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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1907
Page
7
Winter garments offered with two for the price of one during February. Thirty-seven Ladies coats, fourteen Children coats, thirteen Infant coats, twenty one Tailor-made Suits and related free items. Prices advertised include $12.50 suits with free coat, $10 fur scarf with free muff or coat, all described as the greatest price reduction in Algona.
Troutman heads to Canyon City Texas as county clerk Dowell visits Burt on business. Socials, births, illnesses, and religious meetings fill a week with many neighbors listed across Algona and nearby towns. Jubilant dances, a Knights of Pythias district meet, and a baptism of community interaction mark the period.
The piece reports a funeral trip to Antigo Wisconsin for a widow, long illness. a six year old breaks a leg and an ankle ligament. multiple marriage licenses issued to W. W. Robinson and Lidy Anderson, Chas Devine and Nettla Felshaw, and W. W. Wepel and Margaret Bosmoe with the latter wed in clerk’s office. Clifford Stock leaves for Mason City after being offered his old job with J. S. Stott. Charley Patterson departs for Brownsville Texas to investigate a town shooting. Farmers State meets and recommends continuing work and Mosher’s report on last season’s experiments. mail clerks and carriers may get pay raise, with railroads to bear discount. Grace Merritt stars in When Knighthood was in Flower at the Call Theatre. Tryon’s residence burns, insured for 800. Tryon had never filed a fire claim before. Winter of Bancroft attends Reibhoff funeral. roller skating rink closes and lease extends. Dr. Kenefick buys rink flooring for hospital. Goodrich ads repair shop for sale to move to Ft. Smith Arkansas. Wm. Eblers injures shoulder skating. Mrs. E. J. Gilmore travels to Paw Paw Illinois for sister Will Faber’s funeral. city mayor question looms with Ferguson’s two-term tenure ending. annual W. L. A. musicale at Chubb Brothers home features Chubb and Kelley performances and refreshments.
A. D. Clarke, acting for Geo. E. Clarke, defeats Tom Harrison of Topeka in a damage suit. Judge Heed sustains all claims, denying over $100,000 sought. Algona lawyer hailed for a brilliant victory with Harrison receiving nothing.
Special low prices on music and designs in French walnut mahogany and antique oak. Duett benches and scarfs to match your piano. Latest designs in sheet music always in stock. Sincerely John Mesing.
For Sale in Algona an eleven room house with fine bath, splendid cellar, cemented floor, electric lights, city water in house and yard. Good barn and hen house. Over three acres reaching to the river, five blocks from State Street. Long time if desired. Also sixty acres of land a half mile north of Algona with timber and river water. In Great township one of the best places in the north part and finely improved farm in the county.
Farmers repeatedly complained of freight trains blocking the Milwaukee track crossing. Conductor Ed Boyer was arrested by Marshal Switzer and brought before Justice Taylor after a prolonged blockage. He was fined 9.65 and warned of a higher penalty on repeat offenses. the law allows five minutes to clear crossings.
The annual meeting of the Algona Cemetery Association will be held in the rear room of the Kossuth County State Bank on Saturday, February 1907, at 2 p.m. J. W. Wadsworth, Secretary.
A historic travel notice from the North Western Line promotes March and April rate reductions for colonists and others. It highlights low second-class tickets from Chicago at 33 dollars with further reductions from all points, and showcases Pullman tourist sleeping cars from Chicago to San Francisco Los Angeles or Portland at seven dollars for a double berth. First-class round trips with liberal return limits are sold daily, with agent contact suggested for full details.
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