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THE OOTOIER, ALGONA. IOWA. 7 CARDS. CLARKE. CLARKE ATTORNEYS ALGONA, CHAS.

COHENOUR. AT LAW. SULLIVAN JVJCMAHON ATTORNEYS AT MAW. Office in Postoffloe BU-'ok. ALGONA, IOWAi PALL OPERA HOUSE ONE NIGHT ONLY.

S. SESSIONS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Money to Loan on Ghattle Security. 4LGONA, IOWA E. V.

ATTORNEY AT LAW. Sney to Loan. ALGONA, IOWA. R. ATTORtfcfa AT LA W.

(Successor to W. B. Quarton.) Office over Kossuth A County State Bank. ALGONA. IOWA.

Friday Evening, Nov. 1. Three Great Comedians! Favorites of the People! All Handsome Costumes! Their own Orchestral Seats on Sale at F. W. Dlngley's.

J. BONAR. BONAR FEbbOWS, ATTORNE YS AT LA W. 0tl 0ns On lll A receive prompt attention. Itooms 8 and 0, Algona State Bank Building, Branch Office at Wesley, 10WA e.

MCCOY, AND PHYSICIAN ALGONA, SURGEON. IOWA. M. J. SURGEON.

ALGONA. SCOTT, M. Fit YS 1C I AN cO SURGEON. ALGONA, IOWA. LOCAL NEWS.

Court adjourned yesterday. Thos. Little is father to a new boy. Go to the court house this evening. "Uucle Steve Pettibone is expected home now any day.

Mrs. B. Bloor of Bancroft was in Algona Monday. These piping times of peace are also the times of piecing pipe. A medicine company is the attraction of the week at Clarke's hall.

Turn out this evening to the mass meeting in court house hall. Miss Minnie Harris of Waukesha, is here on a visit with friends and relatives. Geo. Holm will not open a restaurant in Algona. He has concluded to remain in Bancroft.

Lew Crammond spent last Sunday SURGEON, ALGONA, IOWA, lock. i Bank. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, BUST, IOWA A. b. RIST, D.D.

S. DENTIST. ALGONA, IOWA. anaesthetic for deadening pain in gums when extracting teeth. E.

p.D. 3. DENTIST, ALGONA. IOWA, ipeolal attention given to saving the natural teeth. Office over Algona State Bank.

SAVERS, Veterinary Physician and Surgeon. Office west of the Thorington House. Good Hospital Accommodations, ALGONA, IOWA MONEY ON REAL ESTATE. BRUNSON, ALGONA A. D.

Clarke Co, FARM LOANS. ALGONA. IOWA. M. O.

P. PEEK. PEEK, (Successors to Jones Smith.) Collections, 16- IOWA. l' in Spencer with his sweetheart. No doubt he had a delightful time.

A number of our fast horse admirers will attend the racing matinee at Bancroft Saturday. Some good racing is promised. August Sterzbach started out on the road Monday with his orchestra. Their first stop was at Britt. He has a good orchestra this season.

The Spirit Lake Beacon last week said that Hon. C. C. Chubb of Algona had been in Dickinson county for several clays looking up the cattle business. James Long of Dubuque came last Saturday for a visit at his father's, D.

S. Long. The young man has a good situation with the Illinois Central R'y. and will remain here but a short time. J.

J. Wilkinson, candidate for superintendent of schools is making a- thorough canvas of the county. He is meeting with good success. A great many are in favor of a change in the superintendent's office and will support Mr. Wilkinson.

F. E. Smith was married to an Indianola lady, Miss Clara Llllie Jacoby, Wednesday. They will reside in Des Moines, and will be at home in the capital city after November 1st. Smith's numerous Algona friends all join in extending their heartiest congratulations.

The Wigwam has done an exceptionally good business this season. Their business will run up several thousand dollars larger than last year, and their business last year was considerably larger than the year before. The Wigwam is the old reliable standby for everything in its line. The Iowa editorial party were given A shoe factory that employs 300 hands. Just think of it! It is reported that typhoid fever is having quite a run at Armstrong.

