Suburban Friday January 26 1917 Algona merchants offer greatly reduced prices
Merchants listed invite shoppers from near and far for Algona’s big Suburban Friday sale. Each business promises heavily discounted items across groceries clothing autos grain hardware shoes and more to attract customers with a day of special reduced prices. Extensive list includes Quinby Krause Christilles Herbst Goeders L. B. Rist Madson Hanson Kraft Misbach Foster Bronson Bowles Kessler Brownell Fiene Morrison Lusby Paine Miller Skinner Peterson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Algona Post Office Debate Highlights Pork Barrel Critique
Algona may lose a government post office prospect due to conservative views on the pork bill. Congressman Frank P Woods says the measure, praised in the east, would stall in the senate and risk a presidential veto. The piece argues metropolitan sprawl and wartime appropriations distort public press critique of pork barrelling.
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Algona
Frank P. Woods
Finnell
National
House of Representatives
Senate
New York
Boston
Metropolitan Press
Clark
Illinois
South
Wilsons address urged a league of nations for peace
A state paper lauds President Wilson for addressing the American Senate on a postwar league of nations to enforce peace Monroe Doctrine and freedom of the seas. It argues world enlightenment and republican governance would end wars, reduce monarchic ambition, and save human lives.
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Wilson
American Senate
League of Nations
Nuy
Republica
Silent migration of Negroes from South to North increasing
Reports from many sections of the country indicate a silent migration of Negroes from the South to the North. Two reasons are given: labor demand in northern states and hostility in the South. Northern employers are sending agents to persuade southern Black workers to move, if the circumstances warrant.
Migration in the South Could Heal Racial Tensions
A readable line notes that migration might improve relations between whites and blacks in the South and promote overall development of the black population. The statement suggests a gradual societal shift with potential for progress through population movement and integration.
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South
Death of Mrs Henry Fisher in Hastings Neb
News reached Algona of the death of Minnie O Rourke Fisher at her Hastings Nebraska home after a paralytic stroke. She was the daughter of Michael and Mrs O Rourke of Riverdale Township later Kansas City. She and Henry Fisher had six children and had moved from a Dakota farm to Hastings where he served as head gardener.
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Algona
Henry Fisher
Hastings
Neb
Sam Moned
Minnie O’rourke
Michael O'Rourke
Riverdale Township
Kansas City
Addison Fisher
South Dakota
Kraft Miabach Clothing Buys Algona Block Preservation
Kraft Miabach Clothing Co purchases the Cowles double front building in Algona, home to their store and grocer Jan Pattery son. The property, one of the town’s most substantial, fronts Lake Superior and lies in the business center. Price paid was 18000 dollars, seen as cheap given recent sales. The sale signals Algona’s steady growth and bright prospects. Suburban Day note: Friday Jan 26 at Mrs. Jag Tayler.
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Algona
Kraft-Miabach Clothing Company
Ses
Cowles
Jan. Patteryson
Lake ‘Superior
Mra
Jag
Tayler
Selwyn & Company's Farce "Fair and Warmer" at Call Opera House
Jan 31 marks the return of Selwyn & Company with Fair and Warmer a brilliant farce by Avery Hopwood once popular at Harris Theatre New York The show follows a national reputation rise within six months At the Call Opera House Jan 31 also notes Algona Co op Creamery stockholders meeting Jan 27 1917 and autocomedy night featuring Chaplin The Floor Walker and Syd Chaplin The Submarine Pirate repeated by request.
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Selwyn & Company
Harris Theatre
New York
Avery Hopwood
Call Opera House
Algona Co-operative Creamery Co
Creamery
D. A. Wallace
Opera House
Charlie Chaplin
Syd Chaplin
Farm Wanted with Trade Offer in Fort Dodge Iowa
Farm buyer seeks a good farm in North or Southern Minnesota or Iowa and will trade for town property and cash. Respond with full particulars in first letter. Also listed are town property and cash to exchange for a good farm. Contact G. & Floren, Fort Dodge, Iowa for details.
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Mion
G. & Floren
Dodge
Iowa
House For Sale North of High School On Ridgely Street
Real estate note by Geo H Free offers a residence north of the high school and a desirable Ridgely Street lot for sale. The terse listing highlights prime location and property potential in a compact earlier newspaper style.
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Ridgely Street
Geo, H, Free
Printer Wanted and Performers at Friday Opera House
The Courier seeks a steady printing jobber or a bright trainee. Cal Stewart, famed as Uncle Josh, appears at the opera house Friday night with Gypsie Roesini the violinist and Margie Stewart the Hawaiian dancer. Refined vaudeville, pictures, and stage acts promised. Admission 10 and 25 cents.
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Cal Stewart
Uncle Josh
Josh
Suburban Day Sale Announces 10 Percent Off Gossard Corsets
On Suburban Day a ten percent discount is offered on all Gossard corsets with mail and telephone orders accepted. Mrs E G Bowyer notes the event. For rent Mrs Zanke house on Call Street listed by Mrs Jacob Winkel.
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E.G. Bowyer
Mra. Zanke Houge
Call Street
Jacob Winkel
Twelve Thousand Dollar Corn Shipment From Kanawha
Kanawha sent out a nine car corn shipment worth twelve thousand dollars early Wednesday from three elevators. The article notes this is a small portion of monthly outgo and contrasts with fruit shipments decorated as special events, praising the district's deep soil and tillable land as highly productive without high annual fertilizer costs.
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Kanawha
Iowa
Farm Sale Advertised by Auctioneer Dahlhauser
Farm sale notice lists stock sale as part of the event. Auctioneer Peter W. Dahlhauser based in Whittemore, Iowa, advertises the sale and provides contact phone 7 on 90 for interested farmers and stock men to participate.
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Peter W. Dahlhauser
Whittemore
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Goeders
Quinby & Krause
Chrischilles & Herbst
L. B. Rist & Company
W.E. McDonald
Jewelers
Fred W. Wehler
R. H. Miller
Kohlhaas
Kraft-Misbach Company
Madson & Hanson
Model Steele’s
Lumberquinn Lumber Company
F.S. Norton, & Son
Bakeryalgona Bakery
Algona Auto & Machinery Co
Wilson Motor Company
Klamp Auto Company
and Auto Company
John Lamuth Auto Company
Furniture
W. A. Foster
F. A. Bronson
James & Morrison
E. W. Lusby
Geo. W. Paine & Co
E. J. Skinner
J. H. Peterson
Algona Convier
BY Hinckon & Finnell
Algona, Iowa
Postoffice Ae
R H. Miller
Whi & Co’s
Chicago
Printer
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