Local affairs and upcoming events in Algona
School begins next Monday. Tickets for Saturday night concert go on sale tomorrow at nine. The Tuesday club meets next week with Mr and Mrs Starr. Congregational ladies serve supper Thursday. A new Imperial phaeton ad appears. The Republican offers Maine Court of Inquiry report and Lyceum attendance. Memorial day address by Col Charles A Clarke invited. Edits on health board rules published. Ab Roberts begins teaching near Bancroft. Amelia Benedict performs in Fabio Romani. Gillingham burns brush badly. Acetylene gas lights and city council organization noted. Weather, lighting, and business updates across town. J Rice reports Phoenix warmth improving Mrs Rice. plans for relocation. Various teachers travel for vacation. Rahm remains in jail with possible gubernatorial remission unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Bros
Rialto Nauels
Eva R. Hazy
M. JS
Rosewall
Jones
Recpublican
Maine Court of Inquiry
Lyceum
Town Glen Club
Col
Chas. A. Clarke
Cedar Rapids
Algona G. A.B. Post
A. M. Johnson
J. A. Brownell
Goodner
Board of Health
Abra Robinson
Bancroft
Aiden Benédict
Fabio Romani
RurusLican
Gillingham
Stull
Patterson & Son
Scientific American
Board of Egalization
Chriseniles
Algona
Peo
Durdall
Kraft Company
Iowa College Glee Club
Amphion Orchestra
Iowa College Glen Club
Iowa Cities
Brooklyn
Montezuma
Grinnell
Eldora
Mason City
Charles City
Waverly
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Iowa City
Tipton
Davenport
Burlington
Fairfield
Des Moines
Cramer
Jacksonville
Lllinois
Maud Gilchrist
St. Louis
Lee
Nettia Durant
Minneapolis
Miss Wundt
Albert Rahm
Rahm
Shaw
Quartonia
Local Ring Ad Claims Originality in Kossuth County
An unusual ad from Diyeurr & Puan markets wedding rings asserting originality in Kossuth County. The copy stresses affordable pricing, a touted clock incentive, and claims of price matching with potential readers to deter competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Kossath County
Diyeurr & Puan
Fine New M. E. Church to Stand on Gilmore Grounds
The board chose the David Gilmore residence lot for the new M. E. church by unanimous vote. The Robinson lot failed to win, final price set at 2600 for grounds and buildings, Bailey buys Gilmore house for 610, McClellan 140 for barn, Daw son 24.75 for fruit bushes, net to society 1745.25. Harvey Ingham pays 600 for the lot now used by the old church, with stones and lumber counted later. The site, near business and residence centers, borders Ingham park and follows the Sterling Congregational church plan with minor changes. Bailey will relocate the Gilmore house to south town.
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M. E. Church
David Gilmore
J. W. Robinson
Congregational Church
Gilmore
Robinson
Ths
G. M. Bailey
McClellan
W. C. Dawson
Societ
Harvey Ingham
Ingham Park
Barr
Sterling
Illinois
Bailey
Iowa Glee Club and Amphion Orchestra Spring Tour Program
The folder for the 1898 annual spring tour outlines Part First with vocal march On Gallant Company from the Glee Club and Amphion Orchestra. The note cautions that programs vary as audiences expect a full band, and numbers are often doubled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Backer
A Magic Name Majestic Promises Great Comfort
Otto Falkenhainer, Stoves and Hardware, extols the “Majestic” as a universal word. He claims it softens hearts, widens minds, and unites humanity, arguing its frequent use proves its wisdom and that no kitchen task remains insurmountable for a capable woman alongside this stove.
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Otto Falkenhainer
Fragmented 19th century ad list and notices
Fragmented OCR list shows names of musical pieces, orchestras, and local ads for coal, seeds, canned goods, citrus, water tanks, and gold buying. Mentions include Amphion Orchestra, Le Marche Militaire, Our Collage Is Our Castle, Grove & Son, Spurbeck & Lambert, and M. Z. Grove & Son.
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Oschat
Jolly Dife
Messrs. Parish
Pierce
Russian Fantastic
le Marche Militaire
Amphion Orchestra
Mr. J. W. Kendall
R. G. Cole
Paul Peck
Glee Club
New City Revisions of 1898 Published in Pamphlet
The Revision of 1898 ordinances took effect March 26 after council adoption and publication. The 129 page pamphlet, priced at 25 cents, lists all general city ordinances with subject indexes. Changes include replacing the superintendent of water works with a public works chief and shifting sewer oversight to that office, plus licensing plumbers must report water and sewer connections to the city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Board of Health
J. T. CumiscHiLrs
Last Lyceum to Hold Winter Event at Court House Hall
The Last Lyceum for the winter occurs Friday night April 1 at Court House Hall. The W C T U offers two prizes of five and three dollars for best argument for total abstinence from liquor and narcotics. Composition and delivery matter. Competent judges award prizes. A stereopticon picture presentation will be shown with music between items. Admission is free. All invited.
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Court House Hall
School Admission Notice for New Term
Persons desiring to send pupils to school for the first time will please do so next Monday morning. Such pupils will be admitted only during the first two weeks of the coming term. N Spancer Supt.
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Spancer
Farmers' Milling Company Meeting Notice April 12 1898
Subscribers to the capital stock are to gather for organization on April 12 at 10 am in the Algona Court House. All subscribers are urged to attend. By Order of Committee. Also an ad for E and F Sarsaparilla at 74e per bottle and a testimonial about Chamberlain's Colic Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by W. J. Strudley at Meyers and Eshelman Drug Firm endorsement in Sterling Illinois.
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Farmers’ Milling Company
Court House
Algona
Meyers & Eshelman, Sterling, Jll
Eshleman
Chamberlain
W. J. Srudley
Wedding rings and goods at H. G. Dwyer Jewelry
Advertises wedding rings and a yearly clock with each sale by H. G. Dwyer, jeweler and optician east of the post office. Also promotes E. F. Flavoring Extracts from Langdon & Hudgon and sanitarium foods as popular choices carried by local grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Owyer
Jaweler and
Optican
Post Office
Langdon & Hudgon
Personal mentions from La Verne to Spirit Lake and Algona
Supt Spencer visited La Verte schools yesterday. Mrs Perry Wilkins in Spirit Lake has daughter Mrs H L Goodrich. Geo Falkenhainer visited relatives in Algona over Sunday. Lewis F Hodgson of Burt, U S roof paint general agent, in town Monday. Miss Fannie Spencer, Spencer’s sister, returned to Alden Saturday. One Price to All cleaning watches $1. best main springs $1. All work warranted E G Bowyer Boston Block.
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Supt. Spencer
la Verte
Perry Wilkins
Spirit Lake
Eelting
H. L. Goodrich
Geo. Falkenhainer
Algona
Lewis F. Hodgson
Burt
U.S
Fannie Spencer
Spencer
Alden
Bowyer
Boston
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Lototh
New England
Durdall & Co
Mena
youZie
Nelson’s
Rockford
Local Affairs
Mee
Schubert
Oo. Leatner
Gounod Orchestra
Serernes Wiske
Ceee Eee
Coll Messrs
B. B
H. Sarrit
Dacome Orchestra
The
Scarlet and Eeee Club
Bridal Rose Stee Tas Orchestra
Reeeree
Lav Allen
A. H. Waudain
Telephone
Ek. & F. Liniment
M. Z. Grove & Son
Grove & Son
Spurbeck & Lambert
Stubbeck & Lambert
maLey & Puen
E. & F. Drug Store
Harrison Bros
Royal
Ork
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