A Quarter Century Ago From the Courier of 1891
CG Lund and W L Joslyn visited Des Moines on Monday. Recorder Smith visited Belmond. Rev Whitfield attended Livermore camp meeting. Ed Kieth joined Des Moines police. J B Jones notes Ledyard building boom and a railroad next summer. Col Clarke to speak. locals urged to attend. Several families leave for Des Moines and Minneapolis to study or travel. The county touts a 300 attendance at the state fair and a Libby prison anecdote with Collins. A property transfer near the post office sold for 1000 dollars. Plans for two new store buildings and a bank boom. Belmond road hoped to aid growth. Sifert to teach school. various locals attend races and fairs. Waterworks talk, circus visit, a notable reading room recital, and calls for public entertainment. Wheat yield 20 bushels per acre. Edith Wheelock to Kansas to teach at 40 dollars a month. Sullivan handles a court case in Clarion. Frost damages on corn unclear. One-day Des Moines trip to state fair deemed pleasing. Ed Fitzsimmons leases post office for tobacco and cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Winkel
W. K. Ferguson
Ferguson
Hoxie
Bank
Belmond
Cresco’s Sunday Socials and Local Notes
Cresco residents shared a busy Sunday with church visits and family gatherings. Rev. Taylor preached, multiple families visited relatives in Burt Estherville Sexton and Irvington, and 40 relatives enjoyed the day. Fred Ziegler lay seriously ill after a horse kick at Algona hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Taylor
M. N. Phillips
Bacon
Burt
Homer
Sam Lindhorst
Homer Culbertson
Rufus Lindhorst
Frank Miller
Armatrong
Verna
Edith Miller
Estherville
Elmer
Ben Potter
George Johnson
Sexton
Court Record New Cases Involving Multiple Jurisdictions
A chaotic court record lists numerous cases including Bowles vs Joseph van Deere Plow Co Geo Sim Cedar Rapids Pump Co vs LaVerne Auto and Machine Co and others. It also advertises a permanent operator position at a telephone office seeking applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowles, Billings & Kessler
Joseph van Deere Plow Co
Geo. Sim- Cedar Rapids Pump Co
LaVerne Auto and Machine Co
Wiliams
John Schimmel
V. B. Tripp
Gudknecht
American” and Sewed Shoe Co
Latta Mig
J. H. Graham
P. Ry
J. A. Simpson
J John L. Campbell
Anton Origer
S. Bayberger
Hogenbeck
Wai
Orton Ya
A. M. Higbee
Oh Olive Higbee
Chieh'operavor Telephone Ofie. E
Death of Mrs L A Gronwall in this city
After a two year illness Mrs Anna Gulberg Gronwall died at her home at 11 o clock last Monday forenoon. She was born in Sweden October 10, 1871 and immigrated to America in 1898. Married in 1902 her family remained in the city where she raised her five children and served as wife and mother. She was a longtime member of the Swedish Lutheran church and was buried from that church with Rev Lundell officiating. The Courier extends condolences to her husband and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Gronwall
Swedish Lutheran Church
Lundell
Courier
Young Cheater For Sale White Boars and Pigs
In Algona Iowa a local seller advertises pasture pigs from noted bloodlines including Yankee Doodle and Chief Select. The offer highlights well-bred sows, farm prices, and a few gilts for sale, noting feed shortages have kept pigs from fattening. The seller operates near Jimmaville on Yankee Ridge, one mile north of Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Doodle
Chickasaw Kossuth
Mr. Kahl
Chief Select
Story City
Jimmaville
Yankee Ridge
Main Street
Algona
Lowa
Algona Electric Light Question and Winnebago Reply
The 1916 exchange between Algona and Winnebago Light Co discusses a possible sale of Algona’s light plant. Zender sought costs per kilowatt hour and franchise status. the Winnebago reply lists rates for residence, business, and street lights, notes the system’s satisfaction, bond status, and franchise, and offers further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
F.C. Zender
Electric Light Company of
Winnebago, Minn
Winnebago Light Co
Rapidan
Winnebago
Minn
Frank C
Zender
Iowa
Cts
Harry G. Severson
Thig
Jeter
My. Zender
Very Pointed Advice in Corwith Hustler Era
A pointed moral column admonishes married men courting other men's wives and the corresponding women to end such affairs. It warns readers their behavior appears smooth but is deemed improper, urging restraint and social propriety. The tone is admonitory and reflective of the paper’s cautionary editorial stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corwith Hustler
Reading You Like a Book Leads to Caution in Print
A reader warns about overly sharp commentary inviting names and witnesses before publication. The note urges restraint and professional tone to avoid exposing individuals.
