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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1897
Page
8
Community calendar and brief notes cover meetings, sermons, weddings, graduations, church happenings, fairs, and local commerce. Mentions include Fourth of July planning, school close, church services, and nearby excursions with several named residents and businesses.
Lower department picnics and a large Memorial Day parade preceded the annual commencement set for Friday June 11 at Call's Opera House. Miss Wartman toured with recitals while Miss Kate Lantry managed duties in her absence. Commencement tickets cost 14 cents and go on sale Monday at Bam ab Ehlers Falkenbainer's with no extra charge for reserved seats. tickets sold only from the announced hour, first come, first served.
I have funds available to loan on farm properties in Cooxn County. Financing limited to real estate security with prompt terms for qualified borrowers. Contact for details and eligibility.
D B Patton, a Fayette City druggist, recalls a case near Uniontown where three witnesses suffered diarrhoea. he gave Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with immediate relief on the way home another neighbor was taken ill. The text also mentions a loan offer at a low rate during the Half Rate Firemen's Tournament in City Town from June 15 to 18 via the North Western Line and directs agents in Chicago and North Western Ry for sale details.
A crowded advertisement page highlights patent medicines like EH Sarsaparilla and Chamberlain products, Cure for cramps and stomach pain with quick relief claims, and various household items. It promotes Chase & Sanborn coffee, Glutena health foods, sanitation foods, and hardware, with vendor names such as Dinerey & Puen, Langdon & Hudson, Doxsee's Hardware, Walker Bros, Ehlers & Falkenhainer, and Dr. Rothrock endorsing Chamberlain medicines.
Advertisement urging prospective settlers to own a farm. Promotes free copy of the North-Western Name-Seeker by W. B. Kniskern of 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Illinois. Offers practical information on agriculture dairy and cattle raising and invites correspondence from interested settlers.
Algona lots offered in various sizes not including the 4x8 rod minimum. Sizes range five rods wide by ten to fourteen rods deep, some with sidewalk shading and fruit trees. Low prices and easy terms for builders. Also notes a suffrage meeting led by the Equal Suffrage Club at Mrs Flora A Jones on June 8 at 3:30 pm with Miss Laura Gregg attending.
Four states Wyoming Colorado Utah and Idaho have granted full suffrage with 26 others approving partial rights. The testimonials claim it benefits society, improves women and morals, and purifies politics. Also an advertisement extols Shilohs Consumption Cure and Karlas Clover Root Tea, both sold by Dr L A Sheetz, with endorsements from A E Salter of Buffalo N Y.
Algona Iowa May 24 1897 city council regular session at city hall chaired by Mayor Chrischilles with Witte Dingley Slagle Chapin and Sayers present. Adjournment to May 31 and later actions include approval of bills for street work fire department and park works. Board of Health orders removal of nuisance sewers on Reservation No 1 and Lucas street with notices due by July 1 1897.
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