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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
4
In Union Creek and nearby towns residents report good corn weather with most crop in and small grain promising. Local officials discuss road improvements and caucus attendance yields delegates to the state convention. Heath and social events include marriages, Maypole celebration, and storm aftermath with farm losses and mill activity noted.
Special correspondence reports A H Smith from Akron on Monday business. Families visiting Marshs and Moreheads travel between Millnerville and Akron. Fred Parke works for A P Marsh for a month. H J Coppock from Le Mars on business. Benjamin Hampton arrives from England, detained in New York several days. Seven hundred steerage passengers await allocation to destinations as Wednesday’s cyclone like storm arrives.
Large number of farmers plow corn and a new wind mill has been erected by David Nilson. Vermillion students attended service last Sunday. John F. Larson spoke, August Peterson bought a fine piano from M. L. Disbrow of Hawar en. Abel Larson visited Charley Malmstrom at Garland. Rev. Swaney Nilson and J. Nilson returned from the Baptist convention in St. Paul. The young ladies sewing society sale is set for June 24 with music by the Big Springs band. all invited to enjoy a feast.
Special correspondent notes relief agent G A Adams leaving for Platte Nebraska to relieve the agent there while J A Phelps returns from a country tour. Various locals travel for medical care, store purchases, crop checks, and farm help. Reports mention a wrestling with a shoulder dislocation, multiple trips to Sioux City and Akron, a pending wedding in Dakota, and wolf hunting prospects with several sheep losses observed.
Married at the home of Justice T J Reeves Union Creek S D on Tuesday May 1902 John Kent and Mrs E A Kiplinger Elk Point are early Union County settlers The couple will reside in Elk Point after visiting Akron at the home of her daughter Mrs J ee Swill
Ex cellent farm land in Douglass county Wisconsin offered at 6 to 10 dollars per acre. Suited for small grain vegetables and corn with yields comparable to northwest Iowa. Close to Duluth and West Superior markets. Anticipated value rise to 60 to 75 dollars per acre. buy now for best real estate investment. James B Travit Akron Iowa offers railroad fare for a country tour.
The Akron band will perform Saturday evening on the street with a program including March selections Medley Weary Roggies Dance of the Hoboes Gracker Jack Medley rescue and selections Blaze Away American Bell and The Popular Swing with notes on march and medley formats.
Market notes show prices for No 2 Wheat Nod Corn and Oats with itemized live stock and produce terms including butter and eggs. The fragmentary text mentions Dave Cows butcher stock hides hens spring chickens and related commodities.
Excursion to Spirit Lake and Okoboji via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway on Sunday June 8 1902. Program includes grand concert at 1 30 p.m. and a 2 30 p.m. baseball game Algona Colored vs Sioux City Philippines. Admission 25 cents grand stand. Five excursion steamers on Okoboji Lake 25 cents round trip. Special train leaves Akron 6 32 a.m. returns Arnold's Park 6 30 p.m. round trip $2.00. Tickets bought from CMStP officials.
For sale cheap. A good buggy inquire at this pipe. Excursion to Hawarden. Campbell Bros circus at Hawarden offers excursion tickets at one and one third fare round trip. Tickets good until June 2.
The C M and St P announces excursion tickets to Spirit Lake Okoboji and Arnold s Park Iowa from May 1 to September 30 with tickets valid thirty days from sale. Round trip price set at one and one third fare. Tickets available for return within thirty days.
The C M S P railroad announces rate reductions for the State Sunday School association gathering at Sioux City. Tickets sell June 9 and 10 with return by the 13th, priced at one and one third fare for a round trip. Inquiries should be directed to the local agent.
The article surveys unusual foods across cultures and eras. Locusts and grasshoppers appear in Africa France India and Asia as delicacies or staples. Caterpillars spiders cockchafers palm worms and white ants are consumed in various regions with descriptions of preparation and taste. The tone mirrors a travel food feature noting regional preferences and rustic foods.
A con man posed as a Massachusetts clergyman sending an inked appeal and $8 fare check to lure funds. He traveled five days in New York and kept a ledger listing clergy victims in Chicago and other cities with notes like “Rey, $4” and “No good, can’t work.” The surprised finder traced a wide scam pattern across three years.
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