Land Sales in Kossuth County Reported Weekly
Samson and Crose report a stream of land transfers across Algona Whittemore Fenton Bancroft Burt and Bancroft areas. Transactions include parcels in townships 97-23 and 96-29 with prices noted such as 1000 00 and 340 00. Names appear for buyers and sellers including F Shalbie BA Weinbeck Asa O Call James Sexton F Smith Murray John A Hanson Gen A Sampson Thos A Way Nancy I McDonald Hattie A Bircher and others across multiple blocks and additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson & Crose
Adatractora
Opera Mouse Block
Algona
Towa
Butilla Hoyt
Fenton
Gude- Tian
Smith
Stata Bank of Germanla
Cowles & Murtagh
Olliver W Mead Et al Tod
Murtagh
Qali's AG Algom Vo
Bodo
John A Hanson
Gen A Sampson
M P McDonnel
Pitouk
Nancy I McDonald
Church and Society Notices From Local Churches
Church and society notices list sermons at Baptist and Congregational churches next Sunday with themes on covetousness Christ's kingdom immortality and peace. Presbyterian social at the Dodds home Friday. Children day programs at Irvington and Methodist services including a Kineteoscope and grapophone benefit for hymn book funds. Hair product ad concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League of the Methodist Church
Grain-O Drink for Children and Adults
Grain-O is a nourishing food drink sold by grocers as a coffee substitute. It tastes like coffee when prepared properly and has no injurious properties. It aids digestion and strengthens nerves, not a stimulant, offering health benefits for both children and adults at the cost of coffee. 15 and 25e.
Arrival and departure of trains West and East
Train schedule provides arrivals and departures for Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines and Iowa Central and Kansas City routes. Details list freight and passenger movements with times including 10 10 pm 1 passenger and 4 passenger, plus several local freights and mail trains. Agents G A Evgeny and P BagRy are noted as scheduling contacts.
Whittemore Foresters Lodge organized County news notes and events
Whittemore forms a Foresters lodge while locals in Fenton Lotts Creek and Swen City report weather, schooling, and community happenings. Betsy Anderson and Helen Wallace teach Swen City next year. Jo Becker and Margarette Knott plan wedding in St Joe. Local deaths, new papers, and railroad plans surface amid a busy county update.
Grain-O Promises Relief From Coffee
Grain-O offers a coffee like drink with opposite effects aiding digestion and nerves. The ad claims Grain-O nourishes and strengthens the stomach and nervous system and lists prices 15 and 25 cents per package. Also mentions De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve and local real estate for sale in Algona with J. E. Stracy listing lots sized 6 by 10 to 14 rods, sidewalk access, shade and fruit trees.
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Algona
J. E. Sracy
Hayseeds Ready to Challenge Algann High Boys at Scotch School
Union phale from Sartch School invites all to a June 23 event at Scotch School where Algann High School boys will play baseball against the Hayseeds. Team captain Clarence Hennigan of Hobart Ind. coordinates with Miss Grado Purvis and Wl Hinehon for arrangements.
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Union Phale
Sartch School
Mouse Jane
Algann High School
Miss Grado Purvis
Wl Hinehon
Scotch School
Union Hhayssets
Clarence Hennigan
Hobart
English Traveler Sights Pygmies Cannibals on Central Africa Trek
Albert Busbin Lloyd, an unknown Englishman, traveled alone with two natives from Central Africa to London, via Stanley's Congo route. He spent three weeks in pygmy forests, met admiring cannibals, and rode a bicycle for a dramatic village scene as thousands cheered a "European riding a snake."
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Henry M. Stanley
London
Albert Busbin] Lloyd
Central Africa
Heart of Africa
Stanley
Congo
Lloyd
Arucimil
Black Oat Business and Local Happenings
June notes report a nine challenge in Voorhees pasture with bantam pace and strength prevailing over science and pack. Ice floes drift down the Black Cat river as floods widen the water, census taker T J Julian notes no opposition to Gardner Cowles for township representative, a Scotch school picnic is planned for June 23, butter prices rise helping farmers, Presbyterians host a tea cream social at Mr. Dodds, Rev Walker preaches well, and a Christian Endeavor is expected to start next Sunday night.
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Voorhees
Black Cat Nine
Uanagan School
Martin School
Presbyterians
Dodd
Fenton Specials June 5 1899 Local Happenings
John Boever took hogs to Chicago last Saturday. Mrs J Newel Sr visits from Oklahoma with her sister and son. Heaviest rainfall in memory swelled Black Cat creek three feet washing out bridges and flooding fields. Mrs Dacken of Hesse farm died aged 38 leaving a husband and children. Hans Christensen returns from Texas to Fenton. About fifty youths hosted a surprise party for Geo Pettit and wife. Rev Lord of Mason City preached at Weisbrod schoolhouse and will organize a Lutheran church there. A children s day program is set for next Sunday at MFB church starting 1 30 pm. Our Creamery Company held annual meeting with GW Newel re-elected secretary and B Holister as treasurer. Butter hauling let to Mr Miles for 12 a month. Shareholders received interest checks. 30 new shares sold to fund building a new creamery in the new town. Full yearly report planned for next week.
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John Boever
Chicago
J. Newel Sr
Oklahoma
Black Cat
Dacken
Hesse
Burt
Hans Christensen
Texas
Fenton
Geo. Pettit
Lord
Mason City
Weisbrod
MFB
Newel
B. Holister
Miles
Portland Pickups and Plans for June Events
Julius Christensen returns from Texas in disgust and contemplates moving to Oregon where his mother and brother reside. Children's day exercises are set for June 18 at McWhorter schoolhouse. Portland's annual gopher please on June 17 at L. K. Fairbank's grove promises a lively program and enjoyable outing.
