Home Talent Play Delights Algona Crowd With Varied Skits
A packed audience enjoyed a Thursday home talent show at the Algona opera house featuring Ebony artists led by Tim Harrington. The evening presented songs, comic bits, and lively sketches with appearances by Harry Wilson Howland Smith Quinby and Miss Camilla Wilson. The Union Depot scene followed with satirical depictions of town figures and local business interests, including Representative Sumner Quarton and a parade of residents in humorous roles.
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Tim Harrington
Interlocuter
Harry Wilson
Howland Smith
R. H. Quinby
Harry Wold
Cleary
Bowyer
Darkies
Hackman
Tim
Darkey
Camilla Wilson
Johnny Lowe
H.C. Adams
Fred Wehler
Harry
Algona
Quinby
John Hinchon
Mr. Hinchon
Alf Rist
Union Depot
Forthirst
Arthur Ferguson
Mildred Carter
Melvin Mackey
The
Courier
John Carlson
Chas
Sheetz
W. P. Jones
Lucille Carson
BE. J. Murrtagh
Louise McCoy
Bancroft
M. P. Weaver
Dennis Goeders
George Boyle
George
Jimmie Dunn
L. J. Dickinson
Hobart
Foel
Charles
Charley
Squire
Taylor
Sumner Quarton
Kossuth
Goat
Jook
Holmes
Marvin Hughitt
N. W. Road
St. Paul
Galbraith
Hinehon
Sutton
Jil
Went
Cara
Gle Norwood
Sigsby
Dickinson
McMahon
Jim Hill
Hill
Jim
Hughitt
B. J. Murtagh
Dr. Fellows
Anamosa
Doering
Nannie Setchell
Ag Patti
Theodore Chrischilles
Caruso
Will Galbraith
Mrs. Bowyer
H. A. Wolcott
Montgomery Ward
John
Walter Schoby
Katherine Paxson
Julius Chrischilles
Schneider
Mulcahey
Paine
Florida
Juling Wea
Mae
Audi
Peoria
Jimmies Cowan
Sayers
Chrischilles & Herbst
Algona Minstrels
Interlocoter
T.P. Harrington Baues
Wee A. J. Wilson
Smith Mose
Walter Turner
Sambo
Pau K. KH
Tony
Donald Smith
Tutus
Howard Beardsley
Tom U
Earl Crane
Ephrata
Lowe Ouiehuo
Tray Potter
Josh
Noy Keene
Henry Clay Jackson
George Washington Jefferson
Arthur Smith
Victoria Allen Jackson
Peckham
Mes
W. BP. Jones
Dingaliung
Ada Dingaling
Lonise McCoy Notoll Cerers
Murtagh
Sarah
Rey
George Hoyle
Goeders
Patti
Camila Wilson
Reuben Lynch
Will Gulbraith
Lucia Wallace
Sonithly Jones
Walter Seboby
Smithly Jones
Mortagh
Weneles
D. Fellows
Readings and Reactions to a Local Play
A Courier report notes a friend reading aloud, advising against C. & H. and Herbst as a Jew of sharp wit, recommending Sears & Roebuck via Pangburn’s order as reliable. The reviewer admits incomplete notes yet records audience approval and a likely repeat showing, delayed by tabernacle meetings.
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Mulcahey
Herbst
Chrischilles
Sears & Roebuck
Pangburn
Sugar Beet Industry Sparks Local Interest and Plant Talks
Local farmers consider sugar beet growing with talk of a Clear Lake factory. Des Moines dispatch notes 800 acres of land pledged for beets and contracts signed fast. Culver of the Sugar Beet company aims to plant 590 acres, citing 35 percent profit under normal conditions and beet tops for feed or fertilizer. The sandy soil and potential crop value raise strong local interest.
