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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
7
Algona residents host visits and entertaining gatherings as town activity continues. Posts note travels from Ames Cedar Rapids and Texas, numerous family visits, and social events at homes and churches throughout the week. Local officials handle council business and public notices while readers hear of sales, theatre, and school meetings.
Wheat trades at 5 to 0 cents, oats 40 to 44 cents, barley 4 to 6 cents, rye 63 to 66 cents, flax 1.00 to 1.10 dollars, corn 0 to 62 cents, timothy hay 4 dollars per cwt, wild hay 6 dollars, timothy baled 7 to 8 dollars. Cattle 3 and 4 cents, hogs 3.9 cents, chickens to 8, ducks 8, geese 6, turkeys, eggs 0. Meats and dairy include butter 27 cents and creamery 3 cents.
The Emmetsburg Democrat notes Dickinson county has held the state senate seat for twelve years, used to pressure Leslie B. Pranets as the Spirit Lake candidate. It adds Dickinson and Palo Alto counties have shared the district seat for twenty years, fanning appetite in the other three counties.
An advertising blurb claims Dr Shoop Health Coffee fools coffee connoisseurs by mimicking real coffee. It asserts the drink contains no real coffee, being made from toasted malt and nuts, ready in a minute. Sold for 14 pounds 26e by R. B H. Miller.
Public sale to be held at the seller's farm fourteen miles southeast of Irvington starting at 10 o'clock a.m. Tuesday March 10 1908. Properties include sixty two cattle with variety of ages and milk stock, twelve horses with several teams, two bay mares and colts, one saddle pony, harness and machinery, and miscellaneous farm implements. Terms: cash on approved notes with time for sums over one hundred dollars. Attention to bidders and sale conducted by H Dunn and G Ty Chubb, clerk.
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