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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1903

Page

6

Public sale at Pine Hill Stock Farm February 25 1903

Auction notices list 30 milch cows with calves 5 Short Horn bulls 10 yearlings 6 heavy work horses 4 yearling colts 1 riding pony 15 brood sows and various boars poultry and farm goods. Sale begins 10 am with free lunch. Terms cash under 810, over 810 twelve months on approved notes at 8 percent. J B Davis auctioneer N L Corroy clerk.

Pine Hill Lone Rock Poland China Chester Plymouth Rock J.B. Davis N. L. Corroy

Registered Aberdeen Angus bulls near Algona

Advertises registered Aberdeen Angus bulls for sale at Cedar Lane Stock Farm located 14 miles northwest of Algona by J. J. Scmopy. Also lists rental housing, help wanted, coal purchase, and various notices including a nurse’s location in the city and selling low grade wheat to Algona Milling & Grain Co.

Aberdeen Angus Bulls Cedar Lane Stock Farm Algona J. J. Scmopy Charlotte Palmer Cedar Falls Our City Jones and Roses Sts

Marston Detained In Insane Ward Over Letter

J L Mansvox recounts being confined to Ward 17 at the Pleasant Institute after a letter to Sheriff McDonald was published. He claims cured status was revoked, parole torn, and demands Governor or Board of Control intervention. The Courier calls for humane treatment and an investigation into asylum abuses, citing a Kansas case as context.

Asynum Pheasant J. M. Taylor Algona Applegate Sam Dan Long Governor Board of Control State Board of Control J. L. Mansvox Job Joe Marston Marston Corrier J. L. Marston D. J. Long Iowa Topeka Kansas Amos L. Maxwell Kansas Asylum For the Insane Earl Neal M. W. Peterson Gov. Bailey State Board of Charities Courier

Bean Supper Promises Food and Eloquence in Altoona

The annual bean supper in Altoona next Tuesday evening draws a large crowd. The program includes supper at six, invocation by Rev Holmes, a G A R club song, and recitations and talks by local figures such as S BE McMahon, B M Curtis, and B F Reed. The evening closes with America sung by all.

Altona Holmes G. A. R. Glee Club S. BE McMahon B. M Curtis B. F Reed America

Swea City Commercial Club seeks rail relief for car famine

Swea City officials appeal to Burlington general manager and Iowa railroad commissioners to fix a grain and stock transportation shortage harming local business. The note cites discrimination and urges swift settlement of car famine affecting Swea City and surrounding towns. Also includes sale notice by J R Davis for February 25 with livestock and a Red Raves bull, plus local ads for coffee at Durdall and coal by Algona Milling and Grain Co, and plans to buy 10 600 bushels of low grade wheat.

Ledyard Germania Gerled North End Swea City Burlington Road Iowa Commercial Club O.R. I & P. Railway Railroad Commissioners of Algona Milling & Grain Qo

SESSIONS DEAD. Burial set for former Algona resident

News from Algona reports S S Sessions died in Sioux City from an illness described as paralysis. His remains were sent to Algona for burial with services planned at the local chapel. Sessions had lived in Algona for years and held varied roles including clerk at the Leader hotel and state fair director. He faced financial and health troubles, but was remembered as generous and loyal to family.

Sioux City Paul Leader S. S. Sessions Lantry Murtagh Sessions Woodmen of the World Jamestown N. Y Cowles Des Moines Leader St. Joseph’s Hospital Algona Call New England Ioan Company OC. L. Lund Minneapolis Atlantic Sesesions

St Benedict Club Evening With Toastmaster D Stublick

A lively St Benedict event is slated with Mike Hammer acting as toastmaster D Stublick leads the program D A Norell is set for a speech and Martin Rahm plans an off hand after supper address Joe Markle’s house near the creaw ery was found on fita Wednesday

St. Benedict Joe Mathers New Mexico Wiliie G. G. Studer B. Erdman St. Joe Hig Farm Mike Hammer Beaver Dam Annie Huschka van Erdewyk Wesley Fred Koch Nic Witte Burg Bank Henry Seiler D. Stublick D. A. Norell Martin Rahm Joe Markle Creawery

Quarantineed Post and Smallpox in Whittemore

GEO. BOYLE'S COLUMN reports quarantine at post master DeGraw's over a smallpox case. Practically all news covers local society, legal notes, and town events. four smallpox cases prompt eradication efforts. The column mentions Col. Sessions’ death in Sioux City, property moves by N. L. Cotton and Timothy Ryan, and a cold snap with twenty four degrees below zero.

Whittemore Iowa Foster John Liebenstein Mr. Foster New York Opera House Harmer

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