Ditch Work Beginning Next Week With 50-Ton Ditcher
Mr. Hood a veteran ditcher from Emmet and Rood of Ledyard plan to start digging the Ledyard Drainage Ditch No 1. Rood, under contract, uses a 50 plus ton machine with 6600 pound engines and heavy boilers. The setup includes a living area for a six to seven person crew. The device works from the lower end toward the water source, freeing water as it advances. Eight miles remain and the project should finish before winter. The ditch will drain and improve land for miles, boosting local property values. M Finnell named chairman of the county committee. Also notes sales ad and wedding ring promotion.
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Ledyard
Anditoy
Yeaterday
Roud
Ile
Sive
Ditcher
Pox
Rood
Avork
Jegun
Fox
Hia
Mr. Rood
Walker Brothers Sell in Algona Business Change
Walker Brothers Grocery in Algona changes hands this morning to W. T. Bourne & Son of Burt. Bourne, an early county settler and former Ten Ton township farmer, enters mercantile work and takes up business in Algona amid broad local good wishes.
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Walker Bros
Giving Place
W. T. Bourne & Son
Burt
Bourne
Tenton Township
Algona
Wadsworth promises bigger state fair side shows
Joseph W. Wadsworth of Algona says the fair will exceed prior years in receipts from privileges and side shows. He notes high demand for space, strict safety standards, and a move toward higher quality attractions, with buildings fully booked and more than $5,400 earned last year expected to rise.
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Des Moines
Algona
Wadsworth
Swetting Enjoys Pacific Coast Trip and Canadian Crossing
E V Swetting returns home after seven weeks on the Pacific coast and a Canada overland journey aboard the Columbia. The party visited San Francisco Portland Everett Seattle Tacoma Victoria and Banff sharing winter scenery and glacier views as they traveled toward Chicago with plans for upcoming Iowa travel.
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BE. V. Swetting
Hay
Pacific Coast
Mr. Swetting
San Francisco
San Trancisco
James Taylor
Jessie Darly
Portland
Columbia
Everett
Washington
A. Perry
Swetting
Mrs. Taylor
Darly
Canadian Pacific
Seattle
Tacoma
Victoria
Miss Barry
Chicago
St. Paul
Howest
Mission Junction
Banff
Social Notes of Locals Traveling and Visiting
Local society items list residents and visitors including Miss Ora Crabtree from Chi Chicago, Ms Fa Oy Lea Reed touring Chicago, Alice Minkler studying conservatory music, Davis McCoy visiting his nephew Ross McCoy in Illinois, Easton Travis of Polo Minnesota visiting Vernon Finkle, Mrs D A Haggard departed for Minnesota, Mrs J C Bennett of Emmetsburg hosted by Mrs Rt B Warren, Arthur Paine and Arthur King Hays homesteading in North Dakota, Maud Sleieber visiting aunt in Brooklyn, Eli Bailey Britt Tribune editor visiting Algona, Lounge McCoy to Waseca to become high school principal, M P Haggard and James H Jones land seeking in northern Minnesota, Lt Fisemain Starr of Co K Emmeteburg visiting Alpena, B S Jones home from Burlington trip, Miss Sadie Gange of Ogden Rapids and Edith Converse of Dysart visiting Mr Gange’s family, Fred Calkins expected back to Alton on business, Elvira Seastream, son and Hattie Clarke graduation teachers, Mrs G M Butts and sister Daisy Eblemouth visiting friends, Inst Wednesday event with B S Glasley dentist Spirit Lake meeting of Dental Association.
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Maud Sleieber
Brooklyn
Misa Eva Cowan
Eli Bailey
Britt Tribune
Algona
Miss Lounge McCoy
Waseca
M. P. Haggard
Jas. H. Jones
Minnesota
Fisemain Starr
Co. K. Emmeeteburg
Alpena
BP. Jones
Burlington
Sadie Gange
Ogdar Rapids
Edith
Converse
Dysart
Hays
Mr. Gange
Fred Calkins
Alr Bona
Elvira Seastream
Hattie Clarke
Daisy
Eblemouth
Glasley
Bere
Illinois guests at the Finkle home and travel plans
Illnois visitors stayed with the Finkle family last week and returned home Saturday. Mrs. T. N. Lantry departs Sept 7 for a month in Harrisburg Pennsylvania with daughter Mrs. Hutchinson. Mrs. L. C. Smith of Burt plans a Cleveland Ohio visit. Clifford Ackley son of D. G. Ackley of Manasquan New Jersey visits the Pettibone and Curtis households. He is a printer en route to Sioux City for a job.
