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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1897
Page
4
West Union items discuss a fatal farming incident in Fenton, tenant questions, corn stalk issues, cattle feeding advice, and local social notes. The column covers landlord tenant tensions, stock practices, school supply concerns, and Thanksgiving gatherings, naming Bar rett, Mrs Wagner, George Angus, D T Jonas, and local families.
Nov 20 update from Un ton area describes social calls at the Holius home and a dinner with friends. Visits include Mrs Jno Yurney of Nashville Iowa and Mrs Griffin of Garner. Farm news mentions a windmill on Judge lashada’s farm and families planning winter/possible spring travel.
Mr. Brocekman begins travel to Greene county today as the town reports a total school enrollment of nineteen. The Ladies Aid plans a meeting with Mrs. Mar on Wednesday, December 1. Presbyterian church women will serve supper on Thanksgiving evening. Jessie Newcomb visited D. L. Jones last week. Mrs. Towers died Saturday afternoon from congestion of the lungs. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Battin will move to Lourville this week.
Ray Cook becomes bicycle possessor and learns new tricks while Chas Taylor returns from Sioux Falls and starts Haggle Lake school today. W W Annis builds a farmer's machine shed. Harley Palmer breaks an arm at Witherville, A Gilmore sick. Herman school house to be silent next Sunday for Fenton meeting. Miss Schryver teaches near Whittemore visits home. Mrs Ernest Herman and baby plan a Dubuque trip for future.
In Burt Jesse Blanchard opened a winter school in Fenton and Rev. Whitfield returns from conference with his father. Mrs. Whitfield is away in Laurens. Harold Graham’s son injures his foot on a dray. Earl Shaner visits for Thanksgiving. Will Wasterley’s child dies after an accidental injury near a house. Charlie French moves into Peck’s house. Hamilton’s pressed brick chimney in cement praised as lasting.
Frenrox report says Jacob Light died after his team ran and toppled a wagon wheel over him while he loaded hogs. Funeral drew a large crowd with seventy teams in the procession. Light, in prime of life with a family, farmed near Henry Beever in Fenton township. The piece also notes milk prices at Fenton creamery, Henry Lindsay’s Waterloo trip, and a local birthday party at Wm Pettit’s with visits by Phoenie Rainey and Delia Flanagan.
Bayenorth notes Union Thanksgiving services will be held at the Baptist church next Thursday at 10 30 a m. Will Kinney visited from Algona. Mr Gortner of Drake Gortner Algona was seen on our streets. FE M Evans returned from a lengthy stay in Texas. Mo and Mars G Jr Hawn came home from a visit with relatives at Spencer.
A Grand Junction, Iowa resident credits Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with ending years of sleeplessness nervousness headaches and menstrual irregularity after trying many remedies. The testimonial notes the guarantee on first bottle and offers a free book on heart and nerve diseases from Dr Miles Medical Co.
G J Lenander sells half a section farm between Bancroft and Swea City for 35 an acre. Nels Marcin plans a public auction of household goods and stock next Saturday before moving to Los Angeles. Seneca Methodists add a new organ for services at Center schoolhouse with active Sunday meetings. Seneca store directors vote to sell stock and building. Dr G A Walters visits Bancroft and announces marriage and new Wesley business.
In October the Burt creamery processed 335410 pounds of milk and produced 15250 pounds of butter. Milk prices ranged from 58 to 87 cents per hundredweight across Fenton Bancroft and nearby. C F Dolliver of Vebron township set a record in dehorning a large number of cattle in one day. Chas Reibsamen of Buffalo township reported a badly injured horse from barbed wire. Milt Gray family plan to move to Beverley Ohio this week. D L Driver of the Burt creamery earned the highest creamery butter score at the Charles City convention with a 94716 rating.
Stockholders plan to dispose of the property and business soon with multiple parties interested. Seneca, a thrifty county neighborhood, is expected to provide strong patronage for the new store. Also note a wedding in German township and a farm sale nearby. Peter Elmon of Lantalo Center and Miss Maggie Akern wed at the bride’s parents home in German township. D Nichols near Hancroft sold his 248 acre farm to a Dubuque county man for 10,000.
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