Local social notes honor Mrs. Gingery and bid farewell to Prof. Ketchum
Long list of community events and people follows, including Mrs. Mary Gingery and the Old Ladies Birthday Circle presenting a souvenir spoon and birthday supper. a farewell reception for Prof. Ketchum and wife hosted by the Men’s Chorus and wives with a leather bound book as a gift. Various visits, health updates, and town movements unfold through multiple names, places, and dates, reflecting a active Algona area social calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary,Gingery
Gingery
Paul Moore
Pauline
C. B. Chipman
Good Hope Church
Ketchum
Mount Vernon
Jake Blossom
Real estate dealer builds big land sales in Wisconsin drive
Corwith Hustler notes W. P. Chambers as a major land seller moving over 10 000 acres in ten days, mainly in Wisconsin. August Heise reports corn at 1 02 as contracts spared him from a 1 52 price, and a new self propelled ditching machine arrives at Corwith for ditch No 61 southeast of town. The machine features a three cylinder gasoline engine and an automated track system moving the open ditch four and three fourths miles from Boone river toward Chas Hamm's property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hustler
W. P. Chambers
Wisconsin
Heise
Corwith
Boone River
John Palmer
Chas. Hamm
Renwick on the Map and Misplaced Mention
A Clarion Clipper item misidentified James Hawthorn as living west of the city and owning a seven passenger car. The correction notes Hawthorn resides near the office, has no Clarion ties, and urges Renwick to be accurately represented in future issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hawthorn
Titouka Agriculture Report Notes Plantings and Offers
Geo Funk has six acres of potatoes and one acre of onions with twelve acres planned by early June. Heiko-Brins, a large local farmer, finished corn planting and owns 180 acres oats and 140 acres corn. On Monday he received offers of 1 562 per bushel for corn and 684 for oats, with hundreds of bushels stored in his china.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Funk
Heiko-Brins
China
Lister Family May Move to Algona Following Short Stint
Ora Lister, recently employed in Algona for two weeks, plans to move his family this week and may settle permanently in Algona. The Listers have long been Britt residents, with hopes they remain in the area as citizens. A. M. Genrich and McClellan in Verne, Iowa, advertise sale of eight to ten home-bred bulls under a yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owatonna
Houe
Grace Jackson Fishback
Gilmore
Iowa
Bierle
Ruth Curran
Livermore
Claude White
Hill
Neva
Bernice Elvidge
Lone ‘Rock
Peete
Joe Carson
Eagle Grove
Miasea Elmore and
Abrams
Algona
L. D. Hodgson
Margaret
Louise Wetzel
Chicago
G. J. F. Vogel
E. Maxness
Prof. Ketchum
Charlie Dittmer
Millie Sigsbee
Humboldt
Misa Irene Simmons
J. A. Millar
Mr. Johns
Maxwell
Siater
Floria Bartlett
Thompson
Bernice Godden Ig
Cedar Falla
Perry Stow
Frank Davison
Ames
Emery Water
Mason City
Raymond Lanning
Alf Giddings
Wesley
Jessie Staley
Rowena McWhorter
Ruth Hodgson
Cedar Rapids
Will Toebin
Dell Marlow
Hugh
Homer
Russel Peters
Britt
Ora Lister
Mra. Lister
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F. A. Bronson
Crystal
North Star
Indiana
Aerolux
Pas HiAt
Furniture Store
State St
Algona, IA
Milton Jones
Lincoln
Neb
Gladya Griffis
Beatrice
A. M. Jones
B. F. Hayden
Bancroft
G. K. Green
Lem Sheldon
Green
George Hawcett Jr
Celina Clifton
Gertrude Graham
Dorothy Hawcett
Louida Satchett
Misses Bahling
Cedar ‘Falls
Stephen Sharp
Irvington
Ed Mantor
Lyle
Petarson
Red Goose
Miss Warner
D. W. Pratt
W. B. Pratt
Noah
Albany
Oregon
Algary
H. R. Trehary
Emery Watera
Mary Gingery
Kate Davison
Cambridge
Minn
Dennison
Mire
Daniels
Lucie
Myrtle Neitzel
Stanley Wis
Aten
Renwick
Titouka
ROE
Bae A
Lows
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