Death Angel Calls Matthew Richardson After Eight Months
Matthew Richardson died at six this Tuesday morning after eight months of illness due to heart trouble. Born in Dumfries Scotland in 1836, he lived here 36 years, worked as a miller and in various businesses, then faced financial losses during hard times. He leaves wife Ellen Henry and children Will H. and Hadward, Adell Fountain, Luen Bloody, Lida Beth, Valerie, plus a San Francisco brother. Funeral at home today with Odd Fellows in charge.
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Matthew Richardson
Mr. Richardson
Dumfries
Scotland
Rockdale
Dane County
Wisconsin
J.C. Hack
Oli
Will H
Denver
Hadward
Britt
Adell Fountain
Luen
Boody
West Bend
Lida
Beth V
Valerie C
San Francisco
Richardson
Odd Fellows Organization
Entrance Examination At Central School For Algona Pupils
An entrance examination will be held at the Central school building Friday and Saturday August 28 and 29. All pupils desiring to enter Algona public schools should present themselves for exam and classification. This does not apply to pupils entering school for the first time. They will go direct to the primary department when school opens September 7. Pupils making up back work may take an examination at this time. Superintendent J. B. Overmyer announces.
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Algona
Overmyer
Spencer Carloads of Laborers On Way to Dakotas
There are carloads of laborers passing through Spencer daily bound for wheat fields in the Dakotas. They seek high wages, as none would stay here at $2.50 per day. The Spencer Reporter notes the movement while the Wand and Krigthe families plan to move to Burk.
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Spencer
Dakotas
Dopple
Wand
Peter Krigthe
Incoherent OCR Item On Newspapers and Manners
Fragmentary text questions what newspapers know about a man who should return and give thanks three times. It mentions Carmith Hust and a printed piece, but the meaning is unclear and the source is garbled.
Local News From Algona Area Busy With Visits and Openings
Mrs Oliver Moe and Margaret return from Forest City while Ethel Ayers visits relatives at A. D. Bradley’s. Blanch and Ida Peitzke visit from LaVerne and Clear Lake. Mrs Otto Falkenbainer hosts a cordial gathering. Geo St John now bakes and sells bread and pastries. The electric theatre opens to good crowds as Spectators grow. Mrs A H Stock returns from Chambers Minnesota with son visiting land near Sargent county. George Horton resigns editor post at Record-Herald to lead General Merchants' Review. Ella and Margaret Rutherford visit from Chicago. Margaret seeks eye treatment. Implement house west of court house sells to Cone Bros of Windom with a farm deed to Campbell. Algona High School 1903 class reunion at Essie Patterson’s. Nina Blossom attends. Mrs Hermanson and Chicago relatives visit, noting Norway kinship. G G Manley from Missouri visits Union township. dairying prospers, political outlook favors Republicans.
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Oliver Moe
Margaret
Forest City
Ethel Ayers
Hstherville
A. D. Bradley
Geo
St. John
Electric Theatre
A. H. Stock
Chambers Minnesota
Stock
Sargent County
N. C
George Horton
The
Record-Herald
Chicago
General Merchants’ Review
Ella
Margaret Rutherford
M. Rutherford
Court House
Joseph Campbell
Cone Bros
Windom
Minnesota
Campbell
Algona High School
Essie Patterson
Nina Blossom
Burt
Montfort
Wisconsin
Hermanson
John Bohannon
Funnemarks
Wesley
Norway
G. G. Manley
Buffalo Fork
Jefferson County
Missouri
W. C. Nelson
Union Township
Titania Topic reports large crowd at Indian Days celebration
The Titania Topic notes a fair day with 2000 to 2200 attendees, no gambling or alcohol, one drunk observed, and general satisfaction with the festivities. Hotel ownership shifts: H. J. Thompson sells St Nicholas, Theodore Behrns acquires it, while Thompson gains a quarter section of North Dakota land. Whittemore Champion mentions township teams aiming for fair honors and prize money.
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H. J. Thompson
Theodore Behrns
Barney
N. D
Behrns
St. Nicholas Hotel
Thompson
N, D. Land
Whittemore Champion
Potters Boys Reach Event With Unclear Message
Fragmentary OCR text shows scrambled terms about boys and a heater or heart Rive? The readable items are insufficient for a clear event, making it impossible to determine a proper headline and factual summary.
Clyde Roswell Injured In Elevator Fall At Algona Factory
Clyde Roswell, an employee at the Great Ice Cream factory in Algona, fell down an elevator shaft in the rear of the store on Monday night and is reported severely injured and unconscious. His brother-in-law WAS BADLY INJURED wife’s brother, Clyde Roswell, who is hospitalized in Estherville. The article also describes the Algona Brick and Tile Works process and urges local support for industry to boost employment and prosperity in Algona.
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H. Taylor
Estherville
Clyde Roswell
Clyde
Taylor
Livermore
Algona Brick and Tile Works
Algona
Towa
Fair roundup notes and visitors at Kossuth County event
Des Moines special reports a daily roundup at the fair with new faces such as Chas Nolte Will Bronson and Will Reed. Mentions gate captains F Crose and W J Brunson plus local residents Mrs Brunson Mrs Taylor and James Pedley who won prizes for his colt and brood mare. Rumors place J R Laird and W A Dutton on grounds as Soldiers Day draws crowds at the big Kossuth County Fair.
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Chas. Nolte
Will Bronson
Will Reed
B.F. Crose
Frank
Brons
A. A. Brunson
W. J. Brunson
Joe Taylor
F. Crose
Grand Avenue Gate
QO. F. Nolte
Capital Avenue Gate
Rock Island Gate
W. J. Bourne
T. M. Billsborough
Jas. Pedley
Geo Wolfe
Big Kossuth
J. R. Laird
W. A. Dutton
Jno
lTamath
Algona
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Death Angel
Odd Fellows
Titanka
Alingter
Des Moines
Th House of Kuppenheimer
Wm. C. Steele
Iowa
Shackelford Bros
E. E. Conner & Co
Bruggists & Fooksellers
Todd
Algona, Iowa
Ies Patterson
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