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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1910
Page
10
advertises painting services urging immediate exterior upkeep to prevent costly carpentry later. promotes a pure linseed oil paint and easy spreading, claiming long protection and lower costs. notes availability of painter supplies and reliable goods with fair pricing.
There is nothing about the home more beautiful than a well kept lawn. Our lawn mowers run easily and leave the lawn smooth and even. These mowers are well made with high grade tempered steel blades. Let us quote you prices, they are low.
South Dakota seed corn available in small quantities at 4.50 with Des Moines corn at 2.25. Buggies 10 percent off for thirty days. Deere and Black Hawk corn planters and other Deere tools, plows, cultivators, hay loaders, manure spreaders, buggies from Velie to Marshalltown, Case threshers and repairs, McVicker water cooled gas engine and New Way air cooled gas engine advertised for full rated capacity and cool operation.
An advertisement urges securing buildings with King Rods to guard against lightning. It claims a $30,000 guarantee and broad insurance company recommendation. The rods are stated as 98 percent pure copper.
Local notes detail flour bargains at Algona Milling Co. and visits by Michael Hays and Nic Simon from Whittemore. Reports cover postal appointments, frost impact on crops, sidewalk condemnation, new cement block factory plans by J A Vanderlinden, and a town commercial club formation. Also noted are health updates, canal interest via National Magazine, pork shipments to Chicago, land sales in La Verne township, and various local civic updates.
A mix of property listings and notices advertise land, houses, and timber for sale or trade around Algona and Webster City Iowa. Items include a square near the N W depot with 12 fruit trees for 2500 dollars, Northwestern Hotel for sale or trade, a bridge plank sale on April 28, sales of purebred poultry and furniture, and calls for pasture cattle and loans. Also announced is a May 3 Saskachawan lands excursion round trip 25 dollars, plus a general cleanup day on April 28 and city improvements. Local commerce notices reference J J McCall, J R Saterfield, H J Thompson, and Hawk districts with related contact details.
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