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Newspaper

Algona Advance

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1907

Page

7

Social notes and visits fill the week at Algona

Local Siftings recounts Mrs Z L Holman and Mrs Wright at lakes and many visits across towns. Attendees include Mrs Jessie Johnson Lehman and baby at Renwick, the Swedish Lutheran ice cream social, and several residents traveling to Paw Paw Monona Lake and Okoboji. Civic events, school announcements, and minor injuries accompany announcements of visits from relatives and plans for August gatherings.

Jessie Johnson Lehman Baby Renwick The Baptist Sunday School Fair Grounds Ladies’ Aid Society Swedish Lutheran Church Carl Strandberg

Bargains from Galbraiths in Melrose and Ventnor items

Galbraiths offers a variety of fabric bargains and textile goods in Melrose Ventnor and nearby listings. Prices show per yard or unit with fabrics including Batiste tissue silk foulards organdie and Percales. Many items feature marked values and discount phrases though OCR irregularities occur.

Melrose Batiste Vanetta Soisonne Tyneae Latines Merciuse Silvan Fine Batiste SUE Gloghams Ventnor Rosamond Delmar Dimity Arnold Pagets

Old Mary Ann Colburn Dies at County Farm at 106

Mary Ann Colburn died Tuesday night at the county farm where she had lived for 23 years. With no relatives to claim the body, it will be sent to a medical school for dissection. The age given is 106, reviving memories of the Sam Colburn family nearby in the sixties.

Will Gardner Collinson’s Cretzmeyer Holmes Horan Oldham Drs. Morse Fellows Mr. Horan McGregor Street Geo. E. Clarke Gertrude Bartlett Dallas Texas Helen Sanborn St. Paul Clarke Dr. Sheetz Martin Grace Freeport Frank O. Lowden National Capital H. M. Frisby Kenefick Mason City G. B. Combs Sisseton & Dy Geo. Kraft Ortonville New York California Los Bn. Msy Mary Ann Colburn Dutton State Board of Health Sam Colburn Wesley Old Sam Mary Ann Algona Hepsey Sam A. B. Sheldon

Jack Blacks Complaint From a Scotchman Draft

A garbled 19th century style note from Jack Black alias John Black, describing long service to Geo Galbraith, loyalty to friends, and resolve to repay debts. The fragment mentions drinking whiskey and a vow tied to his word.

Jack Black Ben John Black Geo. Galbraith

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