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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
5
Women’s accessories priced by the pair from five to seventy five cents. Fancy embroidered handkerchiefs offered in 5 10 15 20 25 35 40 45 50 60 and 75 cent options. Local shop with varied values aimed at differing budgets.
Ladies' linen items offered at four for 25 cents or nine for 50 cents. Men's cambric handkerchiefs priced at six for 20 cents. Children's bordered handkerchiefs available in assorted colors, sold individually or six for 5 cents.
A brief market note lists corn and wheat activity with phrases like new crop references and vaccine notes. The fragment signals mixed signals for grain prices and futures as buyers await clearer guidance.
Tonight Bancroft bowlers will visit to challenge locals amid festive air. Miss Cass returns from Sumner for holidays. Mr. and Mrs. CG A Gohen host a Tuesday social. Carrie Schichti to enjoy break from state university. Frank Nicoulin returns from Appleton, Wis. The Advance reports high patronage. Rev Proper to lead Baptist service. Rev Anderson to start in January. Robert Henderson moves to Montana after selling farm to Wm Stewart. Rev Holmes to officiate Morse Hamilton wedding on Dec 31. F W Converse leaves Algona for Estherville bank. sells implement business to GC PF Gange. A Green sells Sioux Falls farm, buys 400 acres near Slinckley. Prof Wayke’s orchestra to perform at Christmas, then tour Western Iowa and South Dakota. base in Mason City and Fort Dodge. John Hamilton family to visit St. Louis World’s Fair. Coal traffic lively. Woodford Wheeler & Tompkins sell over $21 worth. Helen Eddy, former central building teacher, now in Strawberry, Arizona, writes about her homeland. Royal Arch Masonic initiates from Corwith. luncheon at Durdall. A turkey incident near Moe Bros. causes commotion. Goodrich fires at turkey. Old-timers recall CG M Dickinson now in Los Angeles. asks after him as he nears eighty-six and eyesight fails. Dickinson left town for Allamakee in 1870, later Kansas, then Wil.
A local shop announces a large stock of Xmas trees and a complete line of gifts for all ages from Father and Mother to the Baby. They invite customers to come see the selections before buying. The store is listed as a local agent for Santa Claus.
A Gloudhind Ahaly infant and daughter travel to Los Angeles then Tayatte before returning to Palo Alto California while Mrs. Fred Breithaupt now in Kennewick Washington reports real estate openings and easy land prices. C B Clarke wins restoration of La Verne township sections from Corwith Prairie and a long school district dispute over cross county territory continues unresolved.
Geo J Adams aged about eighty two died after a bladder surgery in an Omaha hospital. He visited Nebraska sons last November and grew ill at a son’s home, later moved to hospital where an operation to drain pus was performed. He was respected for integrity, a longtime M E church member, and a key Mason. Survived by Ezra and John with several deceased. funeral set for tomorrow at 10 AM at the M E church with Masonic rites and Rev. R T Chipperfield delivering the sermon.
On Monday December 29 the seventh anniversary of Iowa’s admission to the union the Des Moines Daily Capital can be secured for $2.00 for the entire year of 1903 by mail only, reduced from $3.00. Present subscribers can renew by paying their current account and remitting $2.00 for the new year, with instructions to mail on December 20 to Safe Young in Des Moines Iowa. The Capital highlights its status as a metropolitan evening newspaper with full leased wire AP reports, five color printing, and strong market coverage, aiming to remain the greatest in the state in 1903. Also offered are rooms for rent at the Durdall Annex, piano tuning services in Algona, and various business opportunities and patent products.
Advertisement notes an elegant brass chandelier with lamps and several gas points and light fixtures for sale. Inquire at this office.
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