T. H. Lantry is home from Kansas. His brother is still very sick. S.

E. McMahon is trying a case for Mr. Mansmith in Crescd to-day. Remember the lecture at the Congregational church Saturday evening. John Grove has leased all of the Brunson building.

Mr. Brunson will retire. W. F. Blalne has imported from Poweshiek county a number of thoroughbred Poland China hogs.

They are nice ones. Melzar Haggard is the proud possessor of one of the finest seal skin caps we ever saw. His father made him a present of it a few days ago. The Stillsons of Corwith have filed articles of incorporation for a $60,000 state bank. The Stillsons built one of the best bank buildings this season to be found anywhere in Iowa.

Fort Dodge has secured that shoe factory, and is now figuring on an overall and shirt factory, at present doing business at Monmoutb, 111. Does Fort Dodge want the earth with a fence around it? Mrs. Rose Schultz of Montezuma, Poweshiek county, arrived here the early part of last week for a visit with her brother, W. F. Elaine.

She was summoned home by a telegram Friday, announcing the serious illness of her father-in-law. List of advertised letters for week Remember the shoe factory meeting this evening. Geo. W. Hanna was' up from Lu- Verne Wednesday.

Dr. Rist will occupy the second floor of the new Purvis building. The case of Tremalne vs. Brady was taken under advisement by the Judge. Attorney Cohoon was over Tuesday business.

of Emmetsburg on professional Geo. R. Pearson has two thousand bushels of onions piled up on his Owl Lake farm. S. A.

Dunn of Pocahontas county, made his father C. of Irvington a visit this week. Ex- Gov. St. John will speak in Algona next Wednesday in the interest of the prohibition ticket.

An institution that promises to employ 300 men for Algona. Attend the meeting this evening and hear about It. 5 Mrs. A. L.

Peterson and son came home Wednesday after pleasant southern part ending Oct. 12th: Cleary, Isaac E. A. Chaffee, Frank Crow, Mr. Florris Ellsworth, W.

J. Wrougton (2), John Shlutner, Mrs. Sarah Taylor, Henry H. Westrick (2), Eben Wright, J. E.

Wroughton (2). Will White has rented Philip Dor- weildrs's 160 acre farm near town, and will soon move back from Dickinson county. Crops up that way have been quite poor and Will will be glad to get back here again, says the West Bend Advance. Mr. A.

Anderson of this place, who has been running a bakery at Garner for some time, had the misfortune to be burned out last Thursday. The fire originated by the explosion of a gasoline stove. He lost his entire stock. There was a stabbing affray over near West Bend one day last week. Tony Andert, a farm hand, carved another farm laborer, of the name of Salisbury.

The Justice before whom Andert was given a hearing held him to the grand jury in the sum of, $300. Frank Wiemer will poll a heavy vote in the north part of the county where he is personally He has the confidence and good will of everybody who ever transacted any business with him. He would make an ideal representative. Let every democrat do his duty on election six weeks' visit in the of the; state. E.

Blackford, E. H. Clarke, E. C. Tuttle, and T.

H. Conner were at Marshalltown this week, delegates to the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F.

M. J. Walsh of Burt was clown Wednesday to attend the Winkel- Zanke wedding. Miss Winkel of Bancroft was here for the same purpose. Mrs.

Dixson's brother, Mr. Howland of Des Moines, is here assisting his sister in packing her goods preparatory to her removal to Des Moines. Nic Haver, for a number of years past a school teacher of this county, left last Monday for a visit to Luxenburg. He will be there until spring and perhaps longer. Last Monday J.

J. yan rented to Eugene Goeman of Webster county, Sullivan McMahon's splendid 480 acre farm west of town. Mr. Goeman will not move here until spring. Swea City must be booming.

Last Tuesday R. M. Richmond filed for record three additions to the original town site. Thos. F.

Cooke is also making an addition of no small dimensions. Thos. Henderson is enjoying a visit from his three sisters who reside in Minneapolis, Mrs. V. H.

Stough, Mrs. J. R. Jones is in Dubuqueattending some Masonic meeting. Mrs.

J. W. Robinson's father, M. N. Dayton, was here over Sunday.

The C. Breen farm, north of Wesley has finally been sold to M. L. Clarke advertises the red front livery property for sale in this paper. Look it up.

