Personal word on Algona Advance ownership transfer
A. L. Clarke takes possession of The Algona Advance from W. A. Ayers due March 14 as Ayers explains he is leaving for a business opportunity in another city. Ayers defends Clarke’s credentials, rejects rumors about the paper’s ownership, and wishes Algona success while noting all unsettled accounts should be paid.
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Clarke
Mossuth County
Yebit
Algona
taLpr W
Budge Platt
Waterloo
Iowa's Drive Care and the Inebriate Law Debate
The piece argues that the Iowa inebriate law restrains appetites but risks abuse, citing Des Moines court use to secure divorces. It notes a judge delaying divorce while awaiting asylum treatment outcomes and calls for amendments while affirming the law's general good purpose. The Muscatine Journal reference to Senator Doliver's plan for lower postage rates is noted.
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Des Moines
Register
Merchants Face Free Delivery Debate and Real Estate Reform
The article discusses rural free delivery as essential yet threatened by schemes to favor department stores. It cites Senator Dolliver arguing for preserving home merchants and warns against tipping, licensing real estate dealers, and reforming regulations. It notes Iowa Supreme Court shifts toward common sense in token redemption cases and Denver’s push to elect U S senators by popular vote with party ballot caps.
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Dolliver
Tie
Supreme Court of
Iowa
Denver
United States
General Assembly
Commentary on legal numbers and age of crime in US tabloids
A reader comment critiques party candidate limits as arbitrary and cites a Kansas City bribery case, a Des Moines joke scandal, and a Webster City incident. It notes Senator Hanna’s slave pension bill, warns against reviving race tensions, and discusses Minnesota Governor Pardoning Cole Younger and the Younger brothers. The piece argues for cautious, principled justice and humane parole outcomes.
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Hanna
United States
Senate
Cole Younger
Minnesota
Younger
News of Our Neighbors: suicides and accidents abroad
Minneapolis Threshing company traveler Walker died by suicide at the Anderson hotel in Mason City after heavy drinking and alleged financial shortfalls. George Price, former Unis city resident, and Mrs Price killed themselves in Enid Oklahoma following domestic strife. C W Allen suffered severe leg injuries when dragged by a Milwaukee freight train near Garner. Editor Ellsworth’s illness revealed a smallpox outbreak with new treatment by Dr. Phelps.
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I. Walker
Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company
Anderson Hotel
Mason City
Walker
Vinton
Red
George Price
Unis City
Enid
Olda
Pierce
Vogel
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Oklahoma
Price
C. W. Allen
Milwaukee
Garner
Ellsworth
Fort Dodge race meet injuries and local news roundup
A fragmentary Iowa Gazette item reports a beer bottle injury at a Fort Dodge race meet with a jury verdict for $10,000 against the Mineral City Park association. It also notes local officials and bankers in Mason City, a Presbyterian church dedication in Mortherville, a newborn in Emmetsburg, a New York cruise for Captain and Mrs. Soper, and the Ringsted Dispatch marking its third anniversary.
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Hilsworth
Kanawha
Nellie Williams
Mason City
Mineral City Park Association
Fort Dodge
UO. H. McNider
Des Moines
Motherville
Northwest Town
Emmetsburg
B. B. Soper
New York
Mediterranean Sea
Orient
Miss Slint's Dancing School Meeting Announced
Miss Slint's dancing school will meet next Tuesday at the usual hour with assembly from 8 to 9 and music provided by the Algona orchestra.
Low fares to New Orleans and Pacific coastal zones sold
Advertisements offer round trip tickets from various Midwest cities to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola, with return validity to late February or March. Stops allowed south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. Also colonist excursion tickets to California Washington Oregon Montana Idaho Arizona through April 30 1903. Contact local agents or A S Cutts for full rates and details.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Alamo
Boebrunary
Town Central Railwayy
Mobile Ala
Pensacola
Mebyarary
Ohio
Mississippi
Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Pacific
Iowa Content Railway
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Arizona
Bee
Yadar
P&t
A Choice of Ways to California by Great Western
Travelers are offered multiple routes to California via the Great Western Railway with seamless connections at Kansas City to premium transcontinental Limited trains. Tourist cars and tire options are available through various routes, with Great Western agents able to advise.
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Uulifornia
Great Western Railway
Kansas City
Trans- Continental “Limiteds
Great Western
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Des Moines Register
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Adam
Paw Ib
Bowyer’s
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Tndlan
Indian Territory
James Barker
MK & MM. Ry
Wiblnight
St. Lois
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G. J. Stebbins
Algona, Iowa
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Kraft Clothing Co
Jewett & Sherman Co
Farmers’ Gash Grocery House
H. H. Hudson
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County Savings Bank Capital
Gardner Cowles
C. B.idtchins
P.H. Vesper
Cashier
E. J. Glimora
Bpour
E. J. Murtagh
Wm. Dodds
G. B. Hutchins
Vesper
Frank Wiemer
E. Y. Swottlug
Algona State Bank
Chubb
Winchow Gee
L. Galbraith
Myron Dingeons
Fred Miller
H. Lantry
Omy A. D' Claree
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Lantey
Ambrose A. Call
D. H. Hutchins
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