Algona Town Faces Cloud Over Stock Food Swindle Links
An Algona reader warns against a cloud over the town due to stock food and National Land Company schemes. Citizens fear visitors will misinterpret Algona and that swindlers operate from the town, while local businesses and institutions defend their character and appeal for measured action. The piece urges the town to influence conditions, clear its name, and resist mob pressure, noting courts are used to pursue swindling cases and that judgment should reflect true character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algons
Dexter
National Land Company
Algona
Randy
Alpona
Algona High School
Prominent EB Figure Noted in Early Journal Clippings
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a prominent man of the East of EB region, with initials and partial name legible. The text hints at a biographical mention or obituary but is too damaged to confirm date, role, or affiliations.
West states in winter session spark 2 cent fare bills
The piece notes several state legislatures convening, bills to raise 2 cent fares favored, and overall Republican aligned actions. It also mentions a Japan labor exclusion amendment to immigration law and San Francisco school policy aligning with the decision. It forecasts a new treaty avoids. It recalls a Senate bill restricting post divorce remarriage within a year and asserts support for the primary process though not all features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tooo Sam
Japan
California
San Francisco
Senate
County News Notes: Local Marriages and Incidents
Peter Hayenga and Mies Edith Koepke plan marriage in the Fenton area today. A Ringsted man shipped a carload of horses from Chicago. Postmaster J. O. Hatche travels Swea City to Osceola to visit his mother, who died at 85. Hatch family hailed from Connecticut. Verne Ellissont reports Denver weather as sunny due to city orientation. Dr. Van Voorhis was bucked from a buggy. horses ran over him but no lasting harm. J. P. Harrison injured an ear drum at indoor baseball. A German township band forms under Rev. G. Haken. instruments costing 300 received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hayenga
Mies Edith Koepke
Fenton
Chicago
J. O. Hatche
Osceola
Iowa
J. O
Hatch
Connecticut
Verne Elliss
Denver
Swea City Herald
Dr. van Voorhis
Swea City
J. P. Harrison
LaVerne
Fine Farm For Rent Or Sale In Kossuth County Iowa
Farm listing for 32 acres three miles from Fenton Iowa in Kossuth county. Describes fine land well improved with good buildings two inch plank floors well fenced excellent water ample tame grass and all conveniences for stock. Address T B Conner 807 N Main Street Mason City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton
Kossuth County
Iowa
T. B
Conner
Main Street
Mason City
Towa
For Sale in Algona Eleven room house and farm
For sale in Algona an eleven room house with fine bath, splendid cellar, cement floors, electric lights, city water, good barn and hen house. Over three acres reach to the river, five blocks from State Street. Pine garden and chicken lot. Also sixty acres north of Algona with timber and river water, 160 acres in Grant township among the county’s best land, 240 acre plum creek farm with grove windmill barn granary and outbuildings, 80 acres improved in Plum Creek township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Street
Algona
Grant Township
Plum Creek Township
Visit California Winter Rail Tour Deals
Why not visit California this winter with low rate second class one way tickets on sale in March and April from all points on The North Western Line. The line offers Pullman tourist sleeping cars through Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles. First class round trip tickets are sold daily with liberal return limits. Consult the nearest North Western Line agent for full rates and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
North-Western Line
Pullman
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Roomy Town Lot Offers Four Building Sites
A partly grooded plot near Bowltay orchard and garden offers space for four fine building sites. Affordable figure advertised with loan money at six percent offered. inquire at the office for details.
