Geo Holloway told by monarchs to train horses in Germany
The Emperor of Germany and the Prince of Wales have heard of Geo Holloway a famed horse trainer. A German representative offers him to travel to Berlin to instruct cavalry officers in high diving methods for several months this summer. The letter requests terms and pay and promises a warm reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Holloway
Germany
Prince of Wales
London
George
Cavalry
Berlin
G. E. Moloway
Crystal Palace
America
August von Glohn
A Most Happy Wedding at St Marys Church Algona
Geo J Boylson of Algona married Miss Caroline Yosserman of this place at St Marys Catholic church on Wednesday. The ceremony featured Mendelssohn and a large turnout of friends followed by a breakfast at the bride’s parents home. The couple plan a eastward tour then return to Algona where both are highly regarded in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. J. Boylson
Algona
Caroline Yosserman
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Francis Strubel
Chris Fosselman
Mendelsohn
Emily Sunyard
St. Mary’s Choir
Miss Fasselman
Peter Fasselman
Boylson
Lightning Fatality Ends Life at Manson Home
A bolt of lightning struck the chimney of J. A. Emmons’s residence in south Manson Saturday night around 9:30. Mrs. Simmons and her daughter, downstairs, were stunned, then rushed to Emmons’s bedside where he was dying. The house suffered little damage as the bolt traveled from the chimney to Emmons’s room and ended his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsison
Livermore
Iowa City
Ditch Project Costs Assessed on Ind Township Lands
Harmetsburg Tribune reports that the appraisal commissioners Lelroy Grout D Stary and W S Ferguson have finished work on the Independence township ditch and submitted the report to the board of supervisors. Costs total about 7000 dollars for 4887.57 acres, including 2421.2 dry acres, 481.50 wet acres, and 1484.75 swampland. Abutting property assessments reach 7320.78 dollars with pro rata adjustments if needed. the ditch levy may be about six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmetsburg ‘Tribune
Lelroy Grout
D. Stary
W. S. Ferguson
Independence Township
Board of Supervisors
Drainage and land reclamation project outline
The excerpt details drainage work across multiple sections to reclaim approximately 1,500 acres of swamp land at 40 per acre, estimating $15,000 for the ag gate improvements. It notes 481.50 acres of wet land plus general improvements will expand the area affected, with additional references to local reporters and commissions connected to the Paris exposition and state political actions. It also covers smallpox measures in Marshalltown and obituary notes, interweaving local reports from Britt, Livermore, Algona, and Emmetsburg.
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Cylinder Creek
Brith
Rasmus & Peterson
Norway
Shaw
Republic
James Mannuel
Garner
Rasmus
Rasmuson
Britt
Math Johnson
Thomas Daylor
Henry Bells
Ef. P. Garson
Market Report Fragments From Algona Iowa Notes Prices
Fragmentary Algona market item lists corn at 70, burley 7.50, dimathy 4.83, with cattle and dairy terms and miscellaneous prices. Mentions Apal Iowa Tilinals and scattered figures like UW Hocking 3 ard. Priced items unclear due to garbled OCR. Includes potatoes and chickens with incomplete descriptors.
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Burt
Lone Rock
Cail
Wilfrid P. Jones
Algona, Burt, Fenton and
Lone Rock, Iowa
Kossuth County State Bank
Cash Bargain Store
J. J. Achatz
Algona Roller Mills
Favorite
Standard
THE
Farmers’ Milling Co
J. B. Hoftus, Maxacer
Algona, Iowa
News OF the
Waverly Democrat
Palo Alto’s Big Ditch
Europe
Marshalltown
Board of Health
Christian Sunday Schools
Wg. H. Phillips
Willian H. Phillips
Rev. J.5
Mary B. Phillips
Green Bay
Wis
Alona
Iowa
Alice Pettit
Emmetsburg
W. J. Branagan
Brother Branagan
Algona Markets
John Goeders
Algona Milling Co
Incorporated
Boston
Fenton
Patterson & Son
L. Lamb Lumber CO
Hi Call
Proxs No
Portland
Norton
Lumber and Coal
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