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Local society notes and events from Algona
A batch of community items reports the Woodmen initiation and a shooting scare, illness in the Funk family, trips by Genevieve Gilmore and Pauline Norton to Bancroft, a new baby in Berkeley, church service changes, and health updates for Helen Norton. Also covered are council debates, a Judge Quarton party, a flour giveaway at G W Paine store, staffing moves at Harrington Dickinson and the hospital, a family reunion, a Spokane move, school appointments, a funeral, local humor about Rev Porterfield, a canning factory remark, a banana prank with a tarantula, and a promotional ad from Algona Tea Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mie
Woodmen
Rebekahs
H. Funk
Genevieve Gilmore
Pauline Norton
Bancroft
Berkeley
California
Hal Cowan
Pleasant
Helen Norton
BE. G. Ball
Los Angeles
Miss Ball
Harrington & Dickinson
Abner Long
Kenelick
Devereaux
Dalton
Spokane
Edn Johnson
Baby
Grant Benschoter’s
Langdon
Porterfield
Register and Leader
Holmes