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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
3
A collage of comic exchanges and local notices. A Kansan recounts a five month back pain cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Testimonials hail tobacco cure and Garfield Remedies amid light social jests and travel promotions. An enduring quip about a man preferring the extraordinary above the ordinary closes the piece.
A humor collage notes two figures died in New York, mentions Recorder Smyth and Barrister Tom Nolah, plus a legal quip about a man jailed by Judge Smyth. Several light vignettes include a mother’s comment on a son, a wordplay exchange about a log house birth, and luck in love spanning Europe and London.
A newspaper item notes a school examiner asks a horse racing riddle and a scholar refuses. A delegation to a distinguished clergyman says many ministers satisfy in the pulpit yet church debt remains. The divine responds that they want a business manager under another name.
A wicked husband shows off the first volume of the 1900 census in his library asking Mrs Mor tolern for her view. She replies patiently the book is not very thrilling yet but may become interesting after she studies the figures.
A Sunday School discussion veers into a quarrel as Tommy blurts out a blunt remark about Samson and Schley, prompting the teacher to cut him off and bring the dialogue to a close.
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from a judge and bystanders. A man boasts planning his house alone while a boy reveals a slater paid him to watch for his father. A judge recounts a tale of giving up a girl to quit drinking smoking and golf.
A fragment shows a character debating Miss Withers dullness versus wit. The speaker counters that she is not dull, claiming she often cuts him with remarks when they meet.
Six year old Erle laments playing football alone and invites his mother to join. She declines, seated at the drawing room sewing, turning play into a quiet domestic moment rather than a sports session. The vignette captures a domestic twist on a boy's lone game.
Edith agrees to a grand church wedding despite poverty. Jack reports he arranged for ushers to collect donations at the ceremony, signaling a community effort to cover expenses. The couple faces financial strain but proceeds with the traditional wedding, drawing local attention.
A collage of humorous quips and dialogues from multiple papers. Jokes include a housekeeper and cockroach in soup, a talk on dialects, misheard sermons, and social foibles. References to New York Weekly Ohio State Journal Somerville Journal Philadelphia Bulletin Washington Star Judge and Landor provide context for the humor.
The Navy Department plans a new town at Olongapo Bay Philippines to house labor for the proposed naval station on Bluble Bay. Rear Admiral Has Aicott oversees plans with Endicott noting firms often build company towns with hired housing and utilities. A railroad linking Manila and Olongapo is proposed to support the plants.
An army officer's juvenile son mishears a visitor's history of George Washington. The visitor mixed tales of the cherry tree and the cherry bell, and the boy began to recount a fanciful scene. The father later corrects the misremembered story and clarifies Washington's deeds.
Kirkby Stephen correspondent reports Mr. Wmera Pratt of Guercdale kept a large flock on Dent Fell above Hawes Junction. After a heavy snowstorm the flock dispersed, dogs failing to stop them. A single sheep, buried two storms, thawed and walked a mile and a half to safety. Pratt vows to keep the animal for life.
Britain reports a record year with six battleships ten armored cruisers and various small craft built mostly on the Clyde while five royal dockyards overhaul twenty ships and refit reserve squadrons. Private yards could have done more though armor-plate makers faced limits. A humorous NYT anecdote about Senator Depew follows. Also noted are ads for Putnam faceless dyes and Defiance starch along with a pair of unrelated lines.
Beginning March 1 and extending through April, the Great Northern Railway will sell one way second class settlers’ tickets at unusually low rates to most points on its main line west of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Fares from Chicago to Montana start near 10 and climb to 30, with Washington points up to 33. Equally low rates apply to other stations served by the Great Northern and connections. Tickets must be used the day of sale and allow ten days stopover west of Havre, Mont. Full illustrated information on land, climate, crops, and opportunities is available by writing Max Bawa in Chicago or I Whitney, G P & T A, St. Paul. Charity is but one of many things that should begin at home.
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