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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1909
Page
5
A fragmentary OCR listing shows assorted commodities and prices in a dairy and produce market context. Items like butter eggs chickens turkeys and corn appear with mismatched or garbled figures, reflecting incomplete transcription and unclear quantities or units.
Farmers Savings Bank in Sexton Iowa invites you to open a savings account. Subsfaction guaranteed, deposits received, money loaned, exchanges bought and sold, insurance written, farm listings and real estate handled at cost. Officers and directors listed include G M Butts president L EB Krantz cashier Edward Johnson and others.
A Monday evening town meeting in the city hall discussed selecting a marshal and night watch, with voters ranking candidates and then narrowing to Dailey and Hackman. The meeting also considered a proposed Almona factory project and a site near the Milwaukee depot, plus a summary of Dr Steiner’s controversial immigrant focus lecture last Friday.
J A Campbell of Cresco township lost the tip of the second finger on his right hand while attempting to lead a stray sow home. The sow grabbed his hand, severing the fingertip, with the glove still intact. The missing piece was recovered, and a physician advised removing a small additional fragment to aid healing.
Nick Goeders appeared before Mayor Duffy on a complaint by Ole Benson for building a screen fence across Cylinder creek near his home to catch fish. County attorney J E Williams prosecuted. No attorney for Goeders. Mayor Duffy fined him $100. He will appeal to district court, insisting the fence was to keep ducks and geese from swimming onto others’ property, not to trap fish.
Critics in Chicago and beyond hail A Curious Mishap for a striking winter run at the Art Institute. Since its opening at Fullerton Hall, Robertson has reshaped the ensemble with a remarkable group of artists and achieved extraordinary attendance and acclaim.
In Minnesota last week Will Banks bought the Experimental Farm in Lyon County. The farm spans 4000 acres with modern buildings and has long been used by the state for experiments. The note questions Banks intentions but expresses hope he and his family stay in the area.
Money to loan at 6 percent by A D Clarke & Co. Ford Model S rumble seat roadster and Model O runabout for sale. H J Vinson Algona Iowa handles Ford Mitchell and Chalmers Detroit cars. Help wanted for house work. Low colonist railway rates to Pacific Coast throughout April with guided tours in tourist sleeping cars via major lines. S Hutchison manager Chicago address provided.
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