Iowa Old Press

Akron Register newspaper
Dated September 21, 1916

PLEASANT HILL:  (Special Correspondence)

The U. B. Ladies' Aid will meet at the Wilson Heasley home Thursday
afternoon, September 28.  Everybody invited.

Mrs. Harvey Harkness and baby, of Wisconsin, arrived last week and visited a
few days in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Beeler.  She
expects her husband to arrive soon and they will make their future home
here.

Geo. Fickbohm, Ed. Lewison, Walter Fickbohm, Albert Bubs and Ed. Flickbohm,
each with their respective families, were guests at the Albert Wagner home,
near Spink, Sunday.

Andrew Gustafson's have recently erected a fine new barn and are now doing
some repairing on their house.

Hazel Johnson returned the first of the week from a business trip to
Chicago.

Wm. Bubs and family are rejoicing over the arrival of a new son on Thursday
of last week.

Mrs. Sever Summervold is now at the hospital in Sioux City, where she
recently underwent an operation for appendicitis.  She is recovering as well
as can be expected.

Mrs. Henry Boetger returned the latter part of last week from a visit with
relatives in Iowa.

Luella Bubs returned Saturday from Ruble, Ia., where she has been staying in
the home of her sister, Mrs. Edwin Klemme.

The Harvey and Wm. Welch families and Harvey Noggle, of Elk Point, returned
the first of the week from an auto tour to Campbell county, S.D., where they
visited the Wm. Gardner family. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gardner, who were also
with them, went on to Jamestown, N.D., to visit relatives.  They visited
friends at Madison on their return trip and were accompanied home by Mrs.
Frank Jacobs.  They had intended going on the Minnesota and visit the E.W.
Gardner family there, but the rainy weather and muddy roads prevented them.

Wm. Bly is erecting a fine new summer kitchen on his farm in this vicinity.

The Edwin Klemme family, of Ruble, Ia., and Rose Bubs, of Akron, visited at
the Wm. Bubs home and became acquainted with the new boy.

Mary Boetger, who has been working in Elk Point, is now home again.

A number from this vicinity are attending the Interstate fair at Sioux City
this week.

ADAVILLE ITEMS:  (Special Correspondence)

A number from here took in the fair in Sioux City this week.

Jack Hauser is moving his family to Merrill this week.

Bert Bradley and family and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pollock, from near Akron,
were guests at the Rex Pollock home Sunday.

Nelson Brown came up from Morningside Saturday for an over-Sunday visit at
the parental home.

Homer Thoms came down from Salem, S.D., where he has been working this
summer.

Lester Bryan has bought the Frank Woll house and will move it onto his lot
north of the store, where he will erect a new house.  Who says Adaville
isn't growing?

Miss Joy Morehead visited at the home of her uncle, Willow Morehead, a few
days this week.

Relatives here have received word of the serious illness of Miss Aletha
Stinton at a hospital in Gregory, S.D., where she was operated on for an
acute gangrene case of appendicitis.  Miss Aletha is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Stinton, of Lucas, S.D.  Her friends here hope for her speedy
recovery.

The following officers were elected for Sunday school in the U. B. church
last Sunday.  Supt. Andrew Andersen; Asst. Supt. H. A. Johnson; Secretary,
Bertha Andersen; Treasurer, W. J. King; Organist, Blanche Stinton; Book
Librarian, Martha Gable; Supt. Home Dept., Myrtle Herman; Supt. Cradle Roll,
Mrs. A. Andersen.

WESTFIELD WRITE-UPS: (Special Correspondence)

Mrs. Stevens and daughter, Alma, returned Thursday morning from a
fortnight's visit with relatives at Lincoln, Nebr.

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Conway has been quite ill, but at this
writing is much improved.

Mrs. E. Beaulieu, Ezra and Martina Beaulieu and Melbourne Burnight autoed to
the city Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills and daughter, Gladys, autoed to Cherokee Friday,
where Miss Gladys entered the Academy for the school year.

Miss Miller, of the Richland school, was a passenger to Hawarden Friday
evening, returning Sunday.  Miss Johnson, the other teacher, spent the
weekend in the Cassel and Feltis homes.

Sr. Lorraine, of the Benedictine convent, St. Joseph, Minn., is spending
some time in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Tracy.  Sr. Lorraine
has been quite ill, but is now making a rapid recovery.

Quite a number from here were city visitors Sunday and were much pleased
with the attractions offered by the Interstate Fair association.

The Campfire girls, accompanied by their parents, enjoyed an outing at Stone
Park Saturday.  They brought well-filled baskets with them and, after
enjoying the scenes of Stone Park, a number autoed into the city and enjoyed
the performance at the Princess theatre.

Vincent Conway was a passenger to Vermillion Sunday afternoon.

Miss Gladys Burris came up from the city and spent the weekend in the home
of her grandmother.

The majority of Westfield people have attended the Interstate Livestock fair
during the week.

Miss Frances Tobey returned Wednesday from a visit with relatives at Ethan
and Mitchell, S.D.  Her brother, Fred, accompanied her home.

MILLNERVILLE MENTION:  (Special Correspondence)

Miss Isabelle Cramer, after teaching a year in the high school at Glenwood,
Minn., has secured a position as English teacher in a Minneapolis high
school.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gillespie and children, of LeMars, were Sunday guests of
Millnerville acquaintances.

