Inferno consumes Burt Burne store and nearby shops
Fire discovered at 6 AM in W I Bourne building on Burt Street spread to A N S Thompson and Watkinson & Son, destroying Bourne and Watkinson structures. Burns halted by Algona and Bancroft crews by 11 AM. Bourne totals about 3000 dollars loss with 1300 insurance. Watkinson 2300 with 1500 insured. Thompson insured 800 on building and 1500 on stock, with rebuilding planned as a one-story brick. The blaze likely incendiary. no injuries reported.
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W. ‘I. Bourne
Burt
Bourne
A. N. S. Thompson
Thels
Watkinson & Son
Thompson
Bancroft
Algona
Raus
McDonald
B. J
W. McMurray
L. A. Gronsind
Ray Taird
Ragard
Dally
Subscribers pledge funds for amphitheater at county fairground
A list of donors pledged 1000 each to finance the amphitheater at the Kossuth County Fair Grounds. Names include Geo. E. Boyle J. M. Farley H. J. Thompson Emil Chrischilles Susie Carmody State Bank Phil Cullen Whittemore Chrischilles Herbst T. H. Wadsworth J. P. Keith Bohannon E. J. Murtagh Wm. Ferguson I. H. Smith J. W. Wadsworth W. B. Quarton Chubb Byrds A. D. Clarke H. C. Adams A. M. Jasperson Lathrop & Weaver Irma D. Adams Wm. H. Ingham Ambrose A. Gall Algona C. J. Lenander Bancroft F. C. Newall Geo. W. Newell I. W. Dryer Fenton Myron Schenck Union township Geo. B. Hall Julius Kunz Wesley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Boyle
J. M. Farley
H. J. Thompson
Emil Chrischilles
Susie Carmody
State Bank
Phil Cullen
Whittemore
Chrischilles
Herbst
T. H. Wadsworth
P. Keith
J. T Bohannon
E. J. Murtagh
Wm. K. Ferguson
Fenton
Myron Schenck
Union Township
Geo. B. Hall
Julius Kunz
Wesley
MAY LOSE TITONKA-BURT MAIL ROUTE
Government offers 8720 per year for daily Burt to Titonka mail service with Sunday runs. Only bid is 8900, risking loss of star route June 30. Burt and Titonka residents urged to contact the post department to preserve service.
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Burt
Titonka
Titanka
Memorial Day Sermon Highlights US Mission and New Epoch
Rev. O H Holmes delivers a Memorial Day sermon at Congregational church emphasizing United States leadership in moral, spiritual, and political progress. He traces national origins to Mayflower founders, calls the nation a conquering race, and argues Spain War opened a new epoch with Pacific expansion and the Philippines as key. The service includes Grand Army, Relief Corps, and diverse veterans groups with music and hymns.
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Congregational
Grand Army
Georgia
Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Company IF
National Guard
Spray and
Porterfield
O. H. Holmes
United States
Methuselah
Spain
Milwaukee merchants plan June business excursion through Iowa and Wisconsin
The Merchants and Manufacturers' Association of Milwaukee will conduct its annual business excursion next month through Mason City Clear Lake Britt Algona Emmetsburg and Spencer on Monday June 17. The trip aims to foster closer relations with local businessmen and receptions are expected along the route with Algona to be prepared.
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Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of Milwaukee
Iowa
Wisconsin
Mason City
Clear Lake
Britt
Algona
Emmetsburg
Spencer
Paralyzed by Fall Shocks Humboldt Family
Judge Coyle rushed from Emmetsburg to Humboldt after his son Clyde Coyle nineteen years old fell from a ladder while trimming a tree. The youth landed on shoulders and back, was unconscious, and remains paralyzed from the neck down with most bodily functions suspended. Friends watch with hope for relief.
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Judge Coyle
Humboldt
Emmetsburg
Clyde
Humboldt Independent
Clyde Coyle
Coyle
Sermon Urges Free Giving to Algona High Class of 1907
Rev F Spray delivered the baccalaureate at the M E church to Algona High School class of 1907 and faculty, urging youth to use their gifts to bless others. He warned against becoming mere absorbers in literature, social life, and religion, urging unselfish service as central to character. The sermon closed with quotes from the Vision of Sir Launcelot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. F. Spray
Spray
Algona High School
Sir Launtal
Jamestown Exposition Low Rates Daily via The Northwestern Line
Exposition travelers can take low daily rates to Jamestown until November 16 with liberal return limits and stopover privileges. Routes vary and include visits to New York, Washington, Niagara Falls and coast and mountain resorts, with direct Chicago connections to lines east. Inquiries via any Northwestern Line agent.
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New York
Washington
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Theorthwastern
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Wm. C. Steele
Wmn. G. Steele
Burne’s
Uno
Wreethon of Amphitheater
Kouauth County Fair Grounds
Polico Department
Ipke
Rev. Holmes
America
Republic
Pacific
Hawaii
Discovery
Navy
Philippines
Milwaukee
Wil Viel Algona
Fon
Alzona
M. 14
Jamestown Exposition
Ian Bude
Bloom
Agust Huenhold
Phone 106
Bagt McGregor St
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