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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
5
A fragmented grocery advertisement offers a money back guarantee if customers are not perfectly satisfied with their purchase. The text hints at contact or location details but remains unclear due to OCR damage.
An 18 horsepower threshing steam engine with tank pump and drive belt is offered for sale or trade in good running condition. Also a notice to landowners in Irvington township requires mowing road sides by July 15 1906, or the work will be done and taxed to the property. Also Osteopath ad with hours and a farm produce list including grains, eggs and poultry.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS G M Butts Pres L E Krantz V Pres Lidw Johnson Cashier Toe Larson Geo Benscholer B Sanders L J Dickinson We invite youth open a savings account with us. Satisfaction Guaranteed Collections made promptly and a general Bank to business transacted. Deposits received Money loaned Exchange bought and sold Insurance written List your farm with ya. Real Estate handled at cost.
Dailey advertises drilled wells in Algona offering complete reliable well machine and expert service. Claims water for no pay, estimates on application, repairs offered, and satisfaction guaranteed. Includes contact by call or address.
At a Fairmont lake resort a group of young men played a frog prank on sleeping women. In retaliation the women hired a farmer's boy to bring a dozen large frogs to the men’s beds. The frogs were found dead the next morning, crushed by heavy sleepers who unaware of the prank. The episode ends with a remark that balance between the sexes remains elusive.
Wesley News World reports a family gathering at Mrs Elizabeth Goetz home five miles northwest of town to honor Adam Mattern of Lostant Illinois on his 80th birthday. Mattern, visiting his daughter and relatives, moved to Lostant in 1844 and owns a leading 300 acre La Salle Putnam county farm whose value rose from five dollars to two hundred per acre. He remains in good health and optimistic about life and future ventures with the family serving ice cream.
A feature vignette recounts William Kuhn’s repeated drunken episodes and a violent arrest at the Anderson restaurant. Kuhn was beaten by Arthur Leupke, then jailed as his injuries mounted, prompting new legal actions. The piece closes with a tongue in cheek Algona Board of Railroad Strategy proposing a route to avoid grade crossings and a quip about champagne.
President J M Farley of the Kos suith County Agricultural Association calls for a public gathering in Algona next Monday at 10 am to legally reorganize the association. He urges all Kossuth county citizens interested in the fair to attend at the courthouse and lend support to ensure the fair’s proper governance and future success.
A solution of the problem notes the Central road plans to extend from this town to Estherville. Officers have surveyed the ground to find a route through town and across the river. The Central meets the Milwaukee and Northwestern lines at Algona and crossing either road presents difficulty.
The anti-pass law takes effect on the Fourth of July causing railroad officials to resign passes or abandon political posts. Dr. Morse and Dr. Kenefick face loss of passes and offices including notary and ward chairmanships. The turmoil echoes statewide as attorneys, pension boards, and party leaders confront the new restriction amid court cases, local notices, and ads from Algona and nearby towns.
GEO, E. CLARKE. VAUGHAN Beek VAUGHAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Algona. QULLIVAN & McMATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Algona. SWELTING ATTORNEY AT LAW. Money to Loan. Phone 29. Algona. T. P Harrington, T. J. Nickinson Arrington & Dickinson.
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