Miss Faye Mulhern went to Sioux City the first of the week, where she will
be employed by the Johnson Biscuit Co. during the winter.

Ralph Hathaway and Howard Millner motored to Sioux City Sunday afternoon to
call on their sisters.

Mrs. J. B. Hathaway and her younger children visited at Val. Trometer's last
Saturday.

A number of the farmers are putting up the last cuttings of hay this week.

Leonard Larson was stung quite severely by a bumble bee.

A few from this vicinity attended the street fair at Jefferson Saturday.

Mrs. A. P. Cramer spent Tuesday with friends in Sioux City.

Byron E. Brown, of Sioux City, who has tuned pianos in this neighborhood for
a number of years, is making good selling them.  He recently installed a
high-priced instrument in one of the theatres.

Miss Plath, the county superintendent, visited the rural schools in this
township Monday.

Miss Germaine Albert, of Jefferson, has been visiting her cousins here.

Emil Jensen was a Merrill caller Monday.

At the high school the School Association elected the following officers:
President, Ersa Fry; vice president, Keith Knapp; secretary, Marie Kruse;
treasurer, Mabel Hunter.

Mr. and Mrs. Webb Vanderburg are expected from Minnesota soon to spend the
winter with their daughter, Mrs. Melvin Moffatt.  They may decide to locate
near Westfield permanently.

C. L. Knapp and his sons, Fay and Keith, took in the big fair Tuesday.  Fay
went down to meet the animal husbandry students from Ames, who were on hand
for practice in judging stock.

Most of the neighborhood will go to Sioux City to the fair at least one day
this week.

Noah Hauser is taking Hart's place with the threshing machine for a few days
this week.

Dona Allard was a Westfield caller Tuesday.

HINTON GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 21, 1916

ROUND THE COUNTY
FROM THE LEMARS SENTINEL
Word has been received by friends in Le Mars, that W. A. Simkins,
formerly editor of the Le Mars Post now residing at Paw Paw, Mich.,
suffered a stroke of paralysis a week ago. The message stated that Mr.
Simkins was recovering as was as could be expected.

Prof. E. E. Skinner, of the commercial department of Western Union
college and Miss Maude Davis, last year instructor of Latin at Western
Union,, were married Wednesday August 23 at the bride's home in Oakland,
Iowa, and moved to Le Mars last week and went to housekeeping in the W.
H. Briggs house on Broadway.

Mrs. M. W. Toppings is visiting her son, George A. Toppings. On last
Sunday four generations of the family were together, three of whom were
born in Plymouth county. George A. was born at Akron in 1872, his
daughter, Mrs. Roy Pierce, was born in Akron in 1894, and Robert Pierce,
son of Mrs. Roy Pierce, was born in Le Mars this year.

The following Plymouth county babies have been entered in the Better
Babies contest at the Interstate fair at Sioux City this year. The fair
opened Sunday, and judging of the babies will occur on Thursday: Forest
Yoeman, parent, E. L. Yoeman, Kingsley; Dorothy Hall, parent, Oscar
Hall, Westfield; Eldora Binnibose, parent, Al Binnibose, Hinton; Undine
Donahoe, parent, John Donahoe, Le Mars; Thomas Burnight, parent T. L.
Burnight.

FROM CRAIG INDEPENDENT
Albert DeRaad, a farmer living east of Craig, brought in one load of
wheat last Friday which he sold to the Farmers' elevator and took home
in exchange for it $100.90. He has a few more $100 loads at home and has
several hundred bushels of last year's wheat crop which he raised on his
farm in North Dakota, which he intends to unload soon. He is one of the
men who has made money in raising wheat. He looks happy. Who wouldn't if
he could throw a little better than 70 bushels of grain into one wagon,
hitch a team to it haul it two or three miles and take home 100 plunks?

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
A baby boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Junck, Jr., Monday
evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zorge of Sioux City were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Plorson last Saturday.

Miss Ida Hanson, a sister of Mrs. Charles Crostons arrived from Bowdle,
S. D., this week and has accepted a position as office girl with Dr.
Robbins.

Mr. Vernon Talbot of Lynch, Neb., and Miss Grace Richards of this city
were married in Sioux City Sunday. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jos. Richards and has been raised here from childhood and has won
the admiration of a large circle of friends by her many womanly
qualifications. The groom is industrious young man and the young couple
begin the married life with the best wishes.

Mr. C.F. Beguin and Miss Lucille Schneider were married at the home of
the bride's uncle, Mr. Walter Koenig of Le Mars, Monday last. The
ceremony was performed by the bride's uncle Rev. Hulsebus, of the German
Evangelical church, in the presence of immediate relatives and friends.
Both of the these young people are members of old and highly respected
Plymouth county families and have been raised in the immediate vicinity.
They will make their home in the residence owned by Mr. Beguin until
next spring when it is their intention to build a modern home.

EAST PERRY PICKUPS
Charles Kaunkle and family spent Sunday at the Charles Wolf home.

Mrs. M. McDermott and son Emmet of Leeds were Sunday guests at the Henry
Gruber home.

The sad intelligence was received by Telegram Tuesday morning that Mrs.
Peter Casper, Sr., who was taken to a Chicago hospital a week ago for an
operation, had died there Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Mansfield, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mansfield of Westfield,
Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garvey and family and Mrs. John Coughlin of Sioux
City were pleasantly entertained at the M. T. Mansfield Sunday.