Meeting on Appendicitis Sparks Public Debate in Algona
A rare Algona public medical meeting brought sixteen doctors to the courthouse to debate whether to operate on appendicitis. Drs Kenefick and Cretzmyer urged early surgery, while Dr Walters attacked routine operations, sparking a lively exchange. Several papers were read on history, causes, treatment, and anatomy, ending with a public vote of thanks to the Medical Society.
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Medical Association Thesday
Court House
Algona
Dr. Kenefick
Armstrong
Kenefick
Cretzmyer
McCreery
Whittemore
C. M. C. Walters
Bancroft
Walters
Sheetz
Seeley
Morse
Heinen
Gay
Dr. Peters
Logan
Wraser
G. Smith
Medical Society
Publc
Scraps of Iowa News From Local Weeklies
A collage of short blurbs notes Grace McCrea in Buffalo earning 45 dollars monthly as a teacher in Reichsamen district, J R Maudsley selling over 19 000 pounds of hogs through Den Paine, and A W Butcher of Lake township netting 500 dollars trapping. Northwest Iowa fur, a dog scrap at the depot, Nellie Scott breaking her arm after banana mishap, Matt Trestringer’s winter in Luxemburg, a 30 000 dollar cash draft record at Citizens Bank in Hampton, onion farming profits, and a Sherburn Minnesota man touting Inter national Falls lots as a booming investment.
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Grace McCrea
Buffalo
Reichsamen
Burt Monitor
J. R. Maudsley
den Paine
Iowa
Spirit Lake
A. W. Butcher
Lake Township
Clay County
Whittemore
Flenny Felder
Swea City Herald
Nellie Scott
Nellie
Bancroft Register
Matt Trreilinger
Fatherland
Canada
Luxemburg
Hampton Chronicle
Citizens Bank
Sige of
Hampton
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Featured in Norfolk Ad
Norfolk Virginia advertiser C Rivenbark Jr testifies that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve stopped knee pain from a severe burn and healed without a scar. The ad claims the salve heals all wounds and sores and promotes purchase through E B Conner’s drug store.
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Bucklen
C. Rivenbark, Jr
Norfolk Va
Conner
E. Conner
Libel suit seeks $10,000 against Register and Leader
A. H. Stock sues the Register and Leader Co for libel in district court claiming a false published dispatch damaged his reputation. Frederick M. Curtiss and Geo EK Clarke have been retained to prosecute the action. The petition outlines that the newspaper printed a defamatory article about Stock on or around April 3, 1905.
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A. H
Iowa
Register and Leader
United States
Algona
Towa
Kossuth
Frederick M. Curriss
Guo
Eb, Clarke
Brothers Near Fatal Clash Over Meat Business Dispute
L W Stock and A H Stock brothers once partners in the local meat trade clashed during a Saturday night rush. Bystanders intervened, preventing a deadly outcome as each man grabbed a weapon. The suit alleges defamation over published charges causing public harm and seeks $10,000 plus costs.
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Jaws
L. W. Stock
A. H. Stock
April Foul Pranks Hit Local Businesses Signs
The Corwith Hustler reports April fouls transforming storefront signs, including W. W. Devitt declared “Closed on ac count of laziness.” Bowling Alley altered as part of a prank, reflecting a strip of locally rooted mischief in the town.
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Corwith
W. W. Devitt
Fragmentary OCR items yield odd ad snippets and odd quotes
A garbled mix of names and phrases appears to show ads or notices. Items include references to wormy primes at 25 cents per pound, a free dinner, a doctor removing an appendix while you wait, carload twins rates, cheap rent in an alley, and a money loan line. A rustler and a crown on a chimney top cause smoke to defy gravity and fill a neighbor’s cellars with smoke.
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A. Hunderup
Miter
Renner
Dr. Fraser
Dr. van Dyke
Cella
Death of Arthur E. Dutton in Cherokee hospital
Funeral held at M B K church this afternoon for Arthur Ellsworth Dutton who died Monday morning in Cherokee hospital of heart failure. Born January 14 1802 in Chemung Illinois he moved to Cresco township in 1888 and later town. He married Grace Young September 30 1891 and left eight children Fred Harry deceased Walter Wayne Mervits Marjorie Robert and Pan. Interment at Irvington cemetery beside son Harry and his father.
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Arthur Ellsworth Dutton
Cherokee
M. BK
Tk. TP. Chipperfield
Dutton
Che
Chemung
Illinois
Cresco Township
Grace Young
Mr. Dutton
Fred
Harry
Walter
Wayne
Mevrits
Marjorie
Robert
Pan
W. A. Dutton
C. EB. Campbell
Irvington
Little Harry
Arthur Dutton
House to Rent and Local Help Wanted Listings
A collage of rental and employment notices states a house for rent inquiry to Mrs Janet Bushnell, rooms for a hired girl for general housework at Dr Gay, and a roomy house for rent on Call Street through G V Slade. Also listings for loan money at five percent, farm loans, a good cook or general servant wanted at Northwestern hotel, and advertisements for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea with claims of bright eyes and healing benefits.
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Northwestern Hotel
Stis J. McCann
Hollister
R. H. Miller
Farm Loans At Low Interest From Kossuth County Bank
Farm loans at the lowest rate of interest offered by Kossuth County State Bank. Applications invited for soft wood or hard wood cord wood or stove length wood. Includes a playful ad line about Queen curry combs and a contact cue.
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Kossuth County State Bank
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Algona Factory
Date Taylor
Penochia Lee
Angel Parfait, Nessel
Algona Ige Cream and Gandy Factory
Taylor
W. H. Hodges
Umber and Coal
Wat All
James Patterson
Bro. Branet
The
Wesley Record
Fenton
Sherburn
Minnesota
International Falls
Louisiana
Frederick M. Curtiss
Geo. EK. Clarke
A. Hi. Stock
Arthur E. Dutton
M. E. Church
Janet Bushnell
Hiccano & Prick
B. I. Cros
Ripke
Ilent
Call Street
G. V. Slade
H.C. Apams
Nollister
R. J. Miller
A. D.chanka & Co
Tlacaarp & Pro
Clarke
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