Acetyline gas lights Bancroft store and poultry venture sprouts
Led yard woman Mrs Jas Gaon starts a poultry business using two incubators of 200 eggs each. J A Campbell installs an acetyline plant in Bancroft with a bright white flame as merchants adopt modern lighting. News notes cover schoolhouse concerns and local civic actions across Bancroft area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Brewster
Wesley
Ole Peterson
Ole
McKinley
Spain
Whittemore
Billy Jones
West Bend
Hobart Creamery Reports Milk Increase Amid Upgrades
Hobart creamery buttermaker August Neurell says company books show a 21431 pound rise in milk output for last month versus the same period last year. New machinery, including a Springer separator from Spurbeck Lambert of Algona, has been installed and Elmer Hayne added as helper.
Death of H H Bailey in Vernon area
Death of I I Bailey at 71 follows a Monday alert to his sons Frank and Loren Bailey. Local notices report Mrs. F Ranney visiting Wisconsin relatives, Pettibone of Bancroft visiting in the area, and milk payments at 68 cents per hundred by a local creamery. Union township news covers families, church activities, and a Burnsican canvass by Mr. Winkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Frank
Loren Bailey
Whittemore
I. I. Bailey
Geo. Wheeler
Burt
Germania
F . Ranney
Wisconsin
Teachers Gather for County Meeting at Waltrimone
County Superintendent Van Erdewyk led a Saturday gathering that drew nearly 100 teachers from all county sections. About 15 traveled twenty four miles from Wesley and a dozen from Algona as locals hosted about 40 educators in homes. The program featured papers on home reading, grammar, orthography, child study, teacher duties beyond the classroom, history, and mensuration rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor
Carrie Schicht
Bowers
Marriages and Fair Feed Burt Presbytery Notes
In Burr April 80th the marriage of Bert Payne and Dua Tatham at Woolstock. The Methodist aid society holds a fair in Burt’s opera house Friday April 22 from 3 p.m. supper serves till 10:30. Ice cream lemonade and confections evening. Fish pond flower booth art gallery and booths. Burt cornet band will perform. The ladies publish The Fall this week. Presbytery of Fort Dodge convened at Burt with hospitable entertainment and strong temperance and youth addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr
Bert Payne
Dua Tatham
Woolstock
Burt
Methodist Aid Society
Opera House
Whitfield
Burt Cornet Band
Presbytery of
Fort Dodge
Visits and school notes in Burt Swea City and Whittemore
Vet McChesney visits Burt and praises his new Swea City school with Miss Wallace as second teacher. Gathering at Whittemore notes and a correction about Rev. Gardner. Local farming talk on rain, grain seeding, and advice on timely planting. A local critique on lawbreaking quail shooting by Algonan youths prompts comments on respect for laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vet McChesney
Burt
Swea City
Miss Wallace
Algona
Mr. Connor
Elmer Chipman
Lou Millis
Carrie Goodwin
Whittemore
Irvington items note community events and travels
Mrs Banks departed for Chicago last Tuesday evening. Lulu Newcombe starts school today in Willey district Sherman town. Poor weather canceled Presbyterian services. Rev Cllarenshaw from Algona feared rain would melt them. A new baby boy brings joy to the Orton Bush family. Farmers welcome rain. McKarland visited cousins Ed and Frank Duckett. Prof Walter Forde tuned organs here last Thursday. Mrs Stafford returned to Algona after sewing in Irvington. Jones school formed a literary society with Bernice Dilts as president, Cora Fuller vice president, and Florence Fuller secretary. Tryington school to organize this week. Oscar Dutton heads to Minnesota with a photographic outfit. Supt Van Eordewyk toured local schools. Mr and Mrs Dutton return from the west with health improved. A Friday dance drew few but pleasant memories. Will Younie of West Bend seen around town. Dyspepsia relief offered by Shilohs Vitalizer via Dr L A Shoatz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trvineron
Aad McKarland
Frank Duckett
Walter Forde
Stafford
Irvington
Algona
Jones School
Bernice Dilts
Cora Fuller
Florence Fuller
Tryington School
Oscar Dutton
Minnesota
van Eordewyk
Mrs. Dutton
West
Will Younie
West Bend
LaVerne Visit Highlights Local Business and People
A Republican representative spent time in LuVerne discussing issues and praising local commerce. The piece notes clean stores at Tiss Drug Co, praises manager drive, introduces Eugene Peck of the new German Bank of LuVerne opening April 5, and reports Creamery manager G L Minkler describing milk production rising toward 15 000 to 18 000 pounds and a new separator installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVerne
Republican
LuVerne
U. S. Senate
la Verne
Echo
Tiss Drug Co
Eugene Peck
German Bank of LuVerne
Hot Bros. Hardware
Peek
G. L. Minkler
Sparbeck & Lambert
Algona
Grain-O Preparation Directions From a Letter
A vintage directive explains making Grain-O by mixing one tablespoon with two cups of water, boiling the mixture for fifteen to twenty minutes, then adding cream or hot milk and sugar. A testimonial claims heavy coffee use shifts to Grain-O after ten days with consistent measurement.
Dreadfully Nervous Relief From Karl's Clover Root Tea
Mrs. B. A. Sweet of Hartford Conn reports nervous relief after using Karl's Clover Root Tea. She credits the tea with calming nerves and strengthening her system, noting improved digestion and elimination. Sold by Dr. A. Sheatz in Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl
A. Sweet
Hartford Conn
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Hoston
Algona, Iowa
Tel
Langdon & Hudson
THE
Kilmer
Lincoln Park
Chicago
C. & New
H. A. Paine
Ward County
North Dakota
Frank Nicoulin
Ledyard Woman's Chicks
J. A. Campbell
Bancroft
News of the County
Bancroft Register
Lone Rock Mall
Lone Rock
Seneca
Palmer
Coffin
W. Grobe
Nev- Angelical Association
Ackley
T. J. Davis
Minneapolis
Mood
George B. Hill
First Street
B. Boyle
J. Hanson
Doriana Nelson
Lauson
Wesley Creamery
Union
W. B. Greenshields
Burt Presbyterian Church
Burton Moore
Gertie Beard
Fairmont
J. B. Ranney
Fenton Township
Asult
C. D. Banks
Shea
Mrs. Banks
Elsie Toothman
Kurt
Jno. Cran
Ottosen
W.R. Peat
Rey
Mrante Wagner
Prairie Township
Hobart
H. H. Bailey
Pettibone
Hal
Unys
Union Township Affairs
Hopp
Ma. Dobson
Joel Taylor
Serge
Bure
Gunther
Piarereet
New England
Walker Bros
Wes Union
Gardner
R. W. Barret
Shiloh
L. A. Shoatz
Laverne News
Real Estate Loans, Farms and Wild Lands, Co. C. Samson
Iowa
Osewall
Rosewall
Elas, Maenussin
Bari
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