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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
2
An OCR fragment shows names G D Bradley Willis W Bradley W H In hcom S Sherwood with associate editor contesting editor and business manager roles. It mentions advertising rates per inch but text is garbled and incomplete.
Coal car loaded with Purity beat grade coal bound for Frank County furnaces will be delivered at 7.50 per ton or 7 at the yard by Wilson Motor Co. Orders at Bowles Billings Kessler, limited season slots. Also house for sale or trade Buick roadster, rentals, and several political candidate notices. A snowy misadventure ends with fines and a humorous ship-in-snow anecdote.
A defense of united home front support for the president and war effort, condemning critics who belittle military aims or aid the enemy. The author urges newspapers to boost morale, set aside political divisions, and rally behind the Red Cross, Y M C A, and soldiers.
A subscriber compliments the Courier on its new type setting machine and prints. The letter praises the paper’s appearance and edits, mentions enjoying J. W. Hinchon’s letters, and notes the old Democratic sheet may be unrecognizable after the change.
Jimmie Neville visits Cylinder for a Chester White hog sale while Wilson Motor Co freshens office with new paint. Algona visitors include W R Wolfe and Frank Lewie Newell from Fenton. Lottie Sherman of Nora Springs visits sister Mrs August Slagle. Government seeks ship builders and enrollees may obtain blanks from T P Harrington. Miss Josephine Walsh, Quarton law office stenographer, visited Emmetsburg. George Paine returns from hospital after appendectomy. Mrs Roscoe Call tours Des Moines relatives. Frank Cairy anxious over nephew possibly aboard sunken Tuscania. Wm Cairy returns to La Motte after two weeks with Frank. W C T A holds Francia Willard Memorial. DeWell provides music, Miss Quinn reads. Peterson, Kamaay, Reed and Presnell serve. Rebekah lodge begins membership drive. leaders Mrs L A Miner and Mrs BE McCorkle. campaign runs weeks with a losing slide reward.
Rossell Cowles, son of Gardoer Cowles of Des Moines, linked to a Ratke study and local affairs. Marshall Hackman Tonedetains suspect while Aadge Cook heads to countereste. Mr Stachle, longtime Bart resident, controlled Bart Telephone interests and hardware business, with ongoing county actions and administration questions.
Fragmentary notes discuss hunger patriotism and civilian poultry use amid wartime fear of battlefield corpses. Mentions Corey at Des Moines wrestling bout reports, Camp Daddy visit, and soldier morale. Local house listing appears with modern amenities and garage on corner Lot.
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