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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
7
Local updates list Ward leaving for Knoxville to stay awhile. Oscar Nelson plans a move to Algona as a traveling salesman. Several residents relocate or travel for work, study, or homesteading, with notes on family births and health. The Woodman Band schedules a concert and a wave of civic events fill the week.
Obituary notices report Mr. Thayer Lumber of Burt and former Algona resident’s death. Smallpox case reported in LaVerne township with Henry Will among victims. Mrs. Geo E Clarke travels to Dallas to visit daughter Mrs Bartlett. Robert Donovan of Union buys Fred Koepker farm in Burt township at 65 dollars an acre. C B Hutchins travels to California. parents winter there and return. Mr and Mrs C C Scharlach welcome a son born the 15th in LaVerne township. William C Steele buys Emma Heckart residence near Episcopal church for a comfortable home. Eric Strom injures thumb while splitting kindling. requires professional dressing. Alois Meyer of Sexton has leg amputation mid thigh due to senile gangrene. operation successful so far.
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