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“Sir Galahad’? by Geo. Fredrick Watts will be the subject of the picture study Sabbath evening. Dr. Devereux visited during the Christmas holidays with his brother in Wisconsin. ‘ Subjects at the Baptist church Sun day: Morning, ‘‘More Than These; Evening, ‘‘Pharisee and Tublican,”’ Dr. and Mrs. Cretzmeyer were visited over Christmas by Mrs. Cretzmeyer’s sister and cousin of Osceola and Wel don, Iowa. Mr. K. W. Kingsley of Strawberry Point visited for a day or two , this week with his friends, Mr. and Mrs. PL. Slagle. Hal Cowan was one of the Algonians who took a claim in New Mexico. He is now working at his trade, brick laying, at Las Vega. Mr. and Mrs. Bert M. Hall of David City, Neb., visited at Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lang of Burt town ship. Mrs. Lang and Mrs. Hall are sisters. There is some talk of consolidating the depots of the Town Central and M. St. L. at Corwith. It would be as convenience for the roads and the pub lic to have it done. Our friend, W. H. Hodges, has made a trade for a Des Moines restaurant and took charge of it a few days ago. We do not know that he intends to stay and run it, but would judge that he does not. His place is 214, West Fourth St. The drainage meeting will be held in the Court Room in Algona on the 11th, next Thursday, at 2p. m. Prof. Stev ens of Ames and the drainage engineer of that institution will be here. Let everyone interested in this matter be in attendance, The W. L. A. S. will meet this eve ning at S o’clock sharp, Art program illustrated: William Hunt, Mrs. Kate Starr; Modern American Painters, Miss. Louise’ McCoy; Art Topic,—Selected, Miss Josie Pettibone. Every member may bring one visitor. Mrs. H. C. McCoy was taken down with a severe cold some days ago and was seriously threatened with pneu monia and other complications. For a day or two her friends were very much afraid of serious consequences, but she is now much better and her full re covery is expected. A little girl of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bowden's broke her arm at Christmas. She went to bed with her doll in her arms and rolled out of bed in some way and felt go as to break her arm between the wrist and elbow. She probably held the doll in such a way as to cause the breaking. The Halcyon club met last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Ives and as usual had a splendid time, after par taking of the delicacies of the season, a good program was given pertaining to Christmas time, a rare treat was the Christmas tree, with a real Santa Claus ,everyone remembered with something, and everyone went home as happy as little children at Yale tide. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Behlmer received a New Year gift as well as a Christmas present. One of their Irvington town ship neighbors solicited for them and the merchants of Algona gave $25 in money and their old Irvington neigh bors gave 80 sacks of oats and corn. Of course the recipients are truly grateful. The many friends of J. J. Ryan in this county will regret to learn that his health has not been good of late and that he has been forced to resign as secretary of the Corn Belt Meat Producers Association. He intends to spend the winter in the south. His ailment is of a nervous character, and for several weeks he has been confined to his home and for a good portion of the time to his bed. Everyone hopes to see him well soon again. Mr. J... A. Lang of Burt township has had two annoying and almost serious accidents in his family lately. The first was the accidental shooting of his little girl in the foot by a small gun in the hands of her brother. The next was the hunting and bruising of the little boy by a new cow that Mr. Lang had bought. The cow was tied in the barn and the boy went into the stall for something, when the cow went at him, tied as she was, and knocked him down and had him nearly done up when help came. He wore a red scarf that probably excited the animal. A country lady hands the Courmr the following to print. It is from the Titania Topic: Our mail carriers are getting to be a bad lot, physically. They can't lick a postage stamp’ with their units on. Others kick’ because the estriera don’t make their trip, but some people have kicked until the disease has become chronic. The man who would kick against rural delivery, if you have a good carrier like ours, has something the matter with his liver and should take something at once or he will be kicking up his heels in a warmer climate than this by several degrees and in a climate where rural , carriers never go. Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Jamison are back to town again. Geo. I. Clarke went to Chicago this week on railroad business. Sam Mayne is off again for Colorado to look after his lands and sheep. Three buildings were destroyed by fire at Cylinder Monday evening. Mrs. Shorb of Spencer is in Algona visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Hend ricks, Mrs. I.’. W. Dingley and two daught ers came home for Christmas, but will return to Iowa City to stay until spring. Tom Gray of Wesley made a big land purchase near that town lately. It is said that he paid $20,000 for a half section. Myron Schenck has received a diplo ma from the Louisiana Purchase Expo sition for one of his Red Polled heifers. He has a fine strain of stock, Mr. W. H. Stricker is buying furs in Algona and it will pay all persons who have furs to sell to see him before enic ing. He pays what the furs are worth. The love league: Hallie McGuire, and Ida Bremer, Mr. Edgar M. Clap saddle and Clara Wilhite, Harry J. Bode and Ella Ziegler, Louis J. Speich er and Mamie Jennings, Nels Ostrum and Lelah Lang. A snow storm swooped down on North-central Iowa Wednesday morn ing and became fierce until by night it was a howling blizzard, and the wind continued to howl until Thursday morn ing, but it was not cold. We held number 13 for the call that John Butler gave to the Whittemore Catholic bazaar, and we felt certain we would get the critter, but Billy Mac got it on some other old number. He is the luckiest fellow that we know of. Miss Mira Kern, a lady lecturer, will lecture in Algona next Monday under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. She avill speak at the home of Mrs. Andrew Peterson in the afternoon and at the Congregational church in the evening. The annual meeting of the Kossuth County Agricultural Society will be held at the court house, Saturday, Jan. 48, at 1 o'clock. Officers are to be elected and other important business transacted. Let there be a large turn out. The La Verne News says that Henry H. Blumer sold the Riley 80 the other day for $70 per acre, cash, David Teuscher being the purchaser, . This is good evidence that farm lands in that vicinity are still holding their own in value. The present indications are that land will be in good demand another season. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Douglas of Post ville spent the New Year with their friends in Algona, Mrs. Douglas is a daughter of Mrs. Hamilton, and there was a family reunion and all were pres ent. Mr. Douglas is an old time friend of the writer and a genial gentleman. He made the Courier office a very en joyable visit. Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, formerly of this county, is now in Sioux Falls where it is expected she will commence suit for divorce and try to retain $20,000 worth of jewels that Bob gave her. It is said that Bob will resist, the divorce proceedings, but it matters little how the thing goes. Marriage in their case and in many other cases is not mar riage but legalized prostitution. A man named Dressler was tarred and feathered by his neighbors at his home four miles east of Renwick Tues day night. The brute had put his wife out of doors in her night clothes and she was taken sick, naturally enough, with pneumonia. The neighbors then interferred and the unfortunate woman was taken to a hospital at Fort Dodge where she died. Then it was that the neighbors tarred and feathered him. We believe that every state in the Union should pass a law making wife beating or wife abuse such as this pun ishable by flogging at the whipping post. The Zeigler-Bode wedding in Plum Creek was the event of the season in that neighborhood. A large assem blage of friends witnessed the marriage ceremony in the church and about seventy of the friends and relatives partook of the wedding dinner at the home of the bride’s parents. After the feast Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson fur nished the music and the young folks’ tripped the light fantastic toe. A list of presents numbering thirty-four dif ferent gifts, was presented by the friends of the young couple, and all de parted wishing the young folks a happy and prosperous journey through life. The Farmers’ Institute will be held, in the 17, 18 and 19 of this month, and all persons interested should make ar rangements to attend. Some of the best speakers to be had have been engaged. Among them are B. P. Nor ton of Cresco, dairy commissioner, who will speak on the farm and dairy; W M. Steckway of Chicago, who will speak on co-operation; Mrs. I. L. Hillis * of Des Moines will speak on the out look for children of the farm. There will also be the best local talent that can be obtained. The afternoon and evening of the 19th will be given over to the Kogsuth County Teachers’ Asso ciation to furnish the program and speakers.
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Algona Courier
Algona, Iowa, US
Fri, Jan 05, 1906
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