Cost of Paris exposition trip for Algona readers
An expert estimates a low cost route from Algona to Paris for a Paris exposition visit. The cheapest round trip could be about 189.86 dollars per person with second class rail and steerage, 60 dollars Paris train travel, 28.60 meals daily for 30 days, and 12 dollars for tickets, totaling roughly 180 dollars in some plans.
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Somne Kossuth
Algona
R. R
Chicago
New York
Dags Ag
Jessie Genes
Paris
Cherokee Tax Dodger Fails To Escape Payment
A Cherokee Democrat youth who boasted of avoiding poll taxes was caught after court when his overcoat disappeared with Deputy Sheriff Shelgren. The man, previously flaunting money and bragging of evading payments, will now owe about twelve dollars instead of the expected two hundred forty.
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Shelgren
Sheriff's Office
Money Shapes Legislation From Ringsted Dispatch
The Ringsted Dispatch questions a state law paying tax dodger hunters, arguing fifteen percent is too little for contracts already performed and criticizing county boards for overpaying. It notes decades of tax dodging, the rise of a new plan to uncover untaxed property, and asserts that hundreds of thousands of dollars have been saved despite opposition.
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Ringsted Dispatch
Boards of Supervisors
Indiana
Tawa
Train wreck near town prompts inquiry into tax teacher
Kanawha Record reports a west bound freight derailment two miles east of town. Engineer Coleman, conductor Sidle, and head brakesman Myers survived the crash with minor injuries. Three cars and the caboose were wrecked as a broken flange or broken brake beam caused the incident. Wrecking crew cleared the line by midnight.
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Kanawha
Coleman
Sidle
Myers
Ofice
Phelps
Marshalltown
Fainting At Metager Home Stirs Whittemore Crowd
A Whittemore Champion report describes last Saturday morning when three of Metager’s sons aged 13 to 17 fainted within half an hour. Restored quickly, they recovered and ate breakfast, with no further incidents. The coincidence of simultaneous spells puzzled locals.
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Whittemore Champion
Metager
Drake family departs West Bend for new home near Red Wing
William Drake and family left West Bend Tuesday to settle on a Wisconsin farm just across the line near Red Wing. Drake hopes this move ends their repeated returns due to illness, the fourth attempt to leave town. We wish them well and hope travel is not delayed again with better fortune awaiting them.
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West Bend
Wm. Drake
Red Wing
Road to Wealth at Starrs Grove Farm
M Starr and his son Roberts oversaw a large grove on Starrs Burlington farm near Ledyard with over one hundred fine elms. The land, described as rich as the Nile valley, is presented as a money maker by a newspaperman, highlighting Starrs business acumen.
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Ledyard
M.starr
Algona
Roberts
Ledyard-Briday
Mr. Starr
Burlington
Starr
Valley of
The
Nile
Algona Declines Sapho Show. LuVerne Suggested for Safe Show
Bancroft Register notes Algona will not host Sapho in the county seat. If the play is too rank for Algona, the alternative proposed is to stage it at LuVerne, per local discussion.
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Bancroft Register
Algona
LuVerne
Delaval Alpia SerPa Award benefits for dairy farmers
Dairy farmers with five or more cows can gain substantial gains from the Delaval Alpia SerPa Award including reduced cream and churning costs, higher butter value, improved product purity, and better keeping qualities. Advertisements tout Delaval separators widely used in Kossuth county, with prices from 65 to 8500 and claims of superior efficiency. Local dealers Spurbeck Lambert Co and Rivey Lamarth advertise farm equipment, loans, and poultry fence pricing in Algona Iowa.
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Kossuth
Star Further
Spurbeck-Lambert Co
Algona
Iowa
Algona Market Prices Report Amid Sparse Details
Market notes from Algona show wheat and corn values, hogs and cattle quotes, butter and eggs, potatoes and poultry. Prices listed include Illinois corn at 4.25 to 4.35 dollars and coal around 3.51, with various other farm goods cited though figures are incomplete.
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Algona Milling Co
Algona, Burt
de Fenton
Lone Rock
Gallon
Wilfrid P. Jones
Algona, Burt, Fenton
Bohn
A. D. Clarke & Co
Nicholas & Shepard
Rivey & Lamarh
Algona Markets
Cowles’ Block
State Street
James Patterson
the Fair Store
W. Aingham
Theo. Chrischilles
Lewis H. Smith
Kossuth County State Bank
Algona, Iowa
W. H. Ingham
J. G. Smith
J. B. Jones
T. Chrisahilles
J. W. Wadsworth
Barnet Devine
Ambrose A. Gall
D. H. Outchins
V-Pres
K. Serguson
G. A. Palmer
Asa't Cashier
First National Bank
Capital
Tor
D. A. Hutchins
A. Ferguson
Phil. Corwéller
B. H. Vesper
Ambrose A. Call
R. H. Spencer
I. Ferguson
Algona State Bank
A.D. Clauke
Press
Cadun
V. Press
T. Dascry
Oasmien
Quo
L. Galbraith
Buep Miller
Myton Science
Thos
P. Cooke
Algona, Lewi
General Banking
Wiemer
Frank Wiemer
E.G. Rich
Cushi Capital
State Bank OF Ledyard
Winn
J.D. Newcomer
D. H. Albrook
J. H. Carlton
W.H. Woods
G. Hick
F. Stuckenberg
A. N. Drake
Thomas A. Way
Bank OF Sexton
Way Bros., & Co
Sexton
Insurance
Geo. M. Bailey
Cedar Hupids
Phoenix
Hartford
Hanover
Minnesota Fire
Minneapolis
Rockford
Lloyds Ph
United States Life of
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