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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
4
Irvington reports social calls by Curtiss and Mrs Lewis while harvesting begins. H A Lewis sells binders daily amid wet weather. Visitors include Stanley Mathers from Humboldt and the Ditsworths from Bancroft. Hobart notes visits by Mrs Palmer, May Butler, Ruth ImMall, and Goldie Fox return from Woden.
Mr Miller of Polo Tl visiting at the H Holby home. Mr Miller is Mrs Holbys brother. Ollie Joe and Harl Haller came from Plum Creek to spend Sunday with their parents Mr and Mrs Haller.
Major Gantz the smallest man seen in Algona is on exhibition today in the former J W Childs building. A 36 year old midget weighing 30 pounds wears a child size S shoe. Born in Fairfield Town to parents still living there he is one of ten children and well educated. An intelligent conversationalist his head is naturally large while his body and limbs are tiny. Barnum reportedly wanted him but his parents objected. He has toured on his own for six years and the ten cent admission is worthwhile. This is a news item not an ad and aims to invite readers to view him.
Report from Ames Times recounts Charles J. Feyerher n and Rudolph Seifert shot aboard a Boone to Ames freight train after refusing orders to leave. Feyerhern was shot in the breast and Seifert wounded on the scalp as the train sped past Ontario. The assailant and accomplices fled as the train stopped.
Notices list caucus sites at Union-Center Batu May Cresco Tivington Central Algona and Whittemore with dates August 2 6 7 and 24 for township assessor clerk and trustee nominations plus a note on a four legged chicken reported from N A Kuhn and a leadership change at Whittemore Champion as Charles Kendall resigns to run it starting August 1 with tributes in Pino Alto Tribune
A Greenville bank robbery mentioned with strong opinion pieces criticizing petitions against the hanging of Phillips. A professor’s examination anecdote shows slang and satire on manners and ambition. A lunch counter gag frames a hungry man dialogue.
Mr J H Wells of Deer Park Long Island endorses Chamberlains Pain Balm as the best liniment for strains drawing on a prior case of severe side lameness. The Lansing Iowa Journal notes timely use of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted home remedy, sold by R H Miller.
Rail timetable lists trains from Belmond Iowa effective January 26 1909 with arrivals and connections to Clarion Fort Dodge Hayfield Austin St Paul and Minneapolis. daily service excluding Sundays. G L McAlpine agent.
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