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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1911
Page
6
OW proclaims a week of gaiety with a complete showing of garments for women, misses, and children. The store offers correct style, perfect fit, and long wear, with special Fair week pricing. It touts a first class shoe department featuring high tops and Educator scuffers, plus new liquets for men and boys and saving rates to make visits profitable.
Be, Boyle's column previews a Sunday game for the married men and kid ball team, with Uncle Dudsley invited to umpire. The piece mocks Taft and local figures, hints at romantic gossip, and closes with wishes for Whittemore's youths and Mrs Crawford's death. a chaotic slice of small town columns.
A storm hit Wednesday injuring the Lutheran church in Algona as lightning struck the spire and bolt ran into the church, causing notable damage. Mrs A G Brown and baby Brown plan departure for Indiana on September 13 leaving Rosauti Palo Alto, while Wittemora delegation heads to colleges like Notre Dame and Chicago. Jordan the monument man visited Algona and Mrs Jentz led the bug wagon.
The record notes Tom Clendening selling an Improved tract to a Cedar Rapids man for 60 dollars an acre. Tom Tysdale sold a quarter section to Dr Bossingham for 98 dollars an acre. Dah Lynch sold the quarter bought from George Call to J Dyer the Germanian buttermaker for 85 dollars an acre, Lynch had paid 56 dollars. The summary calls it a pretty good land sale run for Ledyard in a few days.
Notice from Kosauth county details abolition of an institute registration fee and replacement with a one dollar certificate and registration charge for teachers and applicants. Announces annual normal institute, timing, and the need for payment to obtain teaching certificates, with further notices about local opportunities and farm listings.
Fragmentary OCR records show a Breokedies business entry with names like Kossuth and LARSWIS, referencing deposits and capital but the text is garbled and incomplete making specifics and dates unreadable. No clear event, entity, or figures can be reliably determined from the visible fragments.
The board of supervisors of Kongsath County Iowa will receive bids at the courthouse in Algona on the twenty fourth day of September 1911 for the construction of Drainage District No. 2 in Kingsyth County. Work includes 710 feet of main trench, 2200 feet of lateral drains, various depths and materials, and 300 lineal feet of additional laterals. Bids must be fixed price per 100 feet for each size and include a performance bond. bids addressed to the county auditor by two o'clock PM. The contract may be awarded to lowest responsible bidder with right to reject any bid. expectations and conditions per the engineer's plan on file.
Notice of letting bids by Kossuth County Board of Supervisors at Albia, Iowa for drainage district improvements. Plans include large trenching and tile work with depths, lengths, and encasements specified. Bids due before Sept 1, 1911 with 10 percent bid bond. contracts to lowest responsible bidder with performance and payment bonds.
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