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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
5
Studebaker Six model described as seven passeng er six cylinder with electric lights and starter. Includes Timkin axles, transmission bearings, demountable rims, extra tire and rim, tubes, curtains, chains and more. Priced at sixteen hundred fifty dollars with Algoua delivery, considered a $2000 class car.
Court convenes next Monday. Warren Laird sold his residence to Emil Midman of Gotta Creek who will occupy it. Rev. I C Taylor will hold services next Sunday afternoon in the South Cresco church. Various locals report travel, sales, baptisms, and plans for a basket social on the 13th. A marriage and several births are noted along with a laundry rumor and a sheriff nomination.
Trustees met last Monday to elect Prairie township roads superintendent for the year Ed Hauptman and Geo Ferstl bid. Jerath won contract promising good roads. Numerous small social and family notes follow including a surprise birthday gathering at Aug Uing home and local visits.
Combined sale at Algona Livery on Saturday February 14 features 20 head of horses plus cattle hogs farm machinery furniture and household items with buyers from Webster City Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Listings include a saddle horse, stock for sale, farm gear and home goods as well as help wanted and miscellaneous notices from local residents and businesses.
John Vaughan writes from Los Angeles dated January 27, 1914 about arriving in Arizona on January 18 and viewing the Grand Canyon, noting it is a vast chasm ten miles wide and forty long with fog obscuring the bottom. He reports rain at Williams, recent sun, green grass, and plans to stay in the area for two to three months. He mentions his son attending kindergarten at the Normal building and renting STARE BE for $30 a month. He has not yet met Algona residents but has met Fort Dodge people and hopes to see locals before spring.
Report notes on the Farmers Institute session including Hutchins on road grades and McWhorter on meat curing as well as a treasurer’s Short Course fund discussion. Court cases listed include Buffington v Askeland and Vacuum Oil Co. v Kossuth Motor Co. Also notes an American play The Deep Purple and a local ad for Timothy day coats at Neville’s with contact.
Bank officers from Kossuth County sign an oath asserting the correctness of a financial statement for County Savings Bank. The document lists total assets and notes legal tender and currency items, with signatures from President Rod Murtagh Vice-President C. Rofinteh and Cashier O B Murtagh. Notary and directors witness the swearing of the statement made February.
An Algona Rexall ad promotes Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion as a top health builder for all ages, combining olive oil and hypophosphites and offering a money-back guarantee if it does not improve health. The regional dealer Central Drug Co. advertises the product for $1.00 in Algona, Iowa.
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