Local overflow and social notes from Algona week
The Markets corrected weekly and local overflow list crops hogs butter and grain prices while residents from Algona attend visits in Des Moines Monticello St Paul and Chicago. Community events include club entertainments teacher institutes press work and a J C C F encampment installation with many residents traveling between Algona Forest City Hampton and Gowrie Iowa.
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al Walkenbainer
Ilonka
Mrs. Kenefick
Ty. GR. Sheetz
Des Moines
Bancroft Grader Purchase Sparks Road Improvement Plan
The Beedle machine operated on the Bancroft road with six teams moving 2280 yards of dirt at a cost of 44.50 to demonstrate its effectiveness. Trustees debated buying it as a town asset. a group including Lenander McLaughlin Warrick and others proposed forming a business buyer to ensure passable roads before next season.
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Beedle
Messrs
Lenander
McLaughlin
Warrick
Bancroft
Kennedy Bros
Mayor Guide & Whelp
J. Lenander
O. E. McLaughlin
Dr. C, M. G. Walters
A. J. Schemmel
Sheridan Bros
J. J. Warrick
Joe Murray
A. L. Hunt
Terrl
Township purchase for a scouting program debated
The discussion notes that the plan would secure capable men to run the project and eliminate trouble in scouting teams. Bancroft Register highlights arguments for and against township involvement in funding and administration.
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Bancroft Register
Importance of Graduation for the High School Student
A reflection on how a high school graduation marks a major achievement for a boy. The diploma symbolizes years of effort, overcoming obstacles, and the fulfillment of youthful hopes. For a man it is only a parchment roll, but for the graduate it represents hard earned fruits and pride.
Tremaine Relieved From Division After 22 Years
Mail Clerk Tremaine received orders to report at Cedar Rapids to relieve him and take charge of the transfer office at the Union depot. He will move his family to become a permanent resident of the garden city and leaves a long service record on the North Western line.
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Tremaine
Cedar Rapids
Mini
Union Depot
Garden City
North-Western
Bancroft Register
Turnip riches and gullible schemes in old ads tale
A Kanawha Record item recounts a young man who answered cheap story papers and learned to raise turnips by pulling tops. He sought advice from a Chicago firm, receiving absurd tips to sit on dough, fold money to double it, and cash in on twelve household items and needles. He paid to learn to quit work and was told to fish for suckers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kanawha Record
Robbery at S. E. Stahl & Co. Drug Store
Last Saturday the S. E. Stahl & Co. drug store back door was unlocked during the Gopher picnic period and $34 from the till plus some liquor was taken. Mr. Stahl had withdrawn about $100 earlier. loss could have been larger. Suspect linked to a man who used Burt as a headquarters briefly. thieves also removed the back door key.
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Fort Dodge
the Messenger
Folaer
Lorraine Bassett
Sheldon
J. E. Stacy
West
R. P. Wright
O. W. McMurray
Ho.McMurray
J. P. Waller
Oregon
R. T. Wright
Portland
Arthur Dutton
S. E. Stahl & Co
Stahl
Burt
Angered neighbor vows action after horse acid attacks
George Walker of the northwest outskirts reports two acid attacks on his horses tied in the street within two weeks. He vows to pursue the cowardly culprit and promises to make it hot for the assailant, according to the Manson Democrat report.
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George Walker
DeLaval separators touted by Algona firm
Old creamery managers and buttermakers use Alpha DeLaval separators for long life, close skimming and easy running. Spurbeck Lambert Co. of Algona, Iowa, lists prices and catalogue. Also notices of bicycle ordinance enforcement and California return travel deals appear in this Algona page.
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Kossuth
Spurbeck-Lambert Company
Algona
Towa
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