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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1897
Page
7
The Algona city council enacts Ordinance 16 regulating bicycle riding on streets. It requires a lighted lamp from sunset to sunrise and mandates bells within forty feet of moving teams. Violations carry a fine of 1 to 20 dollars per offense and the ordinance takes effect after publication.
A flurry of local items notes Mrs. Col Spencer ill and a Will Lucy’s boy report. Ruruplican sales, a Sexton farm purchase, rheumatic attack to Geo Adams, and licenses for Gyrus Rankin and Lillis Frances. Gospel meetings at Y M C A, Red Figure sale, Unity Circle, and church activities. Funeral for Dr McCormick, rail and piano updates, cold wave with frosts, water rents due May first, and a Burt Algona baseball win 21 to 11. Community meetings, club events, and a busy civic week fill Algona’s pages with weddings, deliveries, and local business notes.
The piece notes denial of an imminent marriage while conceding some truth to the rumor. It also recounts a quiet tin wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sterzbach celebrated at home with a small tea gathering, and an unexpected Algona Cornet Band visit lighting the lawn during the event.
A reader notes the pasture west of the water mill crossing will host stock by Monday May 10 with a few cows allowed now. Grove & Son’s advertises maple sugar and Corn Planters while W L Joslyn offers low interest loans. Des Moines Capital praises Capt. W H Fleming for scrutinizing agricultural bills before sending them to the governor, noting corrections and progress in the senate. Hee A touch of spring at Grove & Son’s.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous real estate transfers with names such as Elting, Lehmidt, Stough, Moeyen, Phillips, Mansmith, Gruyen, Streit, Jordan, Readiet, Stephens, Dunlap, Sutherland, Wood, Andersen, Thompson, Swen City, Wilson, Searles, Bancroft, Morehouse, Bergman, Ovens, OJ Wilson, and many others. The entries include parcel descriptions like ne gr, sw qr, and various section-township ranges, with dates and monetary figures interspersed. The text mixes names, parcel codes, and notes, reflecting a crowded ledger of property exchanges and quitclaim style transfers.
Judge Shir issued to Receiver Allen of the American Investment Co an order to sell 159 quarter sections of land across the Dakotas Colorado Nebraska Kansas Oregon Washington and Idaho. The sale will occur in Emmetsburg in June with an estimated price around 200 dollars per quarter section though final results depend on buyer demand and market conditions.
A western newspaper praises flax seed tea as an excellent remedy for whooping cough though it notes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy may be superior. The piece claims the flax preparation soothes violent fits, eases mucus, aids expectoration, speeds recovery, and is safe for children. It mentions bottles priced 25 and 50 cents sold by druggists.
The notice offers a $10 weekly salary to introduce Poultry Mixture and Insect Destroyer countrywide. It promotes EB & F Sarsae paritis at 75 cents bottle from H and F Drug Store, claiming purity and medical virtue. Reference required with stamped address to PERFECTION Mra Co Parsons Kansas. Shiloh’s Cathion Gare euréa:...
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