Diary 2g Enlisted Soldier On York River Venturing War
An enlisted soldier records marching from West Point to York River landing where rebels fled, first firefight witnessed, the 27th New York soldier Curtis mortally wounded, and multiple skirmishes along the Pamunkey and Matapony fronts. Describes gradual buildup, camps, picket details, and daily routines with McClellan era troop movements and 60 000 troops in the area.
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York River
Pleasant
West Point
Pamunkey
Mattapany
N. Y
Wrone EspaAy
Rebs
Yorktown
Curtis
27Th N. Y
Captain Curtis
McClellan
Potomadé
New Kent County
Richard P. Gacey
Pamiunky River
Local Band Concert Tonight and Town News
Miss Winkle becomes guest of Mr and Mrs Jacob Winkle as she welcomes two days old. James Patterson and wife back from Buffalo and the East. Rev Suckow absent attending Mitchell association at Rockford. Czolgosz to be electrocuted October 28. Supt Metcalf installs electric transformer for brighter town lights. Miss Mabel Patton of LaVerne visiting relatives. J A Robertson returns from Scotland to visit LuVerne friends. Dr Bourne acquires D S Fords residence for about 2500. Fords plan to move east. Squire Clarke unites Charles Cohenour and Sarah Morse in marriage at their home. The couple, well known to Algona, begin married life with support from friends.
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James Patterson
Buffalo
Suckow
Mitchell Association
Rockford
Czolgosz
McKinley
W. B. Metcalf
Mabel Patton
LaVerne
J. A. Robertson
LuVerne
Scotland
Bourne
Ford
Algona
Squire
Clarke
Charles A. Cohenour
Sarah Ida Morse
Clark&Cohenour
Charles Simmons
W. L. Ramus
Minnesota
Howard Dulmage
Minneapolis
M. L. Nieman
Marshalltown
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Hanna’s
Court adjourned Tuesday at La Verne terms mix verdicts
Court adjourned Tuesday with mixed outcomes including a $4.75 verdict for Frank Loss in a threshing bill case against Chas. Peach, a $700 damages claim for shortage of acres by Clendenning seed Geo. C.Call, and other La Verne matters. Several divorces and alimony awards are noted, plus pending acts to transfer property. An Iowa Central Railway tourist car voyage from Minneapolis to Los Angeles begins October 15, 1901, with low round‑trip rates announced.
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Frank Loss
Chas. Peach
Clendenning Seed Geo. C
Dave Rahm
LaVerne
Adolph Gramenz
Clara, Lundberg
Charles Peters
Jane Chrischitles
Blanch Ferguson
la Verne
Iowa Central Railway
Minneapolis
Los Angles
Calif
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Minnesota
Iowa
California
Iowa Central
Batty
Po & T
Plowing, cover crops, and dairy costs for farmers
The article urges immediate use of a cover crop or mowing to manage stubble, optimize nitrogen, and enrich soil. It endorses gangs of plows, multiple horses, and efficient labor to cut costs, notes the county fair impact, and previews an upcoming piece on feeding dairy cows amid rising feed prices and likely stable butter prices.
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I. Gang
Local notices of visits, sales and gatherings
In Algona and surrounding towns residents shared visits with relatives and friends, announced church and school events, a barber shop conversion, weathered frost damage to crops, and prepared for McKinley memorial services. Several locals traveled to Chicago Madison and Minnesota for business, land, or work, while others hosted socials and auctions.
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B. F. Crose
Satheon & Crose
OPERA
H. Huyke
Algona Orchestra
August Sterzbach
Chas, Crammond
Etta Klingler
The
Durdall
Kossuth County Abstract Co
Algona, Iowa
Gro. C. Call
Prest
F. Wrempn
V-l'rest
Doxsee
Secy
John Schu & CO
Otto Falkenhainer
Ull
West
Porven & Weygand
Shelley & Pettibone
E. T. Burbank
Miss Winkle
Jacob Winkle
Imporan
Alfone Milling & Grain Ca
DinGney & Pua
Big Watch
Algona Milling & Grain Co
Hesse and Schichtl
Chas, Sharp
Bancroft
George Munch
Webster City
T. BE. McGowan
Maude Shaeffer
Burt
Mrs. Tice of Polo,Jr
A. A. Meyer
H. J. McChesney
Fred Hamiston
J. B. Wilson
Stanwood
T. Elgidge
Chicago
Rob Davis
Madisson
Wis
the State University
Wm. Hanagan
South Dakota
Mr. and
Mrs. Kimball
Nebraska
Nina Blossom of
Lulu Hofius
Schenck
W. F. Jenkinson
Thos. McArthur
Good Hope
Fenton
Miss Mae Taylor
Titonka
Ed. Bartlett
Penkney Ward
Frank Silving
Hampton
North Dakota
Woodford, Wheeler & Tompkins
Li. Stephens
Ortonville, ‘Inn
Kossuth County
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