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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
6
Instructions describe lamb chops seasoned with pepper salt and mace, coated with egg and bread crumbs, and fried. Veal gutlets are seasoned with pepper salt and chives, served on mashed potatoes with melted butter and lemon juice.
A quartet of Algona youths Lew and Rudy and John Guderian and Anton Didriksen spent a rainy but rewarding trip at Lake Tetonka near Waterville Minnesota. They lived in a tent endured continuous rain then enjoyed improved weather and good fishing. Lew acted as chief cook while Johnnie handled dishwashing and chores. They praise Waterville’s lake scene and plan to repeat the excursion next year.
Bancroft has a ball team worthy of pride after steady play all season with few losses. Two recent games stand out: a long loss to Elmore featuring Kansas City battery players and visiting Minneapolis members, with money said to change hands. The All Nation team then edged Bancroft in thirteen innings, 4 to 3, a close contest reflecting luck and evenly matched squads.
Charles Nigg of Maquoketa Iowa touring world with a wheelbarrow aims for the San Francisco fair arriving in December if the walking remains steady. He is an old acquaintance of John Lamuth and spent Sunday at Lamuth's garage headquarters, pushing the barrow across the continent in 1912. He travels bareheaded, camps outdoors, and promotes temperance, being a total abstainer from liquor and tobacco. A nearby listing notes a $40 quarter sawed gas sideboard offered for $16 if taken soon.
Ringling Brothers Circus will perform in Algona on Friday afternoon and evening, August 27, with a grand spectacle Solomon and the Queen of Shaba featuring 1,250 actors, 300 dancing girls, 735 horses, and costumes costing over a million dollars. The circus promises top riders, daring acts, and a 108‑cage menagerie housing 1003 wild animals.
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