Local notes on people and events in Algona area
Cummins forced to repay several thousand dollars for illegal acts as state printer. Estherville pub dispute noted. Alois Moyen moves from town to Wisconsin. Iowa Red Book mentions Otia Halbert Holmes of Algona as a Chicago geology graduate. A Nebraska man claims cattle and hogs could radically alter global geography. Burt postmaster race potential as Hall expected to resign. Various locals discussed, including Laziness critique and family distress over a missing boy near Sexton. Fourteen Algonians visit Lemmon for land. investment optimism tempered. Finnegan tale cited from Forest City Summit. postal law referenced.
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Cummins
Estherville
Alois Moyen
Algona
Isconsin
Cinity
Snowledge
Will Meyers
Sexton
Lem ‘Mon
Landa
Iowa
Forest City
Finnegan
St Peter
St. Peter
One Cent Stamp Arrears Rule Implements Paper Fees
A notice explains that papers overdue by more than a year must carry a one cent stamp to maintain second class privileges. Some county papers ignore the law. publishers may lose their status if noncompliant. The town discusses trains, temperance, and civic self-reliance with editorials urging self-improvement and discouraging gossip.
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F. Hoopman
Mason City
Louie Mortenson
Titouka
Mgr
Hoopmen
Furmer's
Ames College
Mortensen
Odebolt
Fragmented Thought on Judgment and Advice
A garbled reflection asserts it is better to err on one’s own judgment than to avoid risk. It critiques people who constantly seek others’ advice and never trust their own choices, hinting at indecision and the burden of second guessing.
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Mars Couplaint
Iowa
Bismarck Pally
Miakey
Govess Ig Atand
Painter R. Lane Offers Papering and Painting Deal
Wanted to do your spring papering and painting. R Lane, painter, advertises a combination offer of the Daily Record Herald and this paper at eight dollars per year.
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Daily Record Herald
Pasture For Kent Advertises 60 Loads of Cattle and Horses
Michael Muldoon of Titonka offers pasture for about sixty loads of cattle and horses with guaranteed feed salt and water. JT will provide the essential sustenance and water supply. Sale notice appears in the classified section dated April 9, 1908.
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Michael Muldoon
Titonka
For Sale Breeching Harness and Stallion Auction Notice
For Sale One set of 1 inch breeching harness good as new. Breeders Take Notice The Full Blooded Percheon Stallion owned by John Briggs will make Tonka every Saturday at Bartlett and Son's Livery Stable Martin Nelson Groom July 4.
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Geo. Lamurean
John Briggs
Bartlett & Son
Martin Nelson
Wanted 175 head cattle and horses to pasture
Advertises a pasture offering with tame grass and ample salt. Interested parties should engage rooms early with A. W. Young in Burt Iowa. Dated May 11, 1908.
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A. W. Young
Burt
Iowa
Seed Corn For Sale and Help Wanted in Titonka Iowa
Seed corn for sale 30 bushels with 97 percent germination. Yellow corn only. August Hennings Titonka Iowa. Wanted two more men good pay. P. Sorenson Section Foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennings
Titonka
Iowa
P. Sorenson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Webebeele
Puritan
B. F. Kleist
Otia Halbert Holmes
Alin
Chicago
Holmes
Nebraska
Equator
North Pole
Higher Mathematica
Panama Canal
Hall
Frank Mann
Sherwood
Mattie Warner
P. R. Crose
Win Shaner
Tom Trainer
J. F. Fisher
Kent
Rock Island
Budlong Bros
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