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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1890
Page
2
Freight accommodations and passenger service details for Chicago Mall and Express. Train arrivals include Chicago to Des Moines and Kansas City times. Tickets for sale to all points in the United States and Canada.
Algona notes include Mrs. A M Johnson visiting Irvington relatives and Dave Wolfe visiting his father Abram Wolfe. Reports cover local meetings, tax due dates, and delays in appointing a county attorney with Quarton narrowly chosen over Mayne after a secret session and open ballots. Frank Hoal of Wesley faced a misdemeanor liquor charge. Father of Mrs. Wall, Smith, dies near 80. revival of local newspapers and presses discussed.
Local notes report Thue from St Joseph and visits by Allen Blossom from Spencer. A minstrel troupe performs at the courthouse tonight. A Farmers Institute is slated for Emmetsburg Thursday and Friday. Watelifirs returned from Des Moines and Sioux City. A boy visited the Bennetts. Eighty was in town yesterday. Frank Cady visited Spencer last week.
A letter from J W Ruby of Union City promotes Clarke's Extract of Flux Cough Cure as a complete cure for deep seated colds and whooping cough, claiming it outperformed physicians and neighbors' children. Notices urge readers to watch weekly quotations and note Dr Crider's upcoming visits and the cash store's anniversary selling bargains framing local commerce.
For sale or rent two farms in the standard catalog style. Holt county Nebr one and a half miles from town features running water, improved land, and good orchard. Also 100 acres in Phillips county Kan two and a half miles from St Ri station with apple and peach orchards hedge fence timber and running water. Sixty acres fenced pasture. An appeal to heaviness men to come and see. Algoua Iowa Jan 9.
James Green of Algonons announces that on March 1, 1890 he has given his son Hiram his time and will not be responsible for any debts he may contract or claim any earnings. Signature confirms the legal majority. This public notice marks a change in parental obligation and financial responsibility.
Oats 0 re cee. Mie Corn 5 10e0 Hggs 18c Butter Ostile 2.50 Hoge Wheat 65c Barley Flax 1.15.
The final day of a farmers institute saw a morning setback from cold weather but a noon tempering, allowing a gathering at the courthouse to resume the program. Wm Cleary spoke on Bea Cults, with a fuller paper to follow. J Wadsworth presented a detailed history of draft horses and the trotter, highlighting England Scotland France and American development and Iowa potential. corn raising and seed selection dominated corn talks, with emphasis on northern seed, cultivation, and ideal planting times. fruit raising, tree selection, and nursery practices were discussed by S Reed and others, including Duchess of Oldenburg and Wealthy apple varieties and orchard setup tips.
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