Algona 14 Hampton 0 seals season opener win
Algona High defeated Hampton 14 to 0 in the season opener. Skinner scored the first TD and Captain Cotton added the second after a steady march. Officials were Rogers of Ames and Spangler of Michigan. A local postgame note mentions a couple from Algona planning a Lake Okoboji getaway and marriage plans for Pauline Norton Worster.
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Algona High
Warriors
Hampton
Scarlet and Black
Ginger
Algona
Tuns
Skinner
Cotton
al the Hampton
Rogers
Ames
Spangler
Michigan
Worow
Charles City
Algona High School
Improvements Transform State Street Businesses Into City Stores
State Street undergoes major remodeling as Chrischilles and Herbst restructure the back end of their dry goods store with a center stair and updated offices. Wm C Steele front remodeling extends to the alley, Galbraith plans storeroom remodelling, Bank walls finished, Algona Manufacturing and Buick garage foundations laid, and a new Milwaukee depot planned with the old depot moved east.
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State Street
Chrischilles & Herbst
Sad Death at Bancroft Child Burns to Death
A three year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bee West, burned after pulling a chair to a gasoline stove. His mother tried to help and was burned. Neighbors Will Anderson Harold Hunt and Young Stibertz aided by removing clothing. The child died Friday night after treatment. funeral held Tuesday.
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Bee West
Algona
Will Anderson
Harold Hunt
Young Stibertz
Minnesota
Prominent Young People Wed in Early Morning Ceremony
Yesterday at eleven o clock at the bride’s parents home Rev F C Taylor joined Stanley A Woreter and Ruth Pauline Norton in matrimony. The double ring rite featured June Overmyer as ring bearer and train bearer. Miss Peek sang The Greatest Wish in the World while Mrs Marie Clark accompanied and played the wedding march. The bride wore white chambray trimmed with pearls and a pearl headband, carrying white roses. The house was yellow and green decorated and guests numbered about twenty two.
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F. C. Taylor
Stanley A. Woreter
Ruth Pauline Norton
June Overmyer
Rae
Dinnay
Gravel Day At Algona October 10 Event
The Algona Commercial Club sponsors a gravel day at the Mrs. Clara Zahiten farm sand pit. Van brings a fire shovel, Dick bets on pebbles with a pick, and several teams will shovel. A day long gathering with hot coffee and lunch planned, inviting many locals to join early for good spots.
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Algona Commercial Club
Van
Six Rejected by Local Board for Physical Unfitness
Six of the forty men called for examination last Saturday were rejected as physically unfit for military service. Three who did not appear had enlisted. Exemptions due to disability went to Edward Schemmel Bancroft Nathan Bannart West Bend Charles H Corle Algona Edward O'Donnell Lone Rock Clell Gearheart LaVerne H M Van Auken Algona. The third increment of men to leave has been postponed because Camp Dodge quarters are incomplete, with a next call anticipated soon.
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Olaf Hike
Andreas Tiksdal
Otto Olson
Edward Schemmel
Bancroft
Nathan Bannart
West Bend
Charles H. Corle
Algona
Edward O'Donnell
Lone Rock
Clell Gearheart
LaVerne
H. M. van Auken
Camp Dodge
Hartmann Commissioned as First Lieutenant Doctor in Algona
Algona now has two first lieutenant doctors after Dr Fraser was commissioned earlier and Dr Hartman received a similar honor yesterday. The doctor awaits orders for immediate service and may be called at any time.
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Algona
Fraser
Hartman
Sheriff Arrests Man in Titonka With Liquor Haul
Sheriff Samgon arrested Harry Haneon in Titonka Tuesday night. He allegedly possessed 170 pints of whiskey, a gallon each of alcohol and brandy, and thirty quarts of beer. Liquor reportedly came from Mankato Minnesota. Also noted is W B Patton visiting Call Opera House next Wednesday October 10 in the new comedy A Wise Boob praised as his best production yet.
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Samgon
Titonka
Harry Haneon
Mankato
Minna
W. B. Patton
Call Opera House
Whittemore Boy Writes From Kelly Field San Antonio
Will Walsh writes from Kelly Field San Antonio describing life in the 106th Aero Squadron. He notes better clothing for drafted men, emblems of picks and shovels, upcoming departures, mud, and occasional aerial shows over Texas. A lieutenant died in an auto crash and 27 planes dropped flowers on his coffin as fellow airmen paid tribute.
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John Walsh
The
Courier
Will
Uncie Sam
San Antonio
Texas
Young Walsh
Fa “Lulsh
Whittemore
Kelly Field
Seagan
Leutenant
Iowa
106Th Aero Squad
Will. Kelly Field
Clerical Appointments Shift in Northwest Iowa District
At the final Methodist Conference meeting Bishop Stuntz announced Rev. F. Taylor would leave Algona for Spencer, new salary and larger church. Rev. W. J. Todd of Webster City to succeed him. Todd to lead services next Sunday. The conference was one of the best attended in years with strong addresses and wide church turnout. Also: W A Wentworth welcome of a son. Zender adds a baby girl to their two girls and one boy.
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Methodist Conference
Stuntza
Iowa
F. ©. Taylor
Algona
Spencer
Town
W. J. Todd
Webster City
Taylor
Todd
Stuntz
George Elliott
Opera House
W. A. Wentworth
Frank Zender
Zender
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Bobby Connelly
Bobby
Mary Charleson
BIG Eight Reel
Madson & Hanson
Algona, Iowa
Lake Okoboji
Norton Cottage
Mnss
Pauline Norton
F. S. Norton
Ames College
C. H. Worster
North Iowa Pike
Milwaukee Depot
Victor Johnson’s
Dr. Hartmann
Sheriff
Whittemore Boy
Will Walsh
Aviation
Rev. Taylor
Dr. Price
Virginia Sweet
Briardale
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