Akron hardware co eyes tested tree and wallpaper deals
Local notices report business activity at Akron Hardware Co and Cobb and Wintersteen stores with ads for window screens cultivators and wall paper. Visitors include Miss Anna Johnson returning from Radcliffe and others visiting relatives across Minnesota and Iowa. Several local figures travel, shop, and attend to property matters as rain delays a ball game between Hawarden and Brookings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Hdw
Wintersteens
Whit- Tower
Akron Dw. Co
Reception for Girls at Mrs Brady Home May 25 1906
A stormy day did not prevent a well attended girls reception at Mrs C G Brady's home on Friday May 25 1906. Over thirty young ladies joined the event. The program included a talk What to Wear and musical selections by Maude Beverly Clara Pollock Nora Coffin and readings by Mrs Lillie Mrs Burgess and Mrs Brady. Light refreshments followed and Miss Joy Meredith thanked the Ladies of the Friday club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Brady
Miss Joy Meredith
Administratrix Notice of L Johnson Estate Plymouth County Iowa
Notice to all interested parties that on May 19 1906 the District Court of Plymouth County Iowa appointed WieLd Johnson administratrix of the estate of L Johnson deceased. All indebtedness must be paid to the administratrix and all claims presented legally authenticated to the court for allowance. Dated May 29 1906 Wm T Kipp attorney for estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Plymouth County
Towa
L. Johnson
Buu
Jounson
Union Gospel Meetings Open Amid Strong Attendance
Evangelist Prank Mathis leads three weeks of union gospel meetings starting in a MHE church and moving to a tent on Reed Street. services are planned for Sunday at 10 46 am 3 00 pm and 8 pm with a 9 30 am Sunday school. Walter Pardon organizes a large chorus choir as Loren Howe aids from Pierson Town assisting in revivals.
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Union Gospel
Prank Mathis
M. HE
Walter Pardon
Loren Howe
of the Christian Church
Pierson
Town
Agsiat
Marriages In Akron Honor Quiet May Evening
Two weddings took place on Tuesday morning and evening May 29 1906 in Akron. Guy Jessup married Eva Lillibridge at the bride’s home in a small ceremony officiated by Rev A C Blackman. Robert E Murphey wed Orpha L Pollock at the Akron M E parsonage with Rev F L Moore officiating. Both brides are from local families, grooms employed steady positions, and both couples plan to reside nearby with well wishers noting character and promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Akron Milling Co
Kate
Kingsley
County
Scrub baseball tales and local notices in Akron style
Snippet notes from a Sunday column note noisy scrub baseball called by Mayor Wooton. Mentions Sioux City Jourdan, Montagne’s new billiard table, theater troupes in Akron, rowboats on the Big Sioux, ships Schlitz and Moerlein, Budweiser water plans, cemetery vandalism risk, and public street muck holes needing fix.
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Mayor Wooton
Big Sioux
Schlitz
Moerlein
Riverside Cemetery
Memorial Day Observances In Akron Weakened But Held
Memorial Day in Akron May 30 dawned clear though mud blocked marches. G A R and W R C members decorated graves while M E church exercises at 2 p m drew crowds. Rev A C Blackman Rev L Moore and others preached and sang with school choruses. W R C served meals, Christian church services followed with address by C Shoup and songs by Iva Kennedy and others. Donnihes Wooton and Douglass also performed. America closed the day. Akrond Co ad urged cheaper disc cultivators.
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W.R. C
M. E
America
A. C. Blackman
Kenaston
L. Moore
Mesdames Alexander
Williams
The
Christian Church
Shoup
Iva Kennedy
Douglass
Mellen
Leo Donnihes
Dr. Wooton
Akron Defeats Elk Point In Close Beating
Akron wins a hard fought 4 to 3 baseball victory over Elk Point on Decoration Day. Ryan held Elk Point in check while Akron capitalized on seven Elk Point errors aided by a Schmalle fourth inning home run. Barr pitched well for Akron. Umpire Burnett. Union Creek visits Akron High School next for a Batting and Errors filled game. twelve Akron runs to Union Creek's six. Commencement details note eight graduates and June 8 exercises in Akron. Dr P H Schleh to deliver baccalaureate at MB church June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Elk Point
Ryan
FP Schmalle
Barr
Hk Point
aAkron
Burnett
South Dakota
Union
Creek
Rollo Baker
C. Nall
U. C
Akron High School
Emmet O. Cilley
Vance L. Wisé
Freeman R. White
Della Kimball
Eva BE
Adams
Stella Kimball
Joy V. Meredith
Lela L. Brady
New Opera House
P. H. Schleh
Omaha
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Burgess & Smith
the ‘‘Square
Wilt
Eugene Martin
Presho
S. C
Mre
Edith Martin
Warren
Sioux City
Lunday
R. D. Clark
Qilley and Koch
Lilsig and Mead
Clark
Mia
T. J. F. Waddell
Co. I. Horton
Herome
Breckinridge
Minnesota
Louella Fisher
Wit
N.mead
Cobb
Whitfields
Wintersteen’s
Cobb’s
Akron Holn, Co
George Searls
Har- Ruth S. D
S. A. Waterbury
Akron Creamery
A. Papritz
O.k
Janesville
Hayes
John Deere
S. A. Waterfury
van Brant
Surreys
Rushford
Moline
L. A. Waterbury
Anna Johnson
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Radcliffe College
A. G. Johnson
Gottingen College
Hamburg
Germany
Alice Freeman ‘Palmer
Wellesley College
Thos. Adamson
Wilbur Buick
J. W. Myers
LeMars
Kate Close
Adamson
Myers
Buick
C.F. Horton
Akron Holw. Co
Wintersteen
Cobb's
Sattler and Avery
M. M. Talbott
Hilliker & Son
Fred
Schmalle
Aberdeen
S. D
Westfield
W. T. Kipp
Union Gospel Meetings
Jourdan
Montagne
Akrond. Co
Baldwin. Piano
Eke
Baldwin Co
Wisconsin
Baldwin
J.C. Button
Wise & Rohrer
Oxfords
W. L. Douglass
Lester Bennett
Union Creek
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