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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
5
Closeout sale at The Variety Store offering black hose reg price 20 cents and German knitting yarn in Brown Red Gray and Blue. Limited stock noted with emphasis on colors and yardage in a concise ad style.
Iowa association in Southern California calls for all Iowa papers to publish the notice. The annual Towa picnic gathers Iowans February 22 at Eastlake Park Los Angeles with 25 000 attendees. rain would push to February 27. Bring picnic dinners and invite friends and families to join the reunion.
The West Bend Advance editor is described as their latest victim in a week of attacks by a group of local women. The paper hints at continued recovery and promises forthcoming actions that may provoke thought, naming the group as the automobile club and indicating investigations into their behavior.
The ex-champion Fitzsimmons traveled with his wife on a Chicago to Estherville passenger train last Sunday evening. He left the coach to allow onlookers to view a prize fighter while Mrs. Fitzsimmons stayed in the Pullman state room.
Mrs Michael Cart wife of the superintendent of Cart Service in Kingston Jamaica reports years of using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs croup and whooping cough with strong benefit and complete confidence she would not be without a bottle in her home sold by K B Canner & Co.
J B Wiskel advertises selling his entire stock of sewing machines and organs before moving to New Mexico. Also offers mares, harnesses, wagons, a survey and related items for sale at low prices. Messer, the wide awake furniture man, notes quality and prices to attract buyers.
Large audiences praised the Farmers and Teachers Institutes held in Algona. Highlights included lectures by C. B. Hutchins, Willson on county farm experiments, and a corn judging test. Notable speakers from Chicago urged farmer cooperation and home creameries, while Mrs Els McWhorter and Rev Holmes received strong responses. Resolutions urged rate legislation support and public pledges from candidates.
The Algona Club met at the James Anderson home on Capitol Hill New Year night. Officers elected for the year are Miss Dell McCall president James McDonald secretary and Mrs C A Tellier treasurer. The group adopted a constitution and bylaws and planned quarterly meetings with an entertainment committee. Members noted interest in Algona news and the Seattle delegation among about sixty charter members.
Fred Gilbert leads 1905 trap shooting among forty six shooters with an average of 95.6 percent for 17 005 targets. Crosby is second at 95.5 percent for 16 415 targets. Russell Klein appears at 90.5 percent for 8 455 targets, in the Spirit Lake Beacon report.
An occasional flurry of snow appears amid mild weather and fans express strong enjoyment of the West. The letter is signed sincerely by Berra A Tenner from Seattle dated January 16.
A M Bruce of Farmville Va reports a twenty year struggle with chronic piles and malignant sores ended by Bucklen's Arnica, claiming cures with no trace remaining. Local ads tout Bucklen’s Arnica, a dining room table sale at Reaser's furniture, and Taylor’s salted peanuts advertised as superior.
An Algona advertisement urges residents to check their coal supply with a bold prompt Is Your Coal Bin Empty and provides a contact phone number 80 for inquiries or orders.
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