Escape by Wm Donaho After Slashing Sheriff in Jail
Sheriff Samson was struck from behind by Wm Donaho during a routine jail lockup in Algona. Donaho fled west into a Blackford flat cornfield after the blow, while the sheriff and deputies pursued in vain. Donaho, about 45, 5 feet 5 inches, 140 pounds, brown hair and mustache, speaks with a bowery brogue, married with a Whittemore child, previously from St. Paul, was jailed on a Whittemore elevator burglary charge and faces grand jury action with a reward offered for capture.
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Samson
Wm. Donaho
Whittemore
Donaho
Tie
Algona
St. Paul
Robbers Strike St Benedict Businesses Sunday Night
F Rahm cashier of Peoples Savings Bank at St Benedict reports burglaries Sunday night at three local firms. F W Mullert general store J M Witte hardware store and the post office were entered through rear windows. Items stolen include cash and cutlery with no clues yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Rahm
Peoples’ Savings Bank
St. Benedict
Algona
Courier
F. W. Mullert
J. M. Witte
Witte
Ford to refund fifty dollars on Ford cars sold since 1914
Frank Mann, former Ford agency head for Kossuth County, calculates a $50 refund per Ford sold in the county during the year. He notes 891 cars were sold, totaling $19,650 in refunds. The figure is presented as a straightforward accounting, not a personal windfall.
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Henry Ford
Ford Auto Owners
Thair
Ford Cara
Frank Mann
Fords Agency
Kossuth
Ford Aptes
Courier
Ford
Ford Care
Humboldt paper reports escape of stabbing suspect Lewis Thompson
Lewis Thompson, jailed in Humboldt County awaiting the September term, escaped last Wednesday night. He was the principal actor in a stabbing affray.
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Humboldt Papere
Lewis Thompson
Humboldt County
Bloodhounds Failing Trail Near Badger Report
At Ottosen on July 11 a bloodhound search from Fort Dodge tracked along the railroad to Badger, but the pursuit was abandoned the next morning after a poor effort.
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Ottosen
Fort Dodge
Local Happenings From Algona Area Centred Briefs
License to wed issued to Wm. Rieger and Mary Louise Alloun. A pocketbook with money found. owner may claim at the office. County Fair ads and sales noted. Unclaimed mail list compiled. Pickpockets rumored at Humboldt county fair. Gilmore City residents lose about $200. Rev. Treskow to move to Burt serving two churches. F. W. Dingley plans a brick residence designed by M. B. Cleveland. House fire near Algona on Ber Jacobson farm. insurance pursued. Claude Griffin Downs returned to Emmetsburg after alleged car theft. travels 4000 miles. $15 carried. W.O.T.U. contest at Congregational church yields three prizewinners and forms Kernenth county WCTU. Algona party nearly crashes returning from Park visit. close call on narrow grade with near rollover.
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Wm. Rieger
Mary Louise Alloun
Quarton
George Funk
Titonka
Savings Bank of
Woden
Edith Corry
G. W. de Ree
Maurice Fox
Bertie Howerton
Bill Johnson
Mr. Madison
R. E. Powell
Wm. Trueblood
Ervin Turner
Humboldt County Fair
Gilmore City
Treskow
Burt
German Lutheran Society
Plum Creek
F. W. Dingley
Pennsylvania
Dingleys
Algona
Joe Paxton
Seneca Township
County Mutual Insurance Company
Alber Jacobson
Sefeck
Péter Phillips
Phillips
Np Insurance
Claude Griffin Downs
David G. Downs
Estherville
Emmetsburg
Chicago
Cullen
P. J. Hannifan
Ford
Hannifan
Downa
Eatherville
Sherburne
Minn
Minneapolis
Dobberstein
Weat Bend
M. Jones
Phelps
Roof Gardens and River Journeys Through New York 1915
In a reflective travelogue dated August 20 1915 the author recounts Chicago roof garden observations at the La Salle Hotel and a long Delta of river travel from Albany to New York aboard the Heinrich Hudson. He notes ruins, duels, and historic sites along the Hudson including West Point Sing Sing and the Palisades, contrasting Albany capitol grounds with Iowa and critiquing Wall Street versus State Street in Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blood Hounds
Ventura
Chicago
la Salle Hotel
Albany
New York Central Limited
Lake Erie
Syracuse
Utics
Mohawk Valley
Hudson
Capitol
State of
Algona
Iowa
Thas
Henry Hudson
Troy
Poughkeepsie
Heinrich Hudson
Eastland
Newberg
George Washington
Esopus
Alton B. Parker
Peekskill
Chauncey M. Depew
Yonkers
Billy Ward
Irvington
Weat Point
Ialanda
Angealao
Sing Sing
Samuel J. Tilden
Sam Untermeier
Waheekan
Alexander Hamilton
Agron Burr
Hoboken
Kossuth Butter Contest At County Fair
Butter contest open to all creamery in the state at the County Fair September 7 to 10. Judges include Gov. Expert F L O Dell and State Dairy Commissioner Thos A Clarke. Thursday is buttermakers day with prizes totaling 10 to 15 dollars for top scores in whole milk and gathered cream classes. Pro rata fund contributions from several firms. Send all butter shipments and communications to R R Welch Algona Iowa.
