Barn blaze ruins Willson barn and stock escape
Fred Willson’s barn burned Friday night about eleven o’clock. Two cows escaped unharmed, a mare broken free and badly burned. A nearby stable belonging to I J Gilmore of Spencer burned with chickens, twenty bushels of corn, and furniture lost. Origin of the fire unknown. Willson barn built about thirty years ago by J E Blackford sawmill.
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Fred Willson
I. J. Gilmore
Spencer
Willson
Mr. St. John
Gilmore
J. E. Blackford
J. E. Blackford Sawmill About Thirty Years Ago. Mr. Blackford
Tennant House
McKinley urges gold redemption policy for US notes
President McKinley argues that as government receipts grow enough to cover expenses, United States notes should be redeemed in gold and kept separate. He says notes should not reappear without gold exchange and warns ongoing debt burdens from gold redemption threaten treasury stability.
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McKinley
United States
The Courier Approves Aims Of McKinley Speech On Currency
The Dec 10 Algona Courier notes President McKinley’s first message to Congress emphasizes currency and Cuba with a conservative stance. He rejects retirement of greenbacks for bank notes and favors gold-backed redemptions while suggesting government notes only if banks exit government business. Also lists Nickel Plaza Road train schedules and service details from Chicago to Boston with through sleeping car accommodations and lower rates.
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Algona
McKinley
Congress
Cuba
Gage
Nickel Plaza Road
Chicago
Boston
J. Y. Canavan
Gen
Adams St
Ill
H. Thorne
Through Cars to California on The North Western Line
Travel note urging direct California trips via The North Western Line to avoid car changes and delays. Mentions Thursday excursions to the California league, sleeping car reservations, maps, and details from Chicago & North Western Railway agents. Also includes an advertisement for Shiloh’s Consumption Cure claiming superiority and a medical product sold by Dr. L. Sheets.
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California
Pergong
California League
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Shiloh
Dr. L
Proper Christmas Observance Idea From Algona Merchant
Otto Falkenhainer suggests a Christmas present that lasts beyond the season. He offers a range of lasting items from elegant nickel plated coffee pots and fine cutlery to airtight wood stoves for the dining room and the best range in the United States. Shoppers with money and an eye for utility will find choices that suit Santa’s distribution, with Falkenhainer guiding the best use of funds.
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Otto Falkenhainer
United States
Mr. Falkenhainer
A Naughty Little List and a Brick for Santa
A child’s Christmas wish list grows by the hour as she begs Santa for toys from a dolly to a piano. Her papa confronts the endless requests and, in a twist, Santa’s stocking is filled with a brick as a lesson in mischief.
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Antankal
Dolly
Children’s Notion
Santa
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Rome
J. W. Robinson
Pioneer Hardware
Lamips
Langdon & Hudson
F. I. ‘Norton
Jowa
Ig Towa Pty Bee
KIM EB
Fred Wilson
Blackford
F. J. Gilmore
Greenbacks
Calumet
John Wallet
Jefferson, Wis
Miles Nervine
Miles
Ind
Lowest
Baresse A
Hutchison
Foss
Fox
Misi Ehousee
Atlantic Odean
Son
Jno. Goeders
Brierwood
Schu & Waterhouse
Algona Cigar Facto
Montana
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