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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
4
A Chicago Inter Ocean letter notes Maine beavers prosper amid forest losses and damage by poachers. It describes dam building, winter homes, and beaver behavior, including migrations, colony dynamics, and trapping methods, with anecdotes from Carthourm and Hardwood Creek.
A collection of quips on life and wisdom framed as observations. It covers stages of life birth marriage and funeral, social popularity, generosity, and human folly with pithy, sometimes humorous maxims. The tone resembles a humorous aside or aphoristic essay.
In Everybody's Magazine forecaster describes Europe moving toward federation guided by submarine destroyers and market forces. He argues emancipation from militarism would unleash European genius and shift happiness toward learning, art, science, and a mid to high level working class, favoring neutral states and peaceful progress.
In New Florence Pennsylvania locals recount a wave of hermits in Laurel RidgeSeeking solitude from loss and secrets the climbers of the Ligonier valley include Thomas Patterson once head of A T Stewarts silk dept and his wife and children living in a crumbling two room cabin A Russian exile labeled V Kosta is said to have fled to Siberia after eloping with a governess Whistler the White Haired Man is remembered for one remark to a berrying girl while others like Rattle snake Jim Smiling Sam and more haunt the mountains the area preserves no trails to modern life and old cabins dot the landscape as mute reminders of vanished hermits and their stories.
An English observer praises New York restaurants for quality but criticizes their heat and glare. He notes elaborate decor and lighting, calling cafes like fairy grottoes and Louis Quinza-style, yet sweatingly warm. He argues the city overdoes ornament and warmth, lacking cooling dining atmospheres.
A terse verse recalls a meeting by the river bank where two lovers share a kiss and vow deep love. The speaker notes the other’s claim of newfound love and fidelity, yet the line breaks hint at a fading memory as summer ends and separation follows.
A bear blocks a road and sees a cyclist. The bear pretends to ride the bicycle and yells faster as the rider urges him on. The bear speeds downhill, crash lands over rocks and a tire explosion blasts him into brambles, leaving him stunned for hours.
A short old tale follows Sambo a boy with corkscrew hair who longs for straight hair like white folks. He laments his locks and endures taunts before a ram teacher confronts him and forces reflection on appearance versus character as rain drives him into a potato patch.
The new hotel under construction at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street has been leased by Frank V. Gennett of the Arlington hotel in Washington, D. C. The twenty one year lease with renewal options is said to be one of New Yorks largest, with aggregate rent near four hundred thousand dollars. The building rises twenty one stories and sits on land owned by the Pitt Street company, part of the former St Luke’s hospital property. The site was purchased from J C Lyon last year for about seven hundred thousand dollars. Lyon had paid three hundred seventy six thousand in 1901 to hospital trustees. The lot measures about 100.5 feet on Fifth Avenue and 125 feet on Fifty Fifth Street.
A Brooklyn Bogie is celebrated for his quiet skill and endurance. Reporters note his ability to spend two weeks asking questions and yet return without revealing the Ash that goes away, highlighting a curious restraint.
A humorous tale unfolds as Tom Cat and Dick Cat debate a bizarre eye swap caused by a doctor and a swallowed eye. The cat explains the chestnut of losing an eye while the mistress recovers from a cinder mishap on a sea shore train. The punch line arrives with a perilous chase and lingering oddity.
Five Indian graves unearthed in Forest Home Cemetery Chicago reveal abundant relics including a hammered copper kettle eight bracelets a seven inch steel blade and a copper bead covered cloths and silver ornaments. President Haas notes the mound measures about 125 by 100 feet and dates likely 55 to 100 years old.
Guthrie Oklahoma telegram reports Mrs. George Showacre of Meeker eloped with a hired man leaving behind a life policy for her husband. They absconded with the team and belongings, while the husband attended a lodge meeting. A Kansas wage stat shows college education yields 1.08 at harvest versus 2.59 without.
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