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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
4
Farmers Savings Bank Sexton Iowa invites you to open a savings account. Satisfaction guaranteed. Collections made promptly. General banking business transacted. Deposits received. Money loaned. Exchange bought and sold. Insurance written. List your farm with us. Real estate handled at cost.
In Bancroft a busy week brings notes on Pete Becker selling ham and lard, and his Bologna department run by Nightwatch Sprank. Tom Robinson buys Pat Higgins Co livery, while George Gaul plans Benedictine studies. Reports of real estate strength, a basketball win by the Cements, and visits from Cavanaugh and others fill the lines alongside obituaries and community greetings.
The District Court of Kossuth County Iowa receives a petition by George B. Miller seeking to quiet title to the West Half of Section 28, Township 94, North Range 27 West, alleging William McKie and heirs or claimants hold adverse interests under various deeds and wills. Defendants must answer before noon of the second day of the September term, otherwise default and judgment will be entered. Dated July 27, 1906.
The plain boys will run two threshing rigs this season. A 40 inch Cylinder Advance rig with a 22 horse Star engine will run from Chris Seefeld’s to John Bahr’s, and a smaller unit will start at the Honorable Paetz farm on the George Rosenfelt run. The crew includes Silas Sparks and Smock, with Jim Larson providing pace. Social notes recall a harvest time evening and local visits.
The St. Benedict community watched an improvised match after the Sexton team failed to appear. Local players with a few outsiders battled to an 8 to 14 score, sparing the crowd a disappointment. The creamery plant sale to Ludwig, Hisenbarth, Meyer, and Krebsbach suggests plans to reopen or transfer to a suitable operator. Nearby residents and visitors are noted in multiple social calls and travels across Waterloo, Dubuque, Chicago, and Beaver Dam.
July 25 city council session with Mayor pro tem A Hutchison presiding approved appropriation ordinance No. 113 and suspended reading rules. Actions include sidewalk orders, street naming of Lead Pair and Chubb streets, taxing for electric light and water, numbering houses, and bids for street work and burdock clearance. Bowyer and Nicoulin opposed in several votes.
To the Public. We keep all kinds of building material. Also lime, stucco, cement, screen windows, doors and paints. We also have the best washed nut coal for summer use. Wheeler Lumber Co.
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