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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
8
County notices report annual Thanksgiving entertaining by the Lonergans and a December public sale arrangement by Paul Hoeck. Movements include the Hoecks moving to Park Rapids, Minn., and Wm. Kline visiting Lake Arthur, Texas. A newborn girl to the Welp family is noted amid regional farming updates and local anecdotes.
The Graettinger Times editor leaves the newspaper to join the motion picture business while the Ayrshire Chronicle editor serves as principal of the Ayrshire schools. The note questions the fate of the remaining poor devils.
Excerpts from the 1887 Courier recount local moves and news. Harry Lantry leaves for Sioux Rapids to become station agent while Robi Hedrick moves his family into Mr Hide's house. Mrs Tracy of Stillwater is reported dead. Railrates rise on coal and Algona markets stiffen with hogs flax wheat oats and potatoes. Local business changes and marriages noted, including A D Clarke preparing for the legislature. Milwaukee shops may move to Algona and Watson returns from the East.
A historical estimate attempts to count free black slaveholders and their slaves from 1790 to 1860 across Maryland Louisiana and South Carolina. It extrapolates from census ratios like 1 in 167 in Maryland 1790 and 1 in 87 in South Carolina 1860 to arrive at an estimated 6,200 negro slave owners owning about 18,000 slaves nationwide.
The speaker contrasts historical costs of birth marriage and death with modern prices, noting life’s tenor. It laments that despite higher costs, people and the young do not gain more strength or longevity. A nostalgic call for bygone days ends the short meditation.
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