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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
6
Kossuth county plans to extend club work beyond corn to baby beef, vie pigs, and farm projects. Boys may borrow funds to buy calves or pigs at 6 percent, with guidance through state leaders. Girls can join pardon, tomato, canning, or garment clubs, and seeds are available while supplies last.
Egg sale notes offer fresh eggs sold weekly through winter with prices 6 for hatching at 350 per 100 packed for shipment 300 per 100 at home cage provided by buyer. Rose Combed Red hatching stock listed by M De LL Parsons Irvington Iowa. Also advertised are guaranteed gold filled glasses at Lusbys Drug Store and a for sale notice for a modern house with good terms by H C Adams & Co.
Farm sale plans described include stock sale and waiting by a farmer and stock man. Auctioneer Peter Walhauger of Whittemore Iowa is named with a phone number.
Algona Iowa March 10 1917 Editor I thank you for the compliment and present an account of the I C S of Scranton Pa origin growth and scope. The institution began in mining related education expanding to mechanics drawing electrical engineering and more. It now offers 250 courses with a student body over 1 850 000 and annual enrollments around 100 000. Buildings a nine figure capital and 3 000 employees support a global system of postal correspondence teaching with extensive textbooks and individualized instruction. The program emphasizes practical, field aligned coursework and sustained tutor support, and is considered a major educational enterprise benefiting workers and industry.
A Carroll incident recounts Marshal Manneman arresting J W Meyers, a Des Moines liquor advocate and sheriff’s brother, for bootlegging. Meyers was freed after officials explained the mix up to him and his brothers in Logan arrived. The piece notes dangers for those selling liquor in alleys and hints at ongoing pursuit.
A large Algona gathering from multiple families celebrated A. Potter's 72nd birthday with oysters and cakes, while others visited relatives at various farms and homes. Several health notes followed including bronchitis, grippe, indigestion, and bilious attacks. Jager family misfortune and Esther Moncell's lagrippe remain tensions. The R. I. meeting postponed due to a blizzard. Ted Harr and Edna Parsons welcomed a child.
Mrs Jos Buelel of Templeton visits a few days as a snowstorm halts M and St L mail for three days. Frank Rosenmeyer leaves for Yorkton Canada after wintering here and in the South. Strong winds wreck a silo on the James Neppel farm and cause minor damages nearby. Jos Erdmann of Templeton attends a farm sale east of town where G B Ludwig purchases the property for 13325 dollars per acre.
Articles for sale from Algona include household furniture two gas engines a team of horses wagon top buggy harnesses a 1915 Ford car and other humorous items. First house north of Third Ward schoolhouse offering dirt haulage help. Also farm near Iowa State line for half price $100 down must sell or rent 1900s Mason City listings include 4000 loads of dirt Cowan & Herman.
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