Local Notes From Algona Iowa District Meeting And Events
Local news recounts a G. A. R. meeting and officer elections. Reports mention a Baptis t church event with an Evan gelist, a Texas style organ recital, land sales, and Christmas services. Mentions include Dr McCoy appointed aide de camp for Iowa, Henry JadaWorth home entertainment, and marriage licenses issued to several couples. A Campus cadet spirit and post office notes are included along with obituaries and local business changes. The piece highlights community life, church events, land deals, and public notices in Algona and surrounding townships.
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Iowa
Gardner Cowles
Stall
Amsterdam Township
Iowa Central
Jean ‘Ingelow
Baptist Chwrer
Lowa Central Surveyors
G. B. Hutelins
Irvington Township
Actiop
Town Central Engineers
Algdha
Elmer Wilbur
Charley Wooster
Roy Wilbur
Elmer
California
Kate Smith
Bancroft
OL. F. Hudson
Breckenridge
Minn
Hid Town
H.J. Campbell
Ratioa M. Markin
Lewis Halverson
Lena Aman
A.J. Ambis
Susie Hattlestad
L. T. Clament
Daisy Rhinehart
Forde
Sayers
Marita
Ohio
Court House
T Hey
New Eara
Ingham
Chas. Madden
Burt
Madden
Bremers County
D. Ding
Wesley
Grapecyine Telegraph
Grenonne Hanna
TaVerna
Iowa Centre
Prairia
Hanna
B.L. Ranney
Fenton
Algona
Maggie Haggard
RogotDt
Misa
Busy Algona notices amid Christmas season chatter
Miss Dodd offers a varied Bible and hymn assortment at the post office celebration with J. S. Baldy of Bancroft and Luli G. Newcomb as bridesmaids. Local events include tax survey dispatch, Frank Long Dramatic Company performances, and a charity drive to aid a sick gardener. School reports feature E. B. Tuttle and Glen Davison teaching nearby districts. Forefather's Day observances at the Congregational church highlight sermons and the Soldiers Relief Commission finances. Community discussions cover Iowa Central railroad extensions and a recent injury delaying Jim Ork's return to work, with holiday church programs and fundraising for medical care underway. Boilers arriving for the new power plant and construction progress mark local progress toward renewed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dodd
Tha Postonies
Baldy
Bancroft
Miss
Luli G
Newcomb
Mra
Chirch
Kenney
C. Hewell
Iowaa
Migs Eva Nawcomb
Mra. Reilly
Io Wa
Amsterdam
Prairie Townships
Wadsworth
Algons
Frank Long Dramatic Company
Algona
Earl Vincent
Walker Bros
Reinholdt
Germany
E. B. Tuttle
James Devine
Riverdale
Tuttle
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Glen Davison
Company F
Seneca
W. J. Suckow
Royal Meeker
Milton Starr
Social Union
Court House
Congregational Church
McCoy
Day
B. F. Reed
J. W. Robinson
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Lay
Iowa Central Railroad
Des Moines Register
Iowa Central
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Belmond
Jas
Ork
Jim
Methodist Church
Jesus Christ
Neatman
Gardner
Clinton
Battle Creek
Burlington
Foster
Mobion Ag
Algona Delegation Meets Hughitt On Rail Plan Changes
A Friday meeting in Chicago between Algona leaders Mayor J. tT, Chris achilles, Geo. O. Gall, A. D. Clarke, Col. T. F. Cooke, Harvey Ingham and Chicago & Northwestern President Marvin Hughitt discussed future railroad plans. Hughitt confirmed Dakota connections via the Sanborn Burt line and the St Paul link, with surveys to Rolfe and a through Dakota to Chicago train planned. Denison extension remains uncertain but is considered likely by other officials, with Burt to receive only a switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
J. ‘Tt
Chrisachilles
Geo. O. Gall
A.D. Clarke
Col. T. F. Cooke
Harvey Ingham
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Chicago
Altona
Ylaws
Hughits
Dakota
Denison
Sac City
Rolfe
St. Paul
Point Betne
Irvington
Sanborn
The Most Important Office in Humboldt County
The Humboldt Independent urges township assessors to study state board instructions on the assessor role, calling it the most important and far reaching county office. It criticizes some assessors for poor business understanding while noting a few perform well, and urges broader attention to the official guidance.
