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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
6
Kossuth County Fair Association directors will convene at the office of President J. M. Farley in Whittemore on October 27. The gathering aims to show local residents the gang in action and discuss fair plans, with emphasis on public viewing rather than relocating the fair.
88 year old Mrs Ostrom of Minneapolis travels to Aberdeen to register for a homestead on the Cheyenne and Standing Rock reservation. She vows to farm if drawn, living with daughter Harriet Ostrum and Mrs A B Benjamin. Notary notes her age as eighty eight or ninety in a memorable scene.
A surprise wedding occurred at the bride’s parents home in East Bancroft with Rev. Wood officiating. Miss Lela Tamann and Rev. Albert Howe of Arthur Town exchanged vows, with the ring ceremony and close family attendance. After a grand banquet, the couple began their new life in Arthur Town where Howe serves in the local church.
Shores of LaPorte and visitors fill the week with family greetings. A city council meeting is slated for Monday November first and residents are urged to fix sidewalks beforehand. Miscellany lists neighborly visits, health notes, job plans, school assignments, and several trips to Emmetsburg, LaVerne, Rolfe, Mallard, Lone Rock, and Algona reflecting a busy community update.
A fragmented verse recalls Old Grimes as a thrifty figure with a prying hen and a dog. The poem notes his wife making bitter cheese and whey, while a whimsical east wind drives the tale toward disappearance. A commercial line at the end advertises loans at five percent from A.D. Cosrickn & Co.
Auction notice lists 86 Short Horn cattle including cows with calves and bred cows, 6 heifers aged 8 to 15 months, 6 bulls with one prominent 4 year old Boras' Prince No 253660 weighing about 2000 pounds. Cattle bred to Scotch hard bull Loat Lavender. Sale Nov 3 at 1 pm on farm 34 miles west of West Bend. Terms cash or 12 months at 8 percent. Also pig and chicken offerings and local lodging and transport details. Des Moines Tribune quotes Spokane job prospects note from W C Hayward secretary of state.
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