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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
5
Bill Note Taker from Lone Rock requests a writing position to cover local events in a breezy caustic style. He boasts he can expose past coverups, name residents, and deliver timely, lively pieces, noting past Hobart coverage and a recent Thimble Club cartoon.
Dr and Mrs H C Crary from Spencer visited their nephew Ollie Clegg in Algona on Saturday and greeted old friends. They performed a popular stereopticon entertainment under the Leachers' Institute auspices, a show they offered for years before planning to retire to Detroit, Michigan.
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Irvington notes show jurors for the February Term and local items. G A Lewin visited Algona. Albert Butterfield went to Chicago with stock. John Bradley of Burt visited J B Armstrong. Grace Graffney will host the Ladies Aid meeting Thursday. Fred Dole Jr sick with pleurisy but improving. Charley Raney plans to rent a farm near Livermore. Dancing at Tivlington Hall drew a large crowd despite cold weather. a hard time social Friday drew many in costume. Mart Perris and Frank Kohlhaas stood out in costumes as notable hard times.
Geo C Call becomes secretary and treasurer of the Missouri River and Waterways Congress at Sioux City. The first president selection faced a tense ballot with secret sessions and a near hang jury before Call withdrew his name, leaving Hillis as the chosen leader and Call assured as secretary treasurer of the permanent organization.
Misbach visited from Des Moines to see relatives and friends. E. G. Bowyer and Archie Hutchison attended a temperance convention in Des Moines. Mrs. Gardner Cowles helped her mother, recovering from grip. W. H. Hodges opened a store in Sioux Falls after shipping goods from Oldham. D. Horman plans to return to Algona around Feb 1. Dailey couple to come home from Colorado. Mothers and Teachers group held a meeting at the Edward Stet building with lively songs and refreshments amid local concerns.
The funeral of James Lucas who died last Saturday at White Lake after a long tuberculosis illness was held Tuesday morning at the M E church with Rev W N Gillis presiding. Interment was at Riverview cemetery under Yeoman lodge auspices. Lucas born March 30 1862 in Morrison Illinois lived in White Lake and Belton before settling in Des Moines and later AlWon then White South Carolina. He farmed in this county the last years on Col Spencer’s Sexton farm.
At the Algona Co operative Creamery annual meeting Jake Winkel was elected director to fill a vacancy. O B Hutchins and J B Hollis were elected directors to succeed themselves. Hutchins becomes president and H Lantry treasurer. Secretary to be elected in March. Secretary J B Hofins presents annual report showing milk and butter fat totals, butter shipped, stock value, and financial position with growth over the prior year.
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