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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
5
A tale from a night disturbance recounts Jean Long chasing three Geise sisters near a restaurant. J B Johnston armed himself, Jean was jailed, then Dan Long Sr and Jr faced fines after pleading for prohibition. The Courier urges sobriety and reform for the Long family.
A F Call, influential citrus grower and attorney, died after his car stalled on Santa Fe tracks in Corona while inspecting packing houses with his chauffeur Earl Cook. The inquest blamed railway negligence for speeds up to forty miles per hour. survived by his widow and two brothers, with memorial service planned.
Algona may add a silo manufacturing venture as part of local business expansion led by Mr. Whi. K. Ferguson. He has helped finance and push multiple enterprises including the First National Bank building and a recently sold garage to the Algona Auto and Machine Company. If conditions fit, a silo factory could be developed here to supply the best dairy country in the state, replacing distant imports.
Fenton saw a drunken quarrel end with Ben Nemitz struck by a lantern wielded by Charley Lauritzen after a pool hall protest, leading to fines of five and ten dollars plus costs for Charley and Ben. Ben sought legal redress but the county attorney declined. John Hoyle returned to Algona with family to bury his wife in Riverview Cemetery, aged 58. Emmetsburg advances interurban electrification with a $125,000 regional bonus plan, while Rev. Frank E. Day lectured on The Gate of the Golden Age. The Nicoulin family returned from San Antonio, praising mild winters. Estherville’s George Patterson sold his paper to G. Allen.
The piece notes a Democrat promising to help his sister Miss Jean Patterson run her Spirit Lake paper. It mentions the new school building in Algona opening for inspection with a program featuring Tarrington Butler Gardner Cowles Mrs Rist Dr Kenefick and Harvey Ingham. It also covers deaths, a new associate editor Archie Williams, a birth in Union township, a prison sentence for Allen, and local visits.
Dr Van Dyke of Corwith tended Jos Rahm Jr s baby girl for bronchitis the patient improving. Prairie Two board met and approved Huschka assessor books with no changes. E A Bowles joined new firm inventorying stock as they begin business. Mary Huschka visited, then returned to Chicago. Raskopf eyed a new threshing rig in Minneapolis for Immerfall and Raskopf. W B Harleman opened barber chair and fixtures. Hauer family from Rib Lake arrived to work season for Krebsbach.
Fifteen hundred men will be employed in double tracking the main line of the Milwaukee road through Iowa this summer. Forty work trains and many steam shovels will be used. All curves above 11-2 percent will be eased and no grade will exceed 0.5 percent. No highway crossings will be at grade and concrete viaducts will carry road traffic over the railway right of way. Road master Michael Murphy will supervise construction with O Carlson of Sioux Falls succeeding him and George E Moe of Canton moved to Sioux Falls.
Court record lists new cases including Sandwich Manufacturing Company versus Theo Elbert E V Swetting versus Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Ry Co Charles Logan versus Mathias Beerbaum and Valentine Herman and wives John Goeders versus Earl Gorman and Mrs Earl Gorman Mrs M Richardson versus C C Wiltse.
A Matson offers a 14 hp gas tractor a 4 hp kerosene engine a 4 hp associated a 2 hp hired hand engine two 14 hp chore boyas a 13 hp Sherman Smith duplex feed grinder a 6 inch burr fairbanks morse fresh water system about 40 gallons of machine oil sold to customers one gallon per 28 cents phone 689
The text touts steel posts as quicker to set saving time and money, claiming a two to three cent per post saving. It argues greater durability outlasting three cedar posts and notes widespread use since 1998 across nine states, now nationwide, with the oldest post remaining in top condition. It also claims yearly fence-row burning benefits for weed seed and pest control.
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