Fifty Years of Railroad Service Celebrated at McGregor
In McGregor Iowa on October 31 a feature article honors Conductor Elias Hoxsie who will mark his fiftieth anniversary on the Milwaukee road passenger run from McGregor to Sanborn. Born on the Illinois, Iowa and Dakota division, he is praised for reliability, urbane manner, and a record of steady service with millions of passengers carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor, In
Elias Hoxsie
McGregor
San
Iowa and Dakota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Chauncey Depew
Milwaukee Road
Hoxsie
Dakotas
Hox
Postville
Hoxie
James Hecox
Cocheca
Colby
Rattlesnake
Lewis and Cohren
Norris
Moriana
Rattlesnake Switch
Pessinger
North McGregor
Mason City
Sanborn
Hoxasie
Milwaukee
Campaign expenses show party funding and candidate costs
A newspaper review details campaign fund practices in the county. Republicans assess $50 per candidate, disbursed by the county chairman, with spending on ads in local papers. Democrats, who put up no opposing candidates, face “square deal” questions about these assessments. Multiple candidates report varied expenses including cards, postage, gas, meals, and printing, while some show zero spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Peterson
Laidley
van Nesa
C. F. Nolte
Clerk of Courts
Bull Moose
B. M
Republican Party
Jenkinson
W. J. Anderson
Lafe
C. E. Heise
Court Hears Defaults and Healts Heirs Case In Session
Court opened with Judge Lee presiding as grand jurors were sworn. Many civil defaults resulted in judgments for costs and notes while several cases settled or dismissed. Mrs. Linda Delamos sought a widow’s pension but was denied. The Heal case against the Lesing estate ended with a verdict for $135 to Mrs Heal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healts Lessing Estate
Lee
Wm. H. Andrege
R. J Begtkaton
A. K. Johnston
H. J. R. Kuhlman
Geo. Miller
C. ©. Simpson
Chas
G. Carlson
Va Kunz Gphin Co
John Schumacher
Wm. Lattimer
Joe Murray
Frank Littsworth
Badie
Coats
Gay M. Butts
Samuel Willford
Fee
Velie Carriage Co
Manus
D. W. Fults
John J. Campbell
Algona Auto & Machine Co
Wm. Schmidt
Bank of Algonave
D. F. Hart
Henry Becker
Board of Supervisors and Dist
Linda Delamos
Stone
Heal
Lesing
Leging
Bancroft to Lecture on Hoodoos at Opera House
Dr. Geo Bancroft, eminent psychologist, to deliver the Hoodoos lecture in Algona on November 17. For twenty five years he has researched sleep walking hypnotism clairvoyance and telepathy and presents his deductions in a popular startling style. Tickets available at Paine's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Geo. Gilbert Bancroft
Bancroft
Paine
Art Exhibit and Lecture At Algona High School
Home Economics Club brings Mrs E B Wilson of Jefferson to Algona High School Friday November 20 at 3 pm to speak on The Educational Value of Pictures. Free lecture for students parents and friends with forty reproductions from the Iowa State Library displayed and explained by Mrs Wilson per art critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Wilson
Jeffierson
Algona
Iowa State Library
Record 450 Bushels Per Acre Reported At Humboldt
Humboldt Ia Nov 1 A farmer named Will Johnston reports an extraordinary yield of 450 bushels per acre from a single field. The tubers surpassed Johnston’s previous best by 100 bushels and exceed the state average by 355 bushels, aided by late rains and a second growing summer.
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Humboldt
Will Johnston
Johnston
Largest Cheese Delivered by Sanitary Grocery
The 509 pound Mammoth Cheese Hoa arrived at Sanitary Grocery. The ad notes that the larger the cheese the better the flavor, claiming it is the biggest cheese ever seen in Algona. Readers are urged to book orders early through Sanitary Grocery, Long Bros, and Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoa
Sanitary Grocery
Algona
Long Bros, & Henderson
Potato Day Event Announces Car Lot on Track
A local notice lists Potato Day on Monday November 16 and mentions a car load on the railroad track. It notes orders being hooked and sold from the car with a promotion for potatoes and Veneta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veneta
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Kuppenheimer
King George
Roy
Wm. C. Steele
Algona’s Best Clothes Store
Iowa
the House OF Kuppenheimer
Roscoe Call
RH Miller
E'Walker
J Kresensky
Algona Mfg Co
Pat Cavanaugh
Quinn
Jack Hardesty
Und
Court House
C. B.hoflus
H.C. Adams & Co
Canada Land
Crone
Fom
The
Gund Mfg Co
Curb & Gut
Clark Electric Co
Eac Ae
Fairbanke-Morse Co
Endron Et al
the McGaw Co
Haggard & Backus
General Electric Co
Neptune Meter Co
Uea
National Meter Co
Buffalo Meter Co
Quaker City Rubber Co
First National Bank of al
P Grass Hardware Co
One & B
Scottard Stamp Co
Dally
Sand Seeee
Alen Dailey
Labor Water
BF Crange
General Fond
Géo Hackman
Saland
Continental & Commercial Trust
O’ Schell
Deena Ene
Av Bank
Chas McQuaid
GM Betchel & Co
Chas Jarvis
Crowell
Yap Cook
Harvey
Lewis Gilbertson
W.L- Dally
Farm 8 Fire Co
Evance
Adams & Co
PS Tagonsky
Labooy
Johnellendorf
Mdse
J. J. McCall
Albert Butterfield
Flrst
Bedell
Republican County
van Naas
Peterson
F.C. Newel
W. E. Laird
Seth Carry
J Jenks
Nover
Nolte
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