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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
2
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County Superintendent Backus fights for exoneration arousing a Des Moines dispute over June exam leaks. Riess, Riggs, and Backus clash while debate widens to Prohibition trends in Georgia and Texas, with commentary on Standard Oil penalties and southern racial liquor use. In closing, local notices and ads mix with legal case listings and a cottage rental.
The piece argues liquor’s hypocrisy in southern labor demoralization and cites Nebraska actions against express companies over freight rates. It notes a proposed 15 percent rate cut amid court fights, then shifts to France and Spain’s skirmishes near Casablanca and Walter Wellman’s Spitsbergen balloon delay, critiquing routes to the pole.
Bailey of the Britt Tribune condemns Iowa’s teachers examination law as foolish centralization. He derides state control as a paper farce driven by one Des Moines official, suggesting the system degrades education and mocks educators. He warns Democrats may regret such nincompoops in Des Moines.
A Louisville Courier-Journal appeal argues Henry Watterson backs no single presidential outcome, urges recognizing the current political realities. It contends Bryan cannot secure full party or independent votes, notes many chautauqua audiences are Republicans, and urges selecting a candidate who can unite Democrats and win independent support.
A Courier scribe glimpses Kossuth county fair prep with barns and hog houses rising from old timber and new amphitheater, water system talks, graded roads, and fire protection plans. Volunteers labor selflessly for the county’s fair grounds, open to all with a 25 cent admission and praise for exhibitors from other counties.
Samuel C. Bute of Stanhope sues for about 1 000 acres in Grundy County and Wells holdings in Emmet and Kossuth counties plus bank stock. He alleges he financed George Wells to buy the lands and that an oral agreement promised him a deed before Wells’s death.
Corwith Clipper notices Williams, south of town, has long suffered a large cancer on the back of his neck. Dr Craig removed it using a plas ter and preserved the specimen in alcohol. The mass, about the size of a quarter and half an inch thick, was grisly and harmful, yet Williams is relieved and oddly exuberant.
Sam Drake nearly dropped back in the Forest City event Thursday as a spectator watched anxiously. A timely clear move by a straight Democrat stopped the misstep, and Drake recovered the field to finish with the pack intact.
Otto considers what he ought to do and buys an automobile. He tries to attend an auto show but his auto fails to start. The verse plays on the word auto with humorous repetition and a caution about knowing when to act.
Notice to teachers for a special examination at the Algona court house on August 16 and 17. August 16 covers orthography reading geography arithmetic didactics penmanship and music. August 17 covers history physiology grammar algebra physics economics and civics. Sip J Backus Co Supt.
Notice to Algona Public offers screens screen doors coal building goods and local services from Woodford Wheeler Lumber G A Watts manager. Also mentions for rent two farms and contact Peter Young sec Plum Creek two. Charls Stewart offers full blood Duroc Jersey pigs. Taylor's candies loan office J M Cowan seeks a boy to learn cigar maker trade and Dr E J Gay offers two six room cottages for rent.
Traveler describes Dublin Exposition's fine arts collection and Belfast linen factories, Harland and Wolff shipyard, and the Seavic wreck. He notes Tyrone childhood ties, Newtownstewart ruins, and Londonderry mayor John Patrick Thompson's temperance reforms before departing for Glasgow.
Willie Mason of LaVerne Jr arrives back with runaway spirit tamed after two weeks in Sioux City aided by Desk Sergeant Edwards who sheltered him. The boy writes a grateful letter thanking the officer and recounts a lively misadventure filled with police rides to games and circuses while hoping for a family reunion pending missed phone connections.
O H Stilson returns from Illinois noting mixed prospects with corn varying by region and oats failing on high priced tiled land where tenants pay six dollars per acre rent. He compares land quality unfavorably to Hancock county, while urging cautious views on tile drainage and overall prospects. Also notices for sale of 26 acres north of Winkel-ige house and Algona residences plus two State Street lots, with 5 percent loans advertised.
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