Heard From Again Bridgie Muggins At The Great Fair
Bridgie Muggins writes from Portland about spending the summer at the great fair among Algonians. She recalls seeing many old friends and locals like Henry Adams, Bright, Swetting, Cora Peterson, Kate Fuller, Alice Minkler, Nell Gilmore, and Bertha Rausch. She notes dinners, streetcar rides, crowds, and plans to return in winter for marriage.
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Portland
Wditer
Havn
Russ
Hawarden
Occidental House
Uncle Foot Bill
Mass
Alona
Dog
Old Face
Trail
Henry Adams
Catch Smile
Bright
Stephens
Blackbird
Putseh
Langdon
Government Building
Tag
Cora Peterson
Kate Fuller
Scoligan’s
Alice Minkler
Nell Gilmore
Harry Wilson
Harry
Chubby
Bold Overcoats For Cold Snap On Sale
Store promotes lined overcoats suitable for cold weather. Medium and long lengths priced from five dollars. Hints at upcoming fabric called Mercerized Cotton resembling wool.
Storm ties up trains and endangers fireman at St Benedict
Monday night’s Iowa storm disrupted a side track near St Benedict causing three runaway freight cars loaded with drain tile to roll onto the main line. The collision with the midnight freight likely fatally injures an Iowa Central fireman. a traveling man in the caboose is slightly hurt. The first car carried Julius Kunz’s tile. prior derailments at the same spot have occurred.
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St. Benedict
Iowa Central
Algona
Julius Kunz
Weasey
Monster Shark Exhibit Heads to Algona California Train
Modesto Board of Trade promotes California wonders with two special coach cars at Northwestern depot. Car 1 shows a 36 foot shark weighing 16 388 pounds and 460 years old, while Car 2 carries a grand horticultural display. Admission is 10 cents, described as worth ten times that.
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Northwestern Depot
California
Modesto Board of Trade
Stanislaus County
Algona
Pacific Coast
Looks Like Business At Kamrar Farm
At the W. D. Chalfant farm near Kamrar an estimate was based on counting cars in several rows across the field. The note suggests a farm sale or gathering activity with observers calculating admission or turnout. The fragment omits key dates or names.
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Thed. W. Chalfant Farm
Kamrar
Field yield and local malfeasance report from towns
The Webster City Freeman notes yield projections of 75 bushels per acre with fields counted in rows and cars per hill, predicting countywide gains over last year. Emmetsburg reports three youths fined for gravel throwing at entertainment attendees, with mayor pledging strict action against rowdy behavior.
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Chalfant
Webster City
Marshal Cullen
Stucmer
Emmetsburg
Seventy Visit Old Homes on the Inuis Excursion
The Old Home excursion to the Inuis Wednesday over the Central proved the most successful of its kind from this city. Seventy people boarded the special train that consisted of eight coaches. It began late in the afternoon at Cherokee and, upon reaching Webster City, the cars were nearly full with some standing in the aisles.
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Webster City
Webster City Freeman
Thi Inuis
Central
Cherokee
Should Plan For 1906 Fair Progress
The Whittamore Champion urges planning for the 1906 fair after a successful event. It credits Messrs Boyle and Sarley for their key roles in the recent fair and calls on Whittemore residents to acknowledge their contributions and take pride in the achievement.
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Whittemore
Boyle and
Sarley
Leredit
Whittamore
Isabella B Honn and local sale notes in Algona town
Isabella B Honn Christian Scientist practitioner listed in Algona town. Local ads offer eye consultation, glasses, and cheap sales of a gasoline stove oak dining table bicycle and various articles. Also notices about cloak for a child at the fair and a buggy for sale. Rheumatism cures advertised with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
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Isabella B. Honn
Christian Scientist
Algona Town
CatlLat
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
R. H. Miller
Northwest homeseekers and rail passes offered nationwide
An old rail promotional notice details tourist sleeping car berths from Chicago to San Francisco and other Pacific Coast cities with Descriptive folders. It advertises weekly homeseeker fares from nearby towns to the Northwest and Midwest, with limited tickets, twenty one day return limits, and stopovers. Agents in Minneapolis and Chicago are listed for complete information and ticketing.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Fucoma
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paut
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Cheap Railroad Rates to the West Announced
The C. M. & St. P. Ry will sell round trip tickets from Algona to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo Ogden Salt Lake City and to Los Angeles San Diego and Culver City with low prices including 31 50 to Salt Lake City and Ogden and 45 45 to Los Angeles Tickets on sale for Portland Oregon Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition from June 1 to October 15 1905 with sale months May through September.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Puctlo
Colo
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Vitel
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sau Diego
Cul
C. 9
St. P. Ry
Algona
Nenyer
Clauss
PB. Rty Co
Portland
Oregon
Tacoma
Seattle
Bellingham
Wash
Victoria
Vancouver
B. C
J B Jones Death Marks End Of Algona Pioneer Era
J B Jones died at Mercy hospital in Des Moines Sunday night from a brain tumor at age nearly sixty. A Wisconsin native, he moved to Algona in 1869, built a vast land and abstract business, served as county surveyor, and helped develop farms and stock, later moving to Des Moines for health. His funeral at the Congregational church was conducted by Rev O H Holmes with G A R post escort. Relatives attended from distant locations.
