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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
5
Draft reducing features claim lighter draft than rivals with a three horse evener and four horse abreast option. Foot trip lowers plow to depth, leveling achieved after furrow opening, automatic lock prevents jumping, cushion spring protects against obstacles, and wide wheels improve stability and control. Tongue steering allows easy direction changes.
News notes from Fenton recount a string of local incidents including a farmer defending his honor by punching a storekeeper, a young man assaulted after questioning a gold ring, and a divorce trial in Springfield township. Judge Quarton presided as Warfield sought custody of a one-year-old boy while admitting occasional cuffing and the court granted the divorce with custody to the father.
Last Friday night the old Ark building in Algona burned after a 2 a.m. blaze. The two shacks used for foundry work survived, but tools and fixtures were lost and probably not insured. The Ark, once the post office, stood opposite the Teenant hotel and had been sold to Britt parties. A separate fire near the Milwaukee depot destroyed a former eating house east of the Milwaukee hotel, though it was unoccupied. Painter Mr. Sniffen had furniture stored there, which was destroyed. owner W. L. Joslyn held $300 insurance on the building.
The Titonka post office was burglarized last Friday night about 1:30 with roughly $120 in stamps and cash taken. Neighbors across the street heard muffled noises and alerted authorities as investigators began forming a timeline.
Burglars pried a window at the Topic printing office behind the post office, used nitro glycerine to blow the safe, and took about 60 dollars in stamps 50 dollars in post office funds and 13 dollars of Mr Wolf's funds. A horse and buggy vanished, later found in Burt. A stranger named Ed Miller, about 45 with no baggage, boarded at Hall House and disappeared after pointing toward Call's bridge. Local search found no trace dead or alive.
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