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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
2
Britt plans a three day August baseball tournament of August seventeenth to nineteenth with a $1000 purse. Humboldt and LaVerne teams, now owned by Clear Take, are expected to compete alongside Creaco and Charles City for prize money.
A Beavert Dam Kentucky resident describes long lasting relief from colicky pains after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The testimonial notes four years with no relapse and mentions local availability through FE, E. Conner & Co.
August 12 is Iowa Day at the Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle with low round trip fares daily through September 30 via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul. Alaska-Yukon Railway offers return limits to October 31 with stopovers. descriptive folder details railroad and sleeping car fares routes and train service.
An advertisement touts Zemo as a universal cure for eczema and all itching skin diseases with instant relief and permanent cure claims. Pharmacist Mr. Conner endorses it as the most meritorious remedy and urges samples, displays, and photos of cures. Also notes farm loans at Kosauth County State Bank with low interest rates.
Wesley Mason in Wesley Iowa battles a persistent bee colony nesting between a wall and plaster while renovation proceeds. The article notes bees’ long presence and strength and recounts local efforts, including painting, harvest activity, and community plans such as a September 1 Wesley Day celebration funded by about 500 dollars from merchants.
Jim Ledyard greets old acquaintances. Miss Echo Ordway of Breckinridge Minnesota visits friends. Bernice and Ruby Skinner were in Algona. Henry Butzlai and family spent Sunday at J. J. Skinner home. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wright traveled through Germania and Armstrong. Mrs. B. W. Brooke and son visited at the Youngblood home. Deva Soltow returned from Cedar Falls summer school. C F Wheeler family moved into German parsonage from Ankeny. Harley Palmer and Pearl Behse visiting at Albert Palmer home near Burt. W. B. Nierling family visited N. Tillmoney home. Bert Sifert went to Dolliver by auto. Wood accompanied home on return trip.
Wallace Donovan completes new buildings at last while Mr and Mrs Melvin Dutton spend Sunday at J F Cook's and Union Harvesting proceeds in the area.
Joining counties table reports Holdridge and Tyler not moving hardware stock from Whittemore to Garner while another firm preps to occupy Garner. Accidents include Fred Hells of LaVerne breaking both leg bones on a hay rake, and a runaway near Lu Verne injuring George Attig and Kate Attig. Swea City to dig a new city well at six inches and 120 feet deep at $2.25 per foot. West Bend Journal buys a paper press and plans to expand to six columns. Armstrong Brick & Tile Co. dissolves after seven and a half years. J. L. Vaux sells wool for $500 and notes potential extra $500. Crystal Lake suffers a third major fire on Main Street with $15,000 loss. rebuilding doubtful. Patrick Hand dies at Colorado Springs. born 1866 in Palo Alto County. former Palo Alto auditor and Parmery Savings Bank cashier.
Until failing health forced him to sign about three years ago, services were from Aggy Emmetaburg last Thursday. He leaves a wife and four children, well as the aged mother, find 't, brothers and sisters, ay.
Trial jurors listed for the August term must report by August 8. Names include Robert Lennon Union Jimmy Alfred Anderson Swea City John Nolin Fred Pompe Algona W W Dittaworth A Crammond F Allison Greenbush Mansmith Burt Germania Mike Kalen Wit Stix Sherman August Oldenby Heh Grant Courte Seneca Call Zany Theodore Weisbrod Fenton Riverdale John Zwie Bleich Buffalo Clark Go Jansen German J J Ley Spring Barnabee Prairie Ledyard Ben Bryson Buffalo.
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