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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1906
Page
5
Jubilant residents of Kogguth County celebrate the completion of a magnificent new exhibition building. Entries keep arriving up to midnight from all departments as the fair opens with strong public interest and praise for Geo. E. Boyle’s dream come true.
Mayor Ferguson and city officials push hard for fair success. Whittemore businessmen pledge to cross to Algona for the event at ten tomorrow. Supervisor Cullen vows town closure. Deputy Cleveland secures a Northwestern train from Elmore for northern Woodmen members. President Farley urges all to wear a f ole button at the fair. Buttons available on grounds as keepsakes of the new building and Rest Home. Decorations in the main building praised. Leo Peuguet leads the committee. Upper Des Moines Republican rents space in the main hall for 50 cents a front foot. Whittemore displays natural products with a bountiful cornucopia. A group portrait of the Birateey board will be studied by visitors. Some objection to the hall name as not exclusively floral. Money to build the hall secured. We pay top price for all kinds of poultry. NiColin Bros.
Bancroft beat Swea City 9 to 4 in a 12 inning Northern Iowa clash last Friday. A disputed seventh inning call by umpire Wangatt sparked crowd unrest. Bancroft led 4 to 0 early, but Swea City rallied with errors and late offense for the loss.
Herman Ditner a German man about sixty five who lived near the Iowa Central station and worked part of the year for the road died by self inflicted hanging on a very warm Friday night. Inquest testimony showed prior despondency and heavy drinking of home made wine from peach pits. He was found at the corn crib with rope around his neck, coroner's jury returned a verdict consistent with suicide. Burial planned at La Verne, body shipped from the scene.
Rod Jain of Portland township spent a week visiting his boyhood home in Carthage Jefferson County New York where he lived from 1847 to 1864 with his family. He toured Caps Vincent Montreal and the Thousand Islands then traveled through New York City and along Lake Champlain before swimming at Conay Island. He also visited Niagara on the return trip and praised the St Lawrence scenery as grand.
Mrs Sarah A Sparks, injured July 5 at Webster City when she fell between a station platform and a North Western car, has settled with the railway for 2000. She has not fully recovered, remaining unable to walk and requiring support. The company paid hospital and doctor bills and provided a special car for her return home to Cresco township.
C E Melnger of the U S Geological Survey visited parts of Kossuth County to study local groundwater conditions. The survey conducts Iowa wide resources work to map depth, beds, and water quality and will publish a free report explaining usable groundwater without heavy technical detail.
A small turnout marked the county farm meeting last Wednesday as professors Holden and Jones along with Mr. Mosher reviewed corn testing and quack grass control. Holden stressed seed selection boosts yields, noting tests show up to a 50 percent stand difference between tested and untested seed, and the need for farmers to act on these findings. Mosher provided data on farm experiments to be shared soon.
The Whittemore community is urged to support the fair as improvements on the grounds are credited to Parley, Sople, and local leaders. Over two years they have tirelessly advanced the society despite obstacles, contributing time and money to realize the project and fund the buildings and grounds.
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