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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
5
The Kossuth County Fair draws large crowds with sunlit exhibits and extended county participation. Officials praise hard work, with Hancock County especially well represented. floral, fruit, stock, and implement displays showcase local firms and farms while amusements entertain all ages.
Miss Elsie Barnes, visiting from Wichita, Kansas, reports her sister Ploy Barnes, a Knowles area graduate, took up a 160 acre homestead in southern Oklahoma last February near Knowles. A railroad runs a mile and a quarter away, and she has already been offered about 4000 dollars with expectation of higher value.
Rev. O H Holmes and family visited Man Trap lakes in northern Minnesota seeking hay fever relief. The 15 clear-water lakes feed into Elbow Lake. Muskellunge, weighing 6 to 30 pounds, are caught with a spoon. fishing is described as dramatic with long runs, leaps, and close boat approaches. Judge H T Reed joined Holmes in Duluth for the final days of the stay.
The coming Sabbath will close our ministry in Algong. Morning theme is The Problem of Life and the evening theme Thy Kingdom Fate. Special music is planned including O.P and Spray Toee Or Casnaa and Go.
The Des Moines Daily News announces a October offer: new subscribers pay $1.50 and receive Daily News free until January. A fifteen month regular price option is mentioned. The paper pledges independent, unbiased political coverage and urges readers to mail in with payment to Iowa's only independent daily.
At the August 31 meeting Mayor J W Wadsworth led council with Peterson absent. They voted to place three coal cars at the Iowa Central station and required A L Peterson to build a cement walk and board walks on adjacent lots. Belton and Kenefick received sidewalk permissions. Taxes were levied across five funds and ordinance No 101 passed to cover claims including a driving mare from Muse Store and an entry for John Mesing.
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