Algona school vacation and winter weather notes
The Algona area eyes a week off for local schools next week amid a light snow that boosts sleighing. Church attendance varied with pastors absent, while community events include Open installation plans, theater acts, and Christmas concerts. Local merchants feature holiday sales and new business activity as town life rolls toward 1898.
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Algona
Dri Lewis
Morning Side College
M. B
I. D. Calkins
Baptist Church
Walker Bros
Alfons
TL. L. Kimball
West Virginia
Jule Walters
Call Opera House
District Court
Thomas
Storm Lake
M. E
A. H. Stock
Cordingley
Alex White
John Paul Lumber Company
Bishop Fowler
Abraham Lincoln
Reruunican
Alpena
Landis
Sampson
Sioux City Y. M. C
Dunlap Bros
Ledyard
Dunlaps
Newkirk
Oklahoma
Mr. Smith
Nelson
Thorington House
Durdall’s
Butter for Algona residents seeks buyers in town
A local appeal from T. J. Junan of Algona invites interested residents to request his butter. He states that if enough customers show demand to buy all he can produce, he will be glad to supply them and asks interested parties to address him in Algona.
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R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
RB. V. Perce
Algona
New Shoes and Farm News Among Local Items
A pitch to buy Wear-Ragistar shoes from the J. B. Swis Co promises protection against pneumonia for boys. The column notes grain prices up 50 percent from a year ago and farm loan rates higher than ever. Also mentions a crockery sale at Walker Bros Co. on Tuesday the 12th.
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J. B. Swis Co
F. Coogs
Christmas Sermon and Concert at Congregational Church
Rev. Sinclair will preach next Sabbath on the Incarnation with a sacred Christmas concert in the evening at the Congregational church. The program includes solos, recitations, duets, and a choir with college students home for the holidays, followed by select readings and an anthem by the choir.
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Blair
Congregational Church
Algona
Santa Claus
M. 1
Santa
Baptist Church
Kate Stebbins
Webster City
Algona Tonge
Ferguson
Ames
Curtis
Curtiss
L. 2
Potter
OC. E. Sinclair
Prof. Fords
G. E. Willams
C. A. Tellier
Garret Clark
Arirona
Sinclair
Wilcox
Chas
Crammond
Aiitary
Celestina
M. 4
Court House
Abs. Bushnell
Christmas Long Ago. Presents in the Stocking Tradition
Retells Robert J. Burdette's humorous memory of old time Christmas. Toys fit for the stocking included Noah figures, painted animals, and a red monkey. larger gifts went to birthdays. A drum box and a crank toy provided simple lessons, while infant reactions added humor. The note closes with a remark on early church history linking Christmas rites to Pope Telesphorus.
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Robert J. Burdette
Ladies’ Wome Journal
Noah's Ark
Noah
Mme
Shem
Ham
Japhet
Ararat
Dreadfully Nervous Paragraph Promotes Clover Root Remedy
A fragment describes extreme nervousness and digestive distress attributed to constipation. The text promotes Earl's Clover Root as a strengthener and remedy, mentioning a Mrs and a Dr selling the product. The language mirrors an old advertisement style with emphasis on tonic effects.
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Ann Arbor
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State University
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Philip Ekholm
Swea
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Mr. Ekholm
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Church and Society
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Farmers’ Institute
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