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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
9
The piece recalls April Fools Day customs in Paris Scotland and England with jokes that vent wit on victims. It notes the boomerang effect of pranks and traces the festival’s murky origins to ancient Rome and Hindu traditions, suggesting a French influence spread across Europe.
An ad from United Shoe Machinery Co argues machine-made shoes offer value, claiming machines cost less per pair than postage, yeast cake, or car fare. It touts low royalties and asks readers to write for more information amid a note on shoe production costs. An accompanying London note laments decline of old pie shops and itinerant vendors, contrasting with the rise of fried fish shops.
A Chicago reader describes severe facial pimples lasting a month or more and itching burning. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with relief, stating she was completely cured after about three weeks and endorses the products. The note is signed Clara Mueller dated March 16, 1913.
A garbled memory describes a teacher asking about a tiretgrade clagg in physiology and a student answering fea'om on a pid day. The text is largely unreadable with several misspellings and partial phrases.
Washington reports a Democratic tariff revision aiming to cut duties on food and clothing while boosting taxes on luxuries and introducing a new income tax for high earners. Raw wool would become duty free immediately, with broad free-list expansions for many staples including meats, flour, bread, boots, coal, and pulp. The plan projects a tariff revenue drop around 80 million dollars annually, offset by the proposed income tax.
A house committee proposes state aid for consolidated township schools with agricultural and domestic economy training, plus sustained funding for extension work and noncollegiate courses at Iowa State College. New appropriations total millions over five years, funded by a two-fifths mill tax, alongside bills on primaries, state office buildings, and capitol grounds extension.
A bill by Huff passed the house to force Iowa witnesses to testify in other states remains to be enacted elsewhere. If a prosecuting attorney seeks a local resident, the county clerk would issue a subpoena allowing the witness to show cause. The applying prosecutor would bear all hearing costs, and if required to testify, the witness would be paid 54 dollars per day plus 10 cents a mile.
Governor Clarke signed a sweeping package as the Capitol extension bill accelerates. The measure, approved 70 to 27, allocates about $2,000,000 for land and building purchases with rush-enactment. A companion Senate bill mirrors the action, both from appropriations committees, aiming to speed construction and improvements.
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