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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
5
Mr. Luke LaGrange of Orange Michigan reports quick permanent relief from a lame back after two applications of Chamberlain's Pain Balm following three weeks of plaster and other remedies. Sold by E. E. GonBer & Co.
For sale or rent the old J B Dutton home farm spanning 160 acres located four miles south of town. Contact O J ution in Algona Iowa for details and arrangements.
Local overflow er and Mrs. O I Lathrop came back Sunday from Okoboji where they spent a pleasant summer. Miss Kila Rutherford returned to Chicago after two months with family. Mrs. Mary Johnson rents her house to Mr. Presnell for October occupancy. Alma and Mary Horberg return to Chicago after six weeks at home. Lee Glasier and Walter Kresensky depart for Tuwa City for college and medical studies. Mrs. William Turner and children arrive from Arlington for winter Stay. A A Specht visits from San Francisco where he runs a wholesale drug house. Dave Purvis visits home then moves from Estherville to Mason City for a position with E B Higley Co. Produce. High school girls switch to felt hats showing school colors as fall begins.
Regular meeting notices and social happenings fill the page. Mentions include visits by Henry Blumer, births, theater and opera plans, a lost key report, fair expectations, school work in Titania, court attendance, church suppers, a successful ticketing system at the fair, auto race results, and various meetings. Nonfiction vignettes cover local travel plans, business announcements, and employment opportunities in Algona and surrounding towns.
The county fair drew praise from YM LuVerne Hiveryoné and LaVertie captured prizes. C H Lichty won blue ribbon and second on his chickens while W A Patterson earned prize money for potatoes and Mrs Patterson first on a shimber robe. The exhibits met the usual standard under bright sun. Local residents made visits, moves, and funerals followed, including Mrs. Bierkofter laid to rest after a Nebraska stroke, Will Patton visiting kin, homestead moves to Colorado, and long-standing ties to nearby towns. A second hand organ for sale or rent, seven room house for rent, a found stray steer, and other notices round out a busy week.
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