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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
10
A four week sale of ribbons to be held in Algona promises to astonish shoppers. The vendor Chrischilles & Herbs invites women across the county to attend and witness a display noted as unequaled in the area.
Reported by Moore Bros with price updates for corn oats wheat barley flax hogs butter and other commodities. farm prices listed including corn at new figures and hogs at 85.50 with butter at 28 cents.
Miss Emma Finnemark visits sister Joshe in Wesley while banker Fr Finn from Germania attends the tax sale. Local events include Haggard & Peek moving, new office in the Savings Bank building, and Ambrose Bowyer taking a prominent post in Chicago. Thanksgiving football, dances, bowling alley changes, and numerous travels round out a bustling week in Algona.
A dated Chicago bank draft drawn on a bank that has since dissolved into another institution was sent through proper channels for payment. G. W. Smith and wife, newly back from California, were in town en route to Des Moines after visiting Bancroft. They once ran the Harrison house, later moved to Bancroft, then California six years ago to an orange ranch near Pomona. They have no wish to return to the U.S. climate, preferring Pomona for living. Supt Towle reports city schools and high school enrollment with notable attendance and punctuality figures. Various Thanksgiving week programs impressed at Central and Third ward schools. Mrs Horton returns from Chicago and Wisconsin. The McGuire Bros. & Strouss case highlights appellate reversals on evidence materiality, with Blanchard’s land sale dispute ending in damages for failure to cure a deed defect. Bourne & Son advertise apples at $2.25 per barrel for New York stock.
A fragment from a Cedar Rapids paper notes Layer’s Clothing house running a suit and overcoat sale with ten percent additional discount. It mentions Dr Reed cushion sole shoes as a preventative aid and reports a self-inflicted death due to painful corns. Popcorn appeal seeks fifty bushels of last year’s crop.
The store touts its holiday line as the most convincing argument for purchases, claiming an unmatched assortment. It highlights a recent several thousand dollar stock expansion across departments with up-to-date, reliable goods designed for practical use.
A sentimental Kansas editor muses on whether any phrase surpasses I love you for sentiment while noting the charmingly crisp sound of the line Here's that dollar that I owe you on subscription. The snippet reflects editor Raymond of Illinois, Independent style.
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