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Humboldt Independent
State Board of Review
Asgeasor
State Board
Liberal club subs for Iowa papers in 1899 offer
A promotional notice lists six papers including the Berusszcan and the Farmers edition offered at one year for $2.00 with sample copies at the office. It also advertises combined rates for The Republican and State Register at $1.86 for 1899 and two other papers at $2.20 to one address, plus a premium code for law questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berusszcan
Iowa Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farm Journal
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Journal
Humane Alliance
Club Notes and Humble Appeals for Periodical Subscriptions
The RecuuLicaN offers the lowest club rates on periodicals. The Humane Alliance, with four other papers and the RepublicaN at 2.00 a year for six, is a well printed illustrated paper for dumb brates. Calls for a sample copy and notes clubbing offers to ease subscription writing. The State Register is cited as a popular weekly with local pricing and terms.
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Humane Alliance
Republican
Titonka Boom Town Grows as Railroad Nears
Report from Titonka notes six to seven hundred visitors from Burt, Wesley and surrounding areas. Construction trains near Main Street depot, with carpenters finishing the depot and other buildings. New business fronts rise with plans for gas lighting, Specht and Heal stores expanding, and hopes for a full business district as the railroad arrives. Titonka likened to a Brete Hart romance in Iowa prairies, with a future mayor and police chief anticipated.
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G. FB
Peek
Meluar Haggard
H. A. Paine
Will Haggard
Titonka
Burt
Wesley
Main Street
A. R. Specht
Hea! & Hall of
Brete Hart
Iowa Prairies
Skin grafting aids burn victim with local volunteers
Doctors Kenefick and Stull performed a large skin graft on W H Jones’s foot six weeks after a burn. Volunteers from town and farmers provided thin skin grafts, including twelve-year-old Robert Norton who donated skin twice. The grafts attach within days and gradually unite without pain or washing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O’rourke
Hardy Rickard
John Nolan
Oscar Anderson
Martin Thornton
Young Newman
Prairies
Robert Norton
Local residents return home for holiday break
Fred Clarke returns home from school for vacation. Rev W J Suckow hosts a visit from a younger brother. Miss Helen Starr comes home from college tomorrow for vacation. Dr F E Day returns from Spirit Lake and Emmetsburg. Recorder M F Rendall attends to business in Emmetsburg. E R Tucker visits Aerosarc an office. Walter Tellier, studying art in Des Moines, will be home for the holidays. Chas Blanchard of Elmore sells hardware and plans a Pacific coast trip. Louise McCoy enjoys vacation at home and her post in Wastea School. Rev Herbert Clegg and cashier Stibgen of German American Bank visit the city. Mr and Mrs F Q Farr attend Rev H I Farr and Miss Hattie Hubbard wedding near Clear Lake. Alex White pursues John Paul Lumber Co. business in Emmetsburg and Estherville. Mr Ball runs Algoni office. Mark Boyle, Whittemore Spanish American War hero, greets friends in Algon. Claude Nicoulin home from Minneapolis for holiday vacation. he helped University football team. W M Parsons, former Iowa College agent, plans California move with wife and children. engaged in M D A work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Clarke
W. J. Suckow
Helen Starr
F. E. Day
Spirit Lake
Emmetsburg
M. F. Rendall
E.R. Tucker
Harrison Township
Aerosarcan
Walter Tellier
Des Moines
Charley Chubb
Homer Horton
Minnesota University
Chas. Blanchard
Elmore
Pacific Coast
Louise McCoy
Wastea
Herbert Clegg
Cashier Stibgen
Bank of
Kittemore
F. QO. Farr
Claude Nicoulin
Minneapolis
Claude
Algong- Brown
California
California Bound Train Prospect Brought to Attention
To California. service of Northern California and the favorable oees which have been made for singles and round trip tickets for this season were best and the first-class tourist sleep options. Attention is called to the event Western Line.
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California
Californis
Christmas Church Activities And Services
An array of Christmas events announced by local churches. The Presbyterian and Free Methodist congregations plan services and revival meetings on December 23 and nearby days. A church Christmas tree will accept presents after 2 pm. The Methodist Sunday school and Baptists hold holiday programs with special music and sermons about Christ’s birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R.C
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Sunday School
Christ
Jegna
Free Methodist Church
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Hugh
Seca
Northwestern
Times-Republican
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Haney le Bend
Nort Plastica
Clark Bros. Harness Store
Clark Brothers
Goeders and Grove
Algona Boys
Samson & Paine
Church and Society
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