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Fire at Corwith plant and local notes from Algona Iowa
A Corwith brick plant was destroyed by fire causing heavy losses, likely started by a heating stove or unknown burglars. The report includes local chatter on politics, a crime arrest over a two hundred dollar debt, threshing tales from Bendixen place, and miscellaneous Algona area notes with names like Hal prima and Wwhistling.
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Corwith
Bodo Bugle
Bendixen
Algona
Convier
Jiu Munketta
Ile