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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
9
Extra carrier service and vehicles will assist regular carriers for holiday deliveries. All packages and mail arrive the same day. Sunday the 24th city carriers serve 5 to 6 PM. Christmas day forenoon trip then 5 to 6 PM office delivery. General Delivery on Christmas Day 10 to 1 AM and 5 to 6 PM. Rural carriers keep regular Christmas Day trip. Money order window closes 6 80 PM and general delivery at 7 PM per inspector orders.
The W L A S invites pupils from room four under Miss Carrie Durant to a Christmas party on Thursday evening December 21 at 7 30 in the Library assembly room. A Christmas play will be presented and Ada Simmons Mrs J J Jones and Miss Helen Morse will provide the musical program.
Notice lists warrants by numbers and pages with names and places including Snub and 108, 1103. It states interest will stop January 6, 1987 and signs by Hf. J. McChessey. The readable fragment outlines legal notices about warrants and associated terms without full context.
The Kossuth County Historical Society held its annual meeting last Thursday evening despite bad weather and competing events. R F Reed presented local history, Mrs E G Bowyer and D T Smith sang period songs, and two papers by O W Robinson and W D Eaton were read. Eaton recounted Spirit Lake Indian scare and Irvington defense, including a notable 1857 sheriff tenure, with a tale of two bridesmaids who stayed behind during the attack and the first Kusuth county marriage witnessed by W D Eaton. A fort was built near Irvington and a comic incident with George Wiltfrong, who was dipped in the river, ended with his defection. The evening ended with more songs and general praise for the event.
Basket Social at schoolhouse in Wesley District No 8 two miles northeast of Sexton on December 22 followed by a Christmas program taught by Edith Davin. Our former county auditor A L Anderson has been elected county treasurer of Dewey County South Dakota. Cor poral Charles Menge, a young soldier, was in Algona last week seeking recruits for the U.S. Army, with headquarters at Spencer. Neighbors of Mr and Mrs Geo Carroll north of town visited on Wednesday evening, and the Carrolls plan to move to Burt around March first. Robert Schmidt of Lone Rock area and his daughter returned from a two week visit to Watertown Wisconsin, noting local prosperity in dairy, cheese and butter making. Kinney Byson and Cook of Hobart are noted for hogs with records of 42 pigs born in April and 296 pounds per hog, selling at $9.40 per hundred.
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