Ledyard Commercial Club Banquet Note and Senate Race
Local business leaders formed a Commercial Club and held a banquet amid questions about its future. A State Senate seat race features Henry C. Adams of Algona seeking the Republican nomination against Leslie E. Francis from Dickinson County, with calls for regional representation after years without a senator. The piece references prosperity during wartime era and connects to grain farming and railroad activity.
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Sta Senetor Fron
Laws
Republi
Henry C. Adams
Algona. Laws
Adams
Algona
Leslie E. Francis
Dickinson County
Tanka
Boy yields no profit in corn contest yet enjoys journey
A boy explains he made no money from his acre of corn but gained valuable experiences and a high yield trophy. The piece argues contests should reward cost efficiency rather than pure yield, urging fair methods aligned with club work and practical farming on members' farms.
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Purpos
Orig
San Doit
One Hundred Sixty Nine Year Old Champion Swimmer
An old chronicled note says in 1670 a man aged 169 remained a champion swimmer at 100. He testified in court about an event 140 years prior. He left two sons aged 102 and 100, and an Englishman named Themast reputedly lived to 969 years, per the Connecticut News fragment.
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Captain Diamond
Jonel
Msisiure
California
Ducki
Tornérad
Cenberg
Thomas Parr
Josef Surrington
Bergen
Tad
Jenkens
Tyre
Cormtinerutt
Specter of Pauperism and thrift in Europe and America
S. W. Strauss of Chicago argues in Leslie's that pauperism persists as a risk for many Americans with limited estates and dependents. He cites government data showing 6 percent of people survive day to day and 2 percent would fall into poverty if they lose a job, contrasting thrift in France and other European nations with American status.
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Amelca
Europe
S. Ww. Strauss
Chicago
Leslie
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Pullin' Titts and Farm Prosperity in Dairy Season
A rural farmer describes pulling the Holstein cows’ udders to milk the herd. He notes weather effects on ground, cattle shelter at night, and the DeLaval Separator turning milk into cream and cash, claiming steady income and bank money from dairy work.
Algona Social Roundup Shows Local Visits and Meetings
Mrs Swan Monnon hosted Algona callers Friday while Sam Schneider from Mason City visited Julius Kunz. Leisure Hour Club enjoyed a St Patrick’s luncheon hosted by Mrs Harry Braley. Numerous visits, club meetings, and travel notes fill the week with residents attending relatives in Sexton Lemars and Whittemore.
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Swan Monnon
Sam Schneider
Mason City
Julius Kunz
Harry Braley
St. Patrick's
Anna Johnson
Sexton
Joseph Cosgrove
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mesdames Howdesheld
Bowker
Schneedled
Hazel
Delay Welter
Ella Yorker
Algona
Ruth Hopkins
Lemars
J. O. Hopkins
Civic League
T. J. Carmody
St Patrick's
Charlie Robinson
Jim Robinson
Henry Hallenbeck
Watersloo
Frank Robinson
G. M. Butts
Dresdrew
N. Dak
al Wagner
da Whittemore
Henry Kunz
Ihna Gerdes
Titonka
Emeline Studer
Minneapolis
Fred Sonas
Austin
Minn
Lou Matern
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Marion
George Hall
Leola
Orchard
Iowa
F. G. Ehiers
Plymouth Lows
Big Desighfer
G. M Butts
Butts
i.Ar
Howard Bacon
Jozeph Cosgrove
Oxford
Cliath
S. EB
Grannis
F. Payne
Fr Kouba
Schroeders Return from Texas Visit
Mr and Mrs Theodore Schroeder returned from a Texas visit last week. Mr Schroeder not well was sent to Mankato for Nick to come home. Nickie is busy holding down the assets job.
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Dodge
Theodore Schroeder
Texas
Mr. Schroeder
Mankato
Nick
Nickie
Local residents visit and travel notes from Estherville area
Local column lists residents visiting from Armstrong Buffalo Center Estherville Swea City Mason City and other towns. Names include Mr and Mrs Rolane Smith Aug Baumann Misses Opal Wormann Jutis Liesveld Joan Craig Sr Mrs J J Bishot and many more with short visits and returns to home communities between trains and trips to relatives and shopping trips.
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Rolane Smith
Teft
Big Sandy
Mont
Aug. Baumann Minn
Opal Wormann
Jutis Liesveld
Estherville
J. J. Bishot
M. J Dyer
Panvcroft
Chas
Buffalo Center
T. Tamen
J. Thompson
Armstrong
Joan Craig Sr
Swea City
John Ley
Fred ‘Tottenham
Lyle
H. A. Tottenham
J H Warburton
Sweg City
Miss Wallace
Bertus Jansen
Thompson
Shirley
Algona
Carl Zoller
Kenneth
Olga Amundson
Lelia “Itchell
Ruth Arbuthnot
Mason City
Frea Wheeler
Drs. Mini
Rochester
Smith
Armstrong S . Curst
CR. Smith
HE Currie
Webster City
Ogne
H. M. Carr
H Schutter
Schutter
Buffnio Center
Mussman
SeMield
C. H. Lingenfelter
Chrityan
Burt
Perry Torine
F. W. Beemer
Hannah Heetland
Perry Schutter
West Bend
Richard Price
Sunlap
L. Helmer
Alvs
Aug Schrader
Babe
CG. R. Smith
Marian Wheeler
Eagles Grove
Contractor Work by the Day at Callies' Barber Shop
Chris Christensen of Titonta, Towa advertises first class work at a reasonable price and invites calls to arrange daily contractor labor through Callies' Barber Shop.
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Callies
Chris Christensen
Titonta
Towa
A Bargain in Good Reading The Youth's Companion and McCall's
The Youth's Companion offers a combined subscription with McCall's Magazine at a discounted price. The annual rate for both publications is $2.10, with options to start from the first day of the year and receive back copies. Subscriptions are handled at the Youth's Companion office in Boston.
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McCall's Magazine
Boston
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Wesley
Germania News
H.C. Adams & Co
Algona, Iowa
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Matern & Kunz
Kossuth County
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Kossuth
Germania
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Jones Auctioneering School
E. E.schweitert
Kentucky Eye
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