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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1905
Page
9
Right in the midst of our Give Away Sale we are receiving and selling spring fabrics GALATEA CLOTH for ladies' shirt waist suits and children's wear at 16c per yd Windsor cretonne percal es 12c while Toile du Nord ginghams offer over 100 patterns at 12c per yd two tone effects grey blue brown and black share the best dress gingham on the market.
Residents await election results as vacancies are declared for absent members secretary H C Adams reports a pleasant trip to St Paul and Chicago. Local meetings include WLA S Friday at 2 30 program Russian Art Miss Ruby Smith and Miss Josie Pettibone. Various visits, lectures, church services and social events fill the week with notices of marriages licenses, theater plans and a grand masquerade ball at the Armory next Tuesday.
Railway time table note lists South and North schedules for Chicago and Northwestern lines with times around 1:40 am to 7:60 pm, agent signature M A Winkel.
Mrs F W Waterhouse receives a letter from the Ed Williams family of Ipswich South Dakota about returning to Algona and buying a house in spring. Knights of Pythias invites 100 members and families for a grand banquet and card party at K P hall next Wednesday Feb 15. Caterer C H B Taylor handles the banquet. Mr Smith, recently teaching in the central school, returns to southern Iowa. Miss Ada Smith becomes principal tomorrow. Prof Holden advertises corn talks once dates are settled. Extreme cold continues with snow. Weather data for 17 days listed from Feb 22 to Feb 7. Co H Taylor on F W Dingley’s farm near Burt holds auction Thursday Feb 16 at 10:30 pm with eight horses, 14 cattle, 23 sheep and machinery. lunch at noon. Revival meetings at Free Methodists near CONENGE. Mrs A D Clarke and family travel to Florida/Havana for ~90 days. W Pence of Mason City fills Fred Clarke’s US Express post. Essie Watterson, Art Institute student in Chicago, earns top honors and honorable mention. W K Perzusen and Chester Call in Chicago. Ferguson reports Algona gas producer plant installation upcoming. New library decorations nearly finished. east reading rooms praised. Ward completes fine furniture details. Interior nave improvements noted. local literary and church renovations described.
Ole FP Anderson, 65, of southern Norway birth, died Monday near noon after a handsled pull in front of his home. He spoke briefly of overexertion before heart failure ended his life. Survived by wife Maurie Johnson and nine children. funeral at 2:30 pm conducted by Rev. C F Spray.
Sealed bids addressed to C B Hurcur s secretary Percheron Breeders Assn are due by February 25 1905 for keeping and caring for the stallion Splendide for one year starting February 27 1905 bid rejection rights are reserved and contract terms are on file with J W Wadsworth. D P Hunter the sewing machine expert repairs and cleans machines. Dr Ripke advises glasses fitting.
Speedy Relief touts a salve that draws out inflammation and soothes cuts burns and bruises. It claims to cure piles and skin diseases and warns against counterfeits sold by rivals. Sold by A. H. Miller with bank loan offers at five percent for farm mortgages mentioned by The County Savings Bank. A.H. Miller and R.A. Miller are named in connection with the products and ads.
The essay extols timber profits in Wisconsin and highlights how loggers drift once forests vanish, while farmers build wealth and community. It notes land value growth in Iowa-like territory and invites readers to secure homes with loans from Hughes & Donaldson and Hag gard & Peek at 5 percent, Webster City.
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