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Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1910

Page

6

Bancroft News Notes Local Deaths and Docks of News

Last Saturday’s Gad funeral for Mrs Frank Warter at age 24 saddened Bancroft as her husband Frank Wartner and two children endured loss. Reports cover local arrivals visitors, theater happenings, church services, and small town trades with names like Sylvester J. Kennedy, Manhattan Oil Co. agent, and Lenander hotel improvements. Continued notes on residents’ health, travel, and social events frame a busy week in Bancroft.

Frank Warter Frank Wartner John Winder Farm Minnesota Sylvester J. Kennedy S. J Timber Lake W. P. Johnson Happy Hertig Ben Sudmeier Lonergan Swea City Underkoffers Tony Doletschal Bancroft Teddy Roosevelt Waterloo Algona Des Moines St. Paul Minneapolis Leo Kelly Tom Kelly Mack John B. Deitering Remsen Joe Abeln Groton Sam French Frank Crose James Mayne Rich and Family Albert Nering John Kremey Ledyard J. &, Paul John Bernhard Chas, Bernhard Joseph Hich Joliet Wilhelms Frank Tom Sherman Milwaukee Tom Helen Sanftner Frances Seger Central Telephone Office Warrick Jon Menke Katie Dubuque Luxemburg Petersburg Volens Nolens Slong C. B. Lindberg Peter Jacobs Webster City Chicago Hazel Lundell George Liebfried C. J. Lenander Wisconsin St “My Art Linsay Commercial Theo Teonnis P. Ay Gaul Cottonwood Idaho Gordon Saunders St. John’s High School Poarch Nick Haver Loretta Johnston Fred Genrich Henry Nemmers St. Joe Gales W. D. Waltz Blue Earth Barbara Ludwig D. Grandjennett St. Benedict Frank Sparks Bancroft Sparks Updegraf Spirit Lake Geo. Miller Anton Stork Ethel Owen Peterson Fr. Richardson el More Marshal Wessels Peter Wilhelms Chas. Soderberg

Whittemore Gossip Tells of Local Events and Wanderings

Whittemore column notes theater goers traveling long distances for an opera at the Call Opera House in Algona and details social happenings. It reports land sales in Fairfield township, mayoral changes, residents’ courtship rumors, a mysterious disappearance, a arson-suspected slaughterhouse fire, political tensions, and community chatter about a hypnotic show and local telephone improvements.

Whittemore Call Algona Titonia Bancroft Ledyard Swea City Burt J. J. Sawyer Smithshire Ill Mr. Skinner Algon Strategy Board J. M E. Lien Fort Dodge A. I Lien Grace Creighton H. J. Thompson Hank Henry Dalliver St. Madison Valentine Wallace Marshall Grundy Kossuth Wallace Ole Olson Opera House Ole Bell Telephone Company Allen Arnold Okoboji van Ness Speonie van ‘Ness U. 8 Dolliver Lou. Wegener

Interurban Line Faces Loss Amid Reports of Reorgani zation

The Ft Des Moines and Southern Interurban reports a loss for the year ending June 30 1910 with operating revenue of 458 021 32 and expenses 366 158 90 leaving a gross deficit of 113 643 95 plus additional deductions totaling 155 161 30 and an overall deficit of 43 394 12. The line, now under receivership, is cited as costly and overburdened by freight traffic, with notes of possible manipulation and reorganization plans.

Ft. Dodge Des Moines & Southern Algona Sairtmont Fort Dodge Algona-Fairmont State Railway Commission

Husker Claims Five Acres Produce 500 Bushels of Corn

P F Con lon husking five acres of corn on the Joyce land south of town. He claims the yield will reach 500 bushels. Report notes a good load seen Saturday and that the corn is among the largest and best seen.

Emmetsburg P. F. Conlon Joyce

Low round trip fares to the northwest offered on select Tuesdays

Low round trip fares to the northwest are in effect on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through 1910. Tickets allow up to 25 days for return with liberal stopovers along the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway routes through the Dakotas Montana Idaho and Washington. Descriptive literature and information available from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul agent or F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.

Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Dakotas Montana Idaho Washington Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul F. A. Miller Chicago

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James Patterson Runne Toodoo Indwe Holt F. S. Norton, Lumber and Coal Algona, Iowa I.H.C Ater Company. ‘of America the Bancroft News Geo Boyle Interurban Fort Dodge-Des Moines Palo Alto Frank Henderson Recorder T.gell Onain Coar Dolla Te Langdon & Long San Woodford- Wheeler Lumber Co G. A. Watts
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