Agana Republican subscription rates and local politics
A regional note discusses subscription terms for the Agana Republican and outlines political debate over prohibition and liquor interests. It covers legislative dynamics in Iowa, the influence of party structure on saloon policy, editorial trends in local papers, and a subscription contract offering the Homestead with prepaid REPUBLICAN payments to farmers in Kossuth County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Republican
Iowa Tlomestead Company
Very Low Rates to the West and South
On May 4 and 18 the North-Western Line will sell Home Seekers excursion tickets to numerous West and South points at exceptionally low rates with favorable time limits. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago & North-Western Railway.
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North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Edison Kineto scope link gives Bonheur credit in Algona
A Kansas man living in Algona Iowa is credited in Chicago Times Herald and other papers with inspiring Edison's kinetoscope. J R Bonheur and his brothers in 1886 devised a chained view system and motion sequence idea later influencing vitascope. Bonheur survived a blizzard siege and continues correspondence with Edison about rights, though he foregoes any payout.
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James Watt
Edison
Algona
J. Rt. Bonheur
Kansas City Star
Chicago
Minneapolis
Chicago Times-Herald
Kansas
Iown
Edward L. Wilson
Philadelphia
Mr. Nelson
J. R. Bonheur
Muybridge
Dancer
Thomas A. Edison
Bonheur
Favorite Prescription Promises Safer Motherhood and Easier Childbirth
An old promotional text asserts women risk infant death by neglecting reproductive health before birth and touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as uniquely strengthening the maternal organs. It claims broad efficacy, cites testimonials, and pitches the World’s Dispensary Medical Association offer of medical guides and free copies, urging readers to request by mail.
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Dr. Pierce
Hay
N. A. Thomas
Goo Pulaski St
Little Rock
Ark
Texarkana
Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
Bonheur Bros Show Delayed From Algona Until Late May
The Bonheur Brothers plan to begin their tour from Algona about the last of May, delaying the start of their show schedule.
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Tory
Bonheur Bros
Algona
New Poor Law Clarifies Township Care For Sick Poor
Algona May 3 1897 Mr Editor The legislature has settled the care of the poor by placing township trustees in charge of care and medical treatment for indigent residents with expenses certified to the county and paid by a special levy levied on the township where services are rendered This aims at closer scrutiny of bills before county approval and forwarding to the board of supervisors H O McCoy MD
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Algona
Kossuth County Medical Society
Board of Supervisors
Bord
McCoy
Local Notables and Community Notes
Mr Jos Falkenhainer will train Dubuque next Friday aiming to move his home to Algona with Otto and help growing business. Palkenhainer brothers, active in hardware trade, see growing success. Algona teachers at Whittemore Round Table include Supt Reed, Prof Lilly, Miss McIntyre and many others. Misses Angus Goodwin Millis travel from Burt. Mrs F D Calking improving after weeks in Blue Earth with ill mother. Anna Breckenridge of Decorah visiting Algona friends. Ernest Wheelock arrives from New York City to stay with Appleton, Wisconsin relatives. Mayme Spencer heads home to Wisconsin. L J Rice attended Bancroft on business.
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Jos. Falkenhainer
Otto
Dubuque
Algona
Palkenhainer
Fpalkenbainer
Whittemore Round Table
Anna Breckenridge
Decorah
Lulu Clarke
Ernest Wheelock
New York City
Appleton
Wis
Mayme Spencer
Wisconsin
Il. J. Rice
Bancroft
Pifte used to beautify homes at local drugstore
Jos, Zanke, R. W. McGetchie, Peter Purvis and J. P. Chrischilles are among customers who purchased Harrison Bros. pifte this spring to beautify their homes. Sold at H. & F. Drug Store.
Jewelry Repairing and Repair Service Ad
Jewelry repair offers best quality pin stems and all soft solder jobs five cents each. All jobs repolished and in good order within 24 hours from date left or no charge. We want your work and will try to earn repeat business. Dinetey and Preg. A large ring of fewer pots at prices to suit you. M.Z, Gove and sow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinetey & Preg
M.Z, Gove & Sow
Algona prepares to host state Congregational association delegates
Algona residents plan to accommodate 250 to 300 visiting delegates with simple home hospitality rather than lavish meals. Rev Sinclair and Rev Southwell urge open homes as preachers and delegates share common backgrounds, stressing collective effort. Other notes mention Cham berlain's remedy for stomach pain and a May 5 to 10 artistic needlework display at Setchell & Setchell with free instructions from Mrs. A Jackson of Chicago.
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Algona
State Congregational Association
Sinclair
Algana
Southwell
IT. Buetner & Co
Chicago
Setchell & Setchell’s
A. Jackson
Bargain Offers From Grove & Son and Local Shops
Elgin watch $3.85 cited among specials while Grove & Son promote bottle and canned goods new summer millinery at Setchell & Setchell. Walker Bros stocks Chase and Sanborn tea and a full coffee line, with other local merchants advertising general bargains.
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Grove & Son’s
Walker Bros
Chase and Sanborn
Eagle displays in window after taxidermist mount
Bancroft Register reports G. F. Holloway recovered his eagle from Eagle Grove taxidermist. The bird, identified as a bald eagle, shows neck feather growth after age nine and is estimated at 16 to 20 years old with an eight foot wing spread. It ranks among Iowa's finest specimens ever killed.
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Bancroft Register
G. TF. Holloway
Eagle Grove
Towa
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Jas, Taylor
Agana
Milton Starr
Theodore Schreiner
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa House
Senate
Denison Review
Fort Dodge Messenger
Deboe
Kentucky
United States Senate
Kyle
South Dakota
Tobart
McKinley
James Wilson
United States
Mr. Bonheur
McPherson County
George Nelson
Garfield School House
Bonteul
J. D. Kinney
Warren Center
Chamberlain
Dinamy & Puan
Elgin
Sien Big
Grove & Son
Intaet
Ifa
Rocky Mountain Tea
Yowag
Ehlers &Palken Halner
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