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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
4
GEO, BOYLE'S COLUMN covers Whittemore social notes and business moves. Mentions cattle and horse buying, shipments to Soo City, Dickinson, and Dakota land prospects, plus party chatter, travel plans, and local appointments including Dr. McCreery and new physicians.
In Algona on Tuesday A L Anderson and V B Kills at tended a Calliver meeting. The slot machine has been closed and was the town's best paying entity. Q O X Johnson rents his house to C R Bailey of Garner, who succeeds Guy Streater as agent for J T Queal Co. Jwnber yard here, Guy will be agent for a Carrie Minnesota company. many friends wish him success. Clifford Trimble quits city restaurant work and returns to Ledyard. A T Bayley and France Peterson and families head west. Rev J U Whirry resigns from Baptist church and accepts call at Columbus Junction. G F Schenck plans move to Wellcome Minnesota, leaving town without a jeweler. Seven cars of stock and hogs shipped from the station. Nutt, Cain, and Olson send cattle and hogs. G A Simpson trips to Iowa Falls. Mrs Nels Benson hosts farewell reception to Dolliver move. Deputy sheriff seized non-tax goods at Ban croft. discovery by others spurs a local move. Michael Kelly visits with Mort gage Lifter potatoes claiming strong mortgage- lifting potential.
Notice to homeseekers announces Tuesday sales on May 1 and 18 June 5 July 3 and 17 August 7 and 18 September 4 and 18 October 2 and 16 November 6 and December 4 with home seekers excursions to Arkansas Arizona British Columbia Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Kansas Montana Manitoba Nebraska New Mexico Oregon Oklahoma Gouishina Mise soua Utah Washington Wyoming Texas Town Minnesota North Dakota Northern Michigan Wisconsin South Dakota and southeastern points. Vickers may be sold to Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs. For full details contact trekes Agents or Geo. S Barry G P T A Marshalltown Iowa. Low rates to St Louis via Chicago and North Western Ry. Excursion tickets May 15 10 17 and 22 June 2 apply. United Presbyterian church General Assembly.
A Denver Times piece recounts Paul W. Henrich, a real estate donor and amateur entomologist, sharing a tale about Nebraska badgers and how they rid themselves of vermin. He describes the badger squatting in a stream, hair pulled from its tail, vermin clinging to the tuft as it sinks, then drifted downstream before the animal exits and shakes off the pests with a laugh.
A Florida Times-Union report recounts a dairyman tale about a young Black boy and a sunlit barnyard. The calf dies from heat while the boy naps nearby, illustrating harsh stereotypes and racial attitudes about tolerance to heat.
An American farmer near Guadalajara convinces Mexican neighbors that oxen work harder under U S yokes. The tale notes Americans imported modern yokes and used them locally. The exchange ends with a quip about a steer’s neck strength. Also mentions Hamilton & Co poultry and field fence prices and a Northwestern line excursion offer for a Shrine event.
Fragmentary railway timetable notes Chicago and North Western and Iowa Central lines. Mentions passenger arrivals in Chicago and Des Moines at various times, with freight and passenger movements including St. Paul and beltline connections. Details are garbled with inconsistent times and symbols.
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