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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
8
List of small sewing items with prices: Pearl buttons at per dot one cent, Best hose supporters at .01, Gilk ribbons valued at eight cents, Wide fancy ribbon at ten cents, Silk seam braid at ten cents. Prices reflect a low-cost craft catalog style.
These are fresh new goods from our immense stock. It is not a cleaning out sale of old shelf-worn items but a regular sale of clean merchandise. Seasonal goods are guaranteed perfect, new and up-to-date at a saving of 50c on the dollar.
The Markets-Corrected Weekly reports corn at 0.24, oats at 0.264, wheat at 4X, barley 0.25, hogs 36.60, eggs 12 cents, with Moore Bros as the reporter. Scores and precise unit details reflect grain and livestock pricing alongside miscellaneous markers.
Algona area notes: residents travel to Minnesota and Wisconsin, relatives visit, and local clubs plan teas and meetings. School events include eighth grade closing exercises and high school graduation at the opera house as neighbors discuss politics and community happenings.
Compact report from Algona covering community events and people. Mentions A K Kennedy John Finné mark Gas Studer and Petar Low W as outspoken protesters. Reports Rev Chipperfield back at M E Church pulpit, M Sanderson family moving to Durdall hotel, and a Gopher picnic at Jay Grover’s on June 13.
Fragmentary local notice shows a barter tale with a woman seeking a promised dress and a man trading two pups at 25 apiece. A separate farm notice offers two yearling cattle for pickup at J. R. Buren’s farm. Also mentions Moore Bros and cedar posts, and a northwestern railway sale offering round trip excursion tickets to Bollafontaine for the German Baptist Brethren meeting.
County Savings Bank invites saving deposits at 4 percent per year with semi annual compounding and offers checking accounts with convenient terms. The bank issues drafts and letters of credit usable worldwide and provides safe storage for valuable papers at one dollar per year. Directors include E. J. Gilmore Gardner Cowles G. Spear BE. J. Murtagh Wm. Dodds C. B. Hutchins F. H. Vesper Frank Wiemer and E. Y. Swettlug.
A bold civic promise declares the group serves the public interest by offering the best goods at the lowest prices. The statement frames a pro consumer mission aimed at maximizing value and affordability for residents.
Until September 30 the Milwaukee Road will sell excursion tickets to Spirit Lake Arnold's Park Okoboji land to Clear Lake and return at one and one third fare.
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