Kilmer to Build Bridge as County Board Approves
Algona, July 20, 1898. The county board adopted a plan to award the Des Moines River bridge contract to Kilmer of Des Moines for a steel span and authorized entering into a contract on Bridge No. 32 with J FH Kilmer. Several committees were named to view grades and bridges across Buffalo and Fenton townships, and disbursements were approved for fees, salaries, and poor and insane funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
John G. Smith
L. Darton
W. J. Burton
B. Kuna
M. Weisbrod
Kunz
Portland
Buffalo
Recorder
M. Waisbrod
Fenton
Seneca
L. Barton
Irvington
Paul Hackl & Son
Bancroft
M. Sage
Des Moines River
Craseo
J. FH. Killmer
J. UT. Killmer
W. J. Barton
E. Kunz
F. D. Calkins
Frank van Bvaweryk
Aers & Falkenhamer
Chuirke
EH Clarke
Weisbrod
Martin Trster
Algona Courier
198 &O SP Christensen
McAdams
Baidi MC Grier
OM & St. Phy
John. Smith
Hospital Dasane
SM Poor Fund
Owen McKenna
Fanny
Mary
Tune
Habel
Barton
EA Ford
John Smith
Woeyrvhiuser & Co
Wheeler Gumber & Bridge
John Wood
Buertner Drift
Win Mason
LM Roberts
Broadwell
Oath Signed Aboard Niagara By Midshipman Schley
The narrative recalls Midshipman Schley aboard the Niagara during a critical moment when Commodore Sehley fired a warning oath upon reaching Boston. The captain legalizes the oath and urges reflection before signing. Aged sailors recall past battles and blessings as he pledges loyalty to duty and conscience, linking to family ties and a shared heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sehley
Niagara
Feramer
Boston
Schley
Winni
Sam
Maryland
Massachusetts
Cough Cure Claim Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement proclaims Use amp. F. Cough Cure as the best remedy for constipation and piles. It asserts these conditions are linked twin ailments that slowly sap life, urging Rocky Mountain Tea as a positive cure for 36 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Lightning Strikes Lotts Creek Barn and Stock Loss
Lorre Creek July 25. Tuesday the 19th lightning struck Mr Henry Will s barn, setting it ablaze and reducing it to ashes. One horse and two head of young cattle were killed, and about thirty tons of hay burned. No injuries reported.
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Levi Billings
Swea City
Rhoda Sailor
Wairbault County
Carris Place
Frank Schemel
Bancroft
Sioux City
Courier
Father Carroll
Armstrong
Germania
Jim Butterfield
la Verne
Henry Wills
Lotts Creek
Burt
Blossom & Day
New York
Lars Sorenson
Wesley Reporter
Kossuth
Timothy
John H. Gratner
Ramsey Township
Santiago
Tampa
R. E. Davision
Lamareux
Buttato
R. M. Richmond
Swea
Texas
Ife
the Monitor
Burt Creamery
Whittemore Champion
Austin Witham
J. M. Parley
Champion
Farley
Lorre Creek
Henry Will
Local notes from county section last week
A LaVerne youth sought a wife but did not find one. Miss Maud Seehler ended a successful term at Pompe school with a picnic for children. Mrs. Fred Tena and Chas Lon visited last week with Mr. Lenz. The files worsen with time as harvest nears conclusion this week in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVerne
Maud Seehler
Pompe
Fred Tena
Chas
Lon
Lenz
Oats Harvest Underway and Local Developments at Plum Creek
Plum Creek folks report oats harvest starting last Monday with D. Rice and A. Br. Tait among workers. George Wolman’s area sees oats on rich new soil. CG W Hopkins completes quarter fence work though harvest halted it. Lute Henderson moves the school house to a new site west of the River place, with repairs and a front extension from Algona era. Master Mervin Rice battles typhoid fever while Mrs. Bert Bradley recovers from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Rice
BR. Tait
Taff
George Wolman
W. Hopkins
Ile
Fenelog
Lute Henderson
Rier Place
Algona
George Holman
Mervin Rice
Bert Bradley
July 26 News Roundup From Union Township
Miss Alice Miller returns from Oregon after two years. Local farmers report corn purchases of 14 cent per bushel, and plans to help more. Gillie Tjaden weds Anne Hopkes at the bride’s parents home near German Valley. Granary added by Will McMahan as harvest nears. Mrs. E R Cook and daughters visit Dubuque County relatives. Ida Hayne from El Paso, Missouri visits James Wordsworth. H Vooheus visits Cass County relatives. Buddy Heutek travels from Chicago due to his mother’s illness. Presbyterian ice cream social enjoyed. Jace tours Urana Mississippi Exposition. Harvest continues with barley thrashings and oats and wheat in the shock. Threshing machines active. farming work in full swing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
I. Miller
Oregon
Union Township
Will McMahan
Lomestead
E.R. Cook
Dubique County
Cook
Ernest Herman
Dubuyque
Ida Hayne
el Paso
Maos
Jas. Wordsworth
H. Vooheus
Cass County
J. N. Vooheus
Buddy Heutek
