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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
4
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co seeks an energetic local agent to sell their renowned machines. Opportunity offers exceptional inducements, protection of exclusive sale rights, and needs a canvassing capable man who can supply horse and wagon. Send full personal details to 72 74 Wabash Ave Chicago IL.
GEO BOYLE'S COLUMN recounts a rambling town sketch from Tuesday with gossip on du-dads for stairs, a missing pocketbook, a strategy board, Lake Okoboji stays, winded gifts, a coming sheriff candidate, and local figures like Silas Roupe, Phil Cullen, Mike McDowell, W. EH. McAlpine, and J. Farley. It notes diversions, legal tangle, rentals, and seasonal minds in northwest Iowa.
St Joseph notes announce staff shifts at local business as B D Jones leaves for Empire Separator Co before year end then plans return to Sigourney. Nick Barnong returns from Waterloo after his father’s illness. Mary Christensen improves after a long sickness while Miss Hewitt resumes teaching St Joe School. Local farming updates include a corn harvester arrival as Gales & Borman install equipment.
Local boosters in Titonka back a planned electric railway to Algona arguing better passenger service and cheaper freight, with improved connections to eastern and western trains. Supporters say the line would connect Titonka to county seat and enhance wait service. company officers to be named next week.
Fairmont Sentinel notes Republicans across the Iowa line nominate a man named Kinne for Senator with a celluloid collar as a joke while predicting he will win. The piece recalls Martino county’s celluloid candidate a year ago who ran a tricky campaign. The editor warns readers to be wary as the automobile era complicates political stunts.
Mr and Mrs Andy Mitchell and Miss Viola Mann returned from Colorado last Saturday. Mitchell praises the scenery but criticizes Colorado farming outside Denver noting insufficient rain and calling much of the state nearly a desert.
Tremain of Humboldt discusses the Des Moines good roads convention, noting strong regional attendance and focus on draining water, cutting hills, and widening use of gravel. He argues for liberal legal authority to condemn gravel pits or quarries for road material, under fair compensation, to advance public infrastructure.
A report on Iowa insurance in 1902 highlights high costs to policyholders and substantial profits for insurers. Total non life premiums received 6 644 232 dollars with losses paid 3 193 441 dollars, indicating about one percent average cost to write insurance. Fire insurance shows 54 percent of receipts consumed by expenses and profits for cash companies, while mutual and county plans spend under 24 percent. The trend favors mutual insurance growth among farmers and urban businesses. Waukon Democrat.
A bulletin on battling the chicken mite notes reduced egg production and profits from infestations. Dr J J Repp of the Town Experiment Station provides practical guidance using kerosene emulsion, costing about 45 cents per 80 gallons, with directions for home preparation and application. The bulletin, obtainable free from Prof CO EF Curtiss Ames Iowa, emphasizes money value for both large and small flocks and aims to exterminate pests to restore profitability. Also advertised are North Western Line excursion fares to state fairs and harvest laborer rates in Minnesota and the Dakotas with return options.
Do you want a position after completing a full course or excelling in a graduating program. Mason City Iowa offers a catalog from W G Lowe manager with 160 acre farm near Lone Rock. J R Davis Lone Rock promotes savings bank with 4 percent compound interest and a free booklet.
Short, scattered notices list property take up and rent offerings. Mentions hog possession on Lotts Creek section 36, Lotts Creek. For rent brick store 22 by 60 in Whittemore Iowa. For sale Purebred Short Horn bulls Poland China boars. Items include footwear Galbraith's Shoes and lawn swings. Poultry Wanted live birds. Draining work and tile labor offered. Money to loan at 5 percent. Multiple local business names and contact hints.
Iowa state will notice for W B Carey of Kossuth County. Court sets September term for probate after a 1903 filing and August 1904 dating, with all interested parties invited to appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Clerk Dewell of the District Court issues the notice.
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