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Algona Courier in Algona, Iowa

20 Feb 1903

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Algona Courier

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Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1903

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Burglary, riots and trials across Iowa in one report

John Connors alias John Cronin sentenced to two and a half years in Fort Madison for burglaries at Delmar on Christmas Eve. University issues address by President MacLean accepted by Senator Hoar for June 17 at the opera house. Lincoln area robberies and exchanges of gunfire at Linnwood and Eagle Grove. multiple indictments in Jasper and Marion counties. deaths and accidents including a Davenport jail suicide attempt and a Corydon fire that killed thirteen horses. Several financial scams and tax exemptions debated. a Jewell murder case with conflicting verdicts over Dankie Flygstad. U.S. Attorney targets Great Northern railway over importing prairie chickens under the Lacey Act.

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John Connors John Cronin Smith Clinton Fort Madison Delmar MacLean The State University George F. Hoar Opera House Chicago & Northwestern Linnwood Robert Burns Chicago Great Western Louis Berg Eagle Grove Berg Otis Thorne United States Healy Jones Jackson B. B. Cummins Kingfisher C. T Iowa Cummings Ames Lmits Davenport George Wall Wall Jasper County Rank Baird Hamilton Baird W. A. Richards Mexico Fred Moyer Peasleeale Brewery Dubuaque Prairie du Chem D. Hankerson Anthon Inaja Corydon Rea Company Rea Little Oble Clark Steele & Mardis Dora Withers Arnold St. Louis Cedar Malls Arnold Venture Chicago Mullan General Assembly Twenty-ninth General Assembly Daniel Wiggstad Jewell Dankie Flygstads Webster City Daniel Plygstad Daniel Flygstad Wiggstad Jewell Junction Dankie Pygstad Figgstad Place Blake Tracey Great Northern Railroad Sioux City Boan Montana Illinois Central Great Northern Porter Potter
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New Interurban Railway Plans for Extension

Des Moines reports the Interurban company outlines a 280 mile electric system in Polk County with lines in operation or under construction. The map shows routes to Altoona and Norwalk, with planned links to Cambridge and Eldora, and a target of complete operation or ride construction within three years. Right of way purchases are underway and connections to Waterloo & Cedar Falls Rapid Transit extend Des Moines access to multiple cities.

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Des Moines The Register and Leader Interurban Polk County Newton Prairie City Altoona Mitchellville Colfax Seevers Newton Prairie City Norwalk Innanola Winterset Valley Junction Grimes Dallag Center Panora Guthrie Center Audubon Saylor Ankeny Cambridge Nevada Zearing Lawn Hill Eltora Eldora Cambridge Nevada Highland Park College Hidara A. P. Chamberlain Vidora Waterloo Cedar Falls Grundy Center Dike Denver Waverly Bremer Tripoli Sumner Waterloo Company University Place Oreston Macksburg Indianola West
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Forger y of seal unearthed shocks Iowa auditors

Des Moines reports reveal State Auditor Carroll uncovers a forged seal and counterfeit certificates used by Insurance firms to leak state funds. Investigations show ex State Auditor Merriam signature and a printed seal on fraudulent documents. Printing plates seized, and officials warned. Several companies implicated. action pending. Readers learn losses from fake certificates and ongoing prosecutions.

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Des Moines Carroll Merriam State Auditor’s Audi George A. Miller Miller State Auditor's Office Auaher Carroll
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The Mystical Discourse On Beauty And Skin

A lengthy treatise extols beauty while lamenting aging and skin diseases. It contrasts ancient authorities with modern despair over blemishes, then promotes Cuticura remedies as a comprehensive skin and blood treatment, claiming universal efficacy and global popularity.

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Socrates Plato Theocritus Theophrastus Carncades Homer Ovid Aristotle
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