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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
5
Reports claim Whittemore elevator manager F L Thompson vanished to Canada amid a 7000 to 17000 dollar asset shortfall. Farmers fear losses on stored grain while directors and investors face potential liability. Emmetsburg Democrat notes investigations by OConnor and Morling. Sifert funeral details and family statements accompany the uncertain business omens.
Mrs Henry Sifert died after a surgical operation at St Josephs hospital last Saturday. Her husband died five years ago and she had lived with her children, including son Charles head clerk for Wiggins clothing store in Omaha, and daughters Hattie and Edith, who were with her.
The Waterloo Reporter notes bills from residents during the smallpox outbreak. Claimants pressed for weekly gin payments, whisky for a patient, and various delicacies while ill. Some charges were extravagantly high and ill calculated, yet the claimants were sincere in seeking funds.
The program will take a few more students on the piano with special attention to beginners to build a correct foundation and prepare students for the teaching profession.
The stock judging and grain study course at the Iowa Agricultural College concluded after four weeks with 400 men from Iowa completing studies on horses cattle swine and sheep. Professors Holden and Atkinson lectured on breeding while famous livestock from Chicago and judged cattle and horses. The article urges bird protection laws, advocates a license fee for guns, and stresses careful seed selection and cleaning for spring sowing to improve yields and profits.
The court opened with a full docket but struggled to schedule trials as attorneys stall for time. Many cases have lingered years with no service or action, prompting a rebuke for negligent handling. The grand jury heard 13 witnesses, and several notable entries include liquor permits for medicinal use, naturalizations, a divorce secured in Whittemore, gambling fines, and multiple case dismissals. A $5,000 damage suit from Swea City settled out of court, and a contentious default issue arose in a forcible entry case. The lone jury trial to date involved a hog medicine contract verdict for the plaintiff. The session adjourned with jeopardized backlogged cases and ongoing disputes among attorneys.
R B Warren retires from business by selling his stake in the U D M to Harvey Ingham. The deal includes the lot and office with real estate valued at 000 and fixtures and business at 2400. The bill of sale restricts Warren from entering Algona’s newspaper business for five years in any role.
The piece urges farmers to prioritize farming over urban trades, arguing that a 95,000 or $6,000 investment in farming is safer and healthier. It claims the farmer behind the plow is as honorable as the merchant or factory worker, and condemns envy of other occupations as a misguided view of farming life.
A Sioux City Tribune correspondent reports waves of middle western buyers flocking to western North and South Dakota lands. Many are paying high prices for soils that yield little, with Towa buyers chasing $0 to $2 an acre and Black Hills plots drawing speculative interest. The writer predicts a near term price correction and notes Iowa lands remain steadier bets, though still viewed as speculative.
The Iowa Central railway will sell excursion tickets at rate of fare and one third from all points in Iowa for the annual state meeting in Marshalltown Iowa February 2021. For full information call local agent or address Geo. 5 Batty IG P T A Marshalltown Ja lw.
Money to loan at 5 per cent offers from A. D. Clarke & Co. Also notes on stove wood for sale at Central de Ob. Moore Bros. & Felthous and a mention to borrow money from the County Sayings Bank.
Mrs. S Geiger of Dunkerton praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for relief from stomach trouble and constipation. Advertisements promote Dr King’s New Life Pills, fancy flour at 65 cents, lamp factory cutters, and cheap speedy landseek routes to the north and northwest via the Iowa Central Road with local druggists and stores listed.
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