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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
2
A fragment notes a transaction with a sale of assets or items linked to a steam engine. The readable wording suggests completion of a sale or transfer, but details, participants, and specific items are unclear from the fragment.
Dr and Mrs Stull visit southern Iowa. Thanksgiving scenes with Sarah Jackson. A one hour tax sale at Jewel Junction. J W Hinchon at Port Dodge with Healys. 1906 subscription offer for $3 650 in advance. Ada Peters and Kate Peterson teach near Ledyard visit Algona. Landlord Dorgan returns from Minneapolis. New bakery lunch counter at Laden dorff praised. Perry McDonald named administrator for Coffin estate by Judge Quarton. Register Leader touts leadership. 1906 bundle offered for 4 75 in advance. Steam pipe burst at Bryant building disrupts high school. classes resume Tuesday. Marriage licenses issued to several couples. Chas H Taylor upgrades ice cream factory display. Victoria Lynn and Locke quartette entertain at Call to large crowd. Slagle recalls Sammers family in Minnesota. Record cold then pleasant December weather. Sheffield Hanna steer cage trial argued. Bailie overrules motion. State Horticultural Society meets Des Moines. Parsons speaks on apples. Ingham family reunion over Thanksgiving. Barton Anderson move meat market to new Clarke building. Baggs of Grinnell visits. family roots traced to 1856 57 64. Readers up and down the region subscribe in advance. Dalziel and Wernert health updates. Algona Masons host 50 60 visitors for four candidate raisings with Judge Shackleford in attendance. Blair entertainments praised for originality and cohesion.
The county brief highlights a December church event at the Baptist church and a Christmas season concert. It notes a Ledyard dealer selling 12 cars in 60 days, a new addition by S T Preits near Ledyard, a birth in Whittemore on Thanksgiving, Burt voting on a $7000 bond for water works and sewers on the 12th, and recurring Sexton petty theft rumors. It also mentions May Farley joining Temple Quartet, Krause weighing a move to Titonia, the Wyomin g family returning in spring, the Cosgroves moving to the old Cosgrove home, Higgins marrying a Palo Alto county teacher, Mrs Heney Warner’s fall injury, and J B Bengtson visiting from Colorado after 31 years of farming near Swea City.
A historic note recounts Montgomery Ward & Co admitting improper use of the Majestic trade name. The firm states an advertising writer wrongly adopted the name, pledges not to repeat the error, and confirms the name will not appear in future editions, apologizing and vowing no infringement.
Found notice for a Scotch collie about 70 pounds with light brown yellow and white coat and a collar marked Scott Kyle. The dog answers to Scotts. A reward of 96.00 is offered for return or information leading to recovery. Contact H. V. Ryan with Dingley & Co. Jewelers.
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