Peggy's Dream at the Opera House Friday March 24
County agents and business men met in Algona to discuss promoting Peggy's Dream with farmer sign ups. They planned a two day county canvass, targeting 300 signers, and coordinated efforts with Ames and Missouri counterparts to boost county education outreach.
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Algona
Ikenberry
Shirley
Edwards
Jackson County
Peggy
Opera House
Ile
Ames
Shelberry
Missouri
Algona Courier
Percy
Tomor
Warning on stingy reader ends in comic ruin
A tale mocks a man who refused to buy his home paper. His boy borrows the neighbor’s copy, triggers a bee hive incident, and a chain of mishaps follows. The father crashes a fence, loses trousers, the cow enters corn, the cream spills on kittens, teeth vanish, carpet ruined, and the daughter elopes with the hired man.
Susy Hopkins and Ruthven Orchestra Figures in Page Context
Susy Hopkins appears with Mrs Mary Ogden and Elsie Wolters in a page snippet. The names include Arizona widow Mary Ogden and Apache Indian girl artist Elsie Wolters alongside Alice Rhinehart, with Ruthven Orchestra referenced in this historic collage of figures.
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Susy Hopkins
Ins Rhinehart
Mary Ogden
Arizona
Elsie Wolters
Alice Rhinehart
Ruthven
Letter From Cousin in British Army Brings Shared Hope
Rev Cuthbert receives a letter from a British Army cousin describing wartime ordeals and faith in Allied victory. The piece notes cousins in France, training disruptions, and the wider call for sacrifice, while arguing for U S resilience before entering the European war. It shifts to local economy praising creamery support and its profits for farmers and communities.
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Cuthbert
England
France
Ypres
Europe
Peculiar Case Near Ackley Stumps Doctors
Miss Mary Brandt of Ackley Illinois collapsed from a toothache episode and has remained unconscious for over thirty two hours despite efforts by a local dentist and physicians from several cities. No cause is found as she remains unusually normal in other respects while doctors consult for a cure.
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Nome Industries
Ackley
Ilona
Mary Brandt
Dick Brandt
Miller Hospital
Wildeys Cash Store Coffee Price Comparison
An advertisement boasts Wildeys Cash Store Roast Coffee as equal to top blends. It cites Mont elir Brand as a world class option, notes a March-April price of 1.70 for 5 pounds, and offers 1.78 with no freight. The note invites a 10 pound order and comparison with rivals in Chi and Graettinger.
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Montelir
Chi
Graettinger
Big Brother
Health Omgrams by Dr R R Daniels Creaky joints and bread
Health advice from Dr. R R Daniels urges reducing bread and potatoes for joint pain and indigestion. It covers milk for babies, cautions about heavy adult diets, links melancholia to poor digestion, notes coffee as a stimulant, and warns against improper food use and tobacco. It also discusses infant feeding, egg digestion, lemon in hot water, wound care, and spring laxatives versus measured eating.
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Graettinger Times
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Kossuth
Mr. Roushmeyer
Finda
Usted
Mary Reidy
Min
Dorothy Myhre
Mildred Stone
Elizabeth Jones
Viola Brown
Gladys- Michaels
Hilda Petersen
Alice Ingrail
Mary Aylward
Lillian Boecker
Opal Brown
Mable Ellis
Mildred Baumgartner
Hilda Knudtson
Pearl Jensen Gladys Michael Brownies
Oscar Christensen
Floyd Archer
Francis Boecker
John Boecker
Tom Price
Clifford Pierson
Clifford Ingvail
Marvin Wikert
Hereschel
Aylward
Leonard Rude
Donald Olson
Laurence Smith
Geoorge Robbins
Lester Craven
Clarence Ingvall
Victor Henningsen
Arnold Jacobson
Joseph Herberger
John Hanson
Lyle Pierson
Marion Naae
Quentin Jensen
Gilmer Axelton Martin
Joe Hendricks
Sir Thomas Grimilkin
Marion Axelton
Jack and
Jill Dayton
Merrima
Gladys Harrington
Hubbard Beet
Ewe
Elen George Jack Horner
Albert Masters
Tom
the Piper
Ey Lloyd Nane
Ry Elma Pegump
Daughter of
Hawkeye Theater
Iowa
Samuel Hopkins
Ant Chester Tripp
Clarence Ogden
Howard Tripp
Spencer Hanna Sather
Paul Peterson
Bill Juate
Irven Spencer Ruth Arlington
Des- Harold Morton
Roy Hubbardett
Pearl Wall
Emma Larson
Bertha Garo
Spencer Hanna
Schurmann & Skow’s
Wildey
Montclair Brand
H. Leslie Wildey
Bran
R. R. Daniels
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