Local convention officers named. Bancroft death reported
A list of convention delegates including J Murtagh and Horace Mann is followed by the death of Miss Emma Toba Roba of Bancroft at her parents’ Algona home from consumption. She was 22, married 16 years with a two year old son. Funeral at Bancroft tomorrow at two. Also: Clifford Thompson, 18, of Union township, injured when a wagon tongue failed and horses ran. he was under wheels but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Murtagh
J. Kenefick
O. P. McDonald
A. Krause
Dr. T
Wad
P. Ewen
J. II
Welp
Horace Mann
A. Schmidt
Ed. Kunz
Phil
Dorweiler
J. J. Chrischilles
B. McMahon
F. van Erdewyk
Tom Sherman
E.G. Rich
A. If Dorweiler
G. BM. Butts
B. F. Guthrie
W. B. Leslie
J. A. Kennedy
Emma Toba
Henry Roba
Bancroft
Algona
Joseph Thompson
Union Township
John Mulcair
Clifford
Local Affairs in Algona and Surroundings
Sept dates loom large with church and home work progressing in Algona. The new Presbyterian church rises, Archie Hutchison’s house nears completion, and wiring for lights advances as lathes finish interiors. W C T A meets with Mrs Laura Hunt for election of officers and business. Marriage licenses issued to Hand and Dryden and to Gross and Miller. Kossuth County Fair set for Sept 27–29–30 with publicity and public invitation. Local trades, auctions, and court updates fill the scene as summer yields to fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Presbyterian Church
Archie Hutchison
Laura Hunt
Brownell
Jnc. G
Sexton
District Court
Algona
Hessell
G. S. McPherson
Wesley
Kossuth
Roy Alcorn
Bancroft Register
Otto Falkenhainer
G. D. Ward
Union
Silas Schenck
Algona Opera Hougs Company
Lulu Paine
H. A. Paine
Atock
Alfie Chapin
Chadle & Herman
Wilfrid Jones
The
Wigwam
Wilfrid
Goeders family heads east as fall plans take shape
The Goeders family left for the east Saturday evening to place the young members in school for the year. Mr Goeders will buy fall and water goods for a heavy fall and winter trade. Mrs Freda Oppenheimer, deputy land matron of the Eastern Star, inspected the Burt stone and visited Worthy Matron A I Peterson. Will Walker of the Chamberlain Medicine Co in Missouri returned home to recuperate from malaria. Louise McCoy received a telegram offering an assistant principal position at Waseca Minnesota, with decision pending. Guy Tanna of La Verne, a Twelfth Minnesota volunteer, visited town while recovering from illness in Chickamauga. the regiment is being moved to Lexington Kentucky for muster out at Camp Jam ey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Clarke
Algona
J. W. Bartlett
N. Spencer
Alden
Harry Moore
Des Moines
Chicago
Lula Paine
Burt
Wm. Treptow
Frank Dingley Jr
Morris, Minn
BR. J. White
Lone Rock
Algona Friends
Lizzie Conner
W. H. Conner
Illinois
Otto Falkenbuiner
St. Louis
Frank Dingley
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Vesper
Northwestern
D. M. Stiles
B. McClellan
Ledyard
E. H. Stephens & Co
Butler
Cincinnatti
Prand Army
L. M. Tillotson
Company F
Chas. Walker
Walker, Bros
Minneapolis
Northeco
Wesley News
Mra, Strom and Children
Fred
Algona High
J. I. Chrischilles
Lansing
Iowa
O. W. Kinney
Whittemore Township
E. B. Tuttle
Camp McKinley
Weasley
Gus Peek
Cossuth
Association
J. W. Wadsworth
Agricultural Society
Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
James Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Miss McIntyre
New York
New York Bay
Bancroft Register
Horace Mann
Bancroft Asteday
Chon Ie
Te Weet
Tno
Goeders
East
Chamberlain Medicine Company
Missouri
Walker
Louise McCoy
Lhe Public Schools
Waseca
Minnesota
Guy Tanna
la Verne
Minnesota Volunteers
Hanna
Chickamauga
Lexington
Kentucky
Camp Jamey
Clarence Lane's Funeral Honors Paid in a Stormy Burial
The Des Moines Register reports the burial of Private Clarence Lane of Algona Company F. Lane died on a train en route home from Chickamauga and was buried at Buffalo Cemetery after a church service. The funeral, held at the Presbyterian church, featured a large crowd, Woodmen, G. A. R. veterans, and the Burt corn et band. Officials note possible heart disease and previous malaria symptoms as contributing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lane
M. W
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Company
Willie Peck
Ernest Raymond
John Adams
Charley Breen
George Brooks
Chas
Cohenour
Burtcornet
Dr. M. Pressly
Whitfield
Buffalo
Prave
Charlie Miller
Will Burns
Elmer Chipman
Mr. Foster
Mr. Driver
Mr. Powers
Clarence
Des Moines Register
Algona
Ile
Chickamauga
St. Louis
Red Cross
Major Bergen
Lane
Burt
Kossuth
Antoney Beld
Knott
Camp Thomas
Volunteer Army
Viclin- I
Soldier Lana Honored for Duty and Nighttime Grain-O Ads
An obituary style note praises Lana, a 2 3 year old farm worker who joined the regiment, described as an exceptionally good soldier who obeyed orders and drilled as neatly as a veteran. The page also promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute, touting its calming effects and nourishment for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lana
Jus
Parker
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Quarton
Storm Lake
Bruce and
Hoskins
Hessel
Emmetsborg
West Bend
Armstrong
John Smith
Slough
Paul
Europe
Admiral Dewey
Jils
B. T. Crose
Crose
S. Ledyard
Mary Sanders
Wenfield
Ind
Kossuth County
Ma’ams
Sha
Floy Hinshaw
Dr. Lowder
W. A. Hall
Springfield Township
L. B. Adams
Twelfth Signal Corps
U.S. Volunteers
Forest Avenue Baptist Church
L. C. Adams
M. V. Chaplin
E. O. Raymond
D. J. Miller
Will Salisbury
J. B. Adams
Alva J. Seeley
A. Cohenour
Ira BR. Adams
Young Taylor
Chick- Amauen
Capt. Cooke
Cronan
Utrom Onc Bart
P. J. Paul
Aeronaut
Will
Admiral Dewy
J. W. Robinson
Coxsel's
Pythias
Walanepolis
Church and Society
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Canal
Presbyterian Sunday School
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