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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
4
The Germania Record recalls threescore years past when boys spent Sundays eating mulberries and green apples while mothers treated worms with vermifuge and salts before laboring into the cow pasture. today a child with a side ache faces appendicitis, hospital wards, surgeons, anesthesia, and burial or recovery.
County board and local bankers clashed Wednesday over unpaid ditch warrants. Bankers agreed to honor warrants if given a written guarantee, which the board refused to provide. The issue remains unresolved at Spirit Lake Beacon.
Local notes report residents traveling to forts and visiting relatives, a large turnout for theater at the opera house, and preparations as crowds arrive for gatherings. The Robertson Panorama Company brings The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and Ben Hur with Garretson as musical novelty in Algona tonight.
Lyon and Healy announces a triple clearing sale of nearly a thousand pianos with no reserve. Highlighted brands include Mehin Hardman Ivers Pond Smith Nixon Steinway Weber and others from Thompson Musi Co Healy Music Co and F G Shearla. Uprights priced from 100 to 200 plus. returnable if unsatisfactory. Address 17 Adams Street Chicago.
A Pacific Coast narrative recalls California’s early missions led by Junípero Serra and the oldest San Diego mission founded in 1769. The piece contrasts San Diego and Los Angeles growth, notes San Diego’s harbor, climate, and budding development, and describes a tourist journey visiting Coronado, Point Loma, and nearby sites. It mentions the Imperial Valley trip, the Coronado peninsula, and a Mexican excursion to Tijuana with border duties, ending with a day at National City and Sweetwater Dam before returning via La Jolla.
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