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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
11
A local retailer promotes a fine selection of Victor and Edison talking machines ideal as a family gift. Installment plans are available and a complete line of records and accessories such as amplifying horns is offered for home entertainment.
Mrs W H Horan visits Monroe Wis and returns home. J H Dunn of Sherman sidelined by pneumonia threat. Miss Agnes Murray to Racine Wis for a month. Rev A Tenny to preach at Baptist church with morning and evening topics. W H Bates sells sead corn at eight dollars a bushel. Birth reported at hospital. Kieth family. George Galbraith plans San Antonio trip. Christmas services at Presbyterian church. Ed Rist and Mike Winkel head to Texas to scout land. Mrs John Vaughan adopts baby boy. care adopted. Dr Fellows buys Starr residence for 3800. Ambroish family mourns lost child. Dewel visits with parents. Mrs James Ryan visits Minneapolis. Mrs Ed Goetsch visits German Valley. Charley Wernert visits Algona for Knights of Columbus. Death of Mrs J J Achatz noted. John Lamath to Hallock Minn. rent dispute. Stephenson welcomes new son. Henry Rist rumored back in South Dakota. Judge Quarton at Guernsey breeders convention. Wesley post office now salaried 1100. Aberdeen exile indicted for land fraud. Webster City sale 45 head 8627.50. Noah Williamson, Williamson family travel Cedar Rapids. D P Ferguson of Alberta visits. Algona gets osteopath Dr Carrie A Backus. Uncle Sam busy in town. Glove Factory expands. Rutherford building purchased for about 2000. A D Richards of Burt visits Algona. buys land and stock. I C Lindsey of Burt dies. burial at Burt. Geo S Angus to Corpus Christi via Lawton Okla during winter. Okla cold but town building. cotton price 6-8c, corn 50c, wheat 90c. land $20-$39 per acre.
Mr and Mrs Coleman Chubb return from Alabama visit as Burt township couple Mr and Mrs A Anderson visit with son L P Anderson. J F and Frank Nicoulin attend funeral in Appleton for sister-in-law Miss Lillie Granton a Sexton teacher injured boarding train. Love league members listed with commission dispute over Dutton farm sale in Grundy county. Paine wins full amount. Supreme court ruling lets Henry Durant estate avoid inheritance tax after judge Coyle decision upheld on appeal. Sullivan to argue Wells estate case in Des Moines as executor tax issue surfaces. Marshalltown Times-Republican urges inexpensive Christmas gifts emphasizing goodwill over obligation. Dr Carrie A Backus osteopath to practice in city with free consultations. Kraft Clothing ad advertises half-price Smoking Jacket. For sale 350 acres near Algona at $55/acre with down payment and 5-year balance. Money to loan at 6 percent through A D Charke & Co. Jersey Cream bread from Heinsohn’s. $5 reward for info leading to conviction of slanderous reports about W Babcock alias W Smart W Bavoocr
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