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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1892
Page
7
The notice asks readers to watch the paper tag for expiration dates and renew the Algona Republican with 1.50 dollars to avoid arrears. It urges prompt payment and continuing delivery.
The State Bank building progresses slowly as workers handle heavy stone with a large derrick for hoisting. Local items note the W C T U election on Friday evening at the Reading Room and a busy roster of engagements, travels, and community events across Algona.
A notice offers to exchange a hotel, dwelling, barn, and furniture for a 160 acre farm in Kossuth County near Algona. The seller quotes 3500 for the exchange plus accepts Algona house and lot as part payment. Also advertises 5 to 8 year farm loans at 7 and Tig percent with no commission, contact Julius Pome, Algona, Office over Galbruithe store.
A consumer note compares grocer and Jonas & Stacy prices with grocery barrels at 5.50 and flour at 4.00, arguing a day of work buys less flour from grocers than from Jonas and Stacy.
Forger J L Dickson, brought back from Snohomish and Bennett, held on horse stealing, dug from county jail basement cell last Saturday night. They escaped through a hot air pipe, through a wall hole, and under the iron barred gate. A note left for authorities hinted they would return, while drawings on the wall showed Dickson’s audacious bravado. No trace of either man has been found.
A grand concert under church ladies' direction at the Congregational church tomorrow evening. Admission 25 and 15 cents, proceeds for church benefit. Program includes piano duets, quartets, recitations, vocal solos, violin solo, a farce, and a trio. Also notes on local ads and a flour pricing pitch from Jones & Stacy and Hamilton & Co. The piece ends with a notice that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is gaining sales and recommended by local druggists.
In Humboldt last Wednesday J J Ryan was nominated by the Tenth district Democrats for Congress. An informal ballot gave Ryan 824 votes, with opponents Thompson, Bullock and Longe receiving smaller counts. Acclaimed by the convention, Ryan said he would not canvass extensively, aiming to reach the district as quickly as any Democrat, while doubts linger on a Dolliver defeat and possible debate.
A Sunday school convention program lists speakers and topics including relation of parent to Sunday School and qualifications of teachers. The event invites pastors and U S workers to attend, with notes on Bible readings and hymn singing. A separate notice offers a lost ladies gold watch with liberal reward for return.
Community notices announce a relocated Baptist meeting place near the Normal building with services at 11 AM and Sunday school at 12:15 PM next Sunday. A covenant meeting is set for Saturday at 2:30 PM, urging all to join and endure hard times bravely.
An old advertisement discusses summer heat remedies citing Peruna as a key nerve tonic for nervous prostration, sleeplessness, and malaria while contrasting vacations with tonic use. It notes the firm’s free Family Physician pamphlet on malaria and hot weather diseases. It also mentions North Dakota farm lands for sale and Independence excursion tickets offered by rail lines, plus a desk catalog from Tyler Desk Co with low prices.
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