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Winter farm and town notices dominate Algona report
A wide run of local items covers sales and moves, farm and building activity, livestock, and public notices. Dennis Aigrang sells his Livermore implement business to a young farmer Baumgartner, while Charley Dailey begins a barn for John Lane in Whittemore. A mild smallpox outbreak prompts quarantines in Ringsted and surrounding townships. A range of personal notices includes births, marriages, sales, and property transactions across Algona and nearby towns. The issue also lists ads, church services, school debates, and community events with frequent references to residents and local institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Dennis Aigrang
Livermore
Baumgartner
M. Johnston
A. E. Wheelock
Humbird
Wisconsin
H. F. Jones
John Stein
Algona
Sexton Cern
Chamberlain, & C
Frank Winkel
Louis Kutchara
St. Benedict
Kutchara
Winkel
Wm.Dehnert
Lone Rock
Wm. Pettit
Fenton
C. J. Stebbins
Jong Rasmussen
Union Township
Fowler
Colo
John McEnroe
George Karrech
Misa Clara Genrich
LaVerne
Austin St. John
Farmers Institute
M. & D. Club of Union
G. W. Beevers
E. A. Burtis
Cronin
Union
Adv
Didriksen
BE. S. Gorman
Frank Elbert
Man Hayes
Whittemore
The
Love League
Henry Becker
Eva M. Esser
Iver Bergum
Kate Walders
John J. Steil
Emma F. Erdman
Wm. M. Moran
Theresa Hackle
Fred L. Stockwell
Emma Jane Nihnof
Laidley
Will Matern
Wesley Township
L. Krause
German Valley
Katharine Quinby
Louise McCoy
Irma D. Adams
Elsie Glasier
Charles Emboff
Sheffield
Webster County
J. C. Kirkman
Dayton
W. L. Martin
South Cresco
Inet
Iowa
Missouri
Kossuth
Frank Nicoutin