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J.B. Jones
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Algona
Grayce Jones
James I. Jones
Capital
Jones
Crocker
Ambrose A. Call
Dr. Shore
Mr. Jones
John B. Jones
Kenosha County
Wisconsin
39Th
Wisconsin Infantry
Milwaukee Road
Frank Smith
J. H. Hawkins
A. L. Hudson
G. A.R. Post
Congregational Church
O. H. Holmes
Lane family notices and early farm sale in Iowa area
The Laurens Sun details a family obituary line noting D. M. Jones of Union Grove Wisconsin with relatives Russell Jones Des Moines James H Des Moines Mrs T W Jordan Sioux City John Paul Cedar Stalls Jennie Pauline and Grayce Jones plus Wesley family ties and veteran rituals at River View Cemetery. A Sherman township farm of 240 acres owned by J J Lynch sold for 70 per acre to Frank and Louis Boyanovsky, mostly tiled save about five acres, described as a notably cheap deal for the region.
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D. M. Jones
Union Grove
Wis
Russell Jones
Kenosha
James H
Des Moines
T. W. Jordan
Sioux City
John Paul
Cedar Stalls
Jennie Pauline
Wnest Jones
Grayce Jones
Ty Jones
Wesley
Riverview Cemetery
A. R
Frank
Louis Boyanovsky
J.J. Lynch
Sherman Township
Laurens Sun
Pelican Shot, Wounded, Released to Recuperate
John Dettering shot a pelican in the fore part of the week. The bird was only wounded, brought home, clipped its wing, and turned loose on the creek in the Leneing pasture to recuperate and catch its own grub. Bancroft Register
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John Dettering
Bancroft Register
Farm sale near Sexton brings fair price per acre
Louie Krantz sold his farm north of Sexton to J. T. Randall of Terris La for $80 per acre. The unimproved property lacks buildings, but the price is regarded as good value by Wesley Record.
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Louie Krantz
Sexton
J. T. Randall
Terris
Wesley Record
Finding Health Like Finding Money
A Sandy Level Virginia man testifies he was cured of chest trouble from smoke and coal dust by Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. It is advertised as the greatest sale of any cough or lung medicine in the world with 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles, guaranteed and a trial bottle free at E B Conner s drug store.
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W. C. Barber
Sandy Level
Dr. King
E. B. Conner
Drilled Wells Tenth Year in Business Promises Satisfaction
Drilled Wells advertises ten years of successful operation for all well types and sizes. The only fully equipped well machine in the county is used by expert staff. Estimates on request. Wells repaired. Call or address for prices. Water guaranteed or no pay.
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Bridgie Muggins
Algona Boy
Q Fudge
Bertha Rausch
Bert
Ilenry
Rank Crose
Henry Whalen
City
Governor
Columbia
Captain Jinks
Durdall
M. E
Hinder
W.M. Taylor
B. FF. Chase
Taylor
A.D. Crankin & Co
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Nobby
Ripke
Winder
T. W. Robison
Norton’s
Northwest
Central Ry
Towa
Minnesota
South
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
Tekets
Cutts
G. P&t A
Minneapolis
Minn
Iowa Centre Railway
Dakotaa
Canada
Nebraska
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tes
Ubrutcotone
A. B. Curis
Minneavalis
Wiin
J. B. Jones
Gnarne & Co
J. A. Brownell Shoe Co
AF Daile
Algonalewa, Swanson, Prilisr
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