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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
7
The Markets corrected weekly with oats at 24 to 26 cents, wheat at 0, barley, flax at 100, hogs around 80, butter at 40s, and eggs at 12 cents. The grain and livestock prices reflect the period demand, with oat and flax values noted alongside hog and butter prices.
A roundup of names and local happenings from Algona area includes Rev. Cole in Britt, Arbor Day efforts, visits by I J Finn, F A Klingler, Otto Falkenhainer and family, and many locals at churches, funerals, and events. Quarantine lift for diphtheria ends. various residents travel to Des Moines, St. Paul, Chicago, and Minneapolis for work and leisure.
The Manning Monitor reports plans to drain Goose Lake six miles south of Glidden with a large dredge. The boat hull is 20 by 70 feet, powered by two engines, a 70 foot crane, and a yard and a quarter dirt scoop. Ditch to be 40 feet wide at the top, dredging at 100 yards per hour with two crews. If negotiations succeed, about two miles of dredging will drain Goose Lake and straighten Storm Creek and Middle Coon River.
Monday evening a gasoline lamp at H Kingston's shop exploded into flames. Miss Daisy Bunt, the lone witness in the store, calmly knocked the lamp down and moved it to the doorway. Help arrived as the lamp burned in the street for several minutes, preventing a larger fire as the ceiling was scorched.
A blaze last Friday destroyed the barn granary and corn cribs on Wil Moore’s Halfa area farm. Eight cattle, three horses, twelve sheep, nearly 400 bushels of corn, and about fifteen tons of tame hay were lost, with some machinery. A four year old boy playing with matches is believed to have started the fire, a heavy loss during a season of scarce feed. Armstrong Journal
The town of Buffalo Center roared with fear when a lady’s dog suddenly went mad and bit her. Residents armed with guns and sticks pursued the animal, which a bank bookkeeper dispatched to the hunting grounds. The bitten woman then continued to Chicago for treatment at the Fastour institute.
An Oskaloosa man had written to a Kansan girl for three years. She sent a letter and a photo revealing she had married two years earlier and had a baby. She said she had to look after the baby and that they should quit the correspondence. The Webster City Journal notes the blunt tone and shock at the admission.
The Armstrong Journal reports a Sunday hand car trip to Estherville with fourteen aboard. ten rode to the county seat, returning in a record one hour forty minutes with six aboard. Some passengers reported at the courthouse Monday at nine as witnesses, preferring the hand car to driving the distance.
The fair grounds were sold at the courthouse front door on Monday at two o'clock. Only three bidders appeared. Hirst offered 8800 and the last bid was 9325. Hr H Donlittle bought the property and will take possession after the board of directors ratifies the sale.
The section men on the Illinois Central are growing uneasy and demand higher wages. Several gangs in the area are protesting after the company refused to raise pay. Workers now earn $1.25 per day and seek $1.50, citing higher rates on other roads for similar work.
While in St Paul last week G Bolster met our old townsman Geo W Skinner. He appeared prosperous and busy, on his way to the King’s dominion for a land deal but said his main interest lay in Texas oil, with headquarters at Beaumont.
Herman Rantzow is remodeling the interior of his place of business and will repaint and paper the same. Her man runs the neatest and best restaurant found in this part of town and therefore enjoys a large patronage. Whittemore Champion.
T. I. McGovern left for a trip through old Mexico Tuesday night. He went to Chicago where he was joined by Andy Solon and a party of congenial fellows who will enjoy their outing to the fullest extent. BR. E. Beatty of Mason City will be in town next week to tune pianos. Leave orders at Bowyer's store, Miss G. Hetler on West McGregor St, will do sewing for anyone desiring her services.
County Savings Bank invites saving deposits at 4 percent per year with semiannual compounding and offers checking accounts with extended convenient location. It issues drafts and letters of credit globally, and patrons may store valuable papers for free or rent safety boxes at one dollar yearly. Directors listed include Gardner Cowles and others.
An exchange recounts a boy who leaves a car door open and an old man scolds him with a barnyard jab. The boy cries, saying his upbringing is why he reacts, admitting the shame as the distant memory of a jackass haunts him. The Buffalo Center Tribune reports the anecdote.
Mysterious case at the hospital concerns Fouls Johnson as physicians report a prolonged illness over more than a week with unclear prognosis and unresolved symptoms.
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