Springtime notes and local happenings in Algona
A collection of brief local items from Algona and surrounding areas notes social events at M. I. church and Congregational church, track plans for high school boys, and entertainment previews. It records visits by HF Watson in Chicago, D A Haggard's Minnesota trip, and Mrs Freeman Patch visiting Algona relatives. Also mentions spring strawberries, auto progress, and minor notices about auctions, funerals, and labor concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mis. Freeman Patch
Hartley
Algona
Charles Kennedy
John
Garner
Eagle Grove
Local notes span health, business, and civic life
Geo E Clarke walks to court house after illness and shows improvement. Ruth Anderson, 8, recovers from scarlet fever near town. Mrs. Sherman returns home from Portland township after visit with relatives. Lathrop Weaver updated offices with green paper decor. Holmes attends mother’s funeral in Vandalia, Illinois. Swedish Lutheran services May 5 with new members to join. Herman Wehler joins Chrischilles Herbst as clerk from Chillacothe. Marriage licenses issued to eight couples. City committee to publish a public report on city business. Horse case tried. Puls vs Powelson to be retried. Kossuth Retail Merchants meet at Burt May 7 with credit books distribution. Norton learns of brother’s wife’s death. funeral in Illinois. Crops feared from cool weather. no final decision yet. Grand jury praised. members listed. Tom Sherman celebrated for Milwaukee Systems role. Horrace Parsons’ mild smallpox history noted. Frost remnants from North Dakota reported. Leo Wegman to Omaha job. departure lamented. T M Bilsborough named Fenton Reporter editor after Bailey resignation. Minkler–Collinson wedding in Algona. Judge Coyle presides at first Algona term. Grier reports. Grandfathers announced for D T Smith and J M Cowan families. Mayor Wadsworth defends gas producer plant. cost-saving noted amid buckwheat coal issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo J. Wegman
St. Benedict Banks
Omaha
Charles St. Walters & Co
Mr. Wegman
Frank Bailey
Fenton
Congressman Conner
T. M. Bilsborough
Fenton Reporter
Bilsborough
Cowans
Wadsworth
Changes in City Government and Local News Notes
The city alderman terms are extended to cover the 1909 election with two aldermen at large and one from each ward forming the council. the mayor gains broader appointment powers. Stock and wife depart for Europe, planning to sail May 14 from New York after visiting relatives in Mason City and Pall River. Dan Carroll’s cremation remains return to Algona for burial at Geneva near Bampton. L. W. Stock reports prosperity in the area as land prices rise and farmers buy costly autos. The council adopts a water meter ordinance setting minimum charges of four dollars annually. A social in Union township celebrates a joint birthday with a housewarming, while Mr. and Mrs. Rice plan summer in Sioux City and California for health. Algona Lutheran church renovations proceed with costs rising toward three hundred plus one hundred for the altar. The Indianl society and Luther League push improvements at the parsonage with cement walks. Mrs. Hutchins reports Berkeley trip discomfort due to cold and rain. illness lingers for Mrs. White. Infant Frances Louise Bates dies at three months. funeral held at Riverview cemetery with Rev. Spray. New brick kilns are to be built at the Algona brick and tile works, with a tile machine addition, as business prospects look up. A new high school track team forms under captain Forrest Dairy. they will compete at the May 10 Magle Grove meet with peers from eight other towns. The school board struggles to sign contracts. several staff changes and uncertain retainment are noted as Miss Gamba heads to Wyoming and Mr. Youngquist is named principal of Mabel, Minnesota. other staff assignments are listed for various schools.
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I. W. Stock
Mason City
Pall River
Mass
W. W. Anois
Cora Frink
Union Township
D. Rice
Sioux City
G. L. Taylor
California
Clarke
Algona
Mrs. Rice
Algona Lutheran Church
Indianl Society
Young People’s Luther League
D. H. Hutchins
Berkeley
Geo. White
Riverview Cemetery
C. F. Spray
Algona M. I. Church
Algona Brick and Tile Works
Coan
Jast
Forrest Dairy
Clair Clapagdale
Albert, Read
Raymond Bradley
Hiram’ Beer
Dle
Ray Potter
Lea Glasier
Rino Heise
Frank Norton
Clifford Clarke
Harry Paine
Magle Grove
Humboldt
Clarion
West Bend
Belmond
Wagle Grove
Goldfield
Webster City
Gamba
Wyoming
Youngquist
Mabel
Minn
Coate
McCoy
Smith
Krisschbaum
Gilbride
Harrison
Carrie Durant
Miller
Rutherford
Central
Sutton
Minktler and Hart
Third Ward
Wisconsin Senatorial Race Draws Interest in Madison
Baptist Pastor John I Porterfield returned to Badger State from Brodhead where he attended a funeral and stopped in Madison on the way home. He met lawmakers and learned that the fight to replace Spooner will likely end with Stevenson Lenroot or Cooper as the chosen senator. LaFollette remains neutral among the trio while the senator is away lecturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lees
Wisconsin
John I’. Porterfield
Brodhead
Porterfield
Madison
Spooner
Stephenson
Lenroot
Cooper
LaQollatte
Anniversary Jubilee for Algona Swedish Lutherans
The Swedish Lutherans of Algona celebrate a quarter century jubilee May 24 to 26 with many visitors expected. Clergy from Sioux City Centerville and Algona conference will attend and Rev C G Lundell will be installed as pastor of the Algona and Bancroft churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Norrbom
Sioux City
Lews
Ray. A. Elfstrom
Centerville
Glim
Railroad commissioners to visit county on station petition
State railroad commissioners will visit tomorrow to review the petition for stations at Gerled crossing and not Maple Hill where the Burt line crosses the Rock Island. Hon. H. Holmes will join the party, having previously argued for stations in Des Moines last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railroad Commissioners
H. Holmes
Gerled Crossing
Maple Hill
Burt
Rock Island
Mr. Holmes
Holmes
Des Moines
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