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Illnois
Finkle
T. N. Lantry
Tarrisburg
Penh
Burt's New Postmaster G C Allen Steps Down
The Burt Monitor reports G C Allen will resign as Burt postmaster and Lincoln Tall will soon succeed him. Tall’s appointment follows Allen’s decision to focus on farming, with a four year administration for the new post office. The change may occur in fall, prompting praise for the transition.
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Burt Monitor
Lincoln
Tall
Burt
Ken
GC. Allen
Mr. Tall
Hall
Allen
Bancroft News A Busy Round Of Local Moves And News
Bancroft news notes many residents traveling and visiting in Colorado Springs and Denver. Local figures including G. Graham and H. Davison move in and out of towns, Andy Stahl heads to Des Moines for studies, and editor Tallimany plans a new printing home. Jno Butler plans to move to Alexandria Minnesota while Wes Kennedy returns as a pharmacist at North Side drug store. Bank attorney CG Colcord and P M Barsley form a law and land firm. Joe Murray raffles a work horse won by W F Arend. St Johns Parochial school to open Sept 2 with crowding. A J Ridnour visits town. Bam Mayne sells his home and plans to move to Northern Texas. Alex Carpenter shows record corn ears and high yields. Wm Putzier forms a tailoring club of 80 members with weekly drayings. Mrs Reimers and Mrs Bostiche visit Minneapolis.
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H. G. Davison
Armstrong
State Bank
Everett Stahl
Des Moines
Highand Park
Shditor Eg. Tallimany
Cey- Ton Herald
Frank
Jno
Butler
Alexandria
Minn
Wes Kennedy
North Side
Highland Park
B. Colcord
Illinois
P.M. Barsley
Joe Murray
W.F. Arend
St. John’s Parochial
A. J. Ridnour
Bart
Algona Journals
Albert Lea
Bam Mayne
Woy. Schiltz
Mayne
Texas
Bancroft
Alex Carpenter
Seneca
Acre
Wm. Putzier
Special train to Cleveland and Buffalo via C M & St P
Special train of vestibuled sleeping cars will be run via Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul line. Cook in charge, leaving at night for Cleveland. Encampment GAR members to travel. detours and schedules noted for beacon City and West Union.
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Cleveland
Buffalo
Na Y
Abeagon City
Union
Public drinking fountain planned by Algona women
The Algona W C T U plans to erect a public drinking fountain funded by local festivals and entertainments now totaling about 400 dollars. The group favors the Algona State Bank corner but the city council may require courthouse square approval. They insist the fountain serve people and dogs but not horses, with future plans for a possible horse water source if funding allows. The initiative aims to be a permanent, handsome feature integrated with nearby stone walks and city improvements.
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Algona W.C. T. U
Jt 18
Algona State Bank
Court House Square
Borga
Engineer killed in freight yard accident at Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge telegraph reports engineer Frank Bender of the Illinois Central was fatally injured in a switching accident. A two by four timber pierced his cab, the spike driven crosswise through his body. He remained conscious as rescue crews removed the timber and he was transported to hospital. by evening he was still alive.
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Fort Dodge
Frank Bender
Illinois Central
Bender
Stirling
Jie
Ife
Fresh Eggs Doubted at Cheap Dining Spot
Customer asks if eggs are fresh and good while waiter responds in dialect that he never eats in cheap places. Reported in the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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W. T. Thourne & Son
Tale the Wallar Live
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Iowa
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Mre
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Meg Earley
Ora Crabtree
Chi- Chao
Fa Oy Lea Reed
Alice Minkler
Conservatory of Music
Davis McCoy
Ross McCoy
Easton Travis
Polo
Vernon Finkle
D. A. Haggard
J. C. Bennett
Emmetsburg
Rt. B. Warren
Arthur Paine
Arthur King Hays
North Dakota
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