Pink Tea Social Shines Amid Counties News
From our correspondent June 0 the pink tea social at Mr Cooke s under the Ladies Mite Society was lively. Pink attire and cake adorned with pink candy drew many, while elder ladies and old gentlemen enjoyed tea. Story City clerks Gandrup and Shaffer along with Charlie Strandburg bought 80 acre parcels near Burt. Mrs Mall mourns sister in Belle Plaine and J D McDonald plans a hardware store. Beal pasture horses injured by barb wire. Easterley shown at Ramsay Friday night.
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Bunt
Mr. Cooke
Gandrup
Story City
Mr. Marble
Shaffer
Charlie Strandburg
Wesley Regular Correspondence From June Update
Weather remains wet and warm boosting crops across the area. Moves include Paulson selling land for a new house, Swan Monson and family migrating to Whittemore for railroad work, and Quick traveling to Mason City and back. Controversy swirls over Wesley postmaster Geo Lawson with petitions to remove or retain him, proposals naming Hugh McCutchin, and mixed support from Democrats and Republicans. Local business activity shifts toward Madison with hay shipments and construction, while Galla gahl er Pfiffner creditors are urged to settle debts and opportunities bloom for a hotel store post office grain elevator and hay operators awaiting investors.
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Wesley
Wastry
Paulson
Swan Monson
Whittemore
Quick
Mason City
Colby
Geo. Lawson
F. M. Butts
Lawson
Hugh McCutchin
Buffalo
Madison
Gallagher & Pfiffner
Madison Junction
Iowa
Gallagher
Garner
BANCROFT GOSSIP AND LOCAL NEWS UPDATE
In Bancroft a busy week brings several visitors from Algona and beyond. The creamery now produces about 800 pounds of butter daily as crops look promising for a large harvest. A wedding shock arrives as J Drake and Mrs Buldle wed in Algona the day before. Local business opens new jewelry and watch repair services by A Masters at the drug store. Dr W J le from Feribeult Minnesota arrives for dental work at the Phoenix.
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B. N. Bruer
W. E. Jordan
Chicago
D.clarke
C. C. Chubb
Algona
G. H. Brooks
Wadsworth
Sherman Taylor
Elmore
Liljigren
A. J. Berryman
Des Moines
Goo
Board of Supervisors
Cyrus Baker
Ogden
J. Drake
Witterartite visits Fortland area in a week of social notes
The Fortland region reads like a social column with visitors and locals. Witterartite, Ed Ingler and Nightlinger arrive from Nora Spirits and Goldfield, while Mrs Foster plans five weeks away. Local shops, weddings, gifts, travel plans, and barnyard notes fill the week as Algona and Palo Alto county residents mingle, with plans for a Fourth of July celebration and grain crops looking strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witerrartite
Ainune
Fortland
N.Y
Bedthor
Ed Ingler
Rad
Nightlinger
Nora Spirits
J. M. Farley
Mra
Geo, Hawkins
Goldfield
Foster
Forreston
Illinois
Spirit Lake
Poaca
Palo Alto
Algona
A. Reed
Wallace & Reed
M. I. Clark
Yobs Fairburn
Alona
Amos
West Bend
Wm.f. Oliver
H. Munch
J. ©. Chrischilles
L. Scott
Nellie
J. Forrest
John Erne
J. M. Pride
J. T. Creighton
O. Wolfe
Mary Clarke
Katie Cullen
Susie Munch
Martha Cronan
Maggie O’brien
Nannie O’brien
Eli Burbank
Thomas McGovern
Frank Oliver
W. W. Wolfe
Jas. O’brien
Kittemore
Erastus Chaffee
Utica
N. Y
E. Chrischilles
Allen
Thlinois
La Verne Fourth celebration and town notes
From the Review, La Verne plans Fourth festivities and reports a parade of local movements. Citizens include Jno Kingery on the grand jury bench, Henry Durant and J B Winkel visiting, and updates on land sales, moves, and legal matters. Concerns about liquor sales and local church needs are noted alongside town news and opinions.
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la Verne
Jno
GC. Burtis
Oliver Whitney
Jackson County
G. W. Hanna
Goldfield
Elias Canwell
Dayton
Frank Benjamin
Algona
Tom Wilkingon
Humboldt
Judge Thomas
Saunders
L. R. Baker
Prospect Street
State of Town
R. J. Thomasson
la Verne Wi
Eier
In Dei
Rosmth
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J. M. Comstock
State St
Crose & Dalton
Minnesota
Joan H. Queal & Co
Northwestern Depot
W. W. Wheeler
Agt
Algona, Ia
Sheckart’s
M. L. Clarke
Bancroft
Lou‘verne
Agricus
Northwest
Standard Companies
Champion Machine Co
Crown Mower Company
Springfield Engine and Thresher Company
Moline Plow Company, Inc
Deere Plow Company
Moline Wagon Company, Monitor, Moline & Pacific Broadcast Seeders
State Street
J. R. Jones & CO
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