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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
5
For sale a 13 room house heated by hot water plant with complete bathroom, hot and cold water, central location near schools and churches. Includes a stable and carriage house. Also for sale business lot 292 by 135 with a two story 20 by 60 building and two one story buildings. Bargain if taken soon. Apply to J W Ropinson Algona Ia.
Announcement promotes a May 3 trip to the Saskachawan lands with round trip price of 25 dollars and fare refund to buyers. It directs readers to J. RK Saterfield for information and provides the Algona Ja phone number 179 for contact. It also includes public notice about brush and tree trimming on Irvington Township highways and identifies Nels Johnson as township clerk.
Classified ad style notice offering castration of horses and other animals with emphasis on ridgelings. Promises satisfaction and money-back guarantee. Includes contact details for W H Harrison in Algona Iowa and other notices from Dutton Sorensen, Black Morgan, Sheridan Bros in Bancroft Iowa regarding flour sales and loans.
E G Bowyer files libel suit against Filo Poarch for 2000 alleging a Bancroft Register piece damaged his reputation and finances. Poarch, Ever ready to tour Europe, faces risk as editor while Bowyer seeks legal remedy and court actions proceed in Kossuth County Iowa.
Judge Coyle presides as term opens with bail bonds set for Carson Ladendorf Samson. Several trial jurors are excused or not found. one juror is reported dead. The case of Mrs Abbie Ames vs Martha Chirurg and guaranty company is begun but marred by unclear testimony and a finding of no case for Chirurg.
Articles warn blood poisoning is common and deadly from minor wounds. It suggests a simple solution called Ochsner's, using diluted alcohol about fifty percent with water, plus small amounts of carbolic and boric acids. Bathe the wound and wrap with a cloth saturated in the mixture.
The Ames Agricultural College plans year long corn trials across the state. At Bates farm in Plum Creek a Silver King test will plant 100 ears in rows of 100 hills with 8 kernels per hill. Every fifth row acts as a cheek using kernels from all ears to check land variation.
A new high land price for Hardin county is reported at 250 dollars per acre. The tract covers 20 acres with fair improvements inside Ackley town limits. Known as the old Severence place, it once operated as a tavern and was a favored stop on the old stage line before rail lines arrived.
A fragmented verse evokes evening over a coral reef and distant palms. Soft echoes and a singing voice reference distant fellowship and the line Upon earth peace good will to men, attributed to James Stanisy Gilbert.
Small quantity of South Dakota seed corn offered at 4.50 per unit with Des Moines corn at 2.25. Ten percent off regular price on buggies. Also Deere and Black Hawk corn planters, plows from Deere Rock Island and Racine Sattley, horse lift cultivators, surface cultivators, hay tools and loaders, manure spreaders, buggies from Velie Durant and Marshalltown, J I Case repairs.
The McVicker water cooled gas engine and the New Way air cooled gas engine are demonstrated to pull their full rated capacity while remaining cool, signaling advances in reliability and efficiency for heavy load operation.
The King Copper Lightning Rods claim to ins ure buildings against lightning with a $30,000 guarantee and are recommended by all insurance companies. The rods are described as 98 percent pure copper.
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