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Salt trade and social notes from Algona area
Local brief recounts buyers reselling salt to neighbors and a jellybean spread of visits and movements around Algona and nearby towns. Residents and families from Del Fitch to Buffalo Center, Titonka, and Burt attend gatherings, church, markets, and dances. Community members swap horses, milk cows, corn, and poultry while schools plan a basket social on November 27.
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Ray McWhorter
del Fitch
Amelia Rike
Tlonka
Sever Pannkuk
Wyot Stott
Tiionka
John Jimerson
Jim Stout
Buffalo Center
Portland
Roy Huber
Bancroft
Wis
Dorothy Stout
Leola, Dorsey
Jack Monson
Henry Monson
Louise
Wmn
Dorsey
C. EB. Sigshes
Algona
Albert Stewart
Chas. Moyer
Sparry
Gladys. Reynolds
Clyde Shipler
Chas, Moyer
Claude Sigshee
Wn, Dorsey and Family
Edw. Welske
R. A. Bleich
Burt
Danner
Mapleton
Minn
Lloyd Bartlett
Will Leek
Herman Busse
Mike Zimmermann
Paul Kregar
Mr. Richard
All- Bond
Chase Leek
Lawrence
Jame
Richard van Camp
Adolph Wiese
Lakota
W. G. Leek
Charles ‘Leek
Geo. Roestler
Rev. Seltz
R. A. Bleeh
Gottlieb Bleich
D. M. Stewart
Floyd Dhnean
John Trunkhill
Iva
Verna Stewart
Corwith
Relages
Dr. Ball
Roy Ringsdorf
Bobo
I. R. Daniels
Chas. Phelps
Shirley
Glen, Jenkinson