Montreal and Quebec trip reports on loyal French Canadians
In Montreal and Quebec the author recounts visits with the Quebec Press Club, an excursion to Montmorency Falls, and a tour of Mont Royal. He notes French Canadians’ loyalty to England, contrasts with France, and praises Canadian governance, Indigenous history, and Montreal’s growth. The trip ends with plans to visit Ottawa and a mining camp at Cobalt.
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Montreal
St. Anne’s
Quebec Press Club
Montmorancy Falls
Kent House
Duke of Kent
Queen Victoria
Montmorency
St. Lawrence
Island
Orleans
Plaza
Quebec
France
Canada
England
Levis
Mount Royal
Mount Regal
St. James's
Notre Dame
St. Peter’s
Rome
Ottawa
Dominion
Cobalt
W. Ole
A Mistake in Part No Doubt in Land Sale
Eagle Grove Iowa August 6 Special G W Newcomb a farmer near here lost 500 to the defunct Wesley bank. He bought a quarter section near Wesley from Banker Hall on contract for 500 down but Hall reportedly did not own the land. Hall is in bankruptcy and attorneys I M Hamiel and others will review Algona records to see how the 90000 assessment was spent and if grounds exist to challenge the reassessment.
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St. Lawrence River
Arctic Circle
Lachine Rapids
Register
Hall
Eagle Grove
G. W. Newcomb
Wesley
Newcomb
I. M. Hamiel
Tipton
Peloponessus
Byron
Ionian Sea
Egypt
Athens
Lisbon
Cintra
Seville
Granada
Nice
Monte Carlo
Algiers
Syracuse
Malta
Palestine
Smyrna
Constantinople
Nile
Desert
Lord Cromer
Extraordinary Free Act At W. H. Coulter Show
The traveling tent show promotes a bold free act featuring a Japanese high wire walker. Years with Barnum shows, the performer walks a tight wire from forty feet high between the center tent poles. Worth seeing even for non-attendees. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, August 16.
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W. H. Coulter
Swea City Drainage District Plans Second Assessment
At a Saturday meeting in Swea City residents and landowners including outsiders gathered to discuss a proposed additional assessment of about 48000 for Drainage District No 3. About 160 landowners representing 82000 acres attended, several recalling past district history while Judge Quarton of Algona advised on preliminary steps and the rationale for a second assessment.
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Swea City
Quarton of
Algona
Death of Mrs Patrick Kain in Algona Iowa
Mrs Patrick Kain aged 72 died after two weeks of decline. Born Ann Wall in Ireland she emigrated to America with siblings, married Patrick Kain in 1861, and settled in Plum Creek township Iowa before moving to Algona in 1895. Survived by eight sons and two daughters, funeral held Tuesday at Catholic church with pallbearers, interred beside husband and son. Peace to her memory.
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Patrick Kain
Mary
Cara
Kain
Ann Wall
Ireland
Patrick
Duluth
Mr. Kain
Thomas
Robert
John
James
Plum Creek Township
Wm. E
Algona
Christopher
Reinbeck
Martin
Chicago
Frank Bestenlehner
Whittemore
Lockwood
Big Tax Dispute Over District No 3 Second Assessment
District No 3 faces a heated dispute over the second assessment as errors in surveys and faulty laterals left 87 forty acre tracts without benefits. The board proposed refunds to these landowners, while others insist all land be taxed to cover nonworking laterals. Attorneys from Fort Dodge, Tipton, and Peoria, plus Judge Wright, appear in hearings as the controversy intensifies.
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Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Hamiel
Tipton
McCabe
Peoria
Wright
Big 400 Acre Farm Sells For 40000 To Illinoisan Party
A 400 acre farm near town, owned by Nicoulin Bros of Algona, fetched 40000 dollars from an Illinois buyer this week. The land is described as suitable for cattle pasture and horse pasturing, with the deal marking a significant rural sale in the Armstrong Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Journal
Nicoulin Bros
Algona
Mediterranean Cruise Reflections Through Aegean to Naples
A Cleveland Mediterranean cruise diary chronicles stops at Constantinople the Bosporus and the Greek archipelago. Passengers note Naples as destination with British and American travelers planning future journeys through Europe. They observe Cairo Egypt, Mesinna earthquake wreckage, Taormina’s Greek theater, and a Palermo postponement due to a sirocco.
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Degan
Ohio
Constantinople
Bosporus
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Sea of Marmora
Dardanelles
Naples
Europe
London
Heidelberg
Paris
Monte Carlo
New York
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Baumgartner
California
McMahon
John Bull
E. J
Folger
Golden Gate
L. D. Spitler
P. Kain
J. T. Chrischilles
Mohammed
Schweinfurth
Murrain
Messina
United States
Sicilian
Taormina
Sicily
Mount Etna
Palermo
Lybian
Cleveland
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