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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1906
Page
4
Algona area residents and visitors cover a week of social calls, business trips, church events, and local politics. Numerous brief notes mention appointments, illness, travel to Armstrong, Des Moines, and Des Moines regions, plus a sizable republican ticket and county notices.
Ledyard P W Reevs visited Bancroft Saturday while O L Graves and wife returned home Tuesday. Numerous residents like Ruby Skinner and A F Mayer with wife traveled to Bancroft and Germania. The State Bank began pressing Thursday. Families and visitors from Eagle Grove Algona Aberdeen Armstrong Estherville Elmore Glenwood and South Dakota appear in a roundup of local activity and a car repair for Cutlery Hardware Co. costs sixty dollars.
Mrs D E Fitch visited Agona last week. Ed Pompe is building his new house on a recently purchased farm. Mrs Z De Davison of Burt spent Sunday with Mrs Will Davison. B O Mann and family visited Lute Fairbanks. Elsis Ringadort stayed with Viva Mann Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Frank Mann of Burt visited her parents Wm Stahl and wife. Will Davison went to North Dakota to claim land. J W Stott painted his barn improving its appearance. G D Stone hauls tile for his farm, Emil and Will Leek to perform the work. Quibale Grover visited Laura Grover at Late Patrbank’s. Henry Kreger and his mother from Whittemore came to see old acquaintances W M Blake and wife. Delbert Ashling and Mrs J N Stone returned to their home in Tni nois Friday after two weeks with relatives.
A. Jacobson was in Algona on business, David Lewis of New York City visited on business, Edith Elvidge from Burt visited her aunt Mrs. Harry Helgason, and Rev. Hotchkiss stopped briefly while traveling Bancroft to Dolliver. Wm. and Henry Bergem returned to their New York home as threshing machines operated at full capacity within four miles, with five machines taxed to maximum.
Frank Bohn and family from Mason Cuy visit Irvington as Rev. Holmes delivers a speech in Irvington hall on Monday night October 8. Dr Armghong is reported recuperating, and Austin Gibbone of Dwight Illinois travels this week after the Judd farm dispute. his brother Dr ig has returned home.
A lifelong Republican speaker from northern Iowa defends Holmes and calls him a strong, honest candidate. He praises Holmes as a good, conscientious man who can captivate audiences and urges support for statewide primary law and direct election of U.S. Senators. He identifies as a Roosevelt Stripe supporter and asks what reasons exist to oppose Holmes.
Farmers and Stockmens advertise large stock tanks cisterns and reservoirs with a 4 foot system of farm water works. They promise labor saving money and quick installation. They sell Fairbanks Morse gas engines for pumping grinding and churning plus creamery supplies brass steam goods valves and pipe fittings and a range of threshing and belting products. General agents for Iowa separators with a showroom near the C N W Depot.
Special execution directs sale of real estate of Geo W Beckley Laura Beckley Peter Dolt and Johanne Wilms Dolt to Moe Bros at the Algona courthouse October 1806 from 2 to 4 pm Lots 2 and 6 in block 15 Algona Iowa. W B McDonald Sheriff notes the date and witness.
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