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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1904
Page
4
Money to loan at about five percent. Crop payments and several choice farms offered. Send for list from John Mulhall, Sioux City, Iowa. A. D. Clarke & Co.
Local items report visitors and residents in town including Harry Moore a drug clerk in Los Angeles, Fellows and Barsley in court, Mrs H L Kimball visiting Redfield, and a pastorless Baptist church after Rev Anderson resigned. The Blackford Bridge is completed, W A Marlatt returns from California, and Dr Seeley hosts J B Bigelow from Dubuque. The Half Mast flag honors a late Ohio senator. thefts rise near Milwaukee depot with nearly 100 chickens stolen. Valkenhainer Co sells a patent bread mixer. theater and cemetery notices appear, plus store upgrades at Chrischilles Herbst and a bean supper event with playful rules.
Advertisement notes two faces one pale and sallow the other fresh and rosy and credits Dr King’s New Life pills with maintaining health. The pills allegedly arouse lazy organs to aid digestion and prevent constipation. Sold for 25 cents at E. E. Conner, Druggist.
A Palo Alto Tribune note warns readers not to label a man walking in the middle of the road as a populist. The action is described as a basic natural impulse to step off the cement, reflecting everyday behavior rather than political stance.
Severe cold during a historic blockade caused livestock losses at C. G. W. yards in Oelwein. Reports state 1200 to 1500 freight cars gathered, with cattle found dead after appearing alive, highlighting harsh conditions in the era.
The message recalls a Turkish official dismissing a captain for omitting a czar salute, blamed on wet powder, with a sultan apologizing. It then notes rich copper in Lake Superior with a 420 ton mass 96 percent copper and discusses Mexican demographics, Spanish American city populations, and Peruvians in the Pacific region.
Four coal regions in South Africa are poised for exploitation with the southerly field between Ladysmith and Natal's northern boundary highlighted. The regions are expected to meet a large portion of global coal demand in the near future, with Natal exporting 204,000 tons in 1901.
Tax levels in Switzerland have risen for several years. Basel imposes 65 francs ($10.60) per inhabitant annually as income tax, the highest assessment. The canton of Argone has the lowest at 2 percent francs (48 cents). Numerous other taxes exist nationwide.
Toledo in Spain features a striking street name The Devil Belongs to the Municipal Council Street cited by a Pall Mall Gazette correspondent It notes hats origin in England from Spaniards but in some Spanish regions hats are unknown and people cover heads with flowers or bindings The piece blends curiosities of names and customs with historical trivia
New statistics show England with births exceeding deaths by 1. in every 1,000, Italy by 107, and Austria by 108. In France births total 1,006 versus 1,000 deaths.
A historical snippet recalls Daniel Webster’s famed oration with a gallery scene. His young son, unimpressed by dissent, voices a confident rebuttal saying no to contradicting his father. The anecdote highlights the period’s reverence for paternal authority and public rhetoric.
The method describes forcing flowering plants to bloom by exposing them to fumes for two days, repeating after a two day interval, then placing them for two weeks in a bot house. It emphasizes repeated short exposures and a final growth period to induce flowering.
Maine reports over eight million lobsters caught in the past year with total sales around 1.226 million dollars. A Boothbay Harbor hatchery will be established this year, as part of the Maine seafood push.
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