Local Overflow Highlights Town News and Personnel
Local notes report Dr West of Bancroft and Dr Lacy of LaVerne in town, social entertainments, a dressmaker, and a fall harvest of community events. Mentions old and new residents, a theater plan for Uncle Tom's Cabin, police thefts, teacher re-elections, nurse departures, a fatal North Dakota case, and a Pacific coast trip with climate comparisons to Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Hutchins
Porofia
G. W. White
Towa
Missouri
Pacific Ocean
Irvington Social Notes Mention Visitors and Local Events
Irvington reports show Arthur Luebke tiling, Miss Alice Clarke starting school, and Bertha Mann caring for a patient in Garner. A monument to J R Dut ton was unveiled. Mrs A B Brown visits sister in Ireton who recently wed. Mr and Mrs John Kessel visit Charley Stewart. A Raney and Mathers ball entertained guests amid lively hand shaking. Rain gave way to sun, lifting spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lattimore
St. Paul
Alice Clarke
Raney
Bertha Mann
Garner
J. R. Dutton
Raney and Mathers
Irvington
Chas, Stewart's
John Kessel
Cresco Items Highlight Local Visits and Updates
Susie Adams works at Ambrose Call's in Algona. Carrie and Clara Curtis visited M. A. Sabin's Friday. Martha Buse visited Lila Harris on Sunday. Austin and Cora Fox visited Charles Stewart in Sunny Riverdale. Will Ross owns a new Saree and harness bought Monday. J. R. Stewart farms this Spring and aims for a strong yield. Claude Layman and wife visited friends in Algona Friday and Saturday. A dancing party occurred at Charles Stewart's in Riverdale Monday. Mabel Parsons returns from Humboldt College for the fall term. Engle and R Ramsey are township road contractors. Nat Johnson is superintendent. Roads remain poor in places and need immediate improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Adams
Ambrose Call
Algona
Carrie
Clara Curtis
M. A. Sabin
Martha Buse
Lila Harris
Lash
Austin
Cora Fox
Charles Stewart Sunny
Will Ross
Monay
Claude Layman
Charles Stewart
Riverdale
Mabel Parsons
Humboldt’ College
Mr. Engle
R. Ramsey
Nat Johnson
The Evils of Cigarettes Lesson from a Teacher
A Wheaton Tilinolan letter recounts a teacher showing pupils two cigarette paper packets and later poisoning mice and sparrows with a third teaspoon of solution. The lesson claimed cigarettes cause death and the students observed quick animal deaths to warn boys against smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheaton Tilinolan
Notice of Probate of Will in Kossuth County Iowa
State of Iowa Kossuth County district court notices the filing and public reading of the last will and testament of Samuel Reed deceased April 30 1903. The court sets June 4 1903 for the will to be reviewed and admitted to probate with all interested parties allowed to show cause. Clerk BB Dewen signs the notice dated April 20 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Reed
W. C. Dewen
District Court
Notice to creditors in Kossuth County Iowa 1903
Notice is hereby given that Andrew Runt as executor of the last will of Joseph Burt Jr deceased of Kossuth County Iowa has dated an April 1903 deadline. All persons indebted to said estate must pay to the undersigned and those having claims against the estate must present them authenticated to the court for adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.A. Lang
F. D. Calkins
Welsh
Win. K. Ferguson
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Lewis H. Smith
Pacific Coast
Pioneer Bank
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Kossuth County State Bank
S‘oss
Hoffman
Stuntz
Sobichtl
Spinholz
Central
McCoy
Pettibone
Pike
Agnes Gilbride
Pomeroy
Montgomery Bros
Lawyer Marks
Eva
Europe
Kossuth
Towa
Joseph Burt, Jr
Tigance
Andrew Runt
Mena ‘Ossuth
Gore Oie
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Monarch
Union Lock
F. S. Norton, Lumber and Coal
W.T Bournegson
Vin
J. A. Brownell Shoe
Boston
Iowa
Durdall
Myrtle Dodge
J.C. Peterson
West
Nebraska Street
R. A. Palmer
Dr. Trions
Rebekah
Kossuth District Court of Honor
R. Bi. Towle
North Pole
FD. Colgrove
Dolliver
Mr. Colgrove
John Erickson
North Dakota
Rich Bune
Irvington Ems
Arthur Luebke
A. B. Brown
Ireton
Brighton
Charley Stewart
Cresco
J. R. Stewart
Hamilton
Waltham
Duelér
Hampden
Digin
Dingley & CO
the Jewelers
W. A. Parsons & CO
Pillsbury’s Best
Farmers’ Cash Grocery House
H. H. Hudson
Mer
Algona, Iowa
Algona, Thurs
Earth
Greater Famous Pavilion
Uncle Tom
S Cabin
Historic
Cotton Belt
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