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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
7
The notice lists a sale at Long Bros. and Hendersons on Friday and Saturday December 29 and 30 with featured items and hours. Shoppers were urged to attend for bargains and seasonal offerings.
A damaged OCR reads as a holiday greeting from Sanitary Grocery and watch noting appreciation for friends and customers. It mentions bringing butter eggs and cash and hints at big results for the New Year trade.
Local items report a Yale key found at the Courier office, travel notes on Roy McGetchie’s winter in San Antonio, and community updates. Alfred Klamp retirees visit Oregon for Mrs Klamp’s health, Rev. Wiese receives gifts, and farm stock sales highlight cattle and hog deals.
A Courier blast from 1892 covers small town life with theft of a $40 overcoat, a Christmas train accident injuring Marlin Bonstetter, a Garfield marriage of Charles Kargleder to Anna Ramer, and travels of residents to Kansas Missouri and Pennsylvania. Other items note farm sales, a bank plan at Burt, and local movers like Gay Dalton and Tom Hanna returning home.
Community notice urges attendance at a Friday night meeting at the library at 7 30 p m to discuss a juvenile film day. The State and local Women's Clubs promote the idea and Des Moines has success with it, inviting Algona mothers to indicate interest and invite friends.
Promotion for Pacific Limited service on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway promises reduced fares and fast travel to California. The booklet details standard and tourist sleeping car options, with local agent Geo B Haynes listed as general passenger agent in Chicago Illinois.
Notice states all engagements with Mr. Weed are cancelled and the Schroeder brothers will manage the Princess theatre locally. They announce six and ten cent shows after January unless a special notice is given. Also advertised are a three year old Guernsey bull for sale by Vaughn Stiles, Whittemore Iowa RT-1, and a married man seeking an off farm home with no children. Local notices include rentals, street addresses, and various advertisements for goods and services.
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