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OUT OF THE PAST: 150 years ago: Pillows, a simple way to keep ice

150 Years Ago

Keeping Ice - A very simple way to keep small quantities of ice is to put it into a deep dish, cover it with a plate, and place the dish on a pillow stuffed with feathers (hen feathers will answer), and carefully cover the top with another pillow, thus excluding external air. Feathers are well-known non-conductors of heat, and thus ice is preserved from melting. This simple plan is within reach of every household. 

 

125 Years Ago

FAMILIES OF FAITH: Christ is not in short supply!

By the Rev. Thomas Cowell

St. John's Lutheran Church, Burt

 

Last year’s buzzword around the Thanksgiving table – whether that was a physical or virtual table – was, no doubt, Covid.  While the pandemic continues to be a hot topic of conversation, a new and somewhat related buzzword might just take its place this Thanksgiving: supply-chain! 

FAMILIES OF FAITH: God's Call

By The Rev. Cindy Finn

Algona First United Methodist Church

 

ON THE SIDE: Affordable? 

Nearly a decade ago I was charged with raising money to support a housing study for Wright County, where I was serving as economic development director. The company the county was hiring wanted $16,000 to do the study. The board of supervisors, city councils in local towns, a few businesses, MidAmerican Energy and even a developer pitched in to pay the bill.

OUR KOSSUTH COUNTY: Giving Thanks for You

By Jan Ricke

Kossuth Historical Society

 

As we look back on the year of 2021, there is so much to be thankful for to keep the Kossuth County Historical Museum free and open to the public.

INKSPOTS: I promise not to write about

Okay, here are a few things I won’t write about today:

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Excellent high school plays

To the Editor:

THE ADVANCE EDITORIAL: Give thanks for others this Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving arrives next Thursday. Families will gather, friends will celebrate, shopping plans will be made, football will be watched and Tryptophan will take hold. These are unmistakable assurances. 

But Thanksgiving is more than that.

TRAVEL DIARY: Which direction are we going?

Entering Belgium and having spent considerable time there with our foreign exchange student, Guido Van Rompaey, and his family, the familiar looking topography – driving through small village after small village, their streets lined with brick homes with their tile roofs made us feel almost like we were going home 

OUT OF THE PAST: 75 years ago: Dead skunk thrown into Algona police car

150 Years Ago

Livery Stable, We are prepared to furnish Livery to the Traveling Public, at reasonable rates, with or without drivers as good Horses and Carriages as can be found west of Chicago. Stable on State Street, near Congregational Church, Algona, Iowa, L. W. Ferguson & Co.

 

125 Years Ago

FAMILIES OF FAITH: What about good works?

By the Rev. Mark Lund

Associate Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Algona

 

For I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.”(Psalm 119:47 ESV)

THE ADVANCE EDITORIAL: Put pipelines along existing rights of way

Iowans are blessed with some of the best farmland in the world. We haven’t always taken great care of that tremendous blessing, but as we have witnessed its condition change over time, we have done better with it. Now two pipeline companies are asking the state of Iowa to back them with eminent domain rights in the case of uncooperative property owners so they can bury pipelines under Iowa farm land and transport carbon to a sequestration facilities in other states.

ON THE SIDE: The Rules are to Help, Protect People and not Special Interests, Government

By Brad Hicks

Publisher

 

What is government’s purpose? It’s something that’s challenged America since birth. Our founding fathers experienced a life living under the British monarchy’s rule and taxation. Their concept? Rules of law protecting citizens are supreme to the unapproved dictates of any king or governor, and an array basic rules that allow government to function but keep it out of people’s lives. These concepts are in the Bill of Rights.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Iowa Children in Critical Need of Adoptive Parents

By Dawn Luetje

LSI Foster Care & Adoption

 

November is National Adoption Month, a time to celebrate the community members and families who have adopted children in need of forever homes. But at Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI), we are also taking this time to recognize the 780 Iowa children who are waiting for adoptive families. 

GUEST EDITORIAL: Now is the Times for Property Tax Relief

By John Hendrickson

Tax Education Foundation

 

OUT OF THE PAST: 1871: Grand Gift Concert gives away $10,000 in prizes

BY Gene Miller

 

150 Years Ago

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