Death of Father Halpin Ends Long Service to Algona Church
Father Halpin, a 68-year-old Irish born priest, died of apoplexy after strokes. He served Algona for nineteen years, taught English and Latin earlier, and was renowned for charity funding orphaned children. His funeral mass drew fifty priests and non-Catholic friends, with burial following in the cemetery. He carried a $2,000 life insurance policy.
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Father Halpin
Katie Halpin
County Weat
Meath
Ireland
England
Dubuque
St. Joseph’s College
Fort Dodge
Eldora
Algona
Dean Farrelly
Emmetsburg
Norton
Waukon
Ryan
Lawyler
MacNearney
Emmettsburg
Drumm
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Halpin
Milea City
Montana
J. F. Farrell
Monmouth
Mr. Redden
Clare
Town
New York
Bashor Opens State Campaign in Algona Speech
S H Bashor Progressive candidate for governor spoke Monday evening from the Algona Court House Square. He outlined his road program using auto tax funds for a statewide trunk road system and proposed a nonpartisan primary ballot. Bashor condemned party liquor attack politics, backed county option, and urged state control of sales with strict bonds and purity safeguards.
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Algona
S. H. Bashor
Progressive
Court House
Basher
Joe Misbach
Progressive Party
Claude Porter
Cumming
Bashar
Minnesota
Doings in Court and Local Legal Actions
The Courier reports that Judge ruled against D. M. Simpson in a Drainage District No. 2 case, dissolving the injunction and likely damages to be determined. Divorces granted to Mrs Wilcox, Mrs Weisenberg, and Mrs Beemer. An order to hospitalize a son of Mrs Ernest Blinkman at town city, county pays. Weipel Wirtjes vs John Nordstrom on docket. Frederick Scultz named guardian for elderly John F. Dettman.
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Courier
D. M. Simpson
Seneca Township
Drainage District No. 2
Simpson
Wilcox
Weisenberg
Beemer
Beamer
Ernest Blinkman
Town City
Weipel Wirtjes
John Nordstrom
Frederick Scultz
Lone- Rock
John F. Dettthan
John Rasmussen
Renwick
Algona Hospital
Kain
Powelson
Wesley
Melvin
Tiler
Wesley Court
J. C. Cook
Algona
Mae Minkler
Wilda Sawel
M. J.ward
Daughters of
Izabella
Mary Murphy
Eagle Grove
Woodman Hall
Maple Leaf Cafe
Howard Wallace
Great Falls
Montana
Mr. Wallace
Dugald Wallace
Wallace
Lewis H. Smith
John Winkel
Bancroft
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Aid
Mra
Gootech
M.& St. le
St. Paul
New Ulm
Royal Harvey Sentenced for Auto Accident Injuries
Ackley World reports Judge Fry sentenced Royal Harvey of Nevada to two years in Anamosa after a crash that injured Mrs. Mattisen and her two year old child. Harvey did not report the accident.
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Ackley World
Winnebago visitors study Algona paving at luncheon
Winnebago City Minnesota businessmen arrived in Algona to learn about local paving and civic improvements. Secretary Van Auken hosted a large group for dinner at the New Algona, with Alderman Falkenhainer and Father Colbert among speakers. L. J. Dickinson urged striving for higher ideals, while other notes cover tiling tips, local deaths, injuries, court actions, unclaimed mail, and community notices.
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Algona
Winnebago
Winnebago City
Minn
Algona Ag
van Auken
Bailey
Union
Minnesota
al Falkenhainer
Falkenhainer
Father Colbert
Paine
Commercial Club
L. J. Dickinson
Towa
Curious incident at G L Carroll home with two colts
A local report describes a colt with difficulty eating as owner G L Carroll investigates. He recalls a Kansas tale of a horse with a hidden stick then discovers a space between the mouth roof and a stick using a pry, saving the animal.
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G. L. Carroll
Kansas
Carroll
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Sholay
Mackinaws
RST National Bank
Iowa
Jas. Patterson
Moose
M. Simpson
Ed A. H. Miller
The
Mississippi
California
Fred Stockwell
Colton
L. Stockwell
Chicago
Santa Monica
Verne Stockenberry
Whittemore
McCreery
Loca
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