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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
4
Reed and Clarke B F Reed, editors. Entered at Algona Iowa as second class matter September 16 1901. Subscription rates: one year six months three months one dollar.
A July 30 1903 notice in Ledyard and Algona lists W A Wrignd of Ledyard as candidate for county treasurer and M Vrasdalis of Algona announcing for county treasurer, both subject to Republican county convention. Also L Redknapp of Portland notes candidacy for county supervisor in Nod district pending convention.
Thirty nine years ago the Petersburg mine exploded failingly as Union and Confederate forces clashed. Grant planned occupation, Burnside prepared a 625 foot tunnel under fortifications, but fuse failure and command hesitancy doomed the assault, leaving 4000 Union casualties and a court of inquiry on blame.
Des Moines News laments the potential loss of the Alamo site to commercial use. Daughters of the Republic of Texas raise funds to buy and preserve Mission del Alamo, urging American citizens to remember the brave stand of 140 defenders against 4,000 Mexican troops.
The author argues for preserving the Alamo as a national and regional monument. He portrays Texas Rangers and Crockett's defenders as martyrs who chose death over surrender and urges the legislature to safeguard the site as a holy, sacred place for patriotic pilgrimage and inspiration.
The piece recalls a street parade featuring Carrie Nation. The Register and Leader notes questions over William Curtiss's views on women and half hose. It mocks Secretary C. T. Chubb at a senatorial convention and comments on a trial involving a spotted terrier and the marshal’s failure with geraniums.
Emmetsburg Democrat notes a sharp partisan tone in Palo Alto County with Republicans and Democrats each claiming unity. The piece mocks both sides and ends by suggesting they join the Royal Good Neighbors society to improve harmony.
A humorous note from the West Bend Journal jokes about social events and press delegates. It invites an interview, offering the front parlor for access while the writers mockingly plan a discreet viewing with a six foot spy glass.
An editor's cheek warns readers of a bedbug escape from Simkins' Britt quarters and a recent sighting in a bananas crate at Tess' confectionery in Garmer. The notice, signed by the Garner Signal, mocks local editorial figures and invites contact with Mr. Foss to pay for the ad.
The West Bend Journal reports the Palo Alto delegation celebrated with many yells, six hours of noise totaling fourteen per minute, welcomed at Emmetsburg depot by a harness maker with his belly band. Ceo in ne!
An obscure report recalls a Kossuth clash where the delegation faced setbacks amid trenches and ditches. It notes a figure named Dick inson leaving his post as a decisive artillery moment tipped the victory, with a vivid image of the field and participants in rural conflict.
A fragment reports a woman bayoneting her general in a rush on the thirtieth charge to win glory. No further details or names are provided.
Spirit Lake Beacon reports a sharp exchange at the senatorial convention where Dickinson county neighbors clashed. The incident involved Bro. Herr of the Armstrong Republicans, who endured a heated ribbing described as five coals sizzling down his back, yet he appeared to enjoy it.
The Kossuth county delegation looked sharp at the senatorial convention, except editors and Sam Drake who seemed unwell. The trouble for Sam was not the Agent Resolutions but the burden of paying for a dead horse in a slough near Germania.
Palo Alto delegates to the senatorial convention arrived in Emmetsburg yesterday with broad smiles. Police loaded them into the stock car after their visit to the drug store.
A midway woman tried to visit a neighbor and moved the baby crib to obstruct the telephone. She opened the receiver and instructed central to call her at the neighbor if the baby cried.
After the convention ended Senator Bachman and A D Clarke remained in a cheerful mood, mingling with Palo Alto delegates and making many new friends among the Spencer West Bend Journal crowd who accompanied them.
A dialect filled verse from the Milwaukee Sentinel features a playful yet potentially sensitive spoof about Little Steena Johnson. The lines reference a bantering romance, yard games, and a fantasized future together with cultural stereotypes woven into the dialogue.
Dairymen seek best equipment and choose Alpha De Laval separators for long life close skimming easy running and overall satisfaction. Spurbeck Lambert Co of Algona Iowa offers pricing and catalogs for sale of De Laval separators.
Classified notice seeking a general housework helper for Mrs. J. W. Robinson with a string of bargain items from the Variety Store. Scattered prices include 10 qt tin pail for 10c, dairy pan for 5c, coffee pot 20c, tumblers 2c, wash goods 12c, dish pan 14c, clothes pins 1c per dozen.
In Kossuth County Iowa a parcel divide case seeks partition of the Amos Spitler estate property, the South Half of the North East Quarter, the North West Quarter of the North East Quarter and the South Half of the North West Quarter in Section 24 95 27 with heirs Mary A Simmons Ruth E Wagner Dorothy Spitler and R L Spitler. Defendants must appear by September term or risk default and decree.
An old advertisement notes a sack flour deal urging buyers to act soon before prices rise. The message touts the product and savings, warning against waiting to purchase at higher wholesale rates.
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