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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1904
Page
6
The Choice shows a family tally of preferred rooms as each member names a favorite in a humorous take on home life. Mother favors the living room, Sister the parlor, Grammy the own room, and the narrator loves the library for games while the father says he’ll choose whatever mother is in.
In Pine Canon two captors hold a white woman as a young couple faces danger. Harry, claiming caution not cowardice, plans a risky rescue and marriage proposal while Mary fears for his safety. After exchanging blows with the masked outlaw, Harry takes the weapon and pursues the escape.
Mary reveals she recognized the voices of the men and had hired them. Harry laments, but Mary smiles and insists they keep the ruse between themselves. They stage fear and bravery, then share a private, playful concession and plan to escape together.
Col Phil Thompson recounts a friend who hired a stenographer with poor spelling. He privately corrects errors to help her earn money, noting an eighty percent misspelling rate in a seventy five word letter. The worker discovers she omitted gh in one word, prompting humorous reaction.
In 1859 Livingstone found Lake Shirwa southeast of Lake Nyassa, a water body about thirty by fifteen miles, now vanished save a few ponds. Lake Nyami also disappeared. The changes reflect gradual drying of Central African waters, a rapid mutation not matched elsewhere in contemporary geography.
Poem urging openness to love and truth, inviting Iad and Ligs to open the door of the heart to holy thoughts, unity, and aid for others. Calls for recognizing shared humanity beyond class or creed and aligning with the Master’s love.
A French chauffeur in Ireland accidentally ran over a cyclist who apologized and asked him to continue. The next day the stranger's letter expressed regret, offered sympathy, and stated he would soon die from the accident while leaving a third of his estate to fund improvements for the cyclist's automobile.
Lord Howard De Walter, reputedly the wealthiest young man in England, has traveled to east Africa for a hunting expedition and plans a zebra breeding farm on a large territory near Lake Victoria Nyanza. His London estate is valued at over $1,000,000 a year.
A concise moral excerpt notes that performing one good action or resisting temptation strengthens conscience and lifts spirits more than indulgence or diversion. It argues that duty acts as a powerful cordial for those hardened by weakness.
Dispatches from Tokio report eight Japanese destroyers escaped Port Arthur amid a snowstorm. Kuropatkin telegraphed that Chinese sources claim Russians recaptured 208 meter hill at Port Arthur, with cannons in place. officials deem 203 meter hill recapture possible but unconfirmed. A Japanese dispatch from Port Arthur says Russians were driven from an eminence near Pigeon Bay and that occupation of the position remains secure after a counterattack.
St Petersburg reports that four Japanese cruisers and twelve torpedo boats sail west from Singapore. The move likely aims to surveil two Russian fleet detachments near Madagascar while Admiral Rozetvensky seeks a naval base between Madagascar and the Philippines. The theory is the Japanese squadron hopes to mark rendezvous points for information and possibly hinder the Russians in an eventual engagement.
Czar Nicholas declares attempts to form a national assembly and constitution useless in a message endorsing the Zemstvos. The move quashes liberal hopes as the Emperor maintains autocracy despite liberal leanings. Also reports Serbia’s king signs a strict press law and indictments land on Isaac N. Perry.
Final official canvass of the November 8 presidential electors across Minnesota, North Dakota, and Washington gives Theodore Roosevelt a total of 7,627,682 votes, with Parker at 6,090,054 and Debs at 301,597. Roosevelt’s nationwide plurality reaches 2,547,578, with 13,508,496 total votes cast. The report also notes state-by-state shifts and historical comparisons, including McKinley’s 1900 edge in several states.
The Daily Telegraphs Che Foo desk reports General Nogi seeks 60 000 fresh troops from Japan as Tokyo details describe Japanese fortifications at Dalny and Port Arthur resume a push toward capturing Port Arthur before the Chinese New Year. Reports note losses to fortifications and mines, with a major assault anticipated.
Judge Grossoup in the United States circuit court refused to order a sale of street car companies controlled by Union Traction. Receivers sought authority to issue certificates to fund equipment repairs and improvements. bondholders objected and urged sale. The judge ordered the company to provide funds as required under the receivership agreement.
Dec. 21 in Minneapolis notes the side wall of the O. H. Pack building on Fifth Street, left standing after last Tuesday’s fire, toppled onto the Crocker hotel next door. The debris trapped fourteen sleeping residents. nine were killed. A second dispatch from London on Dec. 22 reports postwar indemnity negotiations, with Russia Germany and France arguing over terms China must accept for indemnity payments, Britain backing China and America and Japan viewed for balance.
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