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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
4
A patchwork of short items from Wesley to Bancroft, including a prayer meeting tale from a boy, Curtiss selling corn near Nevada, and A Erickson’s barn and promising orchard. Rail and stock car updates, towns like Ledyard and Whittemore, a Chicago surgery for Weisbrod family, and a St John’s church wedding uniting Miss Francis Link and Dr H J Gambling.
Juast Saturday the Woman's Home Missionary society of the M B church entertained friends at Mrs W J Bourne's home. A highlight was a water jar presentation to Mrs Sealy by Miss Warner. Officers elected at the annual meeting include President Mrs Millis and vice president Mrs Whitisld. Dr F H J Gambo Ung of Wisconsin married Miss Florence Link of Burt. Mrs Sid Cottorall will visit Ley daughter in Odell. Yale and family expected soon. Grover Shoemaker in a local restaurant. Mrs Me Mines visiting Pats A Waterlyo. Bury schoolhouse has been newly...
Garfield locals report an early harvest in progress with fields shocked before the fourth. Earl Beld and Farotly visit Wisconsin relatives for three weeks while Henry Dryer runs the creamery. Fred Origman’s mother and sister, longtime Dysart district teacher Miss Margaret Dorwaller, and district teachers are noted. West Bend M E Sunday School picnic planned at Pred Crisman’s if weather allows. G A Greenfield and Wm Greenfield learn of their mother’s death in Rhodes, Marshall County, July 4. they return home at month’s end.
Prosperous Plum Creek area reports good farming prospects as houses and barns near completion. Maudsley and Jasperson ready for occupancy, Pete Young adds a new watermill, and Dell McWhorter lays a new barn. Corn and white corn, potatoes rebound with adequate showers. Albright, Jasperson, Miller, Hopkins, and Albright move cattle and goods. water shortage cited as cause of delays.
In La Verne at J. P. Harrison’s pleasant home on Wednesday evening July 11, Miss Bertha Harrison wed Ernest Peck with Rev Artman officiating. The bride, once a popular teacher, has aided the local postmaster and merchant, while the groom, junior partner in Bill and Peck, banks at the German bank of La Verne. He moved here years ago from the Citizens' Bank of Britt after five years with the B&O R. N. Ry in Cedar Rapids and Estherville.
Wesley Reporter recounts a narrow escape as Philip Garman fled toward Algona after quarreling with a companion. His father pursued with a whip, prompting the boy to hide in a culvert as the chase neared Algona, avoiding punishment.
The Ledyard creamery reports a June butter shipment netting 91,911.60 dollars in cash after freight deductions. The sum will be paid out locally to aid the town's business and economy.
A garbled reader letter from Pale Bavette plonsanvville Missouri praises Krouse's Headache Gupauies though its text is largely indecipherable. It mentions a box purchase and suggests a recommendation but contains numerous unreadable words and stray fragments.
During a Monday storm Wesley Reporter staffers H B Hanson and Mark Shew received electrical shocks when lightning struck a pitchfork held by Shaw. The pair were stunned. Hanson fell, Shaw recovered enough to steer the wagon. Dr. Hill led treatment and both are expected to recover. A separate thunder strike near Mora house killed several cattle owned by Carl Edgren, valued over 200.
The town at Burlington crossing was named Gerled by Agunt Moyer on Wednesday. Many favored Cook and others Coal Crossing yet Gerled stands as the chosen name. Some expect a post office soon and town building within 60 days amid town rivalries.
The new amendment to state liquor laws, effective the 4th, makes it a misdemeanor to solicit take or accept orders for purchase sale or distribution of intoxicating liquor. If enforced it could require large jail additions in this area. Also ten weeks tuition free at Commercial College Mankato Minnesota for entrants between Sept 3 and 18. send for catalogue.
At the annual meeting held Tuesday, Kosauth Telephone Company re elected the existing officers. Present were BH. V. Swatting Gardner Cowles and Geo Call ot Algona. They report strong business last year and indicate another prosperous year ahead.
The dollar trouble ended the German medicine show after a single night as the license was increased by one dollar. The show was well received in towns visited, including Alpena, and the performance left audiences satisfied. Krause's Little Liver Pills are advertised as a remedy for constipation, sold by Ehlers & Lams.
Announcement for excursion travel to Denver via the Chicago and North Western Railway limited to August 24, tied to the Annual Convention. Wilde sold July 3 and 24 at $3, with inquiries directed to agents of the United Presbyterian Church and P.O.U. texts reference.
Terause's Little Liver Pills are a vegetable pelatina coated pill that acts directly on the liver and bile. They are free from crude and irritating matter, their action is gentle and natural, and they do not cause constipation after use. Sold by Ehlers and Adanis.
A letter from Washington D C Gennessea Pure Food Co addresses Wa Roy North Carolina gentlemen claiming their health benefited from Grain-O. The writer says no other beverage matches Grain-O and urges others to use it, asserting it is solid grain and beneficial for health.
A fragmentary testimonial praises Caldwall's Syrup Pepsta and Grain-O as stomach remedy and coffee substitute. The writer claims relief after trying the syrup and Grain-O, noting prior use of Java and Mocha. Includes dated and broken postal style attribution to A C Tackbon M.D.
The tale recounts Wirt W. Saunders, once condemned to hang in Oregon for murder, and his later pardon by Gov. Pennoyer. The Spokane police judge was once jailed in Oregon after a rival’s death and a Texas homicide claim, with public sentiment shifting to support Saunders’ innocence.
Fragmentary prose reflects on people who visit Washington on pleasure trips and observe legislators with awe, noting that many see them as different from ordinary men and that experience testifies to their distinct status within the capital.
In Wyoming’s Big Horn country, locals recall Teddy Roosevelt’s early west exploits. A reporter quotes a trekker describing Roosevelt riding a bronco and roping a wild cow during a hunting party in the Big Horn basin in 1887. The tale ends with Roosevelt unhurt, smiling, and declaring he never enjoyed a ride more.
Biles Tuller, an eccentric clock tinkerer living alone in an unfinished house in Asi tabula Ohio, maintains a rare collection of nearly 100 ancient tunepieces worth many hundreds of dollars. His front room displays about two dozen old clocks in nine rows, forming an impressive glimpse of his lifelong pursuit.
A mixed, fragmentary item mentions doctors, a patient recovering well and being healthy today. It also includes a testimonial about Grain-O as a coffee substitute praised by a user from Le Roy, New York, noting family benefits and reduced coffee use. The text references names and places, but details are uncertain due to OCR damage.
The Milwaukee and St Paul Railway lists several first class homo seekers excursions on dates July 17 August 7 September 4 18 October 2 16 November 6 20 December 4 18 1900 with special baths to clear may include a lecture by Hon Champ Clark and Fon C Landis settlers in congress discussing em erfal i am and Mund ellington Booth of the salvation army to speak gold coupons issued for park grounds return valid until Sept 1 plus possible extension to Sept 30 with deposit and agency fee details
The ad argues catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot be cured by local applications. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, purporting to act on blood and mucous surfaces with tonics and purifiers. Testimonials and Toledo address are offered, with a price of 75 cents per bottle.
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