The Emmetsburg gun club will have a big shoot October 23 and 24. Algona shootlsts are invited. The Seneca creamery took in 338,311 pounds of milk in September and for which they paid on an average of 89c per hundred. Geo. Blackford shot an eagle yester- terday that measured seven feet from tip to tip.

He killed it near the Blackford place west of town, Oliver Moe, a gentleman from Sioux City, has leased Mr. Heise's building ofl Thorington street and will open up a butcher shop about November 1st. Will N. Ohaffee, well known hereby his connection with the Normal School with his brother Prof. has been made financial agent of Cornell College.

The doctors went down For Sale Cheap. The livery barn, known as the Grove Barn, south of Tennant House. The best livery site, in this, the best county teeat town in Northern Iowa. Stalls for 45 horses, besides sheding. This barn has been thoroughly repaired from foundation to roof.

City water piped in. There was never a better time to engage in this business. Horses, carriages, harness goods, aa well as feed, were never as cheap before. I desire to dispose of this before returning to California. Call on or address, ic -Retail Dealer in Goods.

it of wild lands and itjoy began Tp ay axes for non know, a sold for taxes, he doctor havona, Iowa, ILLING. Benefit Life. vlvethev I an me try?" and Cheap- Companies doing before your in any unoccupied the freedom of the city of Nashville, Tenn. We see by the Nashville Banner that lunch was served in the Gerst brewery, consisting of hot sausage, kraut, pickles, rye bread and lager- beer, and at St. Louis the Iowa editors were escorted to the Aneiser- Busch brewery where lager beer was served as free as water.

The St. Louis and Nashville brewers know the failings of Iowa's prohibition editors. No doubt Bros. Starr and Warren took a good swig at both places. The towns of Fort Dodge and Waterloo have been furnishing amusement for the rest of the state for some months past.

The census figures indicate. thatFort Dodge, by a remarkable growth, had outstripped Waterloo and the Fort Dodge papers have devoted most of their editorial space to comments on the fact. Now Fort Dodge has captured the Des Moines shoe factory, and is feeling good. The Chronicle observes that the time has come at last when Waterloo can get Into Fort Dodge's shoes. Mr.

Johnson, the gentleman who has worked one of P. Kain's farms in Plum Creek for some time, is back from his jaunt to Missouri. He went down to Rolla a week or ten days ago with Mr. Rtatson and expected to buy a farm. When he got there and sized the country up he soon reached the conclusion that he wanted none of it in his.

During his absence Mr. Kain rented the place Mr. Johnson was occupying to another man, and now Mr. Johnson would like to another good place to rent In day. Walter Fox, a farmer over near Britt, went out to his barn with a lantern to do his chores one evening last week.

The lantern exploded in the barn and everything he had was burned up, including five head of horses and a number of cows. Mr. flnd this county. Missouri may be a'very good country, but Mr. Johnson don't thjnk that It js, He prefers to remain in Iowa.

Fox lost all of his buildings' in the cyclone last year. He is having a streak of hard luck. A number of our young people attended a swell party and reception at Livermore last Friday evening. The party was given by fifteen or twenty of Livermore's best young men. It was held in the opera house.

Invited guests were present from a dozen or more outside towns. Our mandolin club furnished a part of the music. The guests from Algona were Cornie Ingham, Jessamine Jones, Nellie Taylor, Ollie Salisbury, M. Weaver, Guy Taylor and Irving Dodge. If the people In the western portion of the county want representation on the board of supervisors, each and every voter should cast his ballot for F.

W. Mittag, the democratic nominee, As the board now stands, or will stand If the republican nominees are elected, the entire western portion of the county will be without representation. Mr. Mittag would make a competent and faithful public servant. He will be elected if the voters of the west half of the county but lay Brad Means, and Mrs.

C. W. Waldo came Monday and expect to remain some days. Phil. 'Dcrweiler, the democratic nominee for treasurer, is going to run He ought to'receive a vote.

He.is an old settler in the county aud has done bis full share to make the county what it is to-day. W. P. representing the Sioux City Tribune was here Tuesday looking after the interests of that Journal. The Tribune is one of the best afternoon paper published in Iowa.

