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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
4
Fragmentary timetable lists several trains and departures such as No 1 No 3 and No 93 eastbound with freight and passenger services. The legible portion identifies agent HEDRION and scattered letters suggesting station notes and timing.
Multiple local ads describe rural listings: a 3200 acre farm with 190 acres plowed, timothy and pasture balance, good buildings, inquire Mrs. A. Fisher Algona Iowa. second hand organ for sale or rent. Chester White stock hogs for sale near Cresco by J. W. Curtis. stray steel calf found, owner contact Louie Eller. coal bid requests until Oct 10, 1907 for The Thorington House. top buggy for sale cheap via E V Swetting. Pantale tract land offers and land agent notices inviting 10,000 acres control with potential $20,000 profit through Texan Colonization Co.
A reader from Green, Alabama reports severe diarrhoea left him nearly unable to work until Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used. He notes nine days of prior ineffective treatments and praises the remedy as the best known for bowel complaints. Sold by E. & Conner.
Special low rate colonist second class tickets on sale daily via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. From all points Sept 1 to Oct 31 to visit San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Puget Sound Utah Idaho Montana at minimum expense. Daily tours in Pullman Tourist sleeping cars with booklets maps and information on application to Northwestern Line agents.
Necklace lost with a gold bead, return to this office. For headaches and eye pain, consult Dr Bipke, a specialist, for guidance and possible assistance.
The County Fair lists premiums across many classes and ages. Pupils under 10 showcase penmanship, map drawing, watercolors, colored pencil works, weaving, and miscellaneous crafts. Older students enter drawings, arithmetical papers, bookkeeping, and geometric solutions, with displays from Algona high and grammar schools among others.
Local talent presents a comic opera at the Call Opera House on Oct 23. Mrs. Bohning of Belmond visits her son J W Bohning this week. Henry Ford visits North Dakota to inspect land near Buford. A C Beedle returns to help move into a new house. Edith Goeders returns to Dubuque to resume school. Mr and Mrs Will Kehoe and baby visit T F McGovern in Whittemore. W E Nandale goes to Yakima Valley again, Wash. Orton, new clerk at Steele clothing, moves family into Ray Gilmore house. Clara M Curtis returns from Plum Creek township. Chas Rets back from Davenport to lead The Thorington. Rev C F Spray receives appointment to Stevens Point Wis.
Local notices report the death of Mrs Lea Reed's mates and travel to Blairtown Iowa. Visitors arrive and produce new breakfast foods while stores stock fall goods. Schoolteachers draw salaries then spend in millinery. Community events include a Hardscrabble play Our New Minister at Call Opera House October 4. Weddings, church events, and lectures recur as Algona engages in social and cultural life.
The Sioux City Daily News offers 15 months for one dollar, with a daily edition from now to January 1 1909, including coverage through the next presidential campaign. New subscribers can mail in payments or give subscriptions to the editor. The W C T O meets on Tuesday October 8 at 3 pm with Mrs Hamilton. George Bingaman lives on the Ming farm and died last night after a short illness.
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