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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
5
From Benedict items, updates on local residents and events in Hobart Bancroft and Sexton areas. Notable notes include Frank Bohn plastering, Stutlick Dorn adding a house addition, and V. Mason and daughter leaving for California. Frequent visits, farm work, and social happenings fill the column with face counts, travel, and small town commerce.
County officials Rajeeb and Mr W Jones visited Wednesday as Ed purchases a wile Hobbi for use. Amil Solnsoa's barn gathering Saturday enjoyed a pleasant evening. A bridge east of here washed out making Wesley seven miles away. Mr and Mrs Mac Smock Tom Blain and wife took a week at Chain Lakes. Sextons nine lost to Wesley Memorial 12 to 24. A J Lange attended land business and plans to head to Canada in three weeks. Fitch family reunion at the Fitch home drew John Fitch Burt Roy Fitch Portland Delbert May Ray and others.
Irvinton items report visits from relatives in Minneapolis and St Paul, a new post office at Galbraith, cattle trip to Chicago, and residents' travel. A list of local officials, assessments, public notices, and financial entries appears, including court, road, and township items. Names include Jno G Smith, JB Carr, Jno Hinpert, Ostranden, M L Roney, Chris Johnson, W Brooks, and many others.
Jno Wood led a bridge project with A Ogren and Germania Hardware Co cited for materials. Ed Brunes hauled lumber while Geo Flack supervised bowling lumber. OH Peters repaired the same bridge as GR Westlake and others logged nationalities and notes in a terse community update.
A collection of notes describes England’s royal stance on princess titles for the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, a proposed Emperor William museum on a Spree island, Prince Nikita’s historical romance trend, Kaiser Wilhelm’s rail ventures with Siemens & Halske, the Russian dowager empress’s sable collection valued around £10,000 for a mantle lining, Japan’s annual imperial allowance near $2,000,000, and Parliament’s 20,000,000 yen indemnity from the Chinese war settlement all as reported in a single compact survey of era grandeurs.
The item presents household hacks including a plate-glass sweepers top for visibility, a sandwich filling of almonds and celery with mayonnaise on brown bread, a trick to absorb cigarette odor with water, and notes on lip shapes signaling character. It also covers hominy croquettes with maple syrup, and a short etiquette anecdote about polite passage in school.
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