24 Sep 1964
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1964
Page
1
Plymouth and Woodbury counties in Iowa and Union County South Dakota receive six months for 1.26 dollars, with a yearly rate of 2.50. The Akron Register-Tribune is published every Thursday in Akron, Iowa, and entered as second class mail matter September 26, 1901.
Mr and Mrs Tom Taylor of Salem Oregon were guests in the Alice Banks home St Patricks Parish will hold a chicken and ham supper and bazaar on Thursday September 24 from 5 30 in the parish hall Public is cordially invited Congregational Ladies Aid met September 17 planning Harvest Supper to be served October 7 at the church Further details to follow.
A compact look into Akron Register Tribune items from the past, recalling notable people, places, and events preserved in the newspaper’s archival notes. Strong entities include Akron and Tribune records, with hints of local history snippets and dated curiosities.
Akron football opened the season with a 12 to 6 defeat at Elk Point High. Amid notes from the era include community Thanksgiving services planned in the Akron High School auditorium and wartime era notices detailing obituaries, marriages, and local business activity across Akron and surrounding towns.
A sequence of events in Iowa around 1862 led to Westfield’s abandonment amid rising hostility from previously friendly Indians. The Spirit Lake Massacre and Minnesota Sioux attacks spurred panic, forcing settlers to Sioux City or eastward. The account highlights David Mills and early Plymouth County history as settlers fled and the frontier defense formed.
The Westfield Cloveretts met September 15 at Tiffery Porter's home. The pledge to the American Flag was recited, ten members answered roll call, and the secretary and treasurer reports were approved. Old business covered premium money. no new business. A lunch was served by Tiffery and Mrs Porter.
Executive's Digest notes women inherit wealth and control large shares of income, savings, and assets while still labeled the weaker sex. The item mentions wives as beneficiaries of death benefits, their share of shareholders, government bonds, mortgages, and real estate. The reference to A. H. S. football season appears as a juxtaposed line.
Regular meeting called to order by Mayor Vinton G Adams with Councilmen Philips Barwick Hummel present. Absent Trotzig Wolkoff. Motion to issue beer licenses to Eagles and Legion clubs carried with all ayes except none. Bills approved including hospital rest home, library books, pipe locator, supplies, power line rental, uniforms, and laundry services.
Between 1953 and 1963 Town saw farm numbers drop by 26000, with 4000 fewer farms from 1962 to 1968. Gross income per farm rose to 16800 in 1963, expenses hit 12200, leaving about 4600 net per farm versus 5400 in 1953.
A set of want ads lists items for sale including an oil burner, wood heater, tubs, blinds, lamps and comforters plus a Jeep for sale and hay bale request. A political endorsement letter praises Evan Hultman, Iowa Attorney General, urging support over a campaign rival.
The article argues that challenger Evan Hultman faces a structural disadvantage against Governor Hughes. It notes the governor receives automatic public attention, extensive campaign time, and vast media exposure from press, radio, and TV from the moment of taking office, leaving the challenger to struggle for visibility and resources.
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