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Local News Briefs and Fair Preparations
The Algona area reports a busy run of travel and visits from O B Durdall of Charles City to local events, and many residents off on commissions or to fairs. The Northwestern schedules a Des Moines excursion for Aug 29, while town projects include an amphitheater finish and Mud Creek drain discussions. Local social notes cover hospital fundraising, millinery purchases, births, and family visits, with fair week plans and a string of outings to Milwaukee, Chicago, and Okoboji.
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Northwestern
O. B. Durdall
Charles City
Pedley
Irvington
Ed. Goetsch
Harrold
S. C
James Taylor
Chicago
Mary Kinnie
Rochester
N. Y
Gertrude
Lilla Finnell
Whittemore
Fort Dodge
Fred Wehler
Madeira
Joe Misbach
Norfolk
Fair Grounds
Charley Patterson
John Vaughan
W. H. Ingham
Olympia
Wash
Geo. Ingham
W. A. Dutton
Duluth
Milwaukee
Courier
Wm. Kehoe
D. &. Miller
Hall
Topeka
Kan
Miller
Farley
W. E. Naudain
W. C. Hart
Yakima
H. W. Rist
Eugene Shadle
Spokane
Algona
Mud Creek
W. J. Branson
C. F. Nolte
Des Moines
Ledyard
Bancroft
Burt
Plum Creek
LaVerne
Mavelin
Western Union
David Gilmore
Canyon City
Colo
San Antonio
Pierre
W. E. McDonald
C. T. Chubb
A. L. Anderson
J. E. Lillie
Frank Seiler
C. E. Worster
Chubb
Arid’ Worster
Titonka
Joe Frank
Lotts Creek
Otto Neuman
Wisconsin
Porterfield
Baptist Church
Leon Bigelow
Grundy Center
Tom Sherman
Sherman
Wood
Ward
Opera House
Gertie Lang
David City
Nebru
F. E. McCorkle
E. G. Bowyer
Lieut. Bowyer
U. S. Navy
Bowyer
U.S
Lake Michigan
E. J
Court House