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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
7
A Vast Difference in Floor Finishes
A promotion touts Elastica Floor Finish as superior to common varnishes and waxes claiming it resists scratches and water, requires less upkeep, and lasts longer while preserving original lustre. It urges customers to visit for details and purchase.
A Quarter of a Century Ago in the Courier
A May 4 1888 note recalls residents visiting kin and attending events. Miss Stamp of Mason City visited Algona. Hough seeks hay at five dollars a ton. Dr Alf Rist returned to Algona to start a local business. J E Wilson and others traveled to Dubuque for the state convention. A mastodon skeleton near a cemetery is urged to be found and displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Rist
Sac City
Algona
Peters
Hay Palace
Centenarians Honored In April 1910 Courier Feature
The Courier salutes Alonzo Franklin on his long life and presents sketches of other 100 year olds. Abra ham Wilcox, 112, from Fort Worth, plans Panama Expo visit in 1915 and still walks two miles daily. Thomas Sullivan, 100, a Williams Bay settler, starts each day with a morning plunge and continues to work as fisherman and farmer. Maria Tom, 108, gypsy matriarch, credits tobacco for longevity and endorses pipe smoking over cigarettes. Prigden Beasley, born 1812, sage of Bulloch County, Georgia, lives on his birth farm and recalls Civil War days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Courier
Alonzo Franklin
Franklin
Fort Worth
Texas
Abraham. Wilcox
Los Angeles
San Fancisco
Wilcox
Devonshire
England
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hal
Hittawite
Williama Bay
Wis
Thomas Sullivan
Sullivan
America
Wisconsin
Walworth County
Williams Bay
Lake Geneva
Tom
Atlanta
Maria Tom
Nicotine
Maria Tam
Go Jong
Shstella
Statesboro
Prigden Beasley
Bulfoch County
Beasley
Martha Anderson
Bulloch County
Elizabeth Bird
Orlando
Frs
M. J. Green
G. ‘T. Brewer
McRae
Miss Roe
D. G. Beasley
Beastey
Long Tramps at 100 Headed for Portland
James H. Lee of Lebanon Kane aged 100 arrived in Denver a day after his birthday having walked from Mockaville North Carolina. He travels with father and Gen. R E Lee edge. He boasts lifelong work and long tobacco use. His sister Eliza Gross is 96 and his ancestors lived to 107 and 104. He has been married three times, his third wife 76 lives in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
James H. Lee
Lebanon
Kane
Portland
Ore
R. E. Lee
Lee
Eliza Gross
Mr. Lee
Mockaville
Kansas
Death claims mother of eight in Kossuth county
Mrs Mary Dutton Adame wife of Walter Adame dies after illness thought to be peritonitis. She leaves eight children, youngest one year old. Burial from Methodist church. sisters and brothers across Illinois Iowa Nebraska United States attend. native of McHenry IL, moved to Kossuth as a girl, married sixteen years ago. She would have turned eighty seven this December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Adams
Methodist Church
Mary Dutton
W. A
O. J. Dutton
L. R
Cresco Township
O. H
Forest City
C.J
Omaha
J. B. Worden
Algona
C. E B. Campbell
Clarence Montgomery
Lone Rock
Dittaworth
Bancroft
Russell Ramsey
Spirit Lake
Dutton
Adame
C. J
California stock starving amid drought drives cattle to Nevada ranges
A drought across central California, especially the San Joaquin Valley, has left pasturage depleted and hundreds of thousands of cattle at risk of starvation. Stock interests urge urgent federal action as cattle are rushed to distant feeding areas in Nevada. Local officials and farmers appeal to Washington for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Reng
Nav
California
San Joaquin
Washington
Neever
Burr
Lane Arn
Nevada cattle shipped into state from California ranges
A shipment of 18 000 cattle arrived yesterday at Winnemucca pasturages. Miller and Jinx Moffat and Humphrey along with other Californians own or control Nevada ranges, signaling cross state cattle movement and land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnemucca
Miller & Jinx
Moffat & Humphrey
Nevada Ranges
German Township Elopement Case Hits Algona Court
A Dutch County elopement centers on Theodore Swalve and Mrs. Peter Schuler of German township. Swalve aged 52, with the Schuler family, sold his farm and fled with Mrs. Schuler after planning with a Belmond acquaintance. The couple registered as Swalve and wife in Elmore and were pursued through Blue Earth and Austin before arrest in Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larrabee
Theodore Swalve
Peter Schuler
Theodore
Bach
Schuler
Swalve
Schulers
Myr
Mrs. Schuler
Algona
Mr. Swalve
Griesy
Belmond
Dissatisfaction at Boone High School Pins Issue
The Boone business men grumble over the graduating class printing pins from Columbus and printing needs from Iowa City rather than locally. The Democrat notes it has no major grievance with the class and jokes about licensing to print elsewhere, invoking a biblical line to lampoon the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Democrat
Boone High School
Columbus
Ohio
Iowa City
Bids Sought for Road Dragging West of Algona to Burt and Fenton
Public notice seeks bids on road dragging from river-bridge north of Algona to Burt and Fenton road, about half a mile west of Burt, and from the Catholic cemetery east to the north south road through Sexton. C. E. Heise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Burt
Fenton Road
Sexton
C. E. Heise
Heifer in Sher man township held for owner
Three weeks ago I took up a yearling heifer that came to my place and hold her awaiting the owner. He is requested to pay expense and take her away per Ohlhaas Sherman township P O Liver more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohlhaas
Sherman
P. O. Livermore
Manges Square
W. Ey Laird
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Stetson
Henry Heath
Win. G. Steele
F.S. Norton ‘Lumber & Goal
Elastica
RH. Miller
the House of
Kuppenheimer
L. H. Smith
Independence
A. D. Clarke
L. A. Sheatz
H. 5. Langdon
Des Moines
Ben Reed
Hough
A. M. Horton
Mr. Horton
H. J. Wasson
J.J. Wilson
J. W. Hinchon
Dubuque
Mrs. Harrington
Chermont
Iowa
J. E. McEnroe
Bailey’s Commercial College
J. E. Stacy
The
Algona Iene
James C. Taylor Post
Deliary Apell
Bradley Croay
New York
Boston
Highgate Center
Frederick W. Carringer
New England
Halley
Vermont
Canada
Crosa
Salemi
Dr L
Andrews
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