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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1901
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists names and offices for a Republican ticket including Governor Lieutenant Governor Treasurer Auditor and other statewide roles. Readable items indicate party slate and district supervisors with several surnames such as Cumming Brown Slagle Lilly Peters and Stockian among others.
An editor's reader from Livermore asks about an artist who toured towns with a grand panorama of the Cumberland Army in 1865. The letter recounts the artist at Covington town hall and in Algona, notes the large canvas and the show’s heroics, and hints at a lost name. It recalls Rosecrans and Rousseau among the depicted figures.
A fragment recounts a special artist who captured camp and field life in grand war scene canvases. Though gone soon after, his memory lingers as the town reflects on his spectacular show at Kossuth many years ago and honors Bill D. T. Travis.
A reader uncovers the author of a long familiar poem once printed in McGuffey’s Fourth Reader. Dr Morse confirms Elijah Jones, a Congregational preacher from Center Minot Maine, wrote the piece and sent it to his son Myron in Colorado. Relatives and local merchants discuss a potential public subscription to build a monument in memory of the author.
A discussion on the finest American oratory cites Patrick Henry Webster Lincoln and Garfield as a premier short address. On April 14 1865 Garfield in New York calmed mob anger after Lincolns assassination, standing on a hotel porch and signaling restraint amid Wall Street turmoil to preserve nation-recovery during reconstruction.
A mob falls silent as the soldier statesman Garfield prepares to read a bulletin. He delivers a brief, stirring oration invoking divine justice and national endurance. The crowd quiets, disperses, and a mood of hope replaces despair, praised as a model of American oratory by the World-Herald.
Rover Cleveland criticizes the growth of anarchism and questions why strong remedies are not used to suppress anarchists with a foothold. He notes the public’s desire to protect liberty while supporting swift action against dangerous agitators and the threat of monarchy through decisive measures.
Des Moines hosts Lent Om Sed carnival as Modern Woodmen picnic, 100 cowboys and rough riders arrive, 20 midway performers perform amid blooded horses and free street shows. The city abandons decorum as a grand wild west spectacle unfolds under the banner of the once heralded circus.
The Inter Ocean notes the former hardened assassin Czolgosz weakened at his final court appearance. He offered no reason to spare him, lacking even the strength to defend his crime. The paper likens him to a trapped animal, suddenly unable to concentrate or act.
The speaker recalls being left alone and unsupported as moral reformers who once vilified the president and his policies retreat in fear. He notes respectable citizens who had publicly attacked Wim McKinley as cowardly and tyrannical, and newspapers long labeling him an oppressor, now silent and in hiding.
The AprAnch invites general interest communications but bans anonymous submissions. Names must be provided to protect writers, with occasional signature publication optional. The piece notes reactions to political topics and cartoons, mentioning public figures and a mix of random quotations.
The Kiester Courier notes J H Richard of Webster City is nominated for the Eleventh judicial district bench. He is among the youngest named, reflecting strong local bar stature, with praise extending to his district’s intellectual and professional strength. The piece blends civic pride with broader farmer prosperity observations and local market reports.
A soldier’s diary excerpts recount long marches in rain and mud, guard duty near Mechanicsville and the Chickahominy, a night under a thunderstorm, and actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks Seven Pines. He notes rifle fire, cannon volleys, picket duties, and letters from home as his unit bivouacs seven miles east of Richmond.
The Advance offers a combined deal with a county wall map and The Prairie Warmer, priced at 1.25 for new and existing subscribers. The Prairie Warmer, a 100 year old weekly farm paper, reaches 100000 readers and includes 16 to 20 pages with household departments.
An advertising snippet offers money to loan at five percent by A D Cursku and Company alongside a claim that Algona Milling and Grain Co sells best quality hard coal and a prompt about an interest bearing ace count at the County Savings Bank. The text shows garbled names and unclear references.
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