Getting into Shape Team About Signed Up Nine Men of Thirteen Under Contract
A revamped Algona baseball club outlines a 13-man roster with nine signed, five pitchers planned including Horn Johnson Jones and new arms Foster and Means. Willis Jones leads in right field, Norman Robinson at first, and the season, set to open May 15, could see incorporation of the club.
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Algona
Northern Iowa
M. Curtiss
Horn
Johnson
Jones
Foster
Texas Cyclone
Thomas Means
Illinois
Willis Jones
Norman Robinson
Geo. Johnson
N. Robinson
G. Richardson
D. Talbott
A. Long
SS. Barton
H. Moore
W. Jones
B. Jones
Mewns
Letter From 1854 Sebblers Resident Levi Maxwell
Levi Maxwell writes from Carlisle Town about aging health, a large scattered family with children in San Francisco Montana Newport News Boone Pleasantville and nearby, 24 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. He recalls moving from Kossuth County and glimpses life through a faded Iowa reminiscence. He mentions a wet season hampering farming and notes Algona’s growth.
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Levi Maxwell
Carlisle
Thomas J. Clark
St. Joe County
Indiana
San Francisco
California
Henry
Montana
Martin
Newport News
Vva
Boone
Pleasantville
Iowa
Kossuth County
Algona
Remarkable Mehamah Oregon Farm Letter Home Credits Wheat and Prices
Conrad 4oleoske writes to Chas Falk from near Mehama Oregon praising the country. He reports paying 620 per acre and threshing wheat at thirty seven bushels per acre with sixty six eaten. Wheat sells for sixty cents, eggs thirty, butter twenty, bogs bring 95.50. Wesley at the end.
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Conrad 4Oleoske
Chas. Falk
Mehama
Oregon
Wesley
Death Angel Cane and Local Obituaries
Mrs. F. G. Willson dies at home after a fall and illness linked to uric acid poisoning. Born Julia A. Church in 1827, she moved from Wisconsin to Algona with husband Fredrick C. Willson, leaving behind children Hattie Ward Lester and Irvan K. Willson, plus Cora Stapleton of Buena Vista. Funeral held with ministers Chipperfield and Kremers. Title and tone reflect 19th century obituary style.
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I. C. Willson
Mr. Willson
Lester Willson
Henry Walston
Cora FE. Stapleton
Buena Vista County
Mortimer
Wisconsin
R. T.chipperfield
H. Kremers
M. BH
Dock Fire At Ashland Sparks Destructive Collapse
A Milwaukee Road division engineer A H Langdon, now with Wisconsin Central, outlines a dock fire at Ashland Wisconsin that burned for hours and caused collapse of a half mile long timber structure. The tramway and rails fell, rescuers searched rubble as Lindbom died and others were injured.
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A. H. Langdon
Milwaukee Road
Wisconsin Central
Ashland
Wisconsin
Toole, Schaback
Lindbom
Schaetzle
O'toole
Vaccination Question Cited By Dr Severance
An item from the Chicago Chronicle shares Dr J H Severance’s experience in Milwaukee and Madison. He recalls Professor Lyon dying after vaccination and argues vaccination is not a preventive and may be more injurious than smallpox. He claims those unvaccinated fared better in his account.
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Chicago Chronicle
J. H. Severance
Milwaukee
Madison
Lyon
Chicago
Hunting Trip Mishap Mentioned in Lake Visit
An incomplete report notes J. W Allington encountered a dent or injury possibly during a hunting trip by a lake. Details are fragmentary about the boat outing and surrounding events.
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J. W Allington
Dent
Lake
The
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W. C. Steele
John Galbraith
A. D. Clarke and Co
Lake ST
Ill
Winkel
Chicago Grant Western Bollwey
F. S. Norton
Romeo
J. A. Brownell Shoe Co
Boston
Death Angel
F. G. Willson
Pilgrim Fathers
Plymouth Rock
Star of Empire
Ames Times
Id. Chrischiles
Mr. Chrischilles
Fenton
Angelina Tiss
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