Algona Courier Hinchon and Pinxell Publishors Algona
Local Algona paper Hinchon and Pinxell publish in the Algona area. Details scarce in readable text.
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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
3
Local Algona paper Hinchon and Pinxell publish in the Algona area. Details scarce in readable text.
Vancouver correspondence describes a summer of border survey work delimiting the Alaska boundary along the Iskoot river. J M Bates led an eight man party through snow peaks and glaciers while dodging grizzlies. Photographers and naturalists like J Sullivan Cochrane faced charging bears. Cochrane shot a grizzly with aid from his guide.
Two spiders in a church meet while out for a walk. Spider One worries about Sundays when the parson bangs the pulpit book and fears being smashed. Spider Two boasts living undisturbed in the poor box, peaceful year round, prompting the humorous exchange from Judge.
The passage compares male and female gossip, arguing men in clubs and political HQs engage in relentless chatter. It notes hotel lobbies and theater foyers, grocery stores, and mass gatherings as hotbeds of rumor, claiming men surpass women in persistent, sharp-tongued tittle-tattle.
The article states 12 packs of six rug hounds in England and Ireland totaling 295 couples plus 100 couples in four Irish packs. the Queen's pack leads with 49 couples under the earl of Coventy Kenneth at Ascot Heath. Fox hounds reach 155 packs in England and Wales with 6 236 couples, Scotland has nine packs 226 couples, Ireland 17 packs 6 235. harriers and beagles number 124 packs in England and Wales with 1 997 couples, Ireland four packs 612, Scotland six packs 1 0? packs. overall over 20 000 hounds sustained for hunting in the UK.
The passage contrasts starvation experiences of English suffragettes with a critic’s remark on public policies. Miss Cayenne defends continued critique of government, noting the tension between voicing dissent and supporting national leadership.
Merely a fragment reads as a brief misprint or OCR fragment noting a name play or misheard phrase. The readable portion hints at a person named Golightly and a possible Elias reference, but details are unclear.
A diary-style account describes a morning departure for Bayeux with Uncle John, a tense yet comic ride into a French train, and a remarkable Bayeux visit. Lee reappears unexpectedly, and an extended Caen trip with Mr Peters unfolds. The narrator details cathedral crypts, the tapestry, and a joyous return journey while noting Elfrida and her sister in the rain.
A wanderer recalls a voyage to a cannibal settlement in a little known New Guinea region. He offers a carved spear for a silver mark, but the native balks. The missionary explains the coin’s meaning as payment at a store, yet the native rejects the deal, saying the spear is his and risk of losing it is unacceptable. The tale ends with the traveler admitting he had no reply.
A 60 year old Englishwoman described as refined and cultured is detained on Ellis Island for smoking a cigarette. The piece contrasts US and UK views on manners, noting the irony that smoking in public is deemed mad in America while seen differently in Britain.
Prices in society cannot be judged as good or bad independently of wages and living standards. Higher wages usually lift prices, though increases can be offset by labor saving machinery. The best balance is rising earnings matching or exceeding the cost of living, though fixed income groups suffer most from price booms.
A reflective editorial notes that over 33 million deaths occur yearly, with 5 billion pounds of body matter recycled into nature. It claims matter cycles from Alexander the Great to Chicago residents and that the human body renews every seven years, causing about 650 million pounds of matter to re-enter nature annually. One second per death, the author concludes, as life continues amid mortality.
Opinion argues voting rights for women would push legislation restricting female labor to those in need of income. It urges extending schooling for girls, fining and punishing parents who send daughters to work, and restricting married women from work unless husbands are disabled, dead, or under min wage.
Washington health officials require dressed meat carcasses be shielded from filth and dust during transport through city streets. The ruling aims to prevent disease spread by market beef pork mutton and similar products moving from slaughterhouses to stalls. The public health measure reflects years of neglect and press calls for broader adoption.
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