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Newspaper

Algona Advance

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1901

Page

5

Fair Next Week Promises A Thorough County Program

The county fair opens Tuesday with a robust program and strong officer effort. Citizens are urged to exhibit items, support judging fairness, and join in attractions from horses judging to acrobatic acts. Children under 14 enter free on Children’s Day with a packed daily lineup through Friday.

Juir Powelock A A. A. McKitrick 62Nd Regiment Leon & Lamart, Eccentriques Grand Stand Steiner Bros 42Nd Regiment Leon & Lamarr Nets Nile

Land Boom Strikes Palo Alto County Farms Sell High

A cascade of farm sales across Palo Alto and nearby counties is noted with prices from forty to ninety five dollars per acre. Buyers include C F Blakey selling to C D Osgood for 62.50 an acre, and many parcels changing hands as land values surge. Names such as C Frye C Green J Merseh and D Dewey appear in transactions amid reports of rising prices and booming demand.

C. F. Blakey C. D. Osgood Emmet C.J. Frye C. C. Green Minnesota Frye Iern Valley Palo Alto Tribune A. Younie Colorado Palo Alto West Bend Emmetsburg Trank Tlingworth C. P. Dewey Ot Lon Stark County Minois Clarion Lilinois Kanawha V.n. Phillips John Merseh M. Beckstrom Moline Kossuth Germania Record Cedar County Emmet County Armstrong Journal Ed. Scully Lars Larson Samuel Ferguson Jas. Ness T. J. Bonis Corwith Kanawha Record Randall Ellington Township Joseph Wollner J.T. Howland Democrat

School In Session With Large Teacher Corps

Monday morning crowds of children filled the town as several school buildings opened for the new term. The newly formed faculty includes Superintendent R E Towle and a full roster of teachers across Bryant, Central, and Third Ward buildings, plus music instructors. The piece notes rural delivery expansion and asks why it has not reached the county, citing Postmaster General Smith on nationwide routes and growing reach.

R. E. Towle Bryant M. J. Coate H.C. Jones R. D. Cruikshank Caroline Corns I. Il’. Hanson Mrs. . M. Horton Faith I. Stunts Winnifred Steele Harriet Smith Mae McDermot Lu Smith Mabel Gilmore Helen Sponholtz Harriet Stephens Third Ward Charlotte Sweney Emma O. Smith Caroline Schichts Vera Mac Smith Goncord N. H England

Excursion to Minneapolis St Paul by special train advertised

An Iowa Central Railway special excursion train to Minneapolis and St Paul via Albert Lea and the Minneapolis and St Louis line is advertised for Sept 14 15 1901 with a Hampton to Minneapolis rate of 2 40. Schedule shows departure 1 50 am from Hampton arriving Minneapolis 7 15 am and St Paul 7 50 am. Also notes local ads for land farms coal flour and piano tuning services in Algona area.

Minneapolis—St. Paul Iowa Centrat Iowa Central Railway Minneapolis St. Paul Albert Lea

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