Editor on the Wing Reflects on Desert Travel to Los Angeles
The writer describes a 24 to 25 hour train journey from El Paso through desert landscapes to Los Angeles. He notes the Imperial Valley's irrigation potential and the Salton Sea's formation, plus Roosevelt’s role in damming the Colorado. In Los Angeles he visits friends, meets Rev. Goddard recovering from tuberculosis, and reviews the San Gabriel Mission play, praising its depiction of early missions and local life.
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el Paso
Los Angeles
Tuscan
Arizona
Yuma
Colorado River
California
Imperial County
Imperial Valley
Colorado
Salton Sink
Salton Sea
Algona
J. H. Vesper
Glendale
Calif
J. Ty Chrischilles
Courier
Texas
Salton
Southern Pacific
Theodore Roosevelt
Mig. Jsion
San Gabriel
Mission of
Loe Angela
Burial of John Geishecker Attended By Many At St Joe
The Courier reports the death of John Geishecker aged 60, who died after six months illness due to stomach ulcer. A large crowd attended his funeral at St Joe on Saturday. Born in 1840 near Koblenz Germany he served in armies of Germany Austria and France before emigrating to the United States in 1874. He leaves a wife six children two died in infancy and Casper Geisbecker died in 1902. The family resides around St Joe and thanks are offered to helpers during bereavement.
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St. Joe
Courier
John Geishecker
Geisbecker
Monreal
Meyen
Koblenz
Germany
Austria
France
United States
Keokuk
Wizabeth Kohlhaas
White Slaver Nabbed At New Algona Hotel
A man calling himself Albert Hubbell was arrested with two young women after they stayed at the New Algona Hotel Tuesday night. The women, ages about 20 and 18, were placed in the county jail for vagrancy while Hubbell was bound over for the next grand jury. The trio arrived on the M and St. L line from out of town and were questioned by Squire Crowell.
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Nightwatch Shell
New Algona
LaCrosse
Wis
Waukon
Iowa
Algona
Squire Crowell
Albert Hubbell
Rolfe
Death of C H Heinsohn in Algona
The death of Mr G H Heinsohn occurred at his Algona residence last Sunday afternoon after suffering from Brights disease and heart trouble. Born in Germany September 14 1861 he came to America aged three with his parents. He lived in Wesley Lotts Creek and Algona, ran a grocery business before selling to Thos Akre. He married Louise Jentz at Jefferson Iowa leaving a wife and two sons. Funeral held from the German Lutheran Church Tuesday at 2 30 PM.
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G. H. Heinsohn
Algona
Bright
Germany
America
Kossuth County
Wesley
Lotts Creek
Thos. Akre
Jefferson
Iowa
Louisa Jentz
Band Concert Friday Night on Courthouse Lawn
The first band concert of the season will be on the courthouse lawn Friday evening in Algona. The band, highly regarded in the region, seeks a quiet audience and asks parents to keep children calm. Program includes Invercargill March, Blue Danube Waltzes, Manana Chilfon Dance, Indiana State Band March, Hunting Scene, Song of the Nightingale, Piccolo Solo by Harry Sponberg, Memories of Long Ago, and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Court House Lawn
Algona
Invercargill
Indiana State Band
Piccolo
Harry Sponberg
Hanna's Bank Statement Review of Hanna's LaVerne Bank
Geo W Hanna publishes a May 1 statement marking 30 years in business with total assets of 485 788 38 and deposits of 289 115 91. The note says the bank has performed well and hints at continuing success for another thirty years.
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Geo. W. Hanna
LaVerne
LivVerne
Hanna
Burt Post Office Burglary Report Emerges
Burt post office was burglarized Wednesday evening. Details were not available at the time of reporting. The fragmentary notice mentions a local break in and suggests a period of ongoing investigation by authorities. No suspects or exact loss figures are provided in the readable portion.
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Burt
Brees
District Court Hears Notable Wills and Jackman Case
The district court tried several major matters including Jackman versus Herrick over a vast Iowa farmland partition in Pocahontas Wester Humboldt and Kossuth counties. The widow’s statutory one third interest fought with a life estate led to the heirs’ success. other matters included a Bronson versus Lynch rescission suit, a service-pay dispute involving A. B. Hay and Nicoll Halsey, and a jury decision in a labor and rental case. A divorce granting Myrtle Whitney from Walter Whitney for cruel treatment and multiple wills were probated, with adjournment ending Friday.
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District Court
Courier
Jackman
Herrick
Pocahontas
Wester
Humboldt
Kossuth
David K. Jablman
New Hampshire
Herrick & Herrick
Hugh Bronson
Dave
John Lynch
Mr. Bronson
Lone Rock
Lynch
Bronson
Lynch Bros
Michigan
Dave Lynch
E. A. Morling
Sullivan & McMahon
Bronson, Kelleher & O'Conner
Harrington & Dickinson
Theodore Chrischilles
Joseph Arndorfer
Mary Creighton
H. F. Willie
Amy Dahl
Mary A. Wheeler
Jennie V. Nelson
Court Record New Gases Declares Lawsuit Against Drainage Boards
The following named residents have brought cases against the Board of Supervisors and various drainage districts A K Anderson H N Mudge P H Williams G A Malone H J Bacon John Tjaden Heye Geerdes N C Rice and P P Zerfass and H P Hanson.
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Porkona
Board of Supervisors
A. K. Anderson
H. N. Mudge
P. H. Williams
G. A. Malone
H. J. Bacon
John Tjaden
Heye Geerdes
N. C. Rice
P. P. Zerfass
H. P. Hanson
The Stool Pigeon at Princess Theatre May Show
At the Princess Theatre on Saturday May 15 J Warren Kerrigan stars in The Stool Pigeon. The ad also promotes FARM LOANS with low rates and optional payments offered by H C Adams & Co Algona Iowa.
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J. Warren Kerrigan
H. C. Adams & Co
Algona
Iowa
H.C
Adams & Co
Algona, Tows
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Algona Auto and Machine Company
Emmet
Palo Alto
Kossuth Counties
Gal
P. H. Vaughan
Fort Dodge
Monrovia
L. A. Goddard
Congregational Church of
Goddard
Mr. Goddard
San Diego
San Francisco
C.H. Heinsohn
the District Court
Judge Coyle
Whitney
The
Princess Theatre
Algona Markets
Creeet
Pitegee
Bari
Nash Blow
Ae Sry
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