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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
4
A public appeal argues rail labor seeks 100 million dollar wage increase for freight and yard workers, risking a nationwide railway shutdown. It stresses rail service costs the public billions yearly and calls for resolution under existing arbitration law or ICC review, noting unions refused those terms.
Local families including Lloyd and Elmer Potter, Wildin, Loss, Martin, Koppees, Witham, Campbell, Dutton, and Boals were noted in a sequence of visits, birthdays, illnesses, and everyday events across Cresco, Burt, Sexton, Whittemore, and nearby towns. A birthday surprise for Victor Boals, a box social at Irvington church annex, and various minor incidents such as a broken wrist and overheated horses are recorded along with farm activity and travel notes.
Three prominent Fairmont farmers die and two others are seriously hurt when an eastbound Milwaukee passenger train strikes an automobile crossing Lake Avenue. Victims include Martin Smith, 42, Thomas Sorenson, 82, and Esper Esperson, 45. Surviving relatives are named. two injured workers are hospitalized. Coroner blames railway for dangerous crossing and limited visibility.
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