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Newspaper

Algona Advance

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1903

Page

4

Open air concert and decorations day in Algona

The town gears up for decoration day events with a flag drill by third ward girls, an open air concert on the court house lawn, and a call to dress in best attire. Local figures praise Rev O H Holmes and Misses Sprague Wright as drill instructors while rainfall notes record a rare three inch hour. The Ledger notes social routines in town with visits from Mrs Lucy Clock Mogle and local jokes at a Hampton visit.

Algona Orchestra Bancroft Livermore Gazette Jamey Devine California Fumpoldt Kossuth Third Ward Sprague Wright Opera House O. H. Holmes C.D. Pettibone Cemetery Association Dawson & Butler The Sioux City Journal Pitcher Horn Algona Brownies Heis Bronson Horn Phillies James Cronan Orly Alonzo Franklin Franklin Lange Cedwa James Atterson Linberger Abra Robinson Howard Robinson May Ruth Palmer Roy Williams Charley Mathers Irvington Estherville Democrat Emmetsburg Benedict Mathews Pat Greehey Sandler Mathews

Presentation of sixteen flags to public schools draws tears

Commander Col man G Chubb on behalf of James C Taylor Post No 165 presented sixteen silken flags to Central school house lawn. The ceremony drew large crowds of students and many adults and caused tears among spectators. A note of appreciation from R B Towle of the board of education and pupils of Algona Iowa was received.

Algona Iowa Board of Education James C. Taylor Woman's Relief Corps R. BE. TowLe

Ste Shoke Roast Pork Chops and Shoaats

A muddled OCR fragment mentions Ste Shoke Roast along with pork chops and shoaats, offering limited readable context about a possible meal item or event. No clear dates, places, or organizations are identifiable from the legible text.

Hardware Store Sold In Titonia Deal

Geo B Hall and F R Amesbury closed a deal last Thursday making Mr Amesbury the owner of W T Hall s hardware stock while Geo B Hall gains building possession to be delivered around June 1. Amesbury will move soon after and has run the Wesley hardware business for ten years before selling last winter. The seven year old son of Mr and Mrs A Bolsinger northeast of town broke his arm and is recovering after treatment. Strawbery pickers needed at P O Boy 378 Algona. For sale eight good milk cows suitable for dairy. Rooms for rent in Durdall Annex with steam heat.

Owers Meintee M. H. Hudson Fiarry Dalziel Hoxie McGregor Street Geo. B. Hall F. RR. Amesbury A. Bolsinger Wiel Buffalo Center Tribune

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