner. The speaker laments losses at Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, recalls drummer boys and Stonewall Jackson, and notes graves hold those who died for the cause. The poem ends with equal tribute to both sides and a dated signature Alwon May 14, 1902, B.I.
Jessie Pinkey Hall of Springville Alabama warns that three children suffered whooping cough last summer while her baby was three months old. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with preventing dangerous outcomes and keeping her children healthy, noting her oldest daughter even called for cough syrup between fits. The remedy is sold by E F Cobb Druggist.
A three month old bull was received at a premises southeast of town. The owner can recover the animal by paying all charges. A. Baker.
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