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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
2
Algona Cowier lists subscription prices with options for one year or six months paid in advance. The notice indicates mail handling at Algona Iowa and mentions second class postage. The fragment preserves local paper logistics and pricing terms for subscribers.
A series of 1910 Republican notices show A Waren of Algona seeking County Treasurer, Ku. VAN Nesa of Whittemore for County Attorney, Jon A. Tort Germsnich of Germantown for County Auditor, Vor. Traines of Tyurt for Sheriff, and John M. Vinson of Algona for Sheriff. Each seeks nomination in the June primaries and notes subject to party decision.
Congressman Eugene N Foss of Massachusetts is praised as honest and reform minded. He split from the Republican party after taint of corporate ties, urging progressive Republicans to join the Democrats and fight for honest government. He criticizes office hungry men who cling to popular sides.
Kansas commissioners discuss rabbit damage and coyote bounty programs citing $53,000 in grain losses across Reno County while considering shifting toward conservation. The Hutchinson News recounts rabbits’ impact on wheat and corn and recalls historical bounty debates and rabbit drives in New Mexico.
A fragment notes a challenge to readers from St. Petersburg to admit the enduring charm of women, suggesting March 24 as a date to reconsider views on chivalry and gender.
Prince Subatoff aged 91 and Wjarjanin aged 93, lifelong friends, duel over a widow Mme de Jansky ends with pistols fired. Subatoff loses his right thumb and Wjarjanin is wounded in the shoulder. Seconds separate the combatants as they retire to bed. Both insist the quarrel must finish, while the widow lingers at the center of a fading era of chivalry.
The Pocahontas Democrat urges the Democrats of the Tenth District to nominate Kasper Faltinson of Armstrong for Congress. The piece notes the clash within parties over candidates and warns that the race could bring unexpected opportunities as the district weighs a progressive congressman against a standpat governor.
The Fenton Reporter questions Colliver's shift and whether county editors who condemned him two years ago now endorse his stance. The Courier would shrug, calling Dolliver a trimmer with no firm convictions and noting his reversal on Cummins. Also noted is a tale of high hotel bills in Naples following a death abroad.
The note asks if Frank D. Jackson of the Taft Club is the same Jackson who promoted questionable insurance firms years ago. It suggests taft cabinet placement with Ballinger if identical, or a warning of a possible alliance for a “prize winning party” with such men.
George Warren Lambert Jr born May 31 1844 Fayette Seneca Co New York died Friday at Algona hospital after a week with blood poisoning longtime diabetes patient. He left no wife, wills all property to five nephews and a niece. funeral held in Spurbeck residence and in Waverly.
Notice that all brush must be cleaned and all trees trimmed on public highways in Irvington Township. Landowners are required by law to take due note and govern themselves accordingly. Signed by Nels Johnson, Township Clerk.
Mrs Hattie Moore-Mitchell of Drake University speaks at the Library at 3 20 pm to mothers and ladies on The Woman Theyd Like To Have Us Be and at 8 pm at the M E Church on Three Times Three Make Nine with free will offerings to cover expenses The speakers praise her engaging personality and message for Algona residents and call for attendance
A square house north of the N W depot on about three lots with 12 fruit trees and several other trees including hard maple in blocks 218 and 219. Pasture and a nice tree ring. Priced at 2500 dollars cash. Also offering or trading the Northwestern Hotel as a money making and education opportunity. J. J. McCall Webster City Iowa.
Farmers and businessmen along the line back a planned Algona to Fairmont electric railway passing through Seneca Armstrong and Silver Lake. Local donors pledge substantial sums, with estimates of up to a half million dollars from voluntary subscriptions. Property values nearby could rise $25 to $50 per acre, funded by taxa on benefited properties.
Three thousand dollars in mouldy bank notes was turned in to the First National Bank of Britt by the bank. The notes were so deteriorated they were falling apart and were sent to Washington for exchange for fresh ones of equal value.
A community tale from Ashton Leader recounts a woman visiting a neighboring town and losing a watch. While searching the dining room rug she requested the hired girl to report discoveries. The reply itemized thirteen beer bottles, nineteen cigar butts, five cigarette ends, fourteen blue and thirty-one red poker chips, eighty-six burned matches and a pink satin slipper. The wife returned home by auto in four hours.
The Wesley News World reports the L W Lease farm near Kossuth sold for 100 per acre, totaling 150 acres. Purchaser Patsy Cruise, an Illinois investor, notes the land bargains across states and predicts rising prices locally despite modest improvements and a railroad split.
Pure bred Rose Comb Brown Leghorn hens from the Kulp strain with a record of 242 eggs per year. All-year layers. Choice birds. Eggs priced at $1.00 per 16. Special prices offered on large lots by E. B. Butler.
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