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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1897
Page
6
A Bancroft court case saw J. T. Hartgraves prevail to recover on an alleged note from Mr. Imken, with true payment disputed by papers turned in and deemed worthless. The note case was settled by judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
A jumble of small-town notes reports New Year’s Day outings and school openings after holidays. Miss Helen Stoyden returns from Algona while Cos moves his family from southern Iowa. Cedar Rapids visits, local dialect, and a rumor of lodge-seeking strangers surface as Ray Poet joins Miller’s Drug Store in Germania.
Pend waa w mysterions ce pldsieh Bes curved in the rear of the Herald offices last Friday night, too fond for a sun and wot. Some think it was an explosion or other. others surmise it was an premature blast of the Herald's loaded editorials. Merchants plan a strict cash system impacting those who live on credit as holidays ease. Yards feed flag straw and a mill overhauls its machinery for a long run to help farmers realize more money from last year's crop.
A garbled ledger of real estate transfers lists numerous names and parcels across Algona Bancroft Whittemore and surrounding areas. Entries include Hutchinson to Satterneitt a fota lot 10 months, Worster to Worster nw qr, Reider to Tans, Fink nw NE 19-88-20, Baget to TB, Bunker to Fermania, and various other lots and blocks with dates and minor sums.
A fragmented ad lists 1897 subscription offers for Republican papers and periodicals including The Republican, Inter Ocean, and Orange Judd Farmer Almanac. It mentions various prices and combinations, plus an assurance from Shiloh's Vitalizer with a medical guarantee sold by Frank Dingley.
The Germania Standard changes editors with B. Oliver taking charge and Mr Grow leaving for college. A light comedy at Wesley is recounted amid a burglary scare where a borrowed set of clothes led to a mistaken arrest. News notes cover acetylene gas trials ending, a marriage of Ernest Lewis and Rebecca Schnoar, and town anecdotes.
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