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Newspaper

Upper Des Moines Republican

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1909

Page

5

Bancroft Declamatory Contest at Bancroft Germania

Bancroft public school hosts a declamatory contest Friday evening with performances by Kossuth Concert Band and Germania vocal groups. It features orations by Gardom Lyons and Gurtha Lyons, a girls chorus, and prize presentations amid a busy community notices section.

Bancroft Germania Kossuth Garmania Bancroft Hing Gurtha Lyona Amr John Audis Aestee Mies Opal Wartm Sarmania Bunter Girls Glee Club MUBIC Cere Kossuth Aumorous Gurtha Lyons Dantl Blanche Bividge Germania Plow Ce Iconsuth

Community notes on local church, marriages, and events

Twenty eight children received their first communion at St John s church last Sunday morning. A public dance at Jefferson Hall on Wednesday the 28th benefits the band. Various local residences change hands and moves occur as families visit Ames for a field meet. One death follows a tuberculosis illness and another man relocates for work. lodges held banquets marking a busy week in town.

St. John's Church Wim. Frank Beardsley, Minn le Sever Mine Jafferson Hall

Sunday social notices and local visits in SWEA CITY area

A jumble of short items lists visitors and events: Mrs Samus Warburton and Willie visited Ger mania. Mary and Clara Thompann hosted T Jacobgun of Cedar Rapids. Mrs Ambold of Eagle Grove visited her daughter. Pastor Harris resignation accepted at Baptist church. Mr and Mrs Christengen and Mr Mattison attended a silver wedding in Goldfield. John Cain visiting, plans England trip. Dr Howe moved Earle home after pneumonia. Edwin Hovey visiting before starting at Fort Dodge bank. W A Parsons of Algon was here. rebeccas order mentioned.

Won. Forguson Ambold Eagle Grove W. Pearson Stokes Esherville The Baptist Church Harris G. M. Christengen Ri. Mattison Seneos M Clausen Goldfield John Cain Bone Ww. H. Campbell England Howe Earle Edwin Hovey Badger Tows Fiest National Bank of Fort Dodge W. A. Parsons al Gons

Local notices and community updates from Cresco area

Union J T Cook and family spent Sunday with daughter Mrs Melvin Dutton in Cresco. Mrs Mittag is very poorly with stomach trouble and catarrh. Mothers and Daughters Club meets with Mrs Anna McDonald Thursday. Alex McArthur reports a nearly completed barn milled from his own grove lumber. Raymond Reid improved after a few days under Dr Triboo. Miss Ethel Vosburg returns to Will Anns home after winter with southern relatives. Miss Campbell plans a basket social May 1 at Moore district schoolhouse. Deering schoolhouse shows north road material. inquire Wallace Donovan for details. Rev Cook, once of Hobart, hospitalized in Indianapolis for cancer of the race, has returned to daughter’s home in Epworth without relief.

J.T. Cook Melvin Dutton Cresco Mittag Mothers and Daughters Club Anna McDonald Alex McArthur Raymond Reid Triboo Ethel Vosburg Will Anms Campbell Moore Deering School House Wallace Donovan Rev Cook Hobart Indianapolis Ralief Epworth

Sunday Notices and Local Happenings in Seneca

Rev Berg preached at Wesley. J M Jensen of Ringsted called here Sunday. A Jacobson shipped a carload of tat battle to Chicago. Rev Lyon unable to preach due to bad roads between here and Bancroft. Fields poor for seeding. farmers had to repair machinery. Fred Jensen built a chicken coop. Merrit Curry to dig a well. Maple Jensen received diplomas for Roy Osborn, Larkin Osborn, and Clara Jensen from Supt Backus. A few attended the funerals at Fenton for James Wallace Jr and an elderly woman living with the Wallaces. More than nine in health, rheumatism blamed on cold or damp. Chamberlains Lintment offered for quick relief. E B Conner & Co. selling.

Berg Wesley J. M. Jensen Ringsted A. Jacobson Chicago Lyon M. E Here Bancroft Fred Jensen Merrit Curry Maple Jensen Backus Roy Larkin Osborn Clara Jensen Fenton James Wallace Wallaces Wallace Posumenia

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