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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1897
Page
6
Special home-seeker's excursion details list Angard Woh and Sept Teh among organizers. The sale date around 1897 is implied with lowest fares offered by agents without extra charge for return passage.
An advertisement urges would be settlers to own a farm by sending to Kniskern at 22 Fifth Avenue for a copy of the Time Seeker issue. It promises practical farming, dairy and cattle raising information and guidance for settling prospects.
The sale of excursion tickets to Clear Lake will resume on May 10 and continue daily through September 20, 1897. Tickets are round trip at one and one third the fare.
Travel agents offer tailored year round trips to California Florida Mexico China Japan and Europe. Estimates include all expenses. No personally conducted excursions required. Readers can travel alone or with family in comfort and security at their own pace. Apply to local CMStP agent or to George H Neafford at 815 Old Colony Building Chicago Illinois.
Fe daily well contractor offers steam drilling for water wells for towns cities and railroads. Owns county's only able steam drilling machine. Specializes in farm well work with expert drillers. Located in Algona Towa.
A 19th century Irishman Mathew of Thomaston built a hotel like country house funded by a $125,000 fortune. Guests paid no charges and tipped were forbidden. The tale shifts to Utica where a church meeting narrates a man weeping over returning a dollar to his employer, then a child asks if he ever gave it back.
Buffalo N Y Aug 2 Beautiful day greets G A R veterans with President McKinley arriving at 3 p m and a banquet at 5 p m The president lauds defenders and unity of Grant and Lee armies The Naval Veterans and Ex prisoners of War hold sessions as the Great Parade in Buffalo on Aug 26 features McKinley at the head and a grand review at Music Hall Clarkson delivers address outlining wartime history and school histories debate aided by committee findings Commander Gobin of Lebanon Pa elected as Grand Army commander in chief for 1896
Star Pointer the pacing stallion owned by James A. Murphy of Chicago shatters the two minute barrier with a mile in 1:50 34 at Boston on Saturday. Watches in stands corroborate the sensational speed as C W Marks, owner of Toe Patchen, notes the rival’s time was similarly fast.
A Nelsonville Ohio dispatch reports extreme hunger among 7,000 local miners and families with 1,260 residents having nothing to eat. Relief funds are exhausted as gardens and charity fail. Outside aid is urged to avert catastrophe.
The American machinist excels in building special machinery not kept in stock, devised for unique uses. Designers seek machines to manufacture new articles, with the builder promising to make and guarantee operation. American skill yields global orders as shops ship machines worldwide.
A Scribner's reader admires a poor artist devoted to his ideals. He paints for self-satisfaction, not money, and refuses to vilify critics who cannot buy his work. The writer sees virtue in patience, modesty, and fidelity to artistic principles, arguing money should not drive art.
A hermit near Pound Gap in Wise County Virginia, Henry Lewis, once a Baltimore society figure, fled love and traveled the world before Confederate service. Now aged about 76, he lives in a mountain cabin with his dogs, rich in a library and knowledge yet rarely speaks unless asked, and locals speculate his true identity may emerge on his deathbed.
Origin of Poto traces a path from Tibet's tableland to Byzantium where it was called pulu and played by Manuel Comnenus in the twelfth century. English cavalry officers introduced it in 1871. the sport influenced modern games such as polo, hockey, lacrosse, and even early forms like shinty, with notes on related terminology and transfer to Britain and beyond. A fragment mentions wine bacteria reported by Prof. Wortmann and a terse reference to Victoria's population.
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