Brownell's Get-Away-Sale County Supervisors Transact Large Amount of Routine Business
Algona Iowa Auditor's Office August 1 1906. Board meets with all members present. They approve last minutes, grant $5 monthly to Mrs Lorenzo from the poor fund, set grade views and drains on multiple township sections, grant permission for a telephone line along public highway, and authorize quit claim deed to Christian Schaefer for swamp land. Resolutions adopt, bills audited, drainage engineer to be advertised. Warrant and per diem totals listed. Adjournment to nine tomorrow.
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Algona
Iowa
Lorenzo
John G. Smith
A. Ogren
John
Cullen
Irvington
Irvington Township
W. T. Hall
Board of Supervisors
Kossuth County
John Hooker
American Emigrant Co
J. A.bannart
Fred Wagner
Whittemore Township
John S. Cullen
A. Jacobson
Smith
Hall
Jacobson
Ogren
L. E. Porter
Farm Loans and Fall Term Notice at Kossuth County Bank
Farm loan offer at the Kossuth County State Bank promotes low interest rates with a $40 cash incentive for names listed by Spencer Business University. Fall term begins September 4. Also includes testimonials for herbal and medical remedies with claims of cures and various vendors seeking sales.
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Kossuth County
Spencer Business University
Prank Slagle Returns to Head Provincial High School at San Jose
Frank Slagle writes from Algona June 6 expressing happiness at being named head of the Provincial High School in San Jose Antique for another year. He notes many students will become teachers, a new teacher will join him, and a big school building is expected to be finished by September. He mentions leaving for home after ten months, the fragrance of orange blossoms, and recalls friends among local constabulary heading to Samar to fight the Pulajanes. He stresses U.S. guardianship of the Philippines and fears for independence or sale to Japan, finishing with concern for the Philippines’ future.
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Algona
Frank Slagle
San Jose
Cirillo
Samar
Philippines
Japan
United States
PF. E. S
Mud Creek Drain Survey Nears Completion At Algona
Prof A J Lilly and his crew wrap up months of preliminary survey work on the Mud Creek ditch. Report prepared for county board will set the next official step and advise dredging to speed completion. This vast project, once small in view, has been the era’s biggest surveying task and drainage work awaits its end.
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A. J. Lilly
Algona
County Board
Prof. Lilly
Swea City Herald
Lilly
Air Ship At The Fair Des Moines Flight
The state fair will feature the Knabenshue Airship on Monday August 27 making a first skyward trip from the fair grounds to Des Moines encircling the state house dome. It is billed as the only successful air ship outside France and has earned honors at Washington, St. Louis, and Portland expositions. The aerial display is part of a broader fair program focused on agricultural and industrial excellence with top quality entertainment.
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Knabenshue
Fairy Ground
Des Moines
State House Dome
France
National Capitol
Washington Monument
St. Louis
Portland
Taylor's Salted Peanuts and House For Rent Ad
Ad fragment promotes Taylor's Salted Peanuts as best and lists a house for rent with or without furniture. Mentions eye glasses by Shur-On and names I J Gay Ark Dr Ripke with unclear scheduling and showings.
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Taylor
Gotoper I
E. J. Gay
Ark
Ripke
Woodmen drill to headline Kossuth Fair initiation
About 500 new members of the Modern Woodmen of America are expected to be initiated during the Kossuth County Fair. Algona lodge has 132 candidates, with 13 neighboring lodges joining in. The event features a Woodmen competitive drill on Woodman day with a $200 prize for the best drilled team and a $9,200 sweepstakes for state competitors. Dr. Morse captains the Algona team. $219 has been spent on seventeen blue uniforms for the team. drills will use axes.
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Woodmen of America
Kossuth
Algona Lodge
A R. Talbot
Lincoln
Nebraska
Wm. J. Bryan
Iowa
Dr. Morse
Algona
Frontier Drama at Revival Fields Ends in Converted Son
A pioneer and his son laboring to break up grass with a team of horses witness a field plow balking due to the father's lingering profanity. After a dramatic revival, the elder forgives and the son shows visible emotion, prompting a plan to delay the son's conversion until the field is plowed. The tale ends with the father praising his son’s desire for a Christian life and reconsidering timing.
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John
What would you do if you received sixty million dollars
A. Good Gueas muses on the imagined effects of a sixty million dollar windfall in a Floral Hall setting. The whimsical dialogue hints at paranoia, isolation, and a drastic life change while anchoring the remark to a county fair ambiance and spotty era-specific references.
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Dr. Adler
B. B. Rhoades
Gueas
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R. H. Miller
Fanart
Ar Ando
Bnda
Slagle
Antique
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Kosseth
Dow Ote
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Vale
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C.F. Osier’s
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Osier
Cs. O. Simpson
Wiese
Tadeo
W. O
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