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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
4
Railway timetable fragment lists departures for No. 4 No. 8 No. 72 No. 94 and specials under CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN with routes to towns and Minn Des Moines and Minneapolis. It notes passenger and accommodation trains along with way freight numbers and times around 1:17 pm and 8:50 pm.
Local visits and family news fill pages with visitors from Spirit Lake and LaVerne while W L A S plans a meeting at the new library. Shipments of spring goods arrive, and Marvin Lipshie buys stock for the season. Holt seed corn tour scheduled for March 16 17 with multiple stops. Pianos sold by Schiller Co plan to close here and reopen in Eagle Grove. Georgia Clarke travels to Washington to argue a land case. Humboldt death of Mrs O J Hack noted. Chautauqua planning discussed with area towns reporting earnings and deposits. Marriages include Miss Rena Ricker and Arthur Cruikshank at Burt. Temperance activities and a large WCTU social featureFull details of local social, business, and legal notices.
A week of mild conditions continues with harrowing underway as farmers push upland fields. Forecasters expect possible cold snaps but not severe cold. Weekend, 40 degree highs, clear skies. residents enjoy sunlit afternoons on southern house sides. North Dakota foes are noted in the Granville Nerald report.
Kid Williams, who has long supplied blooded cattle and hogs in the county, closed his eighth annual sale on February 24. Snowbound Iowa Central delayed catalogs ten days and road conditions limited buyers, yet he still posted strong results with cattle averaging 131 dollars per head and hogs averaging 25 dollars. The catalog’s high grade cattle kept the average low.
A Corwith Hustler opinion says Col Wood s selection was a mistake and that any ordinary auctioneer could have earned more for the hogs. The piece notes farmers do not warm to Woods while acknowledging his high standing among breeders as a top salesman.
The Palo Alto Reporter notes muttering in Emmetsburg labor circles about a looming strike by city workers, with women preparing to demand four dollars per week and no table waiting. Some favor moving washing to a laundry to reduce tasks, while entertainment duties would be curtailed, signaling broader shared grievances and potential organization efforts.
The Algona fire department elected A I Dailey as Fire Police with city council approval to oversee police control at all fires in Algona Iowa. Any person who damages or removes property without authority risks misdemeanor charges and punishment. By order of the City Council.
Advertisements include removal of dead animals free of charge and purchase of hides, seed wheat for sale by Algona Milling and Grain Co, eye care and glasses, loan offers at five percent, poultry range for sale near Algona, and various farm equipment listings. Also mentions 100 egg Buckeye incubator and brooder and a bone cutter in good condition.
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