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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1905
Page
9
Silk shop advertises low prices on FOULARDS at 69¢ per yard with three brown green and navy patterns. Fancy silks for shirt waists and suits priced 47c 59c and 69c plus black peau de soie 21 inches wide at 1 per yard. Taffetas offered at 1.26 1.88 and 1.60 with 21 inch taffeta at 65c. Changeable taffetas 7 inch wide in multiple colors at 1.00. Habitus silk white 24 inches wide 39c. Silk remnants in short lengths 25¢ per yard.
Various notes from Algona and vicinity include court session planned for the 15th, deaths, weddings and licenses issued, local travel and visits, church events, bridge construction, and agricultural updates. Notable items mention M. V. Grove at home, Mrs. E. Young’s death, licenses to wed for Ekholm Frakes and Conway Wermerson, and J. Bonar’s Des Moines trip.
The excerpt urges frugality noting most earners spend nine dollars on living costs for every dollar saved and argues small, smart investments save later. It promotes Cham Berlin's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, costing a few cents per bottle, sold by H. B. Conner & Co.
Hagganp and others announce a small loan fund for peer support. Carriage trimming and shoe repairs offered by Clark Bros at 938 provide services to the community.
Land buyers are drawn to Wisconsin timber country with easy Chicago Milwaukee routes. Germans Finns Welsh and other settlers begin homesteads around Price County attracting emigration and rising prices. Investor appeal lies in proximity to towns and road access with limited land ahead, advises Oscar F. Donaldson of Webster City Iowa.
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