For Sale Fight Iota on East State Street
A compact nostalgia notice lists multiple small ads: sale offers for land and houses, a Rawleigh medicine business, second hand car, piano tuning, and someone seeking board for a few school girls. Locations include Algona Iowa and local street addresses. The fragment reflects a midcentury classifieds page with varied items and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fight Iota
East State Street
Nels Nelson
Rt. 3
Also Mentioned on This Page
CG. L. Lund
W. L. Joslyn
Des Moines
L. C. Smith
Wm. Whitfield
Livermore
Ed Kieth
J. B. Jones
Ledyard
Col. Clarke
Cedar Rapids
Josephine
Louise McCoy
Mary Smith
May Colburn
Minneapolis
The
University
J. M. Farley
Whittemore
Col. Spencer
Col
W. A. Colling
Milwaukee
Libby
S. C. Spear
Col. Collins
Emmons Collins
A. A. Sifert
Wm. Carter
Irvington
Independence
Wesley
Marsh Stephens
Marshal Dailey
Geo. Simpkins
I. M. Finnell
H. B. Mevon
Atate
Edith Wheelock
Kansas
J. W. Sullivan
Clarion
Ed Fitzsimmons
Cresco
Dan Harris
Fairmont
Warren Pickens
John Gray
Texas
George Harris
Joseph Sweazy
Webster City
Ed Poole
Muscatine
Pickens
Fred Ziegler
Algona Hospital
M. H. Boals
Glady Belor
Ahe
Wesely
R.J. Hutchinson
Bessie Hutchinson
Ft. Dodge
Robert
Elmer Potter
Homer Lindhorat
Paul Rollins
Moneaqua
Illinois
A. J. Brown
Alex Gillingham and Sons
Wilson Brown
Mankato
W. E. Olinger
Minnesota Lake
Rtobert Royster
James Higsbee
Waukenhouser
Boone
F. L. Miller
Bessie Stanfield
Mis. L. J. Brown
B. A. Garrison
Geo. W. Brown
Mark
Harry Simmons
David King
Paul Rolling
Moneaqua, Il
Lindhurst Bros
Fred Genrich
Chas
Cox
John Cox
Embroidery Club
Tarrant
W. H. Brandon
Lloyd Potter
Marie Webster
Wm. Galbraith
Gertie Sage
Burtin
G. W. Simmons
Everett Ely
Ziegler
Frank Green
Britt
Mollie Skilling
Kossuth
Jon
Kraft-Misbach
Kraft
Kraft-Milbach CO
Hart, Schaffner & Marx and
Kirachbaum
Special Order
Widow Jones
Bostonian
Cheney
Knox
Webber
Chicago
New York
Kraft-Misbach Company
Copyricht
Hart Schattner
Marz
Ford
Wilson Motor Co
Elizabeth
Lemkee
Locust St
M. J. Keneficls
J. J. McCall
E. State Street
R. M. Mountford
Klamps Auto Co
J. Chinachillos
Rice
A. Cottonwood Co
Rawleigh Medicine
Rawleigh
Colby St
John Lamuth Auto Co
Men’s Furnishings Shop
Phoenix
Madson & Hanson
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