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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
4
Train card shows passenger times 1 55 pm and 2 05 pm with mixed freight and passenger notes. Agent A Winkel listed with freight and schedule details.
Our readers will find the president's message in full on the inside pages. F H Patton and wife from La Verne visit their daughter Mrs H R Smith. Huyhe's orchestra to play for attorneys' club party at Clarion next Tuesday. John Bannart from West Bend called at AdvAnce headquarters. Prof Frank Tellier and sister Belle from Emmetsburg spent time with friends. Company J to hold a grand military ball at the armory Friday Dec 20 with harp orchestra. tickets $1. Winnie Hays of Garfield attends winter town schools. Mrs G W Cady and children visiting at Boscobel Wisconsin. Episcopal bazaar and rummage sale net receipts not yet learned. Swedish note adds a family line about Fru Betty Anderson from Humboldt visiting her brother Andrew Anderson and staying several weeks.
An elderly resident Mr John Cunningham of High Lake took his first ride behind a locomotive last week, a rare modern experience for him after thirty eight years in the county. Nearby, a ditcher crossed the railroad bridge after removing rails and tops, while oil gains widen in Beaupont fields and large landowners in Bancroft hold thousands of acres awaiting further wells. The Nampton Chronicle urges abolition of petition votes in the old law and a winter election with secret ballots. A letter from Syracuse notes sixteen inches of snow there, contrasting with Iowa weather. Clarke sells near half a million worth of Dakota lands, while G E Boyle plans a southern winter tour including Cuba and Porto Rico. Arnold's Park plans a new hotel on Milwaukee Beach to serve resort visitors.
A summary of local notices reports Milford Matt and Hank Yeaner capturing 180 dozen frogs on Monday earning 18 dollars by wading the lake with four dip nets. The piece notes frogs retreat to water in cold weather and are easier to net from their winter quarters.
An old advertisement promotes Fancy Patent flour as the best grocers’ product and claims patent medicines will improve appetite, cleanse the stomach, regulate the liver and bowels, and relieve ailments such as dullness after eating, loss of appetite, bad mouth taste, constipation, headaches, and bilious feelings. For sale by druggists and grocers.
Our special correspondence chronicles a mother’s death on Armbrose A. Calt’s farm near Bancroft, local court matters, new businesses, and social happenings. It mentions J. M. Miller’s family, a larceny penalty, a billiard hall nuisance petition, grand jurors, tenants, and several transient visits, auctions, and entertainments in town.
Mrs. James Coats from Jewell City Kansas visits sister Mrs. J Cline en route to Montana to join her husband. Leon Nafus aids Paul Currier at the hardware while Ollie Swain runs Otto's store. D R Davis adds another wind mill for stock farm water supply and owns two Monitor mills. Squire Moore had Krueger vs Klatt hearing set for Tuesday but continued to December 30 by consent. A yearling bone contention, Otto Schultz and Alf Natus, were ill for a week with typhoid fever and appendicitis respectively.
The clipping covers a mix of social updates from Cresco and nearby towns. It mentions condolences for a 12 year old girl who died November 29, holiday events like a Thanksgiving dance in Irvington and a Thanksgiving ball in Algona, numerous people visiting relatives, a honeymoon return, teaching assignments in Cresco, and social gatherings. It also notes Poultry Wanted and livestock price ads and a medical testimonial for Dr King’s New Life Pills.
An Australian reader from Toowoomba praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a severe cough over two years. The endorsement comes from W. C. Woekner, a long respected resident, who urges others to try it. The product is sold by all druggists. Also notes rental listings for a farm and a store building with inquiries at the local office.
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