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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1901
Page
2
A Kossuth County editor extols A B Cummins as the top speaker for the governor race and urges multiple appearances across the county. The note highlights Cummins health, dignified manner, and firm convictions, predicting a large Algona turnout for his October 22 speech.
A meditation on enduring impact vs. fame argues that great individuals are judged by the lasting influence of their deeds rather than their lifetimes. It notes Lincoln Grant and others as examples, suggesting future leaders rise when a nation faces danger, though praise may come only after death.
A Radford Review quotation argues greatness rests in thoughtful leaders, not in expedient bravado. It contends a crisis alone does not create greatness and that true leaders earn recognition through enduring consideration and restraint.
Old readers recall a 1848 Sander’s third reader poem about Alexander the Great. Ambrose A Call recited it fully after decades unseen. Rev. Elijah Jones is noted to have died but his poem teaching a father’s questions to a child endures in local memory.
A historical column outlines many pressing questions from race to temperance and corruption, then warns kidnapping will soon dominate public peril. It suggests criminals will target families for money as the safest, highest revenue crime with minimal effort.
The piece recalls Pat Crowe’s Omaha ransom theft and the ongoing hunt with a $25,000 reward, while Miss Ellen Stone’s kidnapping on the Turko-Bulgarian frontier prompts warnings that the crime persists. It warns that kidnapping, though an outcry, remains a troubling future problem.
In a correction the correspondent notes the event with Bill D. Travis occurred on July 7 1867 at Irvington not July 4 1865. Mrs Anthony Durant taught, boarded with the writer's family, attended the artist exhibition, and later married in 1868 after attending Miss Leonards school in Algona.
The piece outlines McKinley’s tariff reciprocity emphasis and Roosevelt’s follow‑through plans, arguing a give and take tariff suits infant industry needs and may reshape policy. It notes looming congressional action, conservative support for revision, and mentions Cummins’s Omaha visit and Colliver speaking plans in Kossuth county.
The Des Moines Capital notes meets in towns like Wan’tks and Bancroft while A B Cummins is slated to speak in Bancroft and Algona. He previously spoke there delivering an Address and argues there is need in some towns more than in Algona. Algona wishes to hear Iowa's next Governor.
A visitor travels the timber road on the west side of the river with J B Blackford to attend Win Carter’s funeral. They observe M D L Pargana’s new home site, Bowmans at work on a stone foundation, and a thriving orchard. They also note the nearing completion of Charles Johnson’s elegant farm home formerly of the Hackman family.
Farmers split on a mild 1901 02 winter as hornet nests near ground signal warmth while high nests predict heavy snow. A land buyer balks at payments after a neighbour urges land view. John R Derrig homesteads Crane Idaho praising climate water and grazing urging Iowa youth westward. Local papers mix politics real estate melons and loans with brief notes on candidates and prices.
Fragmentary diary entries recount fatigue duty near Chickahominy bridges north of Mechanicsville, with 150 men detached from a regiment, 600 strong vs 285 for the 2nd Maine. Notes include hot days, guard duties, bridge construction, nearby New Jersey and North Carolina regiments, and a June 22 visit to Fair Oaks. Also mentions coal sold by Algona Milling & Grain Co.
A Practical Farmer explains digestible nutrients in protein, carbohydrates, and fat per 100 pounds of grain or hay, and in mill feeds. It stresses balancing rations, using clover with caution, and following proven rules for heavy milkers, including a Minnesota rule of one pound grain per three pounds of daily milk.
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