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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1904
Page
4
Train schedule notes show South Bound connections and arrivals for Iowa Central and Western lines. Passenger and freight numbers listed include through car connections at Hampton and Grinnell with C.K. and W.A. services, guided by agent Klingler.
The Paine & Tyndale Grocery advertises fine navel oranges priced at 50 cents per peck. The brief item promotes a grocery sale or daily deal in a period-typical notice.
Townsfolk and frequent visitors are listed with movements and activities. M. Shrvberg and Sam Shraiberg aid at the Boston store in Des Moines and Armstrong, while Dexter Turner returns home after attending his mother’s funeral in Lanesboro. Local events include a Y P A social netting $5.90, a postponed Passion Play lecture, Yeoman activities, W L A 8 meetings, a planned city school director bid for Dr. Morse, and a move of the Boston store to James Taylor’s former stand with a spring opening promised. The Call theater saw a strong showing of When Louis III Was King with praise for J J McConnell and William Owens, and Yeoman initiations drew 32 Bancroft visitors amid plans for future success.
The past week has seen little action on the eastern front with dispatches offering scant detail on current conditions. Some reports suggest a large interior battle may be forthcoming, though no decisive developments are noted.
The Congregational Church lists the upcoming program to be rendered by Prof. L. T. Benjamin and the choir next Sabbath. Morning Prelude 8.2 Warren Anthem Choir Prayer Edmond Lemaigre Evening Dudley Buck Anthem Choir Cayatina 5.1. Left Money to Loan at 5 percent. 1911 Tiacuaro and Frank en FOR SALE a car of corn 3212 Muon Bros.
Gur Correspondents reports include Thomas Chilton in St Paul on business and sightseeing, Abe Carter ill, Armfelt bringing stock to Teagle Grove, Dole moving to Irvington, and several neighbors changing farms. The school election is Monday and every voter should participate. The burial of Miss Celestia Reed occurred in Irvington cemetery after an operation in Des Moines.
Riverdale township District No 1 holds 110 library volumes. Mr Spurgeon moves to the former Mike Loss place. Ed Worster improves in health while his father remains low. A mad dog causes disorder in the neighborhood. Mrs Chas Stewart from Washington Iowa visits briefly. Albert Butterfield returns from Chicago with hogs and cattle carload.
W Hanna of Kossuth serves on nine committees and presses railroad legislation for mutual shipping rights. He critiques other measures as harmless small schemes while backing an optional primary election system for the county. He also proposes raising county road tax to two mills to fund good roads, per local views while remaining civic-minded amid broader political debate.
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