Rivers

Rev. Briton Nelson, Associate Pastor at St. John's Lutheran, Burt and Trinity Lutheran, Algona

By Dana Clapsaddle Perry

We watched the sun go down on Galway Bay, part two

Okay, I warned you two weeks ago that I would be writing more about my trip to Ireland, so if travelogues bore you, stop here. Of course, my feelings will be a little hurt if you do, but I’ll try not to cry.

Governor Ray speaks in Ledyard

150 Years Ago

Mr. J. M. Taylor arrived at Oregon, on the 31st ult.  His trip from this place occupied twenty days.  The steamer on which he took passage from San Fransisco was kept in quarantine off Portland four days on account of a supposed case of small pox, which turned out to be measles.  He found the friends all well.  His health is much better than when he set out.

125 Years Ago

It happened on my 19th birthday

To the editor:

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It’s a Good Story

By Rev. Dan Jordan, Evangelical Free Church, Algona

In March 1898, Algona voters approved a referendum to establish an electric light franchise by 67 yes votes to 59 no votes. There was a lot of skepticism of electricity as it was a “new-fangled idea.” A group of public-minded citizens of that time underwrote the project for $10,000 and accepted dividends in earnings from the newly built power plant, located at the corner of Hall and Call Streets, where the Algona City Hall now stands.

Steele book a great guidebook for life

Times They Are A-Changin’ As Told By a Couple Happily Married (Most Days) for 50+ Years

Mary McSwain Steele and Steven M. Steele

ISBN 9798865705994

$13.99

Grasshoppers damaging Kossuth County crops

150 Years Ago

By Lily Terhark, Kossuth County Extension

The 2023-2024 school year is wrapped up and summer is finally here!  That means it’s time to explore and have some much-deserved fun! The weather is nice and sunny, and it’s the best time of year to get outside, be active, and enjoy nice weather. Youth don’t always want to do the same thing, day in and day out and we are here to help with that!

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Endurance vs. Perseverance

By Rev. Walt Reemtsma, Burt and Lone Rock Lutheran Churches

Not only so but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance and perseverance character and character hope. Romans 5: 3-5

Today’s throwback comes from Ben F. Reed’s book History of Kossuth County, Vol. 1.

The town has an abundance of churches to support. There were five, but one has gone out of existence. The United Brethren church, which was organized in 1898, has disbanded and the edifice is now used as an opera house.

We watched the sun go down on Galway Bay