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News of the Week highlights local events across Algona area
Mrs. Garfield visits Ohio. pensions, farms, and illnesses color a busy weekly scene. Notables include J. O. Baker's death in Palo Alto county. Dr. Doyle as orator. M. Weimer’s Pacific coast trip. land deals, town sports, and a 102-year-old Woah Bacon obituary. Civics, church notes, and the Des Moines steamer return add to a crowded ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 0. Baker
Palo Alto County
Starr
Bertha Mann
Armstrong
R. W. Barrett
Missouri
Des Moines
Guy Taylor
Fox Lake
Prof
Towle
Miss Cory
Miss Tellier
Gardner Cowles
Mike Shea
Lone Rock
Redfeld
S. C
Mike
Bancroft
Dr. Doyle
Yankton
Sheridan Boys
Ed Walsh
Whittemore
Algona
Whittemore Creamery
Frank Weimer
Ledyard
Pacific Coast
Cal Heckart
Wright County
St. Joe
Burt
Jack Fraser
Riverdale
Raney
Dingley & Pugh
Dingley
Wehler
Pugh
Garden City
Kan
Pearl
Europe
Troop
Hudson
L. ¥. Hudson
Lew
Washington State
Frank Day
Bart
H. J. Thompson
A. E. Levi
North Dakota
A. D. Clarke
J. Murtagh
J. A. McDonald
Okoboji
L. H. Smith
Mabel
Ruby
L. W. Blood
Greenwood
Sherman
Benken
D. J. Long
Milwaukee Road
Sioux City
Frank Allen
Dubuque
Grand Masonic Lodge
Allen
Woah Bacon
Wesley
Maggie L’reidman
Dubuque County
Frank Frohle
Friedman
Paxon
Tucker
Ledyard Leader
Illinois
A.D. Clarke
Wortman Brothers
Germania
Sullivan
Guy Hanna
la Verne
Conner
Washington
Hanna
Vernon W. Buck
Spencer
Webster City
Joe Paxon
Chicago
Werner Eggerth
LaVerne
H. Nurder
Renwick
Douglas County
Eggerth
Norder
Hyggerth
Thompson Hill
Ingham
Lafe Young
McMahon
Minnesota
John King
B. Warren
Ellsworth
Hamilton County
John Olson
John Vaughan
N. W
Gu Verne Township
John Standring
Corwith
George Cowles
Kansas
Love League
John W. Patterson
Clara Heimbrodt
Paul Jagilski
Essie Gilbride
Wm. F. Kreshier
Mamie
Witherell
Hugh F. Jones
Martha Kimerfall
Charles Hill
Maud Kinyon
W.M. Hethershaw
Mary Kinney
Kansas City
Fort Dodge