A Quarter of a Century Ago in The Courier
A 1880 recap from Algona noting Mary Homan of Sioux Falls visiting Mrs. John Gaeders, the season’s second snow, local school enrollments, divorce counts in Oskaloosa, a baptism, a twin birth, and various local business moves. Mentions sales by Dingley & Moffatt, a large land deal in Garfield, and county fees and officials in Des Moines. The Courier asserts its role publishing the president’s message and humor about a rival photographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Courier Dee
Misa Mary Homan
Sioux
John Gaeders
Weise buys garage at Ledyard and plans sale
E E Weise of Germania purchased a local garage at Ledyard and will hold a public sale this week before moving to town. John Govern, south of town, has rented his farm and will retire from active farming for a spell, planning a trip to Oregon for several weeks. George Lester bought an eighty acre farm north west of town for 167.50 per acre from Henry Meyers, who had purchased it last spring from John Rude. it lies 42 miles north west of town east of Wm Traden, and Lester moves in next March. Four post office job applicants have filed with inspector Jones at Fr. Dodge: Mrs. Wm Tierney, Mrs. Mayme Paterson, J E Buna and Joel Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Weise
Germania
Ledyard
John Govern
Oregon
George Lester
Henry Meyers
Meyers
John Rude
Wm. Traden
Lester
Post Office
Jones
Dodge
Wm Tierney
Mayme Paterson
J. E. Buna
Joel Richards
Man Brought Before Magistrate In Drunkenness Case
A forlorn man appears before a Western magistrate charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. He quotes a line on humanity before the judge, who interrupts and imposes thirty days and orders removal of the man’s companions, labeling the group as a bad lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Kellogg
Byron
Estherville Poker Night Draws Over A Thousand In Pot
Report from Hatherville details a poker game with a jackpot around twelve hundred dollars. No gun was used in the evening, and the event reportedly involved beverages. The account mentions unfamiliar local names and scattered phrases about the scene and participants.
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Hatherville
Classic Limericks by Bailey in Britt Tribune
A collection of humorous verses featuring local names and places such as Niger Goodell Corwith Garner Titanka Algona and Cum The jokes describe misadventures with a playful Irish cadence and light risqué humor reflecting early 20th century vernacular in small town Iowa.
Too Much for Que Dose Booster Praise in Altoona Tribune
A snippet from the Altoona Tribune quotes a reader praising the paper as the town’s mainstay and greatest booster. The item also contains local ads from Algona and Irvington Iowa, and a probate notice from Kossuth County Court dated November 1915 for Sven Olson, listing probate hearing set for February 1916.
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State of
Iowa
Kossuth County
Sven Olson
Joe Jenks
BE. Johnson
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Rhode Island Reds
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Rt 2
Clear View Farm
One Mile Nouth
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Irvington
Frank Riebhoff
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Rt. 2
C. A. Momyer & Sons
Third Ward School House
Martin Rahm
Jos. Ragm
B. F. Rahm
St. Benedict, Lowa
B. J. Puri Martia Rahm
Joseph Rahm
J. Wegman
J. O. Ruskopf
Algona Furniture Co
Cedar Rapids‘ Encorporal Business
Cedar Rapids
Thig
Weite
Richelieu Raising
Richelieu
Jas. Patterson
Algona Manufacturing Company
Stail
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Col. Evang
Victor Boy
Best
Chickasaw Kossuth
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