It has a growing list at this place. We are informed by a gentleman who does a large loaning business that there is a big demand for money. A great many prefer to borrow to meet their obligations rather than dispose of grain at the-present low prices. There will be services at the Free Methoajst' church Sunday, Oct. 20.

Morriing service at 11 o'clock and evening service at 7 o'clock. Also every alternate Sunday, conducted by yesterday to amputate the leg of that young man who was hurt a couple of weeks ago by the well drilling accident with the Fraser Bros. The U. M. says that the county attorney will take steps to have Dr.

Lacey's liquor permit revokeVl. If he does, the Doctor's drug business will not amount to much. Miss Edith Wiiliams, nee Clarke, is in Algona visiting. She came from Minneapolis with her mother who went up to meet her. She will go east with her husband who will come this way for her.

Gardner Cowles' brother, Lament, of Burlington visited in Algona over Sunday. A sister who has been visiting at the Cowles' home for some days returned home with him. Mr. Cowles is an attorney and is enjoying a large and lucrative practice. The basement of the Galbraith block is overrun with rats.

Leo Peu- gnet has set to work to exterminate them. He bought a trap and Monday night caught fourteen in it. The rats were a scarce article there during the stay of the Chinaman. We have a beet at this office raised by P. L.

Slagle that just knocks the stiffln' out of any beet story we have read this season. We do not give its dimensions for fear that, we may be branded as a prevaricator of Wr Bailey M. L. CLABKE, Algona, Iowa. An Emmetsburg young lady was terribly embarrassed Sunday.

Six young men from a distance all arrived in town to spend the Sabbath. One was expected. The others were not. Five were disapointed and four of these got beastly drunk. It is supposed that the fifth walked out of town.

One was UK 1 Two brothers kept a saloon, in a Missouri town. One of them went to Chicago to lay in a stock of liquor. When he left home a revival was in progress in the town and he had hardly reached the end when he received the gram: no join church tomorrow of his journey following tele- liquor. Will night. Busi- class.

Seeing is call around and SeoVu i0 i S. P. Christensen would make a good sheriff. He has been around the county some and has met with considerable encouragement. Let every democrat take the time to vote on election day, and if he can get some republican to vote with him on local matters all the better.

A Mr. Johnson of Winnebago county has offerd C. C. Carpenter of Fort Dodge $100 an acre for five acres of his farm west of the town site. Mr.

Johnson contemplates running a chicken farm or factory as the case ness is taking us to hell. Jim." That night Bill went to hear Col. R. G. Ingersoll.

As soon as he got back tcr his hotel he sent off a message as follows: off till I come. Have it from a prominent citizen of Illinois that hell is closed up." Bill. During the term of court just closed at Algona, one man was sentenced to the penitentiary for nine months for burglary, three other were each fined $300 and costs for boot-legging, and another was indicted for adultry. A religious revival would not do any harm over there, says the Emmetsburg Democrat. Dr.

White Wolf with the Panama Indian Remedies has cured hundreds of cases given up by the boat physicians all over the ooun- try. Eight day Walnut 2.50 at Bowyer's. clock at only Get your Winters' ton. wood of Hamll- Son pay 12 cents for Patterson eggs. Special bargains on wood at Hamilton's.

Special sale of eight day Walnut clocks at $2.50 each, at Bowyer's. Three hundred 50c Song Folios comprising all the latest songs with music lor the next 30 days only 25c. Dingley Look at ladies and childrens under- ware for 25 cts. at Galbraith Go's. Wood in cord or stove J.

A. HamUton Go's. are hatched by Mrs. Augusta McArthur, pastor in charge. Sullivan McMahon will defend Mike Beimler, the gentleman who stabbed S.

Mack at Bancroft last week. Beimler claims that Mack assaulted him and that the stabbing was done in self defence. The preliminary hearing will occur some day next week. The Northwestern railroad twenty-five extra engines at work rented from the Union Pacific, to haul freight. The business is said to have grown the past month where it is almost impossible to take care of it.