Iowa Bill Seeks Railways to Report Property Data
A Kossuth county representative Holmes introduces a bill requiring railroad companies operating in Iowa to file annual detailed statistics on miles, stock per mile, indebtedness, earnings, value per mile, and assets. Reports due July 1, 1907 and every odd year after, with penalties of 250 dollars per day for noncompliance. The measure aims to tax fairly and regulate rates, facing railroad opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State of
Iowa
Bouvicg
State Railway Commission
Executive Council
Register and Leader
Daily Capital
Newspapres Moines
Ers
Towa
Secret told to Miss Orr ends in man’s death
Miss Margaret Orr of Mason City, daughter of James Orr, was entrusted with a confidential disclosure by James Safford, who then drank three ounces of laudanum and died shortly after. Orr, a nurse at a rheumatism bath, faced scrutiny over her pledge of secrecy and whether a woman can keep a secret. The event raises questions about trust and gender roles in safeguarding confidences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Orr
James Orr
Mason City
By & Wan
Jas. Safford
Safford
Miss Orr
Saflford
Ope band name sores of ood land at a area new bee
A local group called Ope band tours a new area near Northwood, OW Me, drawing attention from residents and local media as they perform original and traditional songs in a street venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bee
Northwood
Wisconsin cows yield record butter fat from two young heifers
Queen Ormsby a Holstein-Pyresian heifer and Yeksarose a Marathon county Guernsey heifer achieved butter fat yields far beyond typical cattle. UW tests show Queen Ormsby produced 13 213.83 pounds milk and 534.03 pounds butter fat at over 4.42 percent, while Yeksarose yielded 11 215.5 pounds milk with 5.86 percent fat, about 638.49 pounds fat. Both cows were two to three years old, with continued strong monthly milk output and weight gain, prompting national interest among breeders and the American Guernsey Cattle Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Wisconsin
Queen Ormaby
Waukesha County
Marathon County
University of Wisconsin Experiment Staion
Wiscon
Queen Ormsby
Reddelien Bros
Northlake
Wis
American Guernsey Cattle Club
University of Wisconsin Experiment Station
Letter Lost Between Heinsohn and Lampreight in Algona
A letter is missing and believed to be between Heinsohn and Lampreight in Algona. Please leave it at this office for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinsohn
Lampreight
Algona
Two Sides To Rheumatism and Uric Acid Cure Book
Dr E C Scott of Des Moines links rheumatism to uric acid crystals in joints and blood. He describes how uric acid causes pain deformity and kidney weakness and offers remedies and a four page book explaining accumulation and forms and how to avoid them. The price is 1.00 per page plus packing and skeins sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Scott
Des Moines
Elimi
Conner Fe
Deaths mark sorrow in Algona community
Delta Colo death shocks Mrs H A Richardson family as letters confirm sudden 4:30 am passing on Garnet Mesa. Mourning widower Harry Richardson and 17 month old child left. service set at 2 pm with Rev Grim. Also noted are deaths of Mrs Louis Lessing and Mrs Dermoy, with memorials describing long lives, marriages, and community impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Henderson
Delta
Colorado
Emma Richardson
Harry Richardson
Delta Independent
H. A. Richardson
Garnet Mesa
Richardson
Henderson
Getts
Samison
Edna Henderson
Iowa
Grim
Methodist Church
Stallion Splendide No 22898 Offered at Public Auction
The imported Psioheron stallion Splendide No 22898 of American Registry will sell for cash to the highest bidder at a public auction at the Algona fair grounds on February 15. Splendid is a black stallion foaled April 5, 1943, and is noted for quality in the county shows. Hutchins of Algona Patcherson Horse Breed Association advertises the sale as a chance to acquire a good horse cheaply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Towa
Splendid
Era’ Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Starr & Haggard
Burt Monitor
County News Notes
German Township
Rev. G. Haken
German Reformed Church
Holmes
Abd
Louis Lessing
C.F. Spray
Leasing
Pennsylvania
Margaret Kerr
Ilinois
Potter
David Dormoy
Minneapolis
B. H. Winkie
I. H
Will Potter
Kansas
James Finnegan
Algoha
Ann McCone
Ireland
New York State
Jerome Finnigan
Winnishiek County
Riverdale
James Finnigan
Jerome Mianizan
Board of Supervisors
Tracy, Minnesote
R. H. Miller
Red Jacket
Hocking
Illinois
F. S. Norton
Lamberts Dandruff
E. E. Conner & Co
Algona Nurseries
Spring
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!