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Algona Local Happenings and Community Notes
O P McDonald of Burt visited Algona Monday. Russ of Chicago checked on farms in Kossuth. Attorney Van Nese spent Sunday at Webster City. Stock bought an Oakland Six. Paulson a Chevrolet. G A R to meet Saturday for comrade J W Robinson burial. Earl Crane named Monona schools superintendent. Fireman Brown lost three fingers at Spurbeck plant. Roads praised and scolded amid calls to fix bad spots. Various church services and meetings noted. Townsfolk urged to save paper. Grinnell athletes claim early prize. Election talk and local politics simmer. Equal Suffrage group to stage play May 18. Unclaimed mail list included many last names.
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O. P. McDonald
Burt
Algona
Mr. Russ
Chicago
Kossuth
Attorney van Nese
Webster City
A. H. Stock
Oakland
Adolph Paulson
Fred McCall
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Otto Neuman
J. W. Robinson
Towa City
Earl Crane
Monona
Gene Brown
Spurbeck
Col
Spencer
Wisconsin
W.H. Riley
Iowa City
Grinnell
Northfield
Mim
Leon Stock
Charles Sharp
Lone Rock
Ledyard
Sharp
Clampitt of
Mitchell
Edith.Goeders
Des Moines
Squire Crowell
Squire
Equal Suffrage Association of
Irena Culbertson
J. A. Hanson
B. H. Hughes
P. W. Johnston
Kenneth Lancaster
Frank Miller
Elixander Nelson
Mise Elsie Zehr
B. Hutchins
Iowa
Dr. Morse
Towana
Miss
Uncle Sam