Chicago
Phome
Ju. M. Hetrick
Presbyterian Church
Henry Reid
Jace
Urana-Missippi
Pettibone Buys Another Horse Amid Local Happenings
Funton News reports Pettibone purchased another horse with speculation of a surveying job next. Population rose by two since the last tally. Toys arrived at Rudolph Hayenga and Henry Jents residences. Sorenson has a sore arm from rust weeds near grain. Harvest nearing end. Will Weisbrod lost two cows Saturday after getting tangled in a poke. Pettly lost one. W L Ogle left Penton and rented a stop seven miles west of Porsythe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettly
W. TL. Ogle
Penton
Dfe
Porsythe
Excursion to Saratoga by Nickel Plate for church group
Rail excursion to Saratoga and return by Nickel Plate Road organized for the Young People’s Christian Union of Called Presbyterian Church. Tickets go on sale August 1 and 2 with return by August 31. Deposit with joint agent at Saratoga. Dining car service and sleeping cars. For details write J. Y. Calahan, G. A., 111 Adams St Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Young People's Christian Union
Called Presbyterian Church
Saratoga
J. Y. Calahan
G. A
Adams St
Chicago
van Buren Street
Garfield Gleanings From Garfield July Harvest Notes
July 26 Garfield column notes rapid grain cutting, with crews racing to finish before the weather. A horse loss occurred on a binder job, local beekeeping near red Dange’s window, and plans for an ice cream social at Matson’s. McCormick binders and Lange mower noted. Wood burning at Garfield creamery seen as cheaper than coal. Dune butter fetched sixteen cents, grain cutting nearly finished, and overall a record wheat harvest for the township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Paul Dorwotler
Langa
Land sales in Kossuth County real estate transfers report
Transfers of Kossuth County real estate reported weekly by C. C. Samson show sheriff actions and numerous parcel movements. Listings include lots, half sections, and various parcels with amounts noted, reflecting a busy land transfer period across multiple townships and holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
C. C. Samson
Sherif
Abou Do Fuller
Ason & Co
Qadt
Halstond
Oko
Algom
Jossie A Brown
Guardian
Tad
Dunwoodie
Irvington
Hanby
Stitzel Way
Wesley
Grussing
John H. Dorden
Sualley
B. Clarke
Frani
Stulth
Tom Sherman
Eb Aegh Ed Rea
Ted Otay
Uth County
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County Board
Kilmer
Des Moines
Blackford Bridge
County News
H. MM. Pressly
Presbyterian
Jody Cunningham
Oklahoma
OS. Jones
Ledyard
Theorthern
Sunees
Selley
Plum Creek
Union
Funton News
Samson
Algona, Iowa
Opera House
Garfield Gleanings
Professional & Business Directory
Read Estate
Hagaard
Peer
Haggard & Peek
Jones & Smith
Lowa
A. D. Clarke & Co
Real Algona State Bank
Algona, IA
Attoritets
Gro. E. Clarke, Chas, A Cohenour Clarke & Cohenour
Attorneys AT Law
E. V. Swetting
Money To Loan
Raymond
B. F. Read
Raymond County
Atty. Raymond, Reed & Raymond Attorneys AT Law
Curdall's
Algona, TA
BONAR
H. H. Fellows
Bonar & Fellows
Algona State Bank
Iowa
Algona, Towa
Frederick M. Curtiss
Algona, Lowa
Kossuth County
West Miller
AP Law
Archibald Hutchison
Parra
H.C. McCoy
McGregor Street
Margaret LK. Coles
Ofice
10Waa
E. J. Gay
A. L, Rist
Jowa
W. F, Ripke
Graduate Optician Office
Vioor Gumore Blok
Ambrose A, Call
D, H. Rutoring
Aperguron
Palmer Cashier
Asat
Cash
THE
First National Bank
Hutchins
A. Ferguson
Philip Dornellar
F. HW. Veaper
Ambrose A. Call
H. Spencer
Win
K. Farguton
A Algona, Jawn
A. D. Clarke
Pres
Q. C. Chubb
Thos. H. Lantry
Caster
Geo. L. Galbraith
Fred M. Miller
Myron Schenck
Thos. F. Cooke
General Banking
W. H. Ingham
O Chriserbilles
Lewis H. Smith
Kossuth County State Bank
Capital
W. H. Myham
J. B. Jones
T. Chrisehtiias
Lewis H. Smitchied
W. Wadsworth
Barnet Devine
Danson & Butler
Minnesota
and the Dakotas
Frank Nicoulin Land Co
E. S. Glasier
Algona State Bark
P. L
Leona
Sancatte Tennant
Towa
WM. Cleary
Schu & Waterhouse
Cigar Manors
James Lawrence Bunt
Jessie Mullin
Bee Bunt
Mullin
Charles Bunt
Nina M.paylor
Bunt
Taylor
Grace Byers
Prank Byers
Pearl Bunt
Reuben B. Bunt
Anna Kehoe
James Kehoe
Howard Bunt
Dora Coleman
David Coleman
James . Bunt
Ella B. Bunt
David Carroll
Jas
William Carroll
Jeanie Mitchell
Carroll
Mary Bogd
Carrol
Hugh Carroll
John Carroll
Richard Carroll
D. Bunt
Reuben BE
Emmett County
Tostate
Dist. Court
State of Iowa
Range 30
Carrie Bunt
Sama
James E
Ellen JL. Bunt
Jennie Mitchell
Reuben E. Bunt
District Court
State of
Estherville
Soper, Allen & Penn
District Court of
State of Town
Flory B. Hendrickson
Peter Henrickson
Pater Henrickson
Defandle
F. M. Taylor
Platatiff
District Court of the
Mathilda Stenstrom
Gustave Stenstrom
St. P. M
M. Dye
F.V. Sweat
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