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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
4
A Bech Burrill sack feed claims hogs will eat it directly from the sack with no slop or corn required. It guarantees results without coaxing or force and positions itself as unlike any prior breakfast food or medicine. Sample sacks available at J. L. Burnight's office.
Westfield notes numerous local visits and health concerns. John Conway visits Elk Point while Amos suffers lung trouble. Miss Idana Hemphill visits Sam Hemphill. George Heustes returns from Bradley with cattle. Stores plan to close Oct 21 per business agreement. Harvest Home supper set by Congregational Ladies Aid for Oct 20 with 25 cent admission and a short program.
Richland gathers for a county option rally at Richland MD Church with messages from Elk Point figures and Rev Morse. Local hosts include Mrs Fate and W H Fate who led the event, while visitors from Ells Point and Sioux City attended.
G B Woorer praises Dr Eugene May as a top lecturer in the annual course. He recalls a talk titled The Ascent of the Matterhorn Mountain and notes May's fame as traveler climber writer and lecturer. Woorer urges preference for a preferred lecture and hopes for a full house on October 28.
A touring rural comedy titled Uncle Zeke led by Mr. Crawford has drawn generous patronage across the county. The production, seen as a truthful portrait of rural life in New Hogland, features full scenery and strong performances, with notable specialties by the Brass Quartet and Rural Church Quartet between acts.
The item highlights an Akron Opera House program with Rube Band Practice High Grass Silver Cornet Band and an operatic concert nightly at 7 30 in front of the opera house on Saturday October 24. It also profiles Plymouth County Republican candidate Harry N Newell of Stanton Township noting decades on the family farm and roles in local government.
Portrait of George A. Toppings born Akron November 1872 who lived twenty five years in town and runs a blacksmith shop in LeMars. He seeks the office of Clerk of the District Court in Plymouth County this fall on the Democratic ticket.
Mr and Mrs W A Mellius marked their golden wedding Friday October 16 with a family reunion at their Akron residence. Rooms featured American Beauty and bride roses as guests enjoyed games music and readings. Each received a gold watch and chain. Attendees included W A Hamilton of Lincoln Nebraska and Wood families from Sioux City Ashland Cincinnati Akron and Chataworth. grandchildren Florence Grace Inez Ellowena. grandsons Clifton Hobart and James.
An ad styled plea offers wallpaper options from dining room to parlor rooms priced from 20 cents to 500, with bedroom and kitchen paper lines. The fragment suggests a retail listing promoting a wide range of wallpaper by Marek.
In Plymouth county every saloon outside LeMars was shut by temporary injunctions secured for the Anti-Saloon League led by Rev H H Sawyer and attorney John S Joseph of Sioux City. Towns affected include Akron Remsen Kingsley Merrill Hinton Struble Westfield and Ovens. LeMars exempt due to a special petition.
The Akron council plans to remove a pollution risk by contracting with Akron Milling Co to pump city water from the mill power house. A new triplex pump will draw water from wells, providing immediate pressure for fire defense, while tearing down the old waterworks and selling its equipment. The change aims to save 600 to 700 dollars annually and improve service before winter.
Gov. A. B. Cummins denounces tariff systems as enabling robberies by insurance firms while calling Taft and the Republicans weak against trusts. He cites Teddy Roosevelt reforms and Wall Street opinion, accusing Taft of masking policies to win votes and dismissing Democratic fears as a fading “Democratic Panto.”
An important notice warns that anyone tampering with the boilers or heating system in the public school building will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The Agnon Sunoon Board urges vigilance and cites legal consequences. An advertisement in theWant Column is promoted as a profitable investment.
The Adams building near Kendall Hotel hosts a cooking school for the week starting October 20. Organizer Torme, age 82, offers one free lesson with special invitation to country residents and local people.
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