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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1905
Page
2
District court in Kossuth county opens a case regarding the last will and testament of Pally Witham deceased. The notice records filings, dates, and actions for probate, with announcements of hearings and time frames for interested parties to respond.
A Cedar Rapids grand lodge session declares unanimous approval to rebuild the Mason City Orphans Home with a $45,000 appropriation. Trustees report $28,000 insurance and salvage. fireproof construction planned. A future separate aged home is contemplated with plans to be studied by a three member committee for location south of the Northwestern railway.
Miss Mary Porter spoke at a Congregational church about Chinese Christians in the Boxer era. She notes governors foreseeing danger, missionaries protected, few martyrs, and Christians showing forgiveness toward persecutors. She reports mission schools, colleges, hospitals rebuilt larger, with doubled attendance and rising native converts. Also brief ads for a typewriter, a farm for rent, and a real estate inquiry in Algona, Iowa.
Mrs Mary Vincent died after a long illness at 72 born Oct 4 1833 in Uxbridge MA later Whitensville and Algona resident since 23 years She was a Congregationalist Rebekah and Relief Corps member and widely beloved Her funeral Sunday at the Congregational church drew many friendsfrom near and far including H B Smith of Minneapolis Ruby Smith St Cloud Hortense Smith Red Wing and Graves of Ledyard
Hutchison Gilmore Vincent conducted a hereford cattle sale last Wednesday with strong attendance and moderate prices. Buyers included Frank Gilmore with 13 head, Thomas Becker with two bulls, Frank Hilbert with two bulls, Matt Marso with a cow and calf, N. M. Mann with 28 head, A. M. Jasperson with two heifers and a bull, Albert Butterfield with 16 steers, and A. M. Devine with a bull. Jersey Red and Poland China hogs were also sold at good figures.
A. L. Peterson reports county fair talk dominates Whittemore as plans race ahead for two colored buttons and a floral hall image. Buttons cost 50 cents for ladies and a dollar for men with the octagonal floral hall design. Peterson urges newspapers to advertise the fair and even hints at purchasing papers to boost sales.
Notice by special execution for S P Christensen and co defendants in favor of W W Wheeler. Public sale at the courthouse door Algona Kossuth Iowa on November 28 1905 between 9 am and 4 pm. Real estate: south seven twelfths of lot 4 in block 5 in original plat of Algona. Witnessed by W A McDonald sheriff.
Notice of public sale under a ByBlast to satisfy a judgment in favor of F. B. Foldy. The property includes N J O'Brien Lola O'Brien and B Robinson real estate in Kossuth County Iowa. Sale at the courthouse door in Algona on November 23 1905 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The land includes parts of Section 35 Township 96 North Range 27 West and Wesley town lots four and four and a half acres between blocks four and five.
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