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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
2
Subscription rates listed for one copy and six months in advance. Display advertising rates 15 to 25 cents per inch. Entered at Algona, Iowa post office as second class matter.
The 1916 campaign opens with Elihu Root delivering the Republican keynote in New York. He levels four charges against Wilson’s Democrats on tariff, Mexican policy, preparedness, and war stance, arguing Belgium’s invasion violated international law and urging a Roosevelt-leaning course. The piece notes Nicaragua canal ratification, railroad wage debates, and local figures including Rev. Otis Spurgeon and former Algona official F. M. Shippey, framing broader political tensions.
A. H. Woods presents Potash and Perlmutter at the Call opera house for Thursday night February 20. The road show stars Abe Potash and Mawruss Perlmutter, famed Montague Glass characters known for wit and cosmopolitan humor. The company is described as unusually capable.
Our Million Dollar Bank in Emmetaburg and the Algéena faction touts a million dollar institution within County Savings Bank. Deposits reach 1,088,925 with earlier figures from 1906 and 1911 showing rapid expansion. J Murtagh serves as resident ang, with B. Murtagh as cashier. town leaders highlight stability amid uncertain times.
A 1891 snapshot notes pension increase for James Maticla and arrivals of Robt. Stephenson from Lotte Creek and Bill Burbank from Fenton settling in Algona. Court in Garner with Attorney Quarton, typhoid illness relief, Frink Schoolhouse debates on women versus money influence, Emmetsburg bank plans with $50,000 capital led by Charles McCormick and P. O. Reisel.
A farm near Titonka in Buffalo township announces a public auction on Friday March 1 1916 beginning at 10 o clock. The sale includes 142 head of livestock and 80 cattle plus 11 head of mules and 7 head of colts and mares, with numerous registered shire and clydesdale horses, plus 2 lumber wagons, mowers, plows, and other farm machinery. Terms: cash for amounts $10 and under, credit of 10 months on larger purchases. consignor Nelson H. Ung, Cosgrove clerk.
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