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Algona Courier in Algona, Iowa

01 Feb 1907

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Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1907

Page

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Iowa News Roundup Covers Rapes Rail, Fires and Politics

A Des Moines meeting sets Aug dates for county executive action on candidates and insanity commission. Mason City worker injured in cement plant collapse. A Nevada rapist faces twenty years. details of trial and victims. Fort Dodge case Wheeler vs City settled for 1000. Marengo considers interurban to Millersburg and beyond. Railroad explosions injure Toledo-bound fireman. Legal notes include insanity commissions, public notices, and saloon rulings following a state supreme court decision.

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Tatler Mason City Fort Madison Fred E. Russell Nevada Russell Attumwan D. P. Merritt Walter Gleaner Tom Brown Oscar Hogan Gleaner Wheeler City of Fort Drege Lake City Clara Rasmoussen Court House Supreme Court Marengo Marengo Milland Railroad Company Millersburg Fairfield Iowa-Missouri Traction Power Company Keosauqua Oskaloosa Vinton Cadar Rapids New York A. R. Troutman Tulfnois Central Waterloo Troutman Fort Dodge State Insane Hospital A. & Lawrence Muscatine County Ethel Reed Devorah Fred Lane Max Mayer Town City Florence 3 Arthur Simpson Anamosa William 3B Reareon Kran Dontis Wellihan George Wieder Johnson County W. B. Letehicam Cleghorn Mr. Letehicam Wisconsin Creston Robert Todd McFeeley McFeeley Towner Feeley Daniel Magee Monticello Hogan Justice Nugent Cedar Rapids Magee Prairieburg FannileJh J. Dawson Merchants’ and Bankers’ Insurance Company Des Moines Grundy County J. N. McCash Iowa Anti-Saloan League Iowa Supreme Court Dye Anti-Saloon League Board of Supervisors Ant-Saloon League District Court C. M. Kemp Santa Fe Kemp Chicago Benson Langstaff Dubuque J. P. Fredericks Iaieas Raney C.T. Miller Mutual Heating Company Terre Haute Ind Mattie Merritt Vergie Taylor Ethel King Indianapolis Texas Gulf Coast Jamaica Ager Indiana Wabash Polotsk Vibsk Coloradoe Fuel and Iron Company Primero Col Ohio Baltimore & Ohio Marietta Oscar Hallam Paul James J. Hill Great Northern Railway Company Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission Theodore P. Shonts Tanama Interborough Metropolitan Traction Company Henry Ball Greenwood Miss Gov. Vardaman Letart W. Va Alabama House of Representatives Roosevelt Brownsville Viroqua Wis Vernon County Bank Bell la Crosss House of Representatives South Dakota San Francisco Alameda Washington Olga Greece Red Cross Rogers Shanghai Narcissa Nance Kendrick James K. Polk Uniontown Spain Kansas Charles Curtis United States Joseph R. Burton Porter County Grand Jury State Railroad Commission Woodville Fowler Sandford Richmond Richmond Blues Harry K. Thaw Stanford White Holyoke Mass Shelby M. Cullom Illinois Joseph W. Bailey Thomas Peabody Sheridan Hawaii Guiseppe Saracco Italy Interior Bistagne Blues Armory Chamber of Commerce Honolulu North Porto Padre Dutch East Indies Simata
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A Week's News In Condensed Form Intriguing Digest

A condensed 1902 style roundup reports Congress actions on rail monopolies and wage increases for top officials. It notes Brownsville investigations, seed distribution cuts, pension centralization, and canal bid rejections. Also covers European elections, notable deaths, disasters, fires, wrecks, and international incidents shaping politics and industry.

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Panama Canal Contract Award Headed to Oliver

Washington January 28. After a White House conference the Panama canal contract was awarded to William J. Oliver. Anson M. Bangs remains a responsive bidder if Oliver can unite with two independent contractors to cover the field within ten days. Roosevelt backed Oliver’s bid at 6.75 percent, dismissing demands to reopen bids or hire McArthur Gillespie.

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Oliver Manitoba Lberal Prince von Buelow Augustus V. L. Brokaw St. Louis James H. McCartney Hillsdale Ill Post Frank A. Walker United States Sandford Ind Peter Schler Detroit Montana Senate F. A. Sterling Department of Agriculture Washington Pennsylvania Railroad Matias Duque Platt Admiral Bearanger Antwerp Manyanga Kongo Free State Victoria Theater New York Russell Brothers Japan Tacoma Wash Far West Colorado Senate Morgan Arkansas House of Representatives Roosevelt Brownsville John Little Arkansas Wabash Terre Haute Taylor Villa Indianapolis The United Mine Workers Thomas Burke Ihnois Patrick Gilday Pennsylvania International Congress Salzburg Austria Washington, D. C White House Panama Canal William J. Oliver Anson M. Bangs Associated Press Cart Olliver McArthur-Gillespie Oliver, McArthur & Gillesppie
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Postal Commission Proposes Changes to Second Class Mail

Washington and Jan 28 report of the Joint Postal Investigating Committee outlines recommendations for second class mail. Key provisions limit ads to 60 percent of issue area, require paper only, equalize parts, bar supplements with ads, and cap mailed samples at 10 percent. An appeals body and price disclosure for combined sales with subscriptions are called for.

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Joint Postal Investigating Committee Msks Washington, D. C Joint Postal Commissio Congress Commsion Bhn Postal Appeals Commission
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Twelve Dead Are Found at Primero Mine Tragedy

In Trinidad Colorado on January 26 four more bodies were recovered yesterday morning, raising the total recovered to twelve. Officials and rescue teams continued efforts to reach any remaining victims, with the mine site now a scene of ongoing recovery work.

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Trinidad Colc Primero
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Button and loop fasteners replace pins in China

Clothing in China uses buttons with button sides or loops and frogs. A person who relies on makeshift pins is deemed untidy and improper in dress. The note highlights traditional fastening methods and social expectations regarding neat attire.

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China
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Twelve Killed In Mine Disaster Near Huckhannon

Weston West Virginia January 37 five Americans and seven Italians are dead from a fire damp explosion at the Roane Valley company mine in Lorentz near Huckhannon. The blast trapped about 100 miners. twelve bodies have been recovered with possible additional deaths feared.

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Weston W. Va Roanevaula Company Lorentz Huckhannon
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