Algona Area Busy with Visits Sales and Travel
Local notices show A. Mechlar in Al gona Tuesday. Homer Downs and wife visited Algona Monday afternoon. Ben Davis apples sold at 1.34 a basket. L. Hansen and Gilbertson brothers spent Sunday near Armstrong. Algona residents attend events and business visits. roads and community happenings fill a busy week.
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A. Mechlar
Algona
Homer Downs
Ben Davis
L. Hansen
A. Gilbertson
Folka
Armstrous
Henry A. Bruns
Warner O. A. Gilbertson
L. Haneen
Effie Pannkuk
Wades
Carl Veers
H. A. French
Maria Saathof
Sexton
Tmtonkea
Mia
Johan K. Rippentrop
Caroline Callies
Will Rike
Burt
John Falk
Robert Spier
Atwater-Kent
Falk Motor Co
Hélka Miller
Ackley
Henry Buckholditz
Secrar Zeason
Court House
Vincent Helfer
Rippentrop
Robert Pink
Jack Johnson
Westley
Titonka
Eel
Hansen
Win, Boyken
Britt
Ben Longbottom
Bub” Reibsamens
Mason City
A.M. Petersen
H. C. Schweppe
Twenty Years Ago in Algona Area News Snapshot
Twenty years ago farmers, editors and officials figure in a long column of notices. Illnesses and moves mix with marriages and land deals, births, deaths, and public changes. The piece recalls county papers struggles over drainage notices and the push to appoint a county official paper amid town disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Record
News-World
Tople
Finnel
Courier
Conrier
C. Hesse
Honor Roll of Tople Subscribers in Wellsburg and Nearby
List of subscribers who paid their subscriptions with dates. Names include George W. Harms Wellsburg Iowa J A Husinga Woden Iowa Abbe Winter Rev A Kilian Buffalo Center Iowa and John Wesnel Jr Buffalo Center Iowa. Notify errors or arrears for next issue.
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George Larsen
F. L. Sanford
Pannkuk
John Oaken
Henry Holok
Mlizabeth Gayken
Wellner i
Wader
C. W. Packard
Gary
Ind
Title Kunz
Wesley
T. A. Potter
S. A. Schneider
Mason City
Cuba
Ray, Haken
Titonia
Frank Ringsdorf
Portland
Buffalo Township
Tople
George W. Harms
Wellsburg
Iowa
J. A. Husinga
Woden
Abbe Winter
Titonka
A. Kilian
John Wesnel, Jr
Buffalo Centar
Lindsey's plan works in historical trial marriage idea
The editor recalls an old French custom where yearly trial marriages were arranged for couples in a mountain district. Couples walked in a procession to the town hall to secure one year of legalized marriage regardless of child birth, with freedom to renew or end the match each year by mutual consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pik
Hart Stott
John Pink
Chicago
Pink
Algona
Robert Pink
Northwestern
Idaho
Montana
Beatea
H.M. Bourcey
Waeton
Minn
Marie
Marria ‘Aga
Uberty
France
Closing-out Sale Dates Claimed by Janssen and Tapper
John H. Janssen claims a closing-out sale on February 18 with sale action at his Dub-Nic store. Joe Tapper asserts February 28 for his closing-out sale and positions the event as a local merchandise sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Mokry
J. Godden
Lona Rock
Titania
Mr. Mokry
C. L. Vinson
Tt ‘Marenist
John H. Janssen
Joe Tapper
Clearing Primary Roads Costs Palo Alto County Snow Removal
Palo Alto County spends 250 dollars weekly to keep main roads clear of snow. Nine men with teams and evaders are working to maintain passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka Co-Operative Creamery
Hagen Hall
Board of Supervisors
Palo Alto County
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