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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1914

Page

5

Hawkeye A State News Highlights Iowa Items

A wide read of Iowa notes covers wireless news from Mason City to New York, a Belgian horse breeding venture near Emery, and Benson Cow Testing gains in butter output. It reports tragedies in Kahoka and Council Bluffs, farm sales near Monticello, and a Belgium relief shipment. Local hobby hunts, road fund raises, and town improvements are noted along with school and church events across multiple counties.

Masestine Iowa New York City Atlantic Seaboard Frederick Arthur Hill Mexico City W. J. Holahan Nelson Brothers Mason City Finch Brothers Joliet Til Emery Benson Cedar Falls Natividad Custin Frank Navarro Marion Havana Commercial Club Belle Plaine Warren Blossom Citizens’ National Bank Lincoln Highway Benton County Belgium Dayton Kahoka George L. Thorpe Christian Church Wapello Dan Graham Graham Crescent Harry McMullen Ray Brown Edward Hoffman Davenport Fritz Erps Fort Madison Mray Kate McCormack Brooks Fred McLaughlin Monticello Diedrich Monk Richmond Township Ames Town State College Ministerial Association Gioux

Demand Decreases Signal Iowa Bankers See Easing Money

Des Moines reports show money demand easing after fall surge and overdue notes paid in full since the European war began. Iowa promotes highway improvements with concrete use and permanent roads, while stock losses from foot and mouth disease total about 75000 dollars with federal aid and state share split. Legislative moves seek prompt Supreme Court reports and state Fund financial plans. employment efforts target unemployed Des Moines residents, with state offices moving to new quarters and education outreach expanding to consolidated and vocational schools.

Des Moines Towa Iowa Charles Wagner Chicago United States Middle West

State Department Fixes Passport Fee and Policy

Instructions from A. C. Gustafson require county clerks to charge $2 for passports with $1 to the federal government and $1 to be accounted for locally. Applicants must appear before the district court clerk and provide unmounted photos. one photo is attached to the passport. Other items discuss prison reform in Iowa, a youth released with only $5 gate money, and a government crop report noting 56,000 acres sown in wheat in Iowa and 41,800,000 nationwide. Uniformity of text-books may be addressed by a new county-wide bill, with a committee led by Superintendent T. H. Stone.

Francis Dunn Atlantic T. J. McEniry Maine McEntry Joe Henton Corning Alvah D. Henton Henton Frank Uenton Iowa Falls Council Bluffs M. A. Martin Webster County J. A. Osborne Port Dodge Davenport Marie Petersen Adolph and Gerhardt Petersen Iowa Reform Albert Petersen Columbia Hall Lamotte German Methodist Episcopal Church Mason City L. J. Bremer Charles City Jones County Anamosa Reformatory Ames Road State Reformatory Plymouth County le Mars Weta Board of Supervisors State Board of “Public Instruction Tom Turner Portsmouth Tom Walnut Street Jenks Holston W. A. Remington Mondamin Jefferson Gresne Hardin Township Hampton Chris Ottoson Statenepector Albert Rules Iowa Wesleyan College Joseph.a. David Cincinnati Mississippi Muscatine Towa State of Iowa Johnson County Towa City Iowa Supreme Court State Document Department State Department A. C. Gustafson Washington Ralasbarger California United States State Teachers' Association T. H. Stone Randolph Pew

Casgaret liver cleanse ad and rural humor note

An old advertisement touts Casgaret laxative boxes and a 10 cent bar claiming to cleanse the stomach, remove foul gases, and regulate bowels by morning. It pairs with a rural Birmingham Age Herald humor snippet about a man avoiding a big freight due to chores and beans in his helmet.

Silas Birmingham Age Herald

Clear Your Skin Emollients Offer Free Sample by Mail

Advert describes fragrant emoments for skin scalp hair and hands to clear pimples blotches redness dandruff itching and chapping. Mail 32 page Skin Book with postcard address to Cuticura Dept Y Boston. Also includes a London Opinion quip about temperamental grand opera phonograph records.

Cuticura Dept. Y Boston Balesman London

Castoria Ad Claims and Personal Exchange Mentioned

Fragmentary OCR notes reference Castoria as a safe product for infants and children with a long standing signature claim. A quoted line from a Houston Post item includes a mock accusation about a daughter promised to marry, and a remark about lingering around a location five nights a week.

Cmll Fletcher Hila Houston Post

Take Salts to Flush Kidneys Says Local Ad

An old local advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a kidney flush to relieve back aches and urinary symptoms. It claims the effervescent drink cleanses kidneys, neutralizes acids, and prevents bladder disorders, recommending a tablespoon in water before breakfast for several days.

Jad Salta Rm Acy

Borrowers Outnumber Lenders, A Grim Perspective

A terse dialogue notes a world with many borrowers and few lenders. The speaker argues a broad 90 percent of people are born borrowers who always remain so, and those who begin to lend soon fall into the same predicament.

Wanted Butternut and Blaqk Walnut Price Per Pound

Wanted sentence requests a price per pound and quantity available for butternut and black walnut. Provides contact via P O Box 898, Omaha, Nebraska, and references ag physical objection.

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