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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1905
Page
2
The Algona column covers wide local items including a NY life insurer president McCurdy reducing pay from 150000 to 75000, regional stock and farm sales scheduled for December, factory moves and hires, a Sexton post office robbery, deaths and funerals, and various residents' travels and purchases. It notes high school events, a barnyard stock auction, and local business changes with emphasis on community life and economic signals.
Local notes report the Angelus as the Congregational church program for next Sabbath evening. J J Cosgrove, now a Hutchins merchant, visited Algona Tuesday and reports strong business there. Yeomen elects J E Paul as grand foreman by a 10 to 1 margin in Denver. Wm Koch of Des Moines named new officer. Matt Kuhn passed Kansas pharmacist exam and plans to stay in Iowa. Oscar Norman rests from N W road work at Jewel Junction. Mrs McChesney and children visit Mya Inghams from Iowa City. McChesney to join Thanksgiving dinner. Sexton gaining local reputation. Drugstore theft occurred when Littie left his shop. about 6 in change disappeared.
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