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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
2
A Goeders sale promotes a sample line and remaining early stock with extreme values for rapid clearance. Prices feature 10 waists at 5 dollars value, 15 waists at 4 dollars value, 30 waists at 8 dollars value, and other women’s items including gloves, pumps, knit union suits, silk hose, underskirts, lace trim muslin, and 50 cent corsets, all advertised with low June sale pricing.
Crowds flock to the annual June Sales where a large, complete stock and low prices create strong savings. The event features new dress accessories like neckwear handbags lace hose silk gloves pumps and low shoes plus numerous new arrivals across sections. Twelve juvenile coats in sizes 13 16 and 17 years offer varied colors and styles at reduced prices.
A fragment lists reduced rugs, lace curtains, printed draperies, muslin sheets, jumbo sheets, pillowcases and silk remnants. Prices show many items at 2 to 4 dollars, curtains at half price, yardage notes, and various fabric remnants advertised in a short sales blurb.
An itinerant umbrella and lawn mower fixer named Johnson was robbed on the N W road near the viaduct west of the Iowa Central depot. Two men attacked him after he shared a $5 bill to buy alcohol, striking him with wires and a suitcase, injuring him and taking about $33. One suspect was jailed and admitted partial guilt, while authorities pursued the other. The crime carries a potential twenty year term. a harsher punishment would be public hanging.
The Kinney Algona story recounts shoemaker Frank Preus losing $1,800 kept in his hip pocket after a night of heavy drinking and a country drive. Witnesses note his habit of keeping money on him and criticize alcohol use, urging safer banking and restraint. The piece mocks the folly of hiding wealth and the danger of intoxication.
The marriage occurred at St Benedict's Catholic church on Tuesday June 6 at 9 am with Rev Anthony Erdmann officiating. The bride wore white mesgaline with venire lace, a tulle veil and lilies of the valley coronet. Bridesmaids included Othilia Erdmann and Mary Pitterle. Groomsmen were Leo Arndorfer and Herman Erdmann. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride's home for about 200 guests. After a tour to Colorado and California the couple will reside in Latimer Iowa after August 1.
GEO. BOYLE'S COLUMN notes the Tuesday wedding of Miss Agnes Higgins and Mr. Elery Pearce with Father Dullard officiating. The couple, praised for beauty and farming prospects, join a circle of Whittemore residents including Johnny VanHise and John, while local events hint at future weddings, arrivals from North Dakota and Indiana visits, a city water project, and local social chatter.
The annual statement filed with the Auditor of State shows assets of 415,267.06 plus 2050.00 and 845.00 in various notes and drafts. It lists deposits from Drovers Deposit National Chicago 28,731.05 Citizens National Des Moines 18,014.94 Merchants National Cedar Rapids 21,864.00 Black Hawk National Waterloo 28,085.26 Hanover National New York 1,258.88 Fenton State Bank Fenton Iowa 781.55 Lone Rock Bank Lone Rock 0 Overdrafts 0 Value of real property and personal property totals. Total assets 578,746.40. Liabilities show officers and attestations of E.McMahon, Gilmore, J.W. Sullivan, Andrew Peterson.
A promise of a brighter kitchen using a method that reduces labor and time compared with soap or powder cleaners. It highlights a cleaner result with fewer cleaning steps. The text implies an alternative cleaning approach that saves effort and duration.
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