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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
4
GEO, BOYLE'S COLUMN. Jobo B. Fairburn sold his grocery store here to I. W. Furson. The piece notes Fairburn's solid business and wishes Furson success. It also covers local politics, church events, school notes, social tidbits, and a Paris Green death incident in Buffalo Center.
Baker of Brooklyn Iowa was duped of 1500 dollars by two men who lured him to a farm sale with promises of a large profit. They carried out a cash transfer of 1500 and 1600 dollars, fled with the tin box, and the pair vanished. The livery team was found in Tama county and no arrests made. Another report tells of cousins James and Eugene McCarty escaping Des Moines river danger near Graettinger as flood waters rose across a bridge. A girl, Mary Gatcher, 14, was scalped by her hair on a DeLaval separator but survived. A Des Moines insurer warning notes German Mutual Insurance Co of Des Moines unlicensed and policies worthless. other wildcat firms prey on policyholders.
A mixed local column lists medical and business notices, sales, and public notices. Dr J G Bertrand osteopath offers free consultations with office hours. A D Coarke & Co advertise loans and sales of purebred livestock. Thos F Cooke seeks a blacksmith. D C Adame posts help wanted in Seneca Iowa. a lost plush cape near Algona is reported. J M Moore announces Barred Plymouth Rock eggs and incubator stock. Fourth of July rail excursion rates from Iowa Central Railway offer 1 1/3 fare within 200 miles with return by July 6.
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