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Ottosen
Nebraska
Clear Lake
Des Moines Tribune
E Culver
Culver
Notable poultryman I P Jorgenson of Lake City
I P Jorgenson, a retired farmer now in Lake City, is acclaimed champion poultry raiser of Calhoun county. He owns a large flock and produced about 400 dollars worth of eggs from ten hens this summer. He built his own coops with a north slant, roosts eight inches high, and boards to catch droppings. He avoids medicines, favors kindness and care, and urges cleanliness, care, and variety in food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. P. Jorgenson
Lake City
Calhoun County
Ion Woodlawn Avenue
Ecreen
Money to loan at 5 per cent by A. D. Clark's & Co
Money to loan at 5 per cent by A D Clarks & Co with optional repayment and annual interest. Also notices of real estate and livestock trade including registered Aberdeen Anguses for sale or trade, Duroc Jersey boars and Short Horn bulls offered by A Bates and J F Schohy Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Clarks & Co
J. F. Schohy
Algona
A.D. Clarke & Go
Duroc Jersey
Bates
Farmers Institute to Hold Winter School near Algona
The Farmers Institute invites all within six to eight miles of Algona to attend a winter school at the court house. Entries close by noon January 19. Myron Schenck is secretary for entry blanks. The program spans January 19 to 21 with sessions on public school agriculture, poultry, oats and corn yields, domestic science, tuberculosis, stimulant education, drainage, and library extension. Premiums for corn and oats are offered, with music interludes and various speakers from Ames, Des Moines, Burt, Fenton, Cherokee, and Des Moines.
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Court House
Myron Schenck
Victor Felter
Cherokee
Florence Walls
Ames
Iowa
Charles Dittmer
Burt
Dr. Fraser
Alma Fry
Fenton
Soila
E. L. Stewart
Alice Tyler
Des Moines
E. R. Lewis
A Word From Yakima
A reader from Yakima encloses a 1.60 money order for a Courier subscription to January 1, 1911 and writes on the region’s fruit trade. He extols Yakima Valley yields for hay, potatoes, onions, and apples, noting farm sizes and potential earnings compared with Iowa, and ends with New Year wishes.
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North Yakima
Eastor
Yakima Valley
Iowa
T. Kuan
A rattlesnake ranch profits from deadly stock
The Brownsville Texas dealer I B Anthony runs a rattlesnake ranch with high board walls and ladder entry. Inside are three enclosures for various species, some deadly enemies, and crates hold hundreds of snakes shipped from Texas, Mexico, and beyond for sale.
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I. B. Anthony
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Wide World Magazine
Mexico
Arizona
Anthony al
Snake capture method in hunter’s market tale
A Mexican snake hunter subdues a rattler with a stick and leather loop, then bags the snake for display and venom collection. The process includes dragging the enraged reptile to camp, securing it with wooden tongs, and placing its head in a box to extract venom for sale to physicians and chemists.
Word From Ole Norwood in Tacoma Court Message
Ole Norwood writes from Tacoma December 28 1909 describing his journey through the mountains and arrival in Washington. He notes profitable work opportunities in Seattle and sends holiday wishes while mentioning Dr Cretameyer and plans to return for the next term of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Eorover
Seattle
Dr. Cretameyer
John'b
Milwaukee Road plans new line to cut grades to coast
A letter claimed by the Milwaukee road to be from Charles City describes engineers laying a new line east from the city to bypass heavy grades toward Calmar Junction. The plan would straighten routes between New Hampton and Jackson Junction, shorten the Charles City to Mississippi River run by about thirty miles, and position the line as a major freight feeder to the coast with Charles City as a potential freight division point. Citizens urged to aid depot improvements and support the project.
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Milwaukee
Charles City
Paul Montgomery
Milwaukee Road
Calmar Junction
Bassett
Tonia
New Yampton
New Hampton
Jackson Junction
Mississippi River
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Our
Office Seeking the Woman in County Superintendency
A petition circulated and signed by many Fenton voters asks Miss Dorweiler, principal of Fenton schools, to run for county superintendent of schools. Dorweiler is a leading county educator and well qualified. her public candidacy remains uncertain as she weighs the solicitation.
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Fenton
Miss Dorweiler
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Gleas Lake
Tes
L. P. Jorgenson
A. Bates
Farmers’ Institute
Great Winter School
Yakima
F. T. Kuhn
Ole Norwood
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