Shortage of teachers haunts rural Iowa counties
County Superintendent Brown faces a severe teacher shortage across 116 schools. Only two teachers available in two weeks. rest without supply. Several counties in the north half report vacancies and thousands of children may be deprived of schooling this winter. The piece laments regulatory barriers and urges bold action, invoking Theodore Roosevelt as a model for decisive, central intervention to restore adequate instruction and fill classrooms.
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Brown
Ort Dodge
Register and Leader
Kossuth
Webster County
Cherokee
Boone
Calhoun Gi
Pocahontas
Green
Oscoula
Linh
Theodore Roosevelt
Des Moines
Iowa
Lydia Pinkham and political backbone in Congress
The piece reflects on Lydia Pinkham’s enduring fame with letters to her despite her death. It argues congressional leaders like La Follette Folk and Cummins would deliver action if they possessed that backbone, suggesting a reformist blessing for the country.
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Sioux City
Shaw
Senate
House of Representatives
Marriage License Refused Then Granted Next Day
A New Ulm couple applied for a county clerk marriage license but were refused due to no witness. That night they registered as husband and wife at a hotel, obtained licenses, and married the following day. Included are garbled score-like lines and unrelated phrases from various sources.
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New Ulm
Estherville Vindicator
Holiday Excursion To Peoria From Algona Branch
Iowa Central offers a special $7 excursion Friday December 2 from Algona to Peoria for a holiday visit to the old home. Train connects with Central’s Peoria fast train, arriving 11 45 p m at Union Depot. Free reserved parlor cars provided for excursionists with through service to east and southeast points.
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Towa Central
Peoria
Algona
Miinois
Tadlana
Algoni
Tri
Trampton Sime
Central
Union Depot
Siam
Tralin
Tsec
Iowa Central Ticket
Geo. M. Martin
Oskaloosa
Iowa
A.B. This
Minneapolis, Minn
Holiday Excursion Rates and California Tour Announcement
Holiday excursion fares set for December 28 to January 4 1908 include one and one third fare for round trips with return validity through January 4. Details and folders available via agents. A personally conducted first class tour to California departs Chicago February 7 from Chicago area, $350 includes rail fare hotel and meals, with service first class. Participants from west of Chicago may join en route. request itineraries and full details.
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The
Tows Central Ry
Dew
California
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Uhvago
Polis
Chieu
S.A. Hutchison
Miainger
Clarl St. Kie
North-Western Ling
North-Western
Waton Pachile RB. R
Dach Arding
Cheyenne
Denver
Pulitts
BR. R
Denver & Rio Grande RR
Colorado Seubuurn
Dover
Trinidad
Colorado
Orin Jet
Ghevenins
A. Ry
Mineral Range RR
Chicago & North Western Ry
Weekend Excursions and Half Rate Fares Explored
An old railway notice advertises weekend half rates within local counties and fares for longer trips, plus special holiday excursion prices via the North-Western Line. It notes sale Fridays, return limits, and eligibility rules for different distance bands and destinations on multiple lines.
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Iowa Central Railway
Gort Rattway
China
Notice of Probate of Will in Kossuth County
Notice of probate in the district court of Kossuth County Iowa. The late John Rosenmeyer is named in a purported will allegedly opened and publicly read December 19 1903. A February 10 1906 hearing is scheduled to determine admission of the will to probate. W Co Dewell, Clerk of the District Court, dated December 9 1904.
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Kossutyt
SS Mestriet
Kossuth
John Roxon
John Rosenmeyer
W. Co. Dewel
Banking House Ad Brief Promises Prompt Collections
Collections aide promptly and general banking business transacted deposits received money loaned foreign and domestic exchange bought and sold.
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Foreign
Ind
County Savings Bank Advertises Services and Officers
County Savings Bank offers general banking, drafts, money orders payable worldwide, 4 percent interest on savings with semiannual compounding. Free use of pre proof vaults for depositors, with equal care for small and large accounts. President J Murtagu, VP C B Antelins, Cashier J Vesper, and listed officers Gardner Cowles Andrew Peterson and others.
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BR. J. Murtagu
C. B. Antelins
J. Vesper
Wm. Dodds
E.3.gilmore
Gardner Cowles
Andrew Peterson
O. Spear
BE. McMahon
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Reed & Clarke
B. F. Reed
Post St
Roosevelt
Cummins
Hull
Washington
Adams
District of Columbia
Gilhooley
Nebraska
Wolfe
Elmore Enterprise
Lydia Pinkham
Fox
Tara
New York
Texiekanit
Balrmonu
Wolfie
Kritt
A. D. Craike & Co
W. H. Ingham
Theo. Chrischilles
V-Pres
Lewis H. Smith
Kossuth County State Bank
Algona, Lowa
On Ingham
J. Ja. Smith
J. H. Jones
J. W. Wadsworth
Kane Devine
Towa
Algona, I
Owa
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kanga City
All Pointa Beyond
Leive
Hampton
Twin Cities
Mason City Mail
St. Louis & Wan
City Mall
Peoria Express
Sun
St. L. & Peoria Limited
SUM
Albs i. A
P.m
Mad A
J. H. Morgan
Gutts
G.P.L& TA
Minnespolis
Minn
Sh. A. Patterson
W. H. Schmidt
E.H. Reaser
W.H. Strickler
Collis
First National Bank
Algona, Iowa
United States
Ambrose A. Call
D. H. Hutchins
WM. K. Ferguson
C. A. Palmer
Court House Aquare
County Savings Bank
ANT
Rollister
Rocky Mountain
Honda
Tomaren Dava Company
Madison
Wia
Woodford, Wheeler
Algona Milling & Grain Co
Algona Milling
the Register and Leader
Register
Leader
World
Panama Canal
Daily Register and Leader
Algona Advance
Daily and Sunday Register and Leader
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Sheetz Pharmacy Company
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