Public School Class Play Heads to Call Opera House
Algona news notes the public schools class play The Quest of Love to be staged twice at the Call Opera House May 24 and 25 under Miss McCoy. Admission 25 or 35 cents with limited reservations for the first night. Drake University Dean Walter Athearn will deliver the commencement address May 27 at the opera house. Tickets on sale May 7:30 AM, with seating required by 8:15 PM for the program to start on time.
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Call Opera House
Dean Athearn of
Drake
F. ©. Taylor
Methodist Church
Miss McCoy
Walter Browne
Paine’s
Algona
Opera House
Walter
Athearn
Drake University
Teachers’ Institute
Commencement Program Summary At Local School
The program lists the senior class events for commencement including music performances by the Balter Girls and Drake Music, a class address, and presentation of diplomas. Notable attendees include J W Sullivan president of the school board, Roy Frank Day, P A Bamday, and Herbert Walter among Des Moines figures.
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iMusic
Balter
Rocki
Drake
Ole Mammy Jowell
P. A. Bmdlay
Khye
Herbert Walter
Atherns
Des Moines
Branson Appointed Head of State Special Agent Department
Gov Clarke appoints Glen Branson head of the state's special agent department working under Attorney General Cosson. Branson will supervise several agents stationed across the state to enforce laws and carry out special assignments.
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Iowa
Cosson
Gov. Clarke
Glen Brunon
Mr. Branson
Branson
Brunson Appointed Des Moines Official
The article notes Mr. Brunson’s new posting with a salary around 2500 dollars annually. He plans to move his family to Des Moines by late July. The Courier expresses approval and confidence he will perform well. It mentions his prior presence at Sioux City during a police scandal and in Iowa City last week rounding up gamblers.
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Eral Cosson
Sioux City
Iowa City
Local property sales and prize art note in Algona
The W H Ingham residence and barn are to be disposed of or moved by buyer F W Dingley who plans a modern home on the corner and more houses for sale or rent. Also Fort Dodge Messenger reports M FF Healy and Seth Thomas bought a 240 acre Hamilton county farm near Duncombe for 1765 an acre. Miss Effie Godfrey of Algona won fifth prize in the National Oats Company contest with a $500 award for her sketch.
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W. H. Ingham
F. W. Dingley
Algona
Fort Dodge Messenger
FF. Healy
Seth Thomas
Henry Boskopf
Webster City
Duncombe
Hamilton County
Healy
James P. Condon
Barnum
National Oats Company of
St. Louis
National Oats
Effie Godfrey
Godfrey
Mount Vernon
Colorado
Washington
Iowa
Albert Whitcoff
Lotts Creek
Geo. Faber
Riverdale Township
M. I. Roney
J. E. Telkamp
Germania
Fair Grounds
Money in Cucumbers at Clear Lake
A Marshall Vinegar Company representative visited the area Friday to supervise cucumber acreage for this year. He left D. H. Culver to handle contracts. Last year 2500 bushels were delivered from 20 acres. The firm plans 15 acres near the pickling vats. About 53000 was paid out for cucumbers at Clear Lake last year. The company seeks 10,000 bushels in Colorado.
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Clear Lake Mirror
Marshall Vinegar Company
D. H. Culver
Clear Lake
Marshall Company
Colorado
Despondent farmer Peter Kline dies by carbaric acid
Peter Kline, a prosperous farmer living near Estherville, died Saturday by drinking carbaric acid. Despondency from ill health is given as the cause of his death.
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Peter Kline
Estherville
Editor on the Wing in California Tour 1915
In Los Angeles May 8 1915 the writer chronicles rapid growth and influx from the Midwest, visits Santa Monica Venice and Redondo on a Balloon tour, notes old soldiers home at Santa Monica, meets Algona residents in Glendale and Long Beach, describes Santa Catalina Island gardens and diving, water scarcity, and dry inland towns while noting weather and local boom towns along the coast.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Ocean Park
Venice
Redondo
Long Beach
Santa Catalina Island
Soldai
San Pedro
Iowa
Washington
Oregon
Milwaukee
Pasadena
Glendale
Death of Mrs M D Reilly in Algona Iowa
Mrs M D Reilly a devout Catholic mother of five died at nine o clock in Algona after a Brights disease long illness The Hartgrave family of Wyndmore North Dakota and several Hartgraves from Dumont and Minneapolis attended the funeral held in Livermore Interment was in the local Catholic cemetery Mrs Hartgrave and Mrs Brewer from Wyndmore and other relatives were among those present
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North Dakota
Butler County
Iowa
Kanaag
Mr. Reilly
Reilly
Irvington Township
Algona
Livermore
N. T. Hartgrave
Mra. Brewer
Wyndmore
N. D
Mra
E. C. Pelzer
Minneapolis
G. N. Hartgrave
Judd Hartgrave
Dumont
Max Herbst Dies. Algona Merchant for Over Thirty Years
Max Herbst prominent Algona business man died last Saturday after a headache episode. Found near a Milwaukee railroad bridge pool, his body recovered after several hours. Funeral from his residence Thursday with burial at Riverview Cemetery. Knights of Pythias conducted grave services. He leaves wife Adall Tennant and four children Veda Theodore Adell Joel. Herbst known for progressive business, self made success, and community work. He was born in Milwaukee 1866 and began as a clerk in 1880.
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Algona
Max Herbst
Herbst
Milwaukee Railroad
Mr. Herbst
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Max and
Dora (Miller) Herbst
Long
Veda
Theodore
Adell
Joel
Taylor
Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
Dr C A McCall Dead in Dodge City Kansas
Mart J McCall received notice that his brother Dr C A McCall died in Dodge City Kansas at age 44. His mother Mrs Frank McCall was present and will accompany the remains to Algona. He left a wife and no children. Funeral details could not be announced.
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Mart J. McCall
C. A. McCall
Dodge City
Kansas
Frank McCall
Algona
Hill View Dairy Milk Sale Ad
Hill View Dairy advertises the sale of milk at 16 quarts for 1.00. The dated copy suggests a promotion period but details are unclear. The ad emphasizes selling the finest milk.
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Titonka
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Tom Moore
Ocean Bear
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Horace Mann
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