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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
2
The fragment notes a dining scenario with unclear references to a person named Myrna Courier and a venue or event at a ser a hess Witter. Details are garbled, but the item reads as a brief social or dining notice with undefined participants and locations.
An exploration of how navigators identify the North Pole by sun shadows and star positions, followed by a sharp editorial note on the rise of women in pursuits once seen as male domains. The piece cites a Minneapolis burglary by two female thieves who robbed Mrs. Crossman of 400 dollars, prompting concern over gender roles in crime.
The American consul at Mukden reports to Washington that Manchuria trade is shifting to Japanese control. Dalney port, won from Russians, handles Japanese goods with little or no duty while American goods pay duties. The Manchurian railway favors Japanese shipments, and subsidized Japanese ships reach Dalney cheaply, forcing American products out. The envoy argues this unfair competition justifies U.S. concern over an open door in Manchuria.
The text notes shifting opinions on suffrage with Mrs Parkurst of England stirring debate and her daughter leading assaults on Parliament. Preacher Parkurst of New York opposes suffragettes as candidates Holmes Dickinson Harrington and others weigh in, questioning their legislative stance.
The piece cites Hon. Hughd Reynolds of New Haven as promoting whiskey aged ten years or more, jokes about Iowa whiskey, and urges support for reform. It reports a heated clash between standpatters and insurgents, with Cannon and Cummins exchange of attacks, and notes insurgent candidates may run nationwide. It also mentions Madagascar zebu beef trials in Paris, and a boxing tale about Frank Gotch and a Pole challenger. Jeffries is warned to beware the colored brother.
Owing to poor health I offer for sale my livery stock and barn or stock only with barn rental. Two Great Western Spreaders No 4 buggies wagons plows windmills and portable corn cribs for sale at cost at the Wigwam. Also a stray yearling steer found at Nic Altman’s Livermore Iowa. Full blood Poland China boars two year old Short Horn bulls Duroc Jersey stock hogs and Rhode Island Red cockerels offered by local breeders with loans at 5 percent options.
Cerro Gordo County taxpayers face high costs for indigent and insane care at the county farm. Auditor Resecrans reports an annual loss. potential sale could fetch about 25,000 dollars to fund a smaller 20 acre facility with lower upkeep. Average monthly inmate cost and state charges fuel debate.
Mrs Ambrose Perry mother of Mrs E V Swetting died Tuesday morning at her daughter's home after a week of illness. Born Permelia Woden in New Haven county Connecticut on July 20 1822 she married Ambrose Perry in Sylvan Michigan in 1840. The family lived in Berling Wisconsin and Emmett county Iowa before moving to Everett Washington in 1894. Mr Perry died in 1906. She had four children two living a daughter Mrs Swet ting and a Seattle resident son. The remains went to Berlin Wisconsin for burial near other family members.
Mrs Martha Wright, mother of C C Wright of this town and sister of Wm Campbell of Bancroft, died Monday at her son's residence after a paralytic stroke two years ago. Born in Kenosha county Wisconsin she was a little past 69. She had one child, her son, and leaves brothers in Bancroft Aringsted and Traer and sisters in Colorado and California. Burial was held Tuesday from the house, with Rev Holmes officiating.
Shubert attractions present The Wolf Eugene Walters drama of the Canadian Northwest with a famous cast including Irene Witt and Lorin J Howard. The New York and Chicago success comes to town as a strictly city attraction likely drawing a full house tonight.
November 23 1909 wedding of E Hazel Fuller and Earl Dalziel held at the bride's parents home Mr and Mrs E P Fuller with about 80 guests. Rev Holmes officiated. Green and white decorations. Bride carried two white chrysanthemums presented by Mrs Wes Dutton. A lavender chrysanthemum hid the ring as the couple and attendants moved. Ada Simmons Leona Holdridge sang I Love You Truly and Simmons played the march. A bountiful supper followed with waiters Mamie Foster Vivian Pangburn Lora Gardner Ruth Walston. The newlyweds left next day for a ten day visit around Chicago.
Farmers McCarthy and Butzlaff swapped land near Greene with a dog added on the bargain. The dog bit McCarthy’s daughter, prompting a $2,300 claim for injuries. A jury awarded $140, leaving both sides unsatisfied, and the case will be retried. The story mocks principle over common sense as the dog’s value is under 30 cents.
John Mericle, longtime Buffalo resident, plans to move to Idaho early next spring for health reasons. He intends to join a neighbor next month, sell farm machinery, and migrate west. The change of location has been anticipated for some time due to his asthma and hay fever.
The Exhibit car of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway visits Omaha during the National Corn Show. Prospective buyers may inspect samples from the Dakotas Montana Idaho and Washington at 18th and Jones Streets. Contact F A Miller General Passenger Agent for details.
Insurgent leaders are urged to align with Cannon and Aldrich and rejoin the Democratic fold. The article notes a lively future election if insurgents unify with the Democrats, and predicts no standpatter elected in Iowa. Also advertisements for sale of Duroc Jersey Red stock hogs by F. 8. Thompson.
Mr Foster, rivaling Mr Hicke as a weather prophet, outlines a period from November 9 to 18 as stormy with poor corn, cotton, and wheat gathering, then improving from the 19th to December 3. A great warm continental wave follows. January and February are expected warm with heavy rains in east regions, and dry spells in the Mississippi valley. The winter is seen arriving after mid February with warmer, wetter weather east of the Meridian.
The Whittemore Champion notes that around January first Alfred Matson and his family will relocate from their farm north of Whittemore to Algona. Matson rented the farm and plans to devote his time to perfecting the Matson Brunson tiling machine after the move. The departure is sad for Whittemore residents but not a long distance, staying in the county seat area.
Thirty words ad from H. C. Adams offering twenty head of Poland China boars described as the best raised with prices stated as reasonable. Local reader notice for livestock sale.
A practical joker tried to arrest a man claiming mayoral authority. The sheriff questioned the arrest, placed the joker in jail overnight, and the next day the mayor fined him five dollars plus costs totaling 10.85 dollars for impersonating an officer. The incident ends with the joker’s failed prank and a financial bite.
Frank Ries traveled to West Bend on Monday with a load of hay he claimed to carry in a small brown jug under his arm. The account, while humorous, notes the unusual image and repeats local curiosity about a "condensed hay" joke or report.
Well bred Duroc Jersey boars for sale weighing 200 to 300 pounds with feeding guaranteed. Correspondence advertised by Matern Leebig, Wesley, Iowa. Money to loan at 5 percent. A. D. Clarke & Co.
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