'The extra engines are obtained at a cost of $8 and the road is said may be, as chickens machinery now. It has cost Estherville $1,200 to squareitself in the Liscomb case, in which a defective sidewalk was the beginning. The plaintiff was given a verdict for 8200, the costs in the case were $500, and Soper, Allen Morling party prejudice aside their own interests. The Iowa editorial party arrived and vote for in Des Moines Wednesday morning from their southern jaunt, The Algona party arrived home that same afternoon. They had a most pleasant time.

They were entertained at St. Louis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta. The Cotton States Exposition is a big thing, similar to the World's Fair at Chicago. There was not an accident or mishap on the entire trjp and those who went from here are more than pleased with the excursion, 'On the return trip Lafe Young, president of the association was presented, a handsome diamond pin. Secretary Shaw was also the recipient of a diamond pin.

Both gifts of the editors i the party. to be world them for all they are worth. The trains going both and west are loaded with freight. For nine consecutive years have the Andrews Opera Co. toured the United States, and not In one Instance failing to give the best of satisfaction.

Nearly the same artists, headed by that prince of Comedians, Ed. Andrews, will produce the charming three act comic opera, The Pretty Persian at Call opera house Friday Nov. Secure your seats now as this company always has a full house. The Catholic church of Armstrong will be dedicated Sunday Oct. 30th, at 2:30 m.

Services will be held in the morning at 10:30, after which refreshments will be served in Benson's Hall. Rev. Father Dougherty will preach at the morning services and Rev. Father Halp'in, a' noted orator of Kldora, Iowa, will deliver the dedicatory sermon, A number of priests are expected tQ be present am4 a era! Invitation Is to charged $500 for for the city. making the defence Marriage licenses have been Issued to the following parties since oqr last issue: Daniel Stevens and Clara Smith, Conrad.

Schaefer and Emma Sieska, Henry Baas and Lena Knat- son, Walter A. Garis and Mamie Wilson, Jacob Winkel and Mary J. Zanke, E. W. Ford and Ella Frasher, Osmer Callahan and Rose Wesley Wiltsey was sentenced by Judge Thomas Wednesday morning to the i penitentiary for one year.

The Judge, before, pronouncing sentence, 1 reviewed the case, saying that in his opinion it was in some respects an aggravated case on the part of the defendant, who had been repeatedly warned by Mrs. Snadle's husband to keep away and pay no attention whatever to his, Shadle's wife. The motion for a new trial was overruled. The case will be appealed so we are told by attorneys for the defendant. At the Catholic church in this place Wednesday morning occurred the marriage of Jacob WinkeJ and Mary J.

Zanke, daughter of Mr. Joseph Zanke. The ceremony was performed by Father NJcholls, and was witnessed by a large number of invited guests. A reception was given at the Zanke home in the afternoon and evening. The bride Is an excellent young lady In every respect.

The groom hfts been a resident of Algona for a great raanv years, and Is well and favorably known. Hosts friends with, wlshlng'the wedfled lengths 1 We sell Beckwith Bound Oak say it is the best. J. BobinsonT Apples! by the barrel, at James Patterson's. Dr.

Condon's Panama Medical Company at Clarke's Hall all this KossI, two first-class performers, jolnos today. Examine the genuine Bound Oak closely, note the perfect fitting and construction, then look at an imitation. We are showing the largest line of 5 Song Folio for 25c Don't do anything about that set of dishes until you get Walker Bros. prices. It is no violation of good taste to mention that groceries from Walker -Bros, are to the Queens taste.

You can get a nice pair of ladies shoes from $1.50 to $5.00 at Gal- braith's'. A shining example of elegance and low prices is found in Walker Bros crockery and lamps. For a short time loan go to B. Haggard. The famous Dr.

White Wolf is with the Panama Medical Company, where ho can be consulted free of charge. A Chicago newspaper which Is authority in railroad circles, says the railroads tributary to Chicago, that itf the railroads of the west and those which transport western produce to the east, have lately ordered 15,000 freight cars. It is predicted that even. this large addition of rolling stock will not be ample to the hand- ling of the business now Insight. One hundred and sixty locomotives will' be added to the motive power of these railroads.

Still there are papers which deny that any revival of business is in sight. "Ta, III Awarded Highest Fair. CR1AM BAKING PWDffl a.

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