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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
4
W. A. Parsons & Company in the Durant Building offers the Edison Phonograph with high quality tones and popularity in town. Customers praise its natural voice realism and a large up to date record selection including Old Time Violin Opera and Banjo music across many genres.
A consumer note urges shoppers to call and inspect a refrigerator before purchase to ensure fit and functioning. It stresses personal evaluation over relying solely on advertisements and emphasizes checking size, cooling performance, and energy use.
Miss Minnie J. Goata announces a new four year Rotor Scholarship at the State University to aid a top fourth of the graduating class from Algota High School. The winner receives full tuition in Liberal Arts or Engineering for four years, selected by the superintendent and principal. One new scholarship each year. graduates from the local high school may enter without exam. Local attendance listed includes Caroline Schichtl, Jennie Switzer, J. E. Goodwin, Wheaton McArthur, John Kunz, Homer Lawson, and C. C. Lantry.
Helen Berkley-Loyd describes the 1906 Summer girls outfits with frocks featuring frills, color effects, and semi-tailored lines. Elder styles also showcase bold color in tweed trotteurs and motor coats, while gowns blend mauve blue and American Beauty hues with white and pastels. Sleeves reach the elbow or mid forearm, boleros appear, and velvet cuffs flare. accessories include black velvet bracelets with jeweled buckles and wisps of tulle. Armor glove garters of satin ribbon finish the look.
A fragment from the Webster City Journal describes a reptile hunt with a strange creature sent to hunt by mall and prompts readers to view the hideous thing, illustrating local reporting on odd wildlife events.
The Bancroft Register notes the Advance reporting that several boys claim the Ancient Order of De ferted Candidates will organize at the county seat with 12345 members, per Germania Record.
Dr. Morse of Algona organized a new secret society named The Ancient Order of Detented Candidates. The pass is I also ran. The group states there is no insurance connected with the order.
Jake Rohrbach will throw fifty dollars worth of hats caps shoes and furnishing goods from the top of his store into the street on the evening of July 4. Watch for them and get your share. Britt News.
Founder Humboldt College Rev 8 H Taft near eighty years old yet active and vigorous. expected here in near future to visit relatives and many friends. Humboldt people promise a royal welcome in the Humboldt Herald report.
The Emmetsburg Democrat notes a Milwaukee claim that a large summer hoverer near street lamps may carry tuberculosis germs. The public is urged to doubt the sensational discovery and find humor in the report.
A fragment from the Arm strong Journal notes harsh treatment at the republican county convention in Kossuth with criticism aimed at Algona and surrounding areas. It references Geo Boyle away fishing and Geo Hanna supervising, while Wesleyites are noted for catching frogs, signaling a pending squall in early fall.
A Lewis Johnson child was severely cut Friday evening while crawling through a barbed wire fence. A barb pierced the Hesky area of the leg, creating a gash several inches long and requiring about a dozen stitches. The wound is not deep and recovery is expected soon.
Managers of resort hotels and boatmen report a robust summer season with high patronage. Demand for cottages and inquiries for hotel accommodations point to a busy July and August, aided by favorable weather and eager visitors.
A thirty four car stock train decorated with bunting passed through the city toward Chicago on the Great Western. The shipment, all yellow cars, was created by Charles Escher of Irwin from his own farm. Market crowds gathered at each stop, calling out inquiries as the procession moved on.
N H White of Laurens says he has the laugh on friends who mocked his Canada investments. Four years ago he bought land for 2700. recently he sued it with agents and quickly received two telegrams from different parties announcing a sale for 88500. The Pocahontas Record notes the investment as favorable and that Mr White’s turn to laugh has arrived.
The Fenton Reporter urges H. J. Newel of this place to receive the Democratic nomination for sheriff as the party seeks candidates. Newel is a lifelong Democrat and active party worker, and the township has not yet been represented in the courthouse. The reporter argues Newel would be a strong candidate for the office.
A Buffalo doctor warns the straw berry season drives insanity and that the fruit’s supposed effects rise with the harvest. The piece notes the season begins in Cuba and Florida in early spring and ends later, reflecting sensational claims about health and sanity.
Trustees of the cemetery instruct the sexton to arrest any person found loitering drinking love making or engaged in immoral or unlawful acts within the cemetery grounds and bring them before a justice of the peace or mayor for legal action.
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