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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1899
Page
8
A period notice urges proper watch maintenance noting watches and wheels rotate endlessly each year and many timepieces are neglected for years. It promises prompt service and reasonably guaranteed results, treating a good watch as one would any other machinery.
Various brief items: Rev F B Day to lecture on infidelity at Germania. Bustara Star meeting at Masonic hall. Justice Clarke in Fort Dodge on bankruptcy work. Miss Lott Thompson leaves as stenographer for A J Clarke. hog market pricing and shipments to Chicago. Free Methodists plan church dedication August 13. Bert Gregory buys Webster City barber shop. wind and rain north of Algona. Rev S Ollerenahaw vacation visits planned in Irvington township. Dr Sayers assists state vet in Port Dodge tuberculosis cases. mayor may be absent till week end. Rev M. Stiles to study theology in Chicago. buggy accident near Burt. former residents return to Burt. Rev W Suckow vacation in Panting Iowa. grand dance at Riverside Park. moonlight trips on Lady Norwood. wedding of Frank Curley and Myra O Thomas in Humboldt. attendees listed.
A concert will be held at Bryant school building in Algona featuring Dr Owen A King of Chicago assisted by local talent. King, a noted Chicago soloist, plans to study in Germany in September. The article blends local notices about court, real estate, and civic matters with this upcoming event.
Company F spent a week at Camp Mattox near Clear Lake with an encampment east of town. The trip featured a regimental band parade from the Milwaukee depot, reports describe a successful camp with no sickness or accidents and orderly duties. Officers and men listed include Captain Morse and Lt. Tuttle among others, with a long roster of sergeants, corporals, and privates.
The Courier reports a Norward boy caught a single hook in the mill pond while another netted 107 pickerels in two hours, a claim some parsons doubt though the paper defends its accuracy. The week was warmer with dry spells and light rain, haying and harvests proceeding, oats nearly done, wheat ripening, corn tasseling, and crops needing rain to sustain yields.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway began regular service July 24 between Denison and Wall Lake shortening rail distance from Council Bluffs to Denison and extending to Wall Lake and intermediate towns. The company plans additional lines through Mondamin to Wall Lake, from Sanborn to Burt, and from Mankato to New Ulm, Iowa and Minnesota valleys, aiming to develop western agricultural regions and attract investment. Also notes a testimonial about Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from W. S. Bush of Providence, Ry. It claims immediate relief for diarrhoea symptoms and recommends purchase from Rice Mills Druglet.
A crowd estimated from four to one hundred gathered at Riverside Park last Sunday. The steamer Lady Norwood ferried attendees, private carriages and Brown's carryall aided in arrivals, and many families picnicked. Improvements impressed visitors including a soon-to-be finished pavilion way and a new restaurant. The Fifty-Second Regiment Band performed, drawing praise from locals, with plans to expand tent meetings at Algona using the park. Overall, the grounds appeared well-managed and ready for continued use as a relaxing, creditable resort.
In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Towns a petition for discharge is filed by Shipley Brothers and David Bain Shipley Heath art Hen Shipley and David Bain. Judge Oliver P. SHITHE presiding. The notice names debtors and the court action for discharge under bankruptcy law.
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