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Local notes from Algona area residents and visitors
A lengthy chronicle of social visits, travels, and small events across Algona and nearby towns. Included are nursing and recovery updates, property transactions, moves, school friend gatherings, church activities, and community notices featuring many named residents such as A. M. Jones, Beth Smith, Nora Schuidt, Mrs. C. T. White, and Otis Fish, among others, with mentions of travels to Maxwell, Des Moines, Elmore, and Kanawha. The item also notes an oyster supper, a piano choir, and a birthday-like cake marking a lodge event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Jones
Beth Smith
Odebolt
Blof
Hayden
Panetofe
Grace Doege
Titonkadur
Nora Schuidt
George
Will Davison
John Zriefel
Glen Hain
Clara Shaw
Karl Rose
Harvey Coleman
Algona
C. T. White
Ora Hulburt
Lone Rock
Charlotte Parker
Maxwell
Des Moines
Lulu Hawcett
Celina Clifton
Illinois
Weickson
Ewoldt
A. H. Meinzer
Rowena McWhorter
W. T. Trainer
Hollis
Elmore
Dr. Peters
Pri
Joe Casons
Otis
Janely Fish
Grandma Kish
Flomer
Irene Kircher
Ruth Foster
Clarinda
Chas. Larson
Earl Ringsdost
Epworth
Matt
C. Hain
Rebekahs
Burt Degrea
Rebekah
Titanka
M. E. Church
Prattig
C. B