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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1902
Page
4
A. F. Dailey of Algona Iowa markets the county's sole cable steam drilling machine for water well work. Services include municipal, railroad, and farm wells with estimates cheerful. uses expert drillers and promises careful scheduling.
A list of insurance associations and agents including GEO. 8. ANGUS of Algona and GEO. S. ANGUS of Algona Iowa appears, naming Town Mutual Tornado Cyclone and Wind Storm Insurance Associations Des Moines and Spencer Mutual Fire Associations Fort Dodge and Liston equity wind mill creamery association. The fragment references multiple county agents and companies in Iowa.
A dated letter from J. J. Marston at the Mt Pleas ant Inebriate Asylum describes ward moves, crowded conditions, and meals, noting parole prospects and a plan for work before final release. The writer mentions Booze Fighters, a local band, parity of care, and hopes for return home while commenting on Algona residents and frost in the region. Also referenced are surrounding local notices and brief items about threshing disputes and a Webster City lodge initiation.
Notice lists agreements to keep businesses closed on Sundays from Sept 14 1902 by various firms including Lay ers' Clothing, Krafr Curia Co and Wa C Strein. Also advertises salesmen wanted in Kossuth and nearby counties, plus farm for sale and feeders from South Dakota. References Harvey Ol Co Cleveland and Algona Iowa listings, with farm details in Fairmont and Minn. Boschee German Syrup ad promises cough and throat relief and cites R H Millers and Green's Special Almanac.
Special reduced excursion rates from all points on the Chicago and North-Western Railway for numerous events in October 1925. Includes travel to Boston Omaha Kansas City San Francisco and Los Angeles. Excursions feature Pullman cars, stopovers, and long return windows with prices from $10 to $70.66, and berths on luxury tours. Offered via various routes with through services from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago area stations.
Fragmentary railway brief notes describe passenger train movements around Milwaukee and Nui de, with times such as 15 pm and 243 am Ko 6. The text mentions Nuss, Gendas West, and various nonsensical phrases indicating schedule entries or station notations from a historic page.
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