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Portland
Julius Christensen
Texas
Oregon
McWhorter School
L. K. Fairbank
Grove
Union Cullings recap from June five social notes
The Ladies Aid at Mrs. Capt. Cook's gathering drew a good crowd and invited guests. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ward rejoice over a baby boy, the first grandson for Ward and Taylor branches. Bridges across the area remain impassable. A social at Mr. and Mrs. Dodd's for Rev. Walker's benefit is planned for Friday evening. Good Hope Sabbath school prepares for Children's Day exercises.
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Capt. Cook
Lonerock Locals Report Weather and Town Plans
Lonerock continues to endure wet weather with roads unsafe after storms and several bridges out. A cow was struck by lightning last Friday. Excess rain ruined corn prompting replanting. The Lonerock bank is nearly painted and ready for business. J B Davis plans a new town building and the creamery is expected to move.
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Lonerock
John Gynech
Lonerock Bank
J.B. Davis
Schley Day at Greater America Exposition Plans
Arrangements for Schley Day on July 8 at the Greater America Exposition are nearing completion with Commodore Schley expected to attend. From July 1 to November 1, 1899, daily special programs include visits by President McKinley and Admiral Dewey. A Filipino village exhibit and Godfrey’s British Military Band are featured among top attractions.
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Schley
Commodore
Greater America
McKinley
Admiral Dewey
Godfrey
Crack Band
London
United States
America
Ses
The
Indian Congress
Our Great Clubbing Offer for Farmers Readers
Our winter clubbing offer for farmer readers remains open and stacks six papers into a year for $2.00. The Home stead leads with 64 total pages in April, plus Special Farmers Institute and other agricultural titles, delivering broad western farm experience and local county news in one package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal
Humane Alliance
Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease Remedy Ad
Distressing kidney and bladder dis ease relieved in six hours by a new Great South American Kidney Corn. Claims prompt relief of pain and urinary retention for all sexes. Sold by L. A. Sheetz, Algona Iowa. Also Langdon Hudson ads tout best value and Club House canned goods. A social note urges a man with life and courage, mentions Rocky Mountain Tea as alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Sheetz
Algona
Iowa
One Minute Cough Cure Praised By Sedalia Resident
J. A. Hamilton & Co. advertise their 4er file at 816.7 while J. A. Schear of Sedalia Missouri credits One Minute Cough Cure with saving his child from death by croup. The ad claims the remedy cures colds coughs pneumonia and all throat and lung troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Schear
Sedalia
Ehlers & Co
Immunity From Snake Bite Demonstrated By Woman In St Louis
In St Louis a slender woman named Eva Ardo allowed a rattlesnake to bite her arm twice while thirteen witnesses including five physicians observed. Blood serum and venom were tested, mixed with warm alcohol, injected into a guinea pig, which later died from bacterial poisoning. Doctors concluded she is immune to snake venom, claiming India cobra bite as a child caused the immunity. The physicians present were Drs. Hermann, Bosse, Lewis, Kerns, and Marks.
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Dr. Heine Marks
St. Louis
Eva Ardo
India
Reindeer Death Toll Rises on Alaska Route to Circle
Remnant government herd stranded in interior Alaska reaches Yukon river at White River mouth on December 16 en route to Circle City. Of 450 reindeer, about 150 survive as Klondikers pass by. Dying rate blamed on heat intolerance and moss scarcity on high mountain trails. Norse handlers report deer in poor condition and slow progress since March departure from Pyramid Harbor.
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Alaska
Yukon River
White River
Circle City
Pyramid Harbor
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Cigar Manors
Ehas
Magnossin
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Rosewall
Lows
Samson & Paine
Grain, Feed and
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BR. H. Miller
Milwaukee
Paul
Iowa Central
Chicago & North-Western
Chicero
Des Moines
Ae Espeh
Whittemore
Will Cook
New Muxico
Tople
J. R. Davis
Fred C. Groneman
Lillian White
Boren
Ohio
J. O. Rawson
Lotts Creek
Bancroft
Murray
Bessie Anderson
Helen Wallace
Swen
Warren Bixby
Joseph Becker
Migs Margarette Knott
St. Joe
G. Dackens
Ed. Fox
Jas. Larsen
Town Business College
Monitor
Burt Odd
J. B. Cork
Grand Lodge
Palo Alto
Independence Township
O. M. Bond
Fenton Reporter
IL. B. Hallock
Burt Monitor
Germaine Gleaner
C. H. Beach
Germania Gleaner
L. C. Elsworth
H. B. Ley
Eldora
Kossuth Telephone Company
Germania
Buffalo Center
Ledyard
Elmnore
Wesley
Bert Chase
Preston
Minnesota
Bancroft Register
A. A. Heckart
Seneca
Tom Waud
Cuba
Maine
J.J. Smart
Humboldt
Register
Smart
Webster City
West Bend
Henry Dorweiler
John Dorweiler
van Erdewyk
Burt School
Highomas
Evelyn M. Stone
Etta Pax
Cressia I. Marble
Mary K. Brandon
William Bb. Hanna
Cora L. Graham
Chancy B. Chipman
Ray. G. ¥. Whitfield
Connor
Moore Carpenter
Carpenter
Dexter Normal School
Bunerets Register
49Th Regiment
Josh M. Cunningham
R.H. Miller
Thomas Thurman
Joy
de Witt
Otto Falkenhainers
Union
Lars Sorensen
Prop
Langdon & Hudson's
Popular Grocery
Langdon & Hudson
J. A. Hamilton & Co
Datily
Alaif Drug Stores and Gener
Ibe
Alers
Mrea
T. Burbank
Lowe
Riviera
Paria
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