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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
3
The Algona Courier lists subscription rates and display advertising charges. Rates include one copy one year in advance and six months in advance. Display ads range from 5c to 25c per inch. The paper is entered at the Algona post office as second class matter.
Opinion piece discusses potential Polish independence after World War I. It cites visits by German officials to Vienna, speculation on a proclamation restoring Poland’s territory, and calls for Poles to form a national army. The piece contrasts Polish gallantry with historical dissension and urges moderation and diplomatic dispute resolution.
The piece notes that war reveals bold courage among students at Sorbonne and other French universities, with Abbe Moreau supporting a "Home to Norway" movement to curb immigration, aid return migration, and boost self sufficiency. It also attacks Hughes on hypothetical investigations and praises President Wilson for averting a rail strike.
The war has developed latent fortitude across France and its generation will find new resources arising from the effort. If true for France, it is equally true of Germany and all nations in conflict. It is hoped there will be some compensation for the awful sacrifices endured.
Mr and Mrs M Norton announce the marriage of their sister Mand M Scheicher to Mr O S Quammen on Sunday August 20 1916 in Virginia Minnesota. At home after October first at Lemmon South Dakota Mrs Norton was Florence Cowan of Algona and Maud M Scheicher was her sister Maud Cowan. Also listed are miscellaneous legal notices court actions and a medical note about hayfever treatment by Dr Andrews with an upcoming appointment and a real estate listing: 170 acres in Cottonwood County Minnesota near a railroad town with favorable terms and a bargain price.
Farmers notice from Iowa Protein Feed Co lists Maple sotg Flour at 8.00 per barrel wholesale. Mentions digester tankage and pricing shifts, with old price 380.00 per ton and advance 2.00 per ton. Comments on profits, expenses, and the supplier’s stance amid community conditions.
The World argues that Wall Street and financial interests back Hughes not from personal favor but due to the Republican party structure. It claims central bank, tariffs, neutrality, and war stances align with party factions seeking to thwart Wilson and push a Republican Congress. Window dressing aside, party motives drive Hughes’s support across elites. A final note mentions a housework job advertisement.
Des Moines lads Elbert Williams and Wretcher Brody of Mant Des Moines spent weeks at Burtla visiting Mrs Grover sister. They fished on Foxlake Minnesota then shipped their canoe to Algona and began a Des Moines River journey home camping and fishing nightly. They planned to avoid towns as they imagined the river fifty years ago.
Paying Rawleigh medicine business for sale due to ill health Enquire of the Rawleigh man 622 N Colby St Algona Also steel drums with faucets for sale cheap by John Lamuth Auto Co
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