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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
3
The Variety Store announces its annual clearance featuring dress goods hosiery underwear blankets furs and footwear at greatly reduced prices. items include 35¢ corset covers 50¢ boys sweaters 10¢ lamp chimneys and 25¢ granite cookware with emphasis on stock turnover and clean stock opening of each season.
From Norwich North Dakota January 14 1907 a reader reports ample local coal supply with coal on hand at the bank twenty miles south selling at 1.50 to 2.00 a ton despite heavy snow. A coal car arrived recently and another today. One half load of wood and coal oil also stored. The letter notes one son Roy recovering from appendicitis at St Luke’s Hospital Fergus Falls Minnesota and predicts his return in two weeks. Land sales and farm prosperity highlighted with a 8000 to 4000 dollar per 160 acre figure.
Burt Monitor notes politicians seek editor support in campaigns then overlook printshops after election. Fairmont Sentinel reports deaf couple from Armstrong wed by Judge Goetz with interpreter present, Frank Lucas Gajensky and Mryde Etta Haworth named. Fenton Reporter notes Odin Bank president W M Jacobson declined a salary increase after a Tuesday vote, praised for public spirit.
A collector visits a debtor over a small unpaid account. The debtor cannot enlighten him. A soothsayer in the next block predicts the future for 60 cents a throw, prompting further talk about adding 50 cents to the debt out of curiosity.
A verse from The Retort recalls a playful exchange between a husband and wife about baking bread. The wife agrees to bake when the husband can raise the dough as the father did, delivering a lighthearted domestic pun.
Special to the Register and Leader reports Hampton Iowa minister Rev F E Oviatt declares all churches are headed to hell and will read the riot act at a public talk on The Devil Has a Mortgage on the Churches of Hampton He plans to resign February 1 and move on A Blue Bell Hill School report for January 18 lists 14 pupils enrolled with 12.6 average attendance and named students Teacher ETHEL Cops notes and local ads from F W Pech Algona and Ed A H Miller показывают day market ad
The American Surety Company of New York is described as the world’s largest pure surety company with a 5 million surplus. It confines operations to suretyship, avoiding banking or trust services, and is praised for its strong signature on bonds. The American Bankers Association has chosen it as the sole guarantor of money orders on their form, signaling high standing with major financiers.
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