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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
5
The advertisement touts the New Deere Gang plow as reducing draft versus competing riding plows. It highlights balanced construction, automatic ground locking, foot trip depth control, simple lifting with one finger, and easy handling for a boy driving a team. It also mentions three horse and four horse eveners, level furrows, cushion springs, and sealed wheel bearings for durability.
In early Kossuth County pioneer days Samuel Reed’s Irvington home hosted a farcical marriage proposal from a well to do widower. A hired man and a teen Ben spy on a formal courtship from a stairway. Ben is flung into the room when the intruding prank shatters the scene. The widower fails, the teacher marries another, and laughter echoes through the town about the stairway incident.
Registered Red Polled thoroughbred bull from imported stock offered for sale or rent. Buyer must contact M. De L. Parsons and inquire at N. B. 21 in Union township. Apply to J. H. Joxban in Bancroft for details.
The Algona Courier reports donations to famine relief totaling 460 dollars via the Scandinavian Relief Association. It includes thanks from C J A Ericson treasurer, a general note of thanks for family bereavement, and various local ads: plow work discounts, farm loan offers, sale of Short Horn bulls and Poland China bears, seed and harness goods, a trotting stallion for sale, a no trespass hunting notice, a note on coffee, bank services, and farm notices about Belgun horse Quiviye ready for service at the Lacey farm from March 9, 1903.
An advertisement urges readers to buy wallpaper from the mail order house, claiming customers can avoid overpaying or ordering too little by using their stock and service. It promises savings and advises letting the seller serve them for best results this season.
Advertisement notes new line of Sleeping Couches Go-Carts and Cartages. Claims up-to-date patterns with fine cushions and parasols. Mentions full line of Furniture Matting Window Shades and latest goods available.
Advertisement invites customers to visit and have carpets ordered for spring 1903. Promises savings and access to the latest carpet styles, encouraging shoppers to choose this store for purchasing and styling updates.
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