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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1901
Page
4
County items recap local news from Fenton and Swen City. Swen City opens bids for a waterworks system including a 1000 barrel tank and brick powerhouse. Other notes cover fire damage near barns, divorces, land sales, burglaries, and a serious accident on Broad Street.
Freeman Mann left for Iowa City last Thursday September 19. Melvin Ferguson bought the J E McWharter place at 858.25 per acre. August Pommeraning bought the south eighty at 852.23. The Sparks boys bought Ferguson's place. J W Maudsley is rebuilding his barn after a lightning fire months ago, may have lived in Portland. McEnroe boys plan to rebuild on the old homestead. their house was struck by lightning last July. P P Hegarty building addition. neighbors slow to shock corn. much corn lay on the ground after the frost. Swan Peterson visited Hegarty and got a job. P P will build. Three more eighties near each other, including Jasperson, Warner, and Albright tracts for sale at 145 to 155. Timber on each eighty. Peter Ferguson had painters, Uncle Billy Miller from Algona on the job. They ended up short of paint and paused. James Seelay hauling lumber from town.
Community notes from Woodbury and nearby areas recount visits by Punk Bros and Kabel Tjaden with relatives near German Valley. Residents report illnesses, travel north to North Dakota, property dealings in Ackley, and threshing flax as a summer crop yields rise amid shifting prices and local commerce.
Prof G F Holloway disposed of John Whalen and Chas B Zinn for 4000 dollars. Des Moines visitors, brick block work progress, sales in Grundy county, and numerous Algona Bancroft figures populate a busy week. Townspeople discuss land sales, auctions, and upcoming events while avoiding saloon agitation.
Union reports Arthur Gilmore resigns as Hobart creamery secretary with Mr. Patterson succeeding him. Mr. Schultz notes changes at the Hetrick farm after remodeling and an addition. Several Union residents including Edward Braces Chris Bratharson Charlay Wheeler and a Renfleman joined John Donovan on a Minot trip. Good Hope church to hold quarterly services next Sunday led by Elder Smiley. Quebard coal touted as best and economical by Lumb Lumber Co.
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