Domestic Infelicity in Algona Ends in Settlement
A 55 year old farmer Mr Kurtz marries 45 year old widow and their union fails due to temperaments and jealousy. After planning a settlement with lawyers and a bank, the wife collapses in town, is hospitalized, recovers, and leaves for Reading Pennsylvania with her daughter. The husband pays her a sum, ending the unhappy matrimony. The report also praises Fred Tangney securing a new hotel venture in Algona and notes the town’s growth prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Kurtz
Wesley Township
Aearth
Reading
Iowa
Horges
E. J. Murtagh
County Savings Bank
Praise for Landlord Tangney in Algona hotel deal
Otto Falkenhainer writes from Sheldon praising the arrival of Mr. Fred Tangney as a real hotel man in Algona and urges local merchants to meet him. The Sheldon Sun notes Tangney took shares in a deal completed last Saturday January 1, with his father BE G Tangney involved in prior Algona dealings and investments in hotel property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Algona
Tangney
Sheldon
Courier
Algona Hotel
Algona Commercial Club
Otto Falkenhainer
Sheldon Sun
Fred Tangney
Pieney
Popsession
New
BE. G. Tenguey
Burglary at Model Clothing Store on blustery night
In 25 below zero winds and heavy snow, a burglar entered the Model Clothing Store through a broken back window using a ladder. He ransacked the shop, stole clothing and shoes, left behind his coat and gear, and fled before daybreak. A night watchman and a Lugby Drug Store clerk followed tracks to a house, yielding to a search warrant issued next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Model
Clarke
Happily Married at Catholic Church in Plum Creek
A cold stormy Wednesday morning witnessed the marriage of Louis Bode and Marie Lamuth at the local Catholic church. Louis, brother of Harry Bode of Plum Creek, hails from Atlanta Illinois, and Marie Lamuth, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Lamuth, is a high school graduate and former bookkeeper. The couple will honeymoon in St. Louis and Atlanta before taking residence on the Tom Kain farm in Plum Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bode
Marie Lamath
Harry Bode
Plum Creek
Matt
Poultry House
St. Louis
Atlanta
Ill
Tom Kain
Death of Mrs John Hohn in Algona after stroke
Mrs Isabella Bebout Hohn died at her home in Algona after five years of delicate health due to paralysis. Born in Warren Ohio in 1867, she became blind at fourteen and trained at the Vinton home for the blind where she met her husband Mr John Hohn. They married in Algona twenty two years ago and have lived here since. Funeral arrangements to be announced. sympathy extended to Mr Hohn and family.
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John Hohn
Thin City
Isabella Bebout
Bor
Warren
Ohio
Vinton
Hohn
Algona
Blizzard disrupts Milwaukee freight train near Ruthven
Northern Iowa blizzard halts work as a westbound Milwaukee freight loses roofed car and derails over 300 feet of track two and a half miles west of Ruthven. Algona section men rush to assist while drivers and crews battle the brutal weather. Local notes mention a harsh day, two newborns, a few deaths, and community plans amid the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ruthven
Algona
Coutier
Special Sale Ends January 27 1916 Prices Told
A local retailer advertises a special sale closing January 27 1916 to clear spring goods. The notice promises unusually low prices and bargains for shoppers, listing that customers will find talking prices and good value during the 14 day sale.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Quality Store
Dhnnison
National Biscuit Company
Moe & Sjogren
Q. J. Stephenson
Chester White
E. A. Victor
George Steil
the Sheldon Sun
Model Clothing
RM. Mountford
Rob Kain
B. P. Richardson
Dubuque
Harry Newcomber
McGregor
State Oil Inspeeter
Thomas Chant
Land of Badger
Own Conway
Fort Dodge
LaVerne
Wm. Geilenfelt
Union Township
Howard Lowman
Kain
Jim Waltera
A. G. Lattimer
Ledyard
John Galbraith
Will
San Antonio
I. G. Dewel
BE. H. Addison
Nevada
John Cogswell
Santa Barbara
Calif
Sanborn
Bryant
J. T. Chrischilles
San Diego
E. B. McCorkie
Bird Island
Minn
Pennington
T He Opera House
Byson
Sesenee
Aareks
Mrs
Jas. Thylae
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