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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
5
Public sale notice lists children's shirts and drawers in sizes 16 to 22, heavy fleeced men’s undershirts, heavy fleeced cotton bibs, ladies black hose at five cents, men’s cotton sox, and cotton flannel gloves. Prices shown as old reg figures with odd formatting. Local shop promotes cheap wearables across categories.
A lively Good Roads convention drew a fair crowd to the court chamber on Saturday. Gardner Cowles presided, with M Starr as secretary, as speakers urged drainage, thorough grading, and permanent road beds funded by landowners, county, and state contributions. The county organization elected officers and pledged cooperation with state and national Good Roads groups, sending $25 to aid the broader effort.
Like a cyclone path Halloween fades with wrecks. Vandalized bells and mill whistle haunt Corwith Hustler. In Belknap County school elections Clark is poised to become an excellent county official and Flo, young and progressive, will devote full effort to public schools per Titonka Topic.
Sioux City Tribune reports two cases of a new atrocity in South Dakota where a miscreant mixes several boxes of matches into a grain stack. When threshing proceeds an explosion destroys the outfit.
A city paper reader sent a dollar after seeing an ad for a pocket fire escape and received a new testament in a few days, per the Livermore Gazette story.
A Boone precinct elector entered the voting booth confused and forgot to mark his ballot, resulting in a straight blank vote. Corwith Hustler notes money loan offers at five percent. D. Craggr & Co.
A Hamilton county farmer near Webster City sold twenty young pigs at one dollar each after failing to feed them, part of a 450 bushel crop that yielded nothing. He traded the pigs for potatoes at seventy five cents per bushel.
Algona high school football dominated Humboldt at the fairgrounds on Saturday, winning 39 to 0 in 25 minute halves. The home team opened with a quick touchdown drive and added three more in the first half, aided by strong interference and rapid rushes. In the second period Algona carried from their own 30 to the Humboldt 30 in two minutes, converting the score and continuing the shutout as they repelled Humboldt downs and extended the lead.
Saturday afternoon Mrs Will J Bourne hosted 22 ladies to celebrate Mrs Corintha Pettibone turning 80. Guests spoke of affection and gifts poured in including a silver shower while the elderly circle, seated by fours, enjoyed refreshments. Names and birthdates of attendees were recorded in Pettibone’s autograph album.
Mrs E N Rackliff tangled with calf rope while staking a calf last week. She was thrown as the calf lunged, suffering a broken knee cap and requiring prolonged bed rest. The Livermore Gazette notes the injury as painful and troublesome.
An old advertisement urges buying glasses at Bowyor's located at 296 with bold calls of Wood Wood Dry Oak and Maye cee Ob Moun from the BROS. The fragment hints at product branding and a local shop listing.
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