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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
2
Republican County Convention Slated in Kossuth County Iowa
Drained OCR notes announce Republican delegates to the Kossuth County Republican convention to be held in Algona. Date details and participation instructions reference Des Moines procedures and elected slate, with named local figures and locations in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weossuthnoonty
Towa
Republicn Delowares
Mossith County
Tawa
Algona
Des Moines
Reed
Wraver
Chipman Alma
Jowe
Aveith
Todtiw
Confusion Over U.S. Parties Confounds Foreign Voters
Intelligent foreigners arriving for summer observe seven rival slates in the upcoming election. They learn Republicans and Democrats dominate while noting shifting control before and after the war. Definitions and platforms blur across Prohibitionists Independents Populists Socialists and others as they weigh potential gains from a change in administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahyer
Consolation sought for bereaved parents after son’s death
An Iowa couple traveled 1500 miles to Marshalltown after their son, a railway signal installer who died of typhoid fever in Chicago, had worked westward. They visited towns and sites tied to his service to learn more about his career and comfort their grieving hearts in the wake of his loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Lake Erie
West
Lelling
Bereaved Parents Visit Boy’s Final Haunt in Town
A grieving couple traveled to Marshalstow to see where their son lived and died. They visited the railroad site, the vod room, the chair and furnishings, the restaurant where he ate, and a physician who treated him. They returned home heartbroken but relieved to have seen his last days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dhar
Marshalstow
Minmah
Lakerie
Reunion of 2nd Iowa Infantry survivors at Boone
A history focused report notes a reunion of survivors of the 2nd Iowa Infantry from the fall of 1862 held last week in Boone. Only a few veterans from the county remain alive, with several listed as deceased or whereabouts unknown, including Geo W Barnes and Tom Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Matt Sample
Humboldt
Rufus Sanderson
Livermore
Geo. W. Barnes
Tom Miller
Jenks
John Stockman
William Thayer
John Abbot
Pleasant Wilhi
John
Reb
Seven party tickets and a stray note on race riots
The item lists seven presidential tickets including Republican War president Watt and Democratic War president Bryan, with vice presidents from various states, followed by a report noting hymns at Ira D. Sankey's funeral, cartoonist critiques, silo trends among Iowa farmers, LaFollette/Cummins politics, Des Moines rainfall records, and a Springfield riot with state troops deployed amid race-related violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Watt
Ohiter
James 8. Sherman
New York
William Z. Bryan
Nebraska
Jobn W. Kern
Indiana
Tougene W. Qhatin
Iineis
Aaron 8. Watkins
Ohio
Thos. i L. Hisyon
Massachussetts
John T. Graves
Georgia
Thomas E. Watson
Samuel Williams
Eugene V. Debs
Benjamin Wantford
August Gilhaus
Donald L. Munroe
Virginia
Household Goods for Sale by Miss Cora Eaten
Miss Cora Eaten advertises a full estate sale offering all household goods in one lot. Interested buyers may call at her home, located first door west of Dr. Marse’s, to arrange purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Marse
Cora
Paine & Co. Drug Store Ads Highlight Sales and Loans
Classified line item notes list MBS and Prices canning compound at Paine and Co. drug store for sale. Also advertises a dining room table and two sets of light driving harness with payments terms. Mentions Ferguson money loan to Joan at five percent with personal payments and references A D Clarke and Co. 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Clarke
WK. Ferguson
Joan Ab
A, D, Clarke
Notice to Pay Up and Local Notices
Notice to pay all debts by September 1 before collection by Geo. C. Olsen. Mrs. Price's canning compound available at Paine & Co. drug store. Algona Telephone Co. expands cable. service may be interrupted for a few days. new switch section installed. please notify manager for new phones. Valdez Business College touts high placement in Decorah. For sale cider vinegar and farmland parcel near Bane croft. Low fares to Iowa State Fair Des Moines August 20 28 1908 via Chicago and North Western Ry. Tickets on sale at agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Algona
Voledo
F.A. Miller
John R. Cook
Chicago West Union Dbz
Algona Telephone Company
The
Algona Telephone Co
Chicago & North Western Ry
Des Moines
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BE. E. Comner & Co. Druggists & Booksellers
Shackelford Bros
Norwood
Seareh
Rat C
Ant
H.C. Adams
Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway
Mason City
Ringling Bros. Circus
KR. FF
Hedrick
B. F. Reed
Ira D. Sankey
Ding
Nfancock County
Labuilette
la Lowa
Cummins
Folk
Labullette
Wisconsin
LaVollette
York
Missouri
Polk
Lalollette
South
Springfield
Imols
Sid Hany
John GL. Sullivan
Jin Brenton
John L
Brenton
Jett
H.V. Kyle
J. H. Crane
W.C. Adams
Jiobart Stack
Wadsworth Bros
Salemy
Swea City
Swedish Lutheran Church
Swedish Baptist Church
J. A. Erickson
MBS
PRICE
Paine & Co
Tom
Sexton
Geo. C. Olsen
Thhe U.S
Valdez Business College
Decorah
A. L. Belton
Sec
Banecroft
W. A. Hammond
Dubuque
Goeders
India
John Goeders
James Patterson
Prop
Langdon
Ealr Reliable Grocery Firm
Peele
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