Swea City social notes and local visits
Chas Pettibone and Fred Clark of Algona visited Swea City on Monday. Esther Adolphson of Bancroft and Emma Chrig Jenson of Buffalo Center were Sunday guests. Reverend Williams of Wisconsin holds protracted meetings at the Baptist church. Mrs W H Countryman hosted her brother and wife from Kansas. Roy Davis left Monday for Esmond SD to visit family. A baby boy weighing four and a half pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Henry McGregor. Ladies Aid Swedish Lutheran church held an annual sale and bazaar at the opera house Saturday. Earl Stockman travels via Chicago to visit relatives in Minola and friends in New York. Fred Johnson rents the E A Bergo house and will move March 1. H C Schmuck returns home to Mitchell SD after visiting his daughter Mrs RB Larson. Glen Brunson of Algona did local electioneering. Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of Sneashy Luther a Davis church with a large morning and evening gathering led by Rev Seashore of Minneapolis.
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Williams
Broadhead
Wisconsin
Baptist Church
W. H. Countryman
Kansas
Roy Davis
Esmond
South Dakota
Henry McGregor
Ladies Aid
Swedish Luthern Church
Opera House
Earl Stockman
Chicago
Minola
New York
Fred Johnson
E. A. Bergo
Swea City
Local farming changes near Irvington and area farms
ORESOCO Wa. W. Falway plans to run a farm east of Irvington next year. Maurice Parsons has rented the Addison Fisher farm and will move in about March first. Ward Spurgeon leaves the Fisher farm for the Ramsey place now owned by Homer Lindhorst. A. J. Brown struggles to supply wood amid heavy snow. T. W. Brown remodeled the Rabe farm house making the place hardly recognizable.
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W. Falway
Irvington
Maurice Parsons
Addison Fisher
Ward Spurgeon
Fishers Farm
Ramsey Farm
Homer Lindhorst
A. J. Brown
T. W. Brown
Rabe
Farmers Question Probe Draws Grumbles From Voters
The prop report questionnaire provokes reluctance among farmers as it doubles the assessor’s workload. Meanwhile county office candidates announce bids, with several seeking a third term. Voters’ habit of denying third-termers casts doubt on those seeking another stint, regardless of proven competence.
Moving Pictures vs Revival at Lyon Revival Meeting
A party of Whittemore residents traveled to Algon for a Lyon Revival meeting but no session occurred. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Al Haas Mr and Mrs John Kooh Rev and Mrs Branton Mrs Adam Luchsinger Mrs Holdridge Miss Ida Puller and John Fairburn. They ended by attending a moving picture show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittemore
Algons
Lyon
al. Haas
John Kooh
Branton
Adam Luchsinger
Holdridge
Misa Ida Puller
John Fairburn
Revival Attendee Feedback Echoes Algona Meeting Attendance
Burt residents attend revival meetings in Algona with opinions split on Rev. Lyon’s effectiveness compared to Rev. Mathes who led gatherings here years ago. Local dealer Jim Cowan from Algona reports steady cigar trade and notes his lasting reputation as a stories teller. Kuho sale sees seed corn hit 3.75 per sack, auctioneer Dally says this is the peak price, signaling strong demand for seed corn this season.
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Lyon
Algona
Rev
Mathes
Jim
Beneroft Register
Jim Cowan
Dally
Rambler Marketing Shift Emphasizes Newspapers in Advertising
Rambler maker Thomas B Jeffery & Co alters strategy to favor newspaper advertising over magazines. For two years they have cooperated with dealers to place ads in about 300 daily and weekly papers nationwide, credited with boosting Rambler sales. The year shows strong growth versus last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Jeftery & Company
Thomas B. Jeffery & Company
United States
Local News Notes From Algona and Surroundings
Local column recounts a 43 to 10 Algona win over Blue Earth, airline bus issues, and a spike in farm sale prices with cows at 50 dollars, horses to 220, corn and potatoes selling high. It also covers Ralph Benjamin’s knee injury, prairie chicken damage to corn across Webster county, party politics, Redman lodge in Britt, and community notes from Britt, Bancroft, Lone Rock, Titonka, and Burt with local social and civic events.
Local notices and society items from Algona area
Fenton reporter Mrs Joe Pradrickson and children visit John McWadden home in Algona. G W Pangburn attends to real estate matters as politics heat up. Mr and Mrs A W Blanchard move to Burt due to housing. Gena Shaddble of Spokane visits Burt. heading to New York to buy goods. John Devine visits from former residence. Union township couples to wed in February at Lotta Creek Lutheran Church. Mrs N A Harvey to undergo appendicitis operation in Algona. Ed Gross visits hub. rumor of long trips ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Monitor
Gena Shaddble
Spokane
Washington
Burt
Gene
New York
Whittemore
Union Township
Rotary snow plow clears track for freight and travel
Last Sunday afternoon a rotary snow plow pushed by two large engines moved up the line and cleared snow from the track allowing freight and passenger traffic. A crowd gathered at the depot to watch the plow in action marking a return of mail and freight service for Titanka for at least a few days. Spider's ad on the local page invites savings through his trades.
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Asternoon & Rotary
Titanka
Government seeks railway mail clerks and other workers
Uncle Sam announces spring examinations nationwide for railway mail clerks custom house clerks stenographers bookkeepers and department clerks plus other government positions. Thousands of appointments will be made. Open to men and women over 18 with free instruction or information by writing Bureau of Instruction 1691 Hamlin Building Rochester New York. Also classified ads for a cottage with electric lights furnace and outbuildings a farm hand wanted and a local contact in Burt Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Instruction
Hamlin Building
Rochester
N. Y
Paint Your Buggies At Jas A Orrs Old Stand
An old line advertising notice urges painting wagons carriages and autos at George W Platts stand formerly Jas A Orr on Call street Also promotes Chamberlains Liniment as ready for sprains bruises and similar injuries with 26 cent bottle sold by Al Falkenhainer Rexall store successor to EB H Conner & Co
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Geo. W. Platt
Jas. A. Orr
Call Street
Chamberlain
al Falkenhainer
Rexall
EB. H. Conner & Co
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Chas, Pettibone
Fred Clark
Esther Adolphson
Bancroft
Emma
Chrig Jenson
Buffalo Center
Katy Hill
H.C. Schmuck
RB. J. Larson
Mitchell
Glen Brunson
Glen
Sneashy Luthers A | Davis Church
Rev. Seashore
Minneapolis
Oresoco
EACO
Langdon & CO
Rambler
Blue Earth
Algona High School
Mia
Dell McCain
Marshall
Minnesota
L. E. Potter
Ralph Benjamin
L. T. Benjamin
Ralph
Webster County
Badger Township
Mr. Peterson
Hitwalt
Tribune
Britt
Redman
W. F. Laidley
Register
Laidley
Agalo
Lone Bock
Banker Cotton
G. S Angus
Cotton
E. J. Murtagh
Burt Monitor
Lone Rock
Elmer Nelson
Kome
Kossuth
A. W. Blanchard
Halla
Livermore
John Devine
Alahoma
N. A. Harvey
Ed Gross
Spider
L. J. Dickinson
Ine
Town
Ellis McWhorter
Patterson & Son's Grocery
Santa Clara
Tytew
Santos
Patterson & Son
Abraham Lincoln
Wehler Bros. Jewelers
Optometrists
Bush & Gerts Pianos
Big White Watch
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