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Local notes from Algona and nearby towns
Algona and surrounding communities report visits from Des Moines, Minneapolis, and Santa Rosa, with multiple exchanges of greetings. Residents discuss land deals, farm activity, typhoid cases, illness recoveries, and social visits, while noting growing land values and local infrastructure changes.
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W. A. Cordingley
Des Moines
Algona
Misa Myra Howie
Minneapolis
J. Altwegg
Charles Shilta
Mike Goetz
Wesley
Morgan
Minn
Bancroft Register
Dave Gilbert
Dave
Burt Monitor
R. Finnested
Lone Rock
John Goeders
T. N. Blakefield
Hig Farm
Fenton
Wm. Doege
Titonka
Burt
William
Mr. Hodson
Will Koestler
Robert Cordingley
Santa Rosa
Calif
Bernice Cronan
Drake University
Michael McDonnell
Whittemore
C. Scuffham
Montana
Havre
Frank McCorkle
Hector
Leroy Barton
Kansas City
Omaha
John Lamath
Sinclair
Spirit Lake
Charles Barry
Ned Dodge
Dave Dutlton
New Richland
A. W. Batterson
Marshall
W. E. McDonald
E. A. Wolcott
E. E. Conner
T .H. Wadsworth
County Savings Bank
J. W. Haggard
U. D. M.-Republican
Milwaukee
Twin Cities
Jesse Pitts
Livermore
Geo. Stoke
Swea City
Fairmont
Philip Schemel
Lemars
St. Benedict
Minnesota
Philip
Kossuth
Harvey Hewitt
George Larson
Titonia
Hewitt