Bargain Coat and Jacket Sale at Algona Department Store
A catalog style notice advertises spring coats and jackets with deep discounts. Ninety eight items listed include 25 spring coats, 48 inch long garments, 100 pieces of No 40-60 taffeta ribbons in white and various colors, and numerous ladies jackets marked down from regular prices to sale prices. Regular jackets from 6.00 to 13.00 are reduced, with handkerchiefs and ribbons offered at discounts. The sale emphasizes best bargains ever and invites customers to shop in Algona.
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Algona
Bancroft Yeomen Picnic and hall plans loom large
One week from tomorrow Bancroft hosts a Yeomen picnic at the Dinger place with John D Dennison Jr as principal speaker. A ball game for $25 goes to the winner, tug of war and races planned, while the Catholic Foresters craft a new hall and improve the Bancroft Hall complex. Local church events include St John’s high school graduation and a parochial music exhibit.
Swea City Miscellany of Local News and Events
Dr Sattor reports mother and son well. Big dredger accident ends in horse’s death after entanglement in mud. Miss Myrtle Inman home from the south. sewing machine work continues at Inman residence. Dr and Mrs W C Gulde return after graduation. future location undecided. Next Monday P J Nem mers marries Miss Barbara Leibfred. two month wedding trip planned. Miss Gertrude Finney of Rochester visits Mrs Don Kennedy. Mrs Ed Kennedy and baby visit Superior. Mrs J B Johnson visits Denver. Dr A H Vorwerk in town greeting friends. John Winkel Jr homesteads in Dakota. new lumber yard at Bankcroft. Andrew Behrmann returns from Drake University for rest. Hertig the drayman injures hand while moving old creamery boiler. Newlyweds Joseph Walters and wife stay with doctor and Mrs Walters. Ed Scully Jr brings his father Ed Scully Sr home from Seneca. Father Schemme to priest retreat in Sioux City diocese. John Ewen travels to Marble Rock for his father’s death. Swedish Lutherans hold picnic at Johnson’s farm. Mrs Essie Underkofler to host sister-in-law Mrs John Sheridan of Colorado. Mrs A H Vorwerk arrives from Burlington. Father Friedman present for cousin Paul Haeckl’s graduation. Mayme Kennedy of Armstrong visiting Barbara Ludwig. Guilbertson’s two year old drowns in a sour milk pail. W P Johnson returns from Dakota trip as Richardson injures forearms.
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Yeomen
Jack Freeh
Oscar Thorson
Ben Lattimer
Bancroft
Germania
Jean
Segar
Bowery
Order of Foresters
Bancroft Hall Company
Jeferson Hall
St. Anthony Court
St. John’s Parochial High School
Hughes
Mankato
Schemmel
St. John’s Parochial School
Iowa
Holtzbauer
C. C. Chubb
Alta Slagle
Algona
Wm, Kerr
Ed. Scully
Seneca
Chas
Chas, Flinn, the Gerled Railroad Magnate; Mrs. Johnson of Algona
Burt
Armstrong
John Davis
Melchert
Ashton
Albertina
Brother Starr
U.D. M.ri
Martin Thorson
Johnny Dime
Sonny Italy
Hungaria
Land of
Konauth
Kossuth
Johnny Mehnke
Johnny
Dr. Sartor
Fox “Lake
Bemis
Putzier
Fred Grey
Bill
Armatorium
Clem Menke
Greenwood
Aenke
Swea City
P. J. Nemmers
Barbara Leibfred
Gertrude Finney
Rochester
Minn
Don Kennedy
Ed Kennedy
Baby
Superior
Minnesota
J. B. Johnson
Denver
Colorado
W. P. Johnson
A. H. Vorwerk
Burlington
Dakota
John Winkel Jr
John
Bankcroft
Andrew Behrmann
Drake University
Hertig
Joseph Walters
Walters
Ed Scully Jr
Ed Scully
Schemme
Sioux City
John Ewen
Marble Rock
Johnson’s
Essie Underkofler
John Sheridan
Father Friedman
Paul Haeckl
Mayme Kennedy
Barbara Ludwig
Guilbertson
Richardson
St Benedict News Social Roundup Receives Local Visitors
Niel Nielson of Sexton acted as caller in our city Monday while N W Witte attended to business here. Mr and Mrs P J Greiner visited Sunday. F M Studer did business at Algona Thursday. E J Murtagh of Algona was here on Friday. Several locals attended the M W A apis at Hampton Thursday. I M Finnell of the Great Weekly was here Friday. I O W Maxwell Moore Bros Co general manager toured our area between trains Tuesday. Chas Arndorfer left Wednesday for a tour of the south to consider Texas land investments if favorable. Mrs Theo Bohn now of Mason City visiting J N Mousel and former St Benedict friends. A baseball game Sunday afternoon between St Benedict Invincibles and a Fairview picked nine ended in a victory for our boys. Attenders at Wesley Sunday morning included Mr and Mrs Martin Rahm, Mr and Mrs John L Raskopf, Mr and Mrs N H Raskopf, Mr and Mrs Henry Seiler and Mrs Geo Feretl.