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F. L. O'Dell
Thos. A. Clarke
S. H. Thompson Co
Fort Dodge
Wyandotte
Mich
Spurbeck-Lambert Co
Algona
de Laval Separator Co
Madison St
Chicago
Ill
Howard D. Reynolds
James Rowland ‘and Co
New York
E. Wester
Carl Ahler
Diamond Crystal Salt Co
St. Clair
R. R. Welch
Towa
Editor Minion Wins Out in Quiet Title Case
Humboldt Independent reports A E Minion secures the real estate and printing plant in the suit against admins of the Adams estate. Judge Coyle grants Minion the plant, business earnings since May 27, and the connected real estate. Attorneys Layrien Lavrien Healy for Minion. Mesere Kelleher Price for defendants.
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Humboldt
A. E. Minion
A. M. Adams
Coyle
E. Minion
Layrien and
Lavrien
Robert Healy
Fort Dodge
Mesere
Kelleher
Price
Fort Pedge
Guy
J. S. McIntyre Dead After Street Car Injury
J S McIntyre, about 74, died after suffering a broken hip in a Chicago street car accident last week. He had been living in Algona with his daughter Mrs Misbach and helped at Kraft Misbach store. Funeral plans were being made in Clarinda, Iowa, by his son-in-law Joe Misbach.
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J. S. McIntyre
Chicago
Joe Misbach
Misbach
Clarinda
Iowa
McIntyre
Mr. McIntyre
Algona
Kraft-Misbach
Death summons for Charles Patterson of Algona
Charles Patterson died last Friday morning from heart failure at his parents home in Union township. Born July 18 1877 he was 38 years old. He lived in Algona after school, worked in his father’s grocery business, later partnered, then retired due to ill health in 1918. Survived by brother T A Patterson. funeral Monday at 4 pm conducted by Rev Day. Relatives attending from New Rockford Beloit Janeaville Gibbs Milford.
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Charles Patterson
S. D. Patterson
Charley-Henry Patterson
Union Township
Algona
Fred
German Valley
T. A. Patterson
New Rockford
Patterson
Day
George Hatten
Janeaville
E. M. Howard
Gibbs
Missouri
Charley
Griffith
Milford
Mrs. Shackelford Dies After Long Illness in Algona
Mrs. W. F. Shackelford died Monday at her son W. S. Shackelford’s Algona home after years of cancer. She was past sixty, widowed six years, and survived by four children: W. S. Shackelford, R. H. Shackelford, another son in California, and a Missouri daughter. The family carried the casket to Osceola, Missouri, for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Shackelford
W. S. Shackelford
Algona
W. S
R. H
California
Missouri
Osceola
Wm Neeling Dead In Algona After Illness
Wm Negling died at his Algona residence Sunday evening after a two year illness. Born April 26 1872 in Algona he lived there all his life. He leaves a wife and no children. Funeral was held Thursday conducted by Rev Taylors.
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Wm. Negling
Algona
Taylors
Plum and Apple Tree Varieties Offered at Nursery
From we xt, until further native the Algooa Nursery offers three choice sets of plum varieties and four varieties of apple trees, with each order amounting to five dollars or more. JW Curtiss, proprietor.
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Algooa
Ds & Preminal
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Wm. Donabo
Sheriff Samson
Parts Unknown
Witte’s. Hardware and Mullerts
Ford Auto Co
Kossuth County
The
Capitol Grounds
Hudson River
Bronx Park
Zoological Garden
the Battery
Wall Street
Barrew
State Street
James Raggles
Belleville
Goyle
al Adam
Stin's
Munle
Sharg
State
Musica
Dey
Evehing
Sk Musipal
Enenti Vel
Wm. Neeling
JW. Curtiss
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