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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1902
Page
5
The piece recounts the arrival of early settler women and their daughters at the frontier, detailing challenges faced during landing and the social roles they assumed in establishing new settlements. It emphasizes resilience, community forging, and the impact of pioneer women on frontier life.
A long letter to the editor challenges a prior notice about the first white woman in the county. The author, recalling events from 1854, lists families who traveled here on August 27, 1854, and identifies the pioneer women, claiming she and four other kin were among the first white women. She details routes, claims, and settlements, and references local figures including Call, Hill, Parsons, and Buell, insisting the earlier article erred.
We publish this communication to defend Mrs Hackman's claims and acknowledge her statements. The piece argues Mrs Call did not prove she was the county's first white woman, identifies errors in a county history, and notes the author’s confusion over dates and authority.
D A Buell died of stomach cancer at his Minneapolis home on October 22. He was a well known and respected figure among local citizens who knew him.
Algona places third overall among six teams at Fort Dodge. McCoy earns top individual score with 570 on 11 strikes in 12 frames. Denison and Iowa team results shown. Algona details include Cramer, McCall, Boeshaar and Extra with solid scores. Also notes inventor M T Washington proposes a farm ping pong game using corn shucks for a three cent bushel match.
A wagon heading south last Sunday carried an advertisement that mocked the Red River Valley and hinted at financial distress. The notice proclaimed “Busted. Going back to my wife's folks. 2,000 short. Red River Valley good-bye,” and observers noted the movable treasure of fine work horses before the misfortune.
W C Dewel the popular Republican candidate for county clerk spent a couple of days in town handling political matters. He expects strong support from this end of the county, and not all votes will be Republican. LuVerne News.
Miss Pearl Sutton closes a six week term of school in the center district Friday and returns to Algona Friday evening. The winter term is expected to begin about mid November but the new teacher has not yet been chosen according to the Enton Reporter.
The Fenton Reporter notes Weisbrod will itemize each visited spot and the duration of standing in water up to hips during commute work, following Mr. Hutchins suggestion for board-allowable bills.
A Pioneer Team. O. BE. Way operates a drain plow southeast of town drawn by forty oxen. The team sinks in water and resurges, pushing the plow forward. The ditch cut is ten feet wide and three feet deep. Wesley.
Mr Harrington the democratic nominee for auditor was in town Saturday with Bro Finnelli of the Courier. Both are pleasant gentlemen but are on the wrong side of the fence or the year 1902.
A local editorial endorses Republican candidates for auditor and clerk in Kossuth County. It praises L. J. Potter for auditor and W. C. Dewel for clerk, arguing their experience, education, and fitness justify election. The piece urges voters to turnout and support the ticket next Tuesday.
The passage notes no personal disparagement of opponents, states Mr. Dewel is better suited for the office among five candidates, and commends party members I. Harrington for attorney and J. Bischoff for recorder as excellent men deserving support.
Miss Agnes Gilbert died after an eighteen month illness at 1:30 Monday morning at her brother Thomas Gilbert’s home on McGregor Street. Born March 20 1833 in Fairfield Vermont she worked as a dressmaker in Chicago and later as a nurse for twenty years. She lived with relatives in Lotts Creek and later with her brother. Rev Jackson of Emmetsburg delivered the funeral sermon at their home Tuesday afternoon with two songs, and she was laid to rest in Riverview cemetery.
Fragmentary ad text describes A D Clarke & Co offering money to loan at five per cent. A family near death and a son riding for Dr. King's New Discovery is cited as a cure for consumption coughs and colds. Individual H L Brown of Leesville Indiana is referenced in relation to asthma and a sleep-improving claim. Product pricing 60¢ and 1 dollar appears.
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