Bancroft News items reveal many local visits and events
Leni Hackl visits Estherville. new daughter for B W Ogle. Hazel Ring trips to Algon. Mike Shes from Lone Rock in town. many relatives visiting Bancroft. church activities include Children’s Day, Baptist meetings, and missionary events. Tony Tix obituary note from Hankinson. local school appointments. commencement at Jefferson Hall. various travel and home repairs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladden
B. W. Ogle
Hazel Ring
Algons
Mike Shes
Lone Rock
Leo Schiltz
Estherville
The
Baptist Sunday School
N. J. Sciltz
Algona News Briefs Include Crime, River Flooding and Funeral
Last week authorities jailed F. J. Kopp for alleged liquor offenses at the Hotel De Lillie in Algona, with a twenty day confinement. Carriers plan a county association meeting on the 30th with Geo. B. Haughey expected to speak. The river west of town remains high, flooding grades near Tom Fitzsimmons Bridge and forcing alternating crossings. Ten year old Arthur Schul er died after a lung fever. funeral held at Lotts Creek with Lutheran pastor Rev. Furstenau, interment Bancroft Cemetery. Band members announce a repeat concert next Monday May 25 to aid uniforms, urging full town attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algone
Lutheran Church
Algona
Swanbeck
Swea City
Christian Solberg
Christena Solberg
Ole Solberg
Nelsons Bracks
Eljen Larson
St. Paul, Minn
Ole’s
Norway
F. J. Kopp
Durance Vile
Geo. B. Haughey
Charles City
The
Carriers Association
Kossuth
Lofts
Tom Fitzsimmons
Carrier Blanchard
Zuittle
Arthur Schuler
Adam Schuler
Furstenau
Lotts Creek
Bancroft
Schulers
Norrow
Titonka Local News Briefs Reflect Weather and Change
The town reports movement of a restaurant to the Callahan building and improvements in Main Street Appearances. Miss Jenole Michaelson is ill with appendicitis while John Lachan shows improving health. Farmers struggle with wet soils delaying corn planting amid high water and bridge outages on Plum Creek. local elevators close, urging cooperatives for supplies. Local politicians mobilize as a large Cumming Club forms.
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He Cooney
Callahan
Jenole Michaelson
German Valley
John Lachan
Titonka
Rippe and Clinton Grain Co
Plum Creek
Wesley Township
Wesley
Section 12
Local Social Notes From Ledyard Bancroft and Elmore
Ledyard and Bancroft residents, including Mr Gilligan and Sheriff Lillie, were seen in town this week with visits from J B Moulton and J E Potter while Mrs Tillmoney plans a trip to Ionia. Elmore hosts guests from Elmore and nearby, and Health Coffee a Dr Shoop product from Racine is advertised as a quick, grain based coffee substitute sold by R H Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Potter
Altona
Egiator
Shoop
Racine
Wisconsin
Man Seeks Aid for Illness with Rocky Mountain Tea
An old advertisement notes a man unable to obtain a specific hand and poor health. It promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with a testimonial by R. H. Miller, urging use of the product as a remedy or aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
R. H. Miller
Farm Loans At Lowest Rate From Kossuth County Bank
Farm loan notice announces the Kossuth County State Bank offers the lowest interest rate. Applicants are urged to apply, highlighting favorable terms for farmers seeking financing. The ad emphasizes accessibility and local support for agricultural borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County
Northeastern Railway announces daily Colorado trains and tickets
Daily through trains to Colorado via Union Pacific and Western lines advertised. Tickets sold daily through September 20 with return by October. One agent to Denver handles sales and information. Seek full details from the Northeastern ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loy Mtns Betta
Union Pacific
L North H West
Colorado
Denver
Nort Estern
Measles and illnesses sweep Swea City area
Local residents face illnesses including measles and smallpox quarantine. Notable events include visits, religious services, and travel to Oklahoma City for a Baptist convention. Several residents, such as C W Spoor and J C Taylor, are listed as ill, with social activities and family travel detailed amid the health concerns.
