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Local news roundup from Algona area highlights
George B. Clarke travels to New Hampshire on legal business while Central Railroad brakemen gain a 27 cent daily raise. Many residents attend fairs in St. Louis and Chicago, visit relatives, or travel for Thanksgiving. A 110 foot steel bridge is planned in Portland township and local farms see sales and property moves, with social events, lectures, and a new gas engine considered by city leaders.
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Geo. B. Clarke
New Hampton
Central
Melzar Haggard
St. Louis
Teddy
Claude Stull
Corwith
W. Spurbeck
John Wheelock
Third Ward
Jeo. E. Patterson
Estherville
Algona
Louis Klatt
Lotts Creek
Richland County
N. D
W. D. Nugent
Chas. Osier
Des Moines
Co. F. CG
B. Hutchins
Chicago
Des Moines River
Portland Township
S. W
August Fenske
Whittemore
Henry Hocker
Mike Willow
Garfield Township
Elmhurst
A. H. Bixby
Fred Laurer
Union Township
G. G. Wright
Gladys
Wright
W. WF. Glasier
Highland Park College
Flo Cowan
Austin
Minn
Clarion
Louie Anhalt
Waverly
Will Boylson
Eagle Grove
John Cronin
Elizabeth Goetz
Wesley Two
Catholic Church
Father Vaughan
Opera House
Alderman Peterson
Supt. Metcalf
Fairbanks-Morse Co
Cowan
Mason City Times-Herald
Tom Way
Emory H. English
Valley Junction Express
Polk County
Times-Herald
Mason City
Matt Ferris
North Dak
Bismark
Irvington
Burt
North Dakota
Kossuth
W. H. Ingham
Omaha
John Bohanan
Iowa
Lelia
Edna
Jenkinson
Town Falls
State Normal School
Hall
Titonica
Acres
Anti-Saloon League of
Will Heerdt
Plum Creek Creamery
James McEnroe
M. H
Mary
St. Louis Fair
Halcyon Club
Alona
Norton
G. W. Pangbayn
J. R. Bright
Livermore Gazette
Jas, Barcum
Alabama
Fred Stewart
B. Durdall
Durdall Hotel
George W. Bowder
Waterloo
Wesley Record
Geo. B. Hall
Chas. L. Falk
Mathias Hildman
Wesley
T. H. Wadsworth
James Dalzell
John Kerr
Sol Fisher
Charley Fatterson
Springvale
J. R. Lathrop
Lathrop
Besther
Joseph Zanke