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J. N. Mousel
St. Benedict
St. Benedict Invincibles
Fairview
Wesley
Martin Rahm
John L. Raskopf
Ledyard News: Local visits and town notes
Mrs. A B Deahofe leaves Monday for St Paul then Wisconsin visit with her parents Mrs E J Skinner and daughter Bernice returns from Cedar Falls after appendicitis operation. Miss Lydia Wiemer and Miss Gertrude Tillmoney visited Algona with Mrs W F E Nierling. J B Worden traded threshing machine for land near Wilton ND. Woodmere Picnic at Spirit Lake attended. Mrs A W Freeman and daughter return from Pomeroy after a month with relatives. Geo Steimmetz to Rochester MN for appendicitis operation. Mrs O H Dutton returns from Algona after a week with parents. B F Hilly and Bert Westcott visit St Clair MN. Eugena Hartshorn leaves for Cedar Falls summer school. Geo D Moulton and O H Dutton at Rast Chain Lakes. Frakes of Swea City clerks at O L Graves Drug Store. Dr and Mrs Walters of Wesley in town. Lost Star brooch with pearls. reward at office. Be pure to get Taylors candies.
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A. B. Deahofe
St.Paul
Wisconsin
E. J. Skinner
Bernice
Cedar Falls
Lydia, Wiemer
Gertrude Tillmoney
Algona
W. FE. Nierling
J . B. Worden
Wilton
Nu D
A. F. Moyler
Misa Ruth Hall
Henry Anderson
Woodmee
Spirit Lake
Pomeroy
Ly Wek
Geo. Steimmetz
Rochester
Minn
O. H. Dutton
Local Notes Highlight Henry Korrect Family Visits and Area News
SWEA CITY NEWS summarizes social visits, travel to Buffalo Center, and local happenings. The piece notes Henry and Rose Korrect with Miss Thel ean in town, a wife fleeing an abusive marriage, road and weather impacts at St Peter and Algona area trips, church services by Rev. C A Williams, and various local movements from dredge work to cement construction, with multiple residents visiting relatives and adjusting to district projects.
Death of William Nolan in Rutland area 1907
William Patrick Nolan died May 26 1907 after blood poisoning following an operation. Born Newark New Jersey 1849 he moved to Town City Iowa then Rutland. Survived by his wife Catherine O Connor and six children. funeral at Havana Catholic church with pallbearers J C Burke John Prindiville Aaron Erickson Ole Lyngved Dan Lynch A M Humes.
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Sargent County
William Patrick Nolan
Nolan
Hiss
Jom Nolan
Newark
New Jersey
Town City
Rutland
Town
Iowa City
Catherine O'Connor
Charles
C. H. Parker
Father McArdle
Havana
Messrs
J. C. Burke
Ohn Prindiville
Aaron Erickson
Ole Lyngved
Dan Lynch
A. M. Humes
William Nolan
Dr Grim Arrested for Practicing Without License
An itinerant oculist and optician named Dr Grim was arrested in Clarion on a charge of practicing medicine without a license. His wife and two children became destitute after leaving a hotel and seeking work. He faces potential jail until the October grand jury meets.
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Grim
Eagle Grove
Register
BE. EB
Grimm
Clarion
J Grand Jury
Money to loan at 5 percent by A D Clarke Co
A Washington Star fragments tale of a tramp challenging a duke over land ownership. The tramp, noting he owns no land, challenges the duke who claims ancestral ownership. The duke is provoked into a confrontation but retreats rather than fight.
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Duke of Norfolk
Theuke
Washington Star
Money to loan at and percent by A D Cuarke Co
Des Moines excursion note lists loans at a percent rate by A D Cuarke Co. An advertised popular round trip to Minneapolis and St Louis departs Sunday June 30. Train leaves Brittann0am for Des Moines and returns with a 9.077 km leg noted. Details unclear. agents or excursion flyer for particulars.
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Des Moines
Minneapolis
St. Louis
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Sam
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Ireland
Jack Frakes
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State Bank
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Graettinger
Swedish Lutheran Church
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Opera House
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Paul Jensen
Fort’ Dodge
Ts. Stevenson
John Campbell
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Albert Lea
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Saftner’s
Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Co
Liss Laura Peterson
Courte
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Northwood
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Fred. Seyler
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Cedar Rapids
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DR. Grim Again
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