New Stores Open As 1917 Improvements Rise In Algona
The Bohannon block on State Street hosts W A Foster furniture and a new lodge hall for Knights of Columbus on the second floor. Model Clothing plans to move in, Latimer stock shifts to a new storeroom, and Kraft Misbach relocate with updated fronts and display windows. The Candy Kitchen relocates to an elegant new home after the fair week move. WANTED: Roome to rent for delegates. Rev F C Taylor.
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Bohannon
Algona
W. A. Foster
Atock
Knights of Columbus
Foster Furniture
Model Clothing Company
Foster Furniture Co
Cowan & Herman
Latimer
Kraft-Misbach
Misbach
Candy Kitchen
Egera Miner and Stephenson
Kossuth County Honors 78 Lads Entering National Army
A September patriotism parade in Kossuth County honors 78 young men leaving homes to join the national army. The day featured a rifle drill, speeches by J B Weaver, a banquet, a parade, and a train departure with Minnesota conscripts amid a massed crowd, with many local organizations and communities represented. The list of departing soldiers includes Walter Barr Algona, Lyal Black Burt, Geare White Burt, and numerous others from Algona Whittemore Swea City and surrounding towns.
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Kossuth
National Army
Swea City Rifle Club
J. B. Weaver
Des Moines
T. P. Harvingrton
Swea City
County Council of Defense
the Red Cross
Algona
Whittemore
Algona Band
Wesley Band
Sons of Veterans
Red Cross
Camp Fire Girls
Bancroft Band
Green Bough Club
Boy Scouts
Woodman
Algona Schools
Lone Rock
Ledyard
North Western
State Street
Court House Square
Orvald
Minnesota
Walter James Barr
Lyal
John Black
Burt
Geare
Albert White
Herman Fred Heerdt
William
Bilsborough
Albert J. Striegel
Swea
Harry Wm. Hichardswen
Theodore Johnson
William Baas
West Beund
More men examined call for forty more for examinations
The Tocal Board orders forty additional men to appear for examinations next Saturday to secure a surplus for a 108 man October and November camp Dodge quota. A long list of names and addresses includes Schemmel Bancroft Godden Lone Bannart Algona.
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Camp Dodge
Althe
District Board
Edward John Schemmel
Bancroft
Albert LeRoy Godden
Lone Rock
Nathan Alfred Bannart
West Bend
Sigurd Orvick
Matt Murtha
Algona
Miller Herbert Nelson
Titonka Heodore
Bunkotske
Corwith
Tobias Peterson
Swea City
Leo Henemann
Wesley
William R. ‘Frader
Germania
Ralph Selder Lee
Irvington
Peter Silbert
Charles Herson Corle
Aleona Stanley Abel Worster
Bode
Burton F. Edward
Lester Julius Johnson
Fenton Edwin Meyer
Clemens T. Studer
St. Benedict
Paul Perry Bannart
Wess ‘Bend
Olafik
Howard M. van Auken
Aleona
Augustine O’d Donnell
William Rakow Sheridan
Andreas Olsen Eiksdal
Buffalo Center
Charles Ray Richardson
Ledyard
Walter Harvey Loeft
Clell Elmer Dearhart
Tlu- Verne
Oscar Worlie
Elmore
Meeting of Northwest Iowa Conference at Algona
Two hundred twenty five ministers are in Algona for the Northwest Iowa Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church marking its forty sixth session. The event features examinations, memorial services, youth challenges, prophetic calls, and lectures by Rev. Bert H. Smith and Rev. George Elliott. A patriotic memorial program includes speakers Bishop Homer C. Stuntz and Judge Charles A. Pollock. The ladies serve meals daily, and a Chicago Methodist Book Concern display draws interest amid reports of Rev. D. A. McBurney’s daughter Ruth injured in a street car accident with a precarious condition but conscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Northwest Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. W. Lewis Gillies
D. D
Herbert Clegg
J. B. Weaver
Des Moines
Homer C. Stuntz
Omaha
Bert H. Smith
Minneapolis
D. A. McBurney
Sioux City
Sheldon
Ruth
Hobart Store Burns Amid Fire Menace
Fire in the basement of Vincent and Isaacson store at Hobart destroyed the building yesterday afternoon. A dray load of merchandise was saved and the nearby EB W Cook residence was saved by crowd effort. Isaacson cut his hand while aiding stock. Tsaae son escaped from the basement. Local help from Algona aided in rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent & Isaacson
Hobart
EB. W. Cook
Isaacson
Robt. Vincent
Tsaaeson
Vincent
Algona
Cook
A Phenomenal Car Rolls Into Algona Hyatt Roller Exhibit
A 1909 Buick known as the Hyatt Roller arrived in Algona on its 12,000 mile cross country trip. The car has logged over 271,679 miles on one bearings set and burned 18,000 gallons of gasoline. It has worn out more than 800 tires valued at over $8,000 while on display at Willhite Bros. office drawing many onlookers. A second hand range is offered for sale by Joba Wolf, phone 6 on 24.
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Thera
Algona
Willhite Bros
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