Record of extreme cold and weekly temps across Algumation area
Weather bureau notes an unusually cold week with two days below 30 below zero and a maximum 86 below at 7 am. Wednesday opened at 7 below and reached 28 below by 2 pm, averaging 20 below. Saturday averaged 25 below, with other days around 18 to 24 below. Farmers stayed home, mail delivery slowed, and one farmer reportedly froze an ear in bed though the local constable noted temperatures never dropped below freezing in his case.
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Pettibona
Waa Wadnasday
Tvhureday
Avion Srmdeys
Appan
Hom
Education discussion notes from Iowa teachers conference
Fragmentary report lists papers and discussions from a teachers conference. Mentions topics like reading in lower grades discipline and punishment and community expectations of teachers. Names include Currigan Whittemore Donovan Hovland Doderer Hoffman and others with locations Algona Garner Webster City and Whittemore.
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Sorengon
M. L. Currigan
Whittemore
Bacon
Sexton
Principnno J
Catite
Apollo
Anne “Donovan
Palo
Alto County
Ipension
Marena
Winter
Ermants
Harflette His
Prin
Johnson
Bart
Disenasion
Hancock County
Ay Gfacussian
David
J. Doderer
Garner
Ole Hovland
Buffalo Center
Sobel
Onnory
Masquerade at Algona Sees Grand Cake Walk and Firemen Benefit
The annual Algona masquerade drew a packed courthouse crowd with a top notch cake walk hailed as the best yet. Art Young led the walk, Lee Reed and partner highlighted the field, prizes awarded to Lute Bracy and H A Seeley, Pocahontas Miss Schermner and sunflower Mrs Ackley Hubbard earned additional prizes. Starzbach Gady orchestra provided music, and the fire company raised a handsome amount from the dance. Odors offered for sale at Sheetz's Parisian Pink and Pariman Roses.
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Aliano
Waa
Algona
Art
Young
Lee Reed
Lite Stacy
Ed. Richardson
Claredes Robingon
Will Richardson
Dave Dormoy
Lita Calkina
Ernest Jones
Lute Bracy
Starzbach-Gady
Soldier's Story Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure
Amos B Watkins of 422 Hennepin Avenue recounts long exposure to illness and pain from rheumatism. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing him, claiming dramatic relief after trying many remedies. The advertisement promotes the pills at cents per box or two boxes for a dollar, mailed by Dodds Medicine Co, Buffalo NY.
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Jan Ediftesn
Amos’ B. Watkins
Hennepin Avenue
Thin City
Dodd
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Vy
Rare garden seed catalog excerpt overview
Fragmented OCR text lists varieties and seed packets from a seed firm. Mentions pansies and flower seed types, color notes like bronze and brownish red, and references to pack sizes and four-person dress considerations. May include names and stray terms but lacks coherent narrative.
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Messia
Lanasoti
Swith
Swanley
Bing
Dali
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