Local notes from Algona reveal visits and a shifting newspaper staff
Prof G L Sherman and Mrs Dad Robinson visited Algona over the weekend while J A Gray from Schaller tended farm work northwest of town. Supt Backus toured nearby schools. Frank Woods of Moultonville campaigned for Congress and predicted victory. A heavy Sunday rain delays corn planting, about half planted. Kate Smith will give a Friday musical recital at the M E church. Dr Ben nett of Fayette College will deliver the May 22 class address. he is praised as a top state speaker. Readers learn Starr the senior editor of Upper Des Moines Republican sold his interest and will leave the county, sparking concern that the post office paper is dying, though expectations rise for a strong new manager to uphold the paper’s standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Gray
Schaller
Iowa
Backus
Algona
Frank Woods
Motherville
Bennett
Fayette College
Upper Des Moines Republican
Starr
Algona Upper Des Moines- Republican
Low Rates to Pacific Coast by Chicago and North Western Line
Advertises low round trip fares to Pacific Coast destinations including San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and North Pacific Coast points valid daily June 1 to September 15 with liberal return limits and stopover options. Also promotes Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets and Dr Shoop's Headache Tablets with claims of quick relief priced at 25 cents for 20 tablets.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago
Union Pacific
North Western Line
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
North Pacific Coast
Shoop
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offered with Golden Promise
Cedar View Mississippi merchant B G Stewart tells customers that buying a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills returns gold in weight value if afflicted with constipation malaria or biliousness The pills are sold with a waxed guarantee at R H Millers drug store for twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
R. H. Miller
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Remedy Claim
A historical advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure to relieve constipation clean the bowels and tone the digestive organs. It markets 350 tea or tablets from R. H. Miller as the most reliable tonic for various ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
R. H. Miller
Lanugshan Settings Eggs 60 center setting
Frank Thompson and R A Miller promote a product described as a tea or tablets from Mott Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea tones the stomach stimulates the lazy liver strengthens the bowels and aids overall digestion as a natural remedy. The text reads like an old medical ad with mixes of names and claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanugshan
Uniontownship Farm
Frank Thompson
Algong
Mott
Hollister
R. A. Miller
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Bancroft News
J. A. Frech
Leni Hackl
Sherman
Dodge
Dr. Gilde
Junior League of the
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Nye Duckmanton
Foore
Montana
May Kinney
Mra
Ethel Winkel-Kutchara
Sexton
B. H. Sudmeter
G. H. Trotter
J. J. Warrick
L. L. West
Des Moines
Bee West
Josie Green-Stebbins
J. W. Green’s
Mat Rueder
Tagle Grove
Stephen Rueder
John Nemmers
B. EB. Holland
Jack Johnson
Buffalo Center
Walters
Snes City
George Livermore
F. A. Ross
Blue Earth
Gilbert Richardson
Prof
Alexander
Baptist Church
B. I. Hayden
W. P. Water Place
Baptist Pulpit Committee
P. D. Smith
Waterloo
J. A. Winkel
Hettinger
North Dakota
John
Mattie
P. H. Patton
la Verna
Mae Johnson
Beardley, Minn
Patton
Jessie Greenwood
Abowes City
Bancroft and
Swea
Geo. Schleder
Tony Tix
Hankinson
N. C
Tony
Dr. Walters
Milwaukee
Tom Sherman
Minneapolis
Bruer
Lian Nelson
Aplington
Fenton
Misa Leota Wilson
Bancroft High School
Jafferson Hall
Wonderkotles
Mike Regner
Sprack
Ayer
Mhey
Jefferson
Tmtonka
Ledyard
Mr. Gilligan
Lillie of
J. B, Moulton
C. W. Spoor
W.H. Mills
J.C. Taylor
Bengt Nelson
Lundquist
J. M. Dye
Ladies Guild
Elon Anderson
R. Rowley
Martin Nelson
W. B. Packman
Munday
D. M. Washbourn
Yankton
Ls. D
Harris
J. M. Harris
Odd Fellows
J. M. Barris
J. L., Campbell
Oklahoma City
R. It. Stockman
Jim Dahl
Axel Sundstrom
Mhnore
C. J. Anderson
Mr. Sundstrom
G. L. Sherman
Dad Robinson
Kate Smith
Miss Smith
Langdon & CO
Huenhold
Royal Fence
F. S. Norton Lumber and Gul
Rem
Phong
Siott
J. B. Winkel
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