Golden Wedding Celebration At Hall Palmer Home
A grand social event marked the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hall held Tuesday at the Palmer home. Guests praised the decor in gold and white, lists of gifts included a mahogany chair, gold spoons, and numerous gold plated items. The couple, with family, longtime friends, and residents of Algona, were celebrated as the Hall house and business on State Street had long welcomed visitors.
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A. P. Hall
Thorington Street
CG. A. Palmer
Will
Pluma
Tatrmont
Minn
Mrs. Hall
W. H. Ingham
Wv. BR. Laird
Theo, Chrischilles
Lewis H. Smith
K. Lambergon
Dora Bronson
Benjamin
W. J
G. A. Bronson
F. H. Steler
Henrietta Carson
S. Reed
Celestia
J. E. Stacy
M. H. Hudson
B. I. Reed
Jas
Patterson
W. Waterhouse
John Starks
Lem Stockwell
W. T. Bourne
Frank Dingley
W. &. Naudatn
N. A. Pine
James Cross
Ohio
M. Starr
Br.h. Spencer
J. F. Lacy
Abel Worstey
D. H. Hutchins
A. D. Bradley
C.H. Hutchins
A. M. Johnson
HH. Walston
D. ‘Patterson
Blackford
G. Tracy
J. Simmons
Dodge
Smith
Hedrick
S. A
Thompson
A. H, Durant
A, D
Clarke
F. D
Calkins
Louisiana
Mesdames
O.B
McEnroe
P, Kain
H. Tellier
Laura Stowe
Sarah McCoy
A. Rutherford
Hannah Walker
H. Putsch
Langdon
Sample
Mary Vincent
Miss Tucy Curtiss
AP. Hall
Iry Ington
Algona
Hall
State Street
Hall House
First Number of the Course Delights Boston Audience
The Boston Ladies' Orchestra delivers a delightful musical entertainment as the first course in a lecture series. Twenty skilled musicians produced harmony rarely matched. Mabel McKee on violin and Ida Reiter on trombone earned enthusiastic encores. The tenor Geo A. Taylor was judged average. Overall, the program pleased patrons and expectations for future numbers are high.
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Boston Ladies’ Orchestra
Algona
Mabel McKee
Ida. Reiter
Geo. A. Taylor
County Sunday School Convention Set for Algona
The County Sunday School association will meet November 18 and 19 in Algona. General meetings aim to aid local schools with speakers from across the county and possibly State Secretary Mitchell or Mrs Mitchell. The association includes all denominations and invites all to attend. N Spencer of the city is president.
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County Sunday School Association
Algona
Mitchell
N. Spencer
Death of J G Vincent Father of Local Stock Dealers
J G Vincent father of prominent local stock dealers died Monday at the Lund farm east of town. Born August 12 1825 in Belmont county Ohio he moved to Washington county Iowa at seventeen and later married Miss N C Lewis. Survived by nine children he had resided here three years. Funeral by Rev Kremers held at the home and the remains sent to Brighton Iowa for interment.
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J. G. Vincent
Vincents
Lund
Belmont County
Ohio
Washington County
Iowa
N.C. ‘Lewis
Kremers
Brighton
Photographer A L Sleyster Dies in Wisconsin
Twenty years after leaving Algona, A L Sleyster, once a local photographer, died Saturday night Oct 26 near Roberts Wisconsin of black diphtheria after a brief illness. He had married Bessie Graham of Wisconsin and lived on a farm near Roberts. Preston paper recalls his integrity, energy, and devotion to family. a student with poetic mind and two small volumes as works.
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A. L. Sleyster
Algona
Preston
Minn
Bessie Graham
Wisconsin
Roberts
Wis
Sheyster
Bessie
Pappeh and to Spare crop yields at Frank Borgek place
A fragment reports excellent harvest on the Frank Borgek place with seventy eight acres yielding about 070 bushels per acre. The note mentions Pappeh and the phrase was threshed in two days and references Sexton World.
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Frank Borgek
Election landslide in Kossuth County favors dominant party
In Kossuth County the election results show a decisive victory for the dominant party with strong majorities across all its candidates. The sweep reflects broad support for the party and its ticket in the region.
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Kossuth
Republican Ticket Was Badly Scratched
The piece notes that Democratic efforts fail to overturn the strong lead of Develand Potter as the Republican ballot shows heavy damage yet a solid group of winners remains intact Ballot light but results favor Potter and party stability in the face of attempts to disrupt the ticket.
Countywide Republican Victory in Kossuth County Election
The Tuesday election produced a sweeping Republican win in Kossuth County with Dewes leading at eighty eight to one eighty seven for Harrington. Martin topped the state ticket by a thousand and Potter and Bishot r followed with double digit margins. Algona backed Potter and Dewel, while heavier county support went to Potter, yielding a clear, spirited countywide result amid weather and turnout factors.
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Kossuth County
Dewes
Harrington
Martin
Conner
Potter
Bishotr
Cracked Heads and Domestic Dispute in Hampton Chronicle
A morning incident reports a husband punching his wife after she struck him with a broom during a domestic disagreement. No arrests were made. The Hampton Chronicle notes local farm humor about hogs and corn fields, mentioning farmers and hogs appetite in a brief aside.
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Hampton Chronicle
For Sale Notice with Mixed Letters and Errata
Fragmentary sale notice requests fifty bushels more from the year’s crop. Indicates inquiries at the office for various items including fixtures and shanneller. Text is garbled with stray symbols and unreadable phrases.
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G. H
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Mrs
C. Steele
John Galbraith
Algona, Iowa
Algonasia
Develand Potter
Phalanx
Dente Peconty
Eo Nitty
Aber
Se Algonu
Howard Os
PRI
Buffalo
Crese
Eagle Teuton
Fi Garfeld
Harrison
Hebron
Irvington
Ledyard
BA Prairle
Ramse
Ag Gal dL
Riverdale
Beneca
Sherman
al Springfield
Guton
Wesle
Cordingly
Sterling
Fred
Dewel
Batth
Cbubby ' Algona
Ieee Algona
Eee Algona
Ura Creek
Fed
Art Jacobson
Welp
Fenton Nge
Greenwood
Bampton
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