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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1915
Page
3
This week’s European war news reports a German air raid near London creating extraordinary alarm. A German Taube bombed near Amiens killing or wounding ten while damage remained slight. Russian forces suffer defeats crossing the Carpathians as Vienna calls it the era’s largest battle.
A nineteen year old John Meriella was arrested at the Grand Central terminal after threatening to kill Vin cent Astor over a $500 demand. In Kansas City a man with dynamite near Cudahy Packing Co grounds caused plant damage. Chicago carpenters strike heads for a broad labor clash with contractors as 100 000 trades workers join. Estate of Peter D Martin left to widow Lily Muro and minor Charles Martin. many details unclear. Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds corrupt practices act, Michigan Senate blocks statewide prohibition bill. Minnesota fires destroy 250000 bushels of wheat in Minneapolis Huhlin elevator. Panama Canal costs exceed revenues by about 1d per cent since opening with expenditures over earnings. Kalama zoo fires panic. Detroit streetcar and freight collision leaves 13 dead 27 hurt. Huerta hints at return to Mexico in NY interview. Jefferson statue unveiled at University of Virginia gifted by Charles Crane.
Pope Benedict XV sent a message of love for Americana at the Washington ceremony marking America's twenty-fifth anniversary. Cardinal Gibbons gave the sermon as Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, back in Washington from San Diego, dismissed a Los Angeles report of 4000 Japanese marines and sailors landing at Turtle Bay. He said the Japanese sought to salvage the cruiser Asama which had run aground weeks earlier.
Reports from Washington confirm Gen Francisco Villa suffered a crushing defeat at Celaya with over 14 000 killed and wounded and 8 900 captured 6 000 Mauser rifles and 20 cannon lost Carranza officials also report 350 Villa troops and some women executed after a clash near Hullachito Huerta denies involvement in Madera death and Funston heads to Brownsville to oversee border tensions plus a Rothschild estate estimate and Tokyo coronation plans
Personal John Bunny, the moving picture comedian, is at death’s door in Brooklyn after weakness of the heart and kidney disease. Also Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, a longtime Rhode Island Republican leader, died of apoplectic stroke at his New York home. Aldrich served in the Senate from 1881 to 1911, aged seventy four. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt underwent an operation at Houseville hospital.
The enormous 42 cm shell from the German army was found in soft dirt near Verdun and showed no explosion. A British dig recovered it. Nearby lay a French 75 mm shell and a German 77 mm shell about three inches across. The big shell measured five feet in length and weighed nearly a ton.
A collage of aphorisms and quips appears with lines about fooling others versus self, alfalfa prices, crop payments, a bank account for a newborn, and a humorous exchange defining a man of leisure. The text blends sayings, odd references, and a joke from Misa Cayenne.
A terse exchange aboard a train ends with a snappy retort as an elderly passenger struggles to store a large bundle on an overhead rack. The occupant warns the rack is for circles, prompting the reply about placing one's head on it.
Fragrant emollients claim to cleanse skin scalp hair and hands with a promise of clear skin clean scalp good hair and white hands. Free samples offered by mail with a book address postcard Cuticura Dept XY Boston.
A backward scholar named Herman frustrates his teacher with a witty exchange. When asked why he cannot answer, he replies that if he knew all the things the teacher asks, his father would not need to send men there.
A Polish trainee learns to use a telephone and answers a call without seeing the caller. She replies Hello, I cannot see you, astonished to give the proper greeting while the voice asks who is speaking. The vignette from Harper's Weekly captures novice miscommunication in a humorous civilian moment.
A counterfeit ring member was halted by a bold robber who seized about two gallons of counterfeit money. The criminal then bought a modern automobile pistol with the haul and was sent to a long term in prison. The tale ends with a moral about inevitable consequences.
A physician writes of Postum beverage replacing coffee for daily enjoyment. She notes better sleep, steadier days, and weight gain after years of use. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan with pricing and preparation tips.
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