Ingham to Panama on long delayed Isthmus trip
Willam IL Ingham of Algona plans a Panama Isthmus visit after celebrating his eighty fifth birthday. He recalls early Midwest exploration from Cedar Rapids to Minneapolis, and encounters with Chippewa and Sioux, Des Moines crossings, and surveying work tied to government projects, ending with his settlement in Kossuth County in 1855.
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A Quarter Century Ago in Algona Local Notes
A long-wread set of notes recounts 19th century Algona events with arrivals and departures. Will Richardson begins Normal School, J M Farley sells team of sleds, land purchases by Philip Dorweiler and Henry Bell, a supervisor asleep at a theater, Mrs Gurren of Buffalo township ill then dies, and 1828 boom forecasts. Col Spencer opens a Des Moines real estate office, Col indicates possible move, and local real estate activity includes Scott’s sale of half interest in a patent knock‑down box. Edith Clarke and Bertha Call resume studies in Evanston, A D Clarke travels to Des Moines, and many townspeople head to Des Moines for legislative action. Distant trips include Dodd to Leavenworth to visit a sick brother, Lou Thorson visiting, and calls for a local Emigrant Hotel to aid newcomers. McEnroe and Will Richardson plan Dubuque business college study, Melinrog and Richardson pursue Dubuque courses. Richardson then stays home for Normal School. Swedish Lutherans plan a south‑of‑Normal Church with a 70‑foot spire. Dorweiler and Bong Mer depart for Gattenburg to visit.
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Des Moines Register
Col. Spencer
Des Moines
Algona
Www
W. Scott
Hesse
Blossom
McCook County
Whittemore Notes Spark Holiday Cheer and Tragedy
Whittemore residents recount a New Year gathering at Henry Pelder's with lively 500 Club antics and social rounds. The town mourns J. T. Duffy who died of pneumonia after a brief illness, while Mrs. H. Meyer and Mrs. Reimers are noted among local passings. Local reflections on community life, schooling, and butter fads mix with letters about public events and neighborly ties as 1913 turns to 1914.
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Dually
Emmetsburg
J.M. Farley
Meyer returns home after disappearance near Lewisville
Fred Meyer reappeared last Friday evening arriving in Madelia on train No 7. He had vanished from his home a week earlier, walked to relatives in Wands, Redwood county, and was greeted by his brother before going to his Lewisville home. He remarked he would have gone to St Cloud if weather had allowed.
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Steve
Bro
Wolfe
Dewel
Bro. Wolfe
Bro. Dewel
Wolfa
Madelia
Fred Meyer
Lewisville
Pred Meyer
Wands
Redwood County
St. Cloud
Iggg
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Whittemore News and Comment
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Minneapolis
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Lone Rock
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Joe
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Meyer
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