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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
7
Numerous Algona residents and guests engage in travels and visits across Minnesota and Texas. Local business deals include C. G. Reilly expanding to Larchwood and Dailey selling another house. Community events feature church lectures, library improvements, and a temperance sermon series with a Sino-Oberammergau slide show.
A small dark complexioned Armenian man came to Algona three years ago with the paving gang. He saved over $2,000 and is in school now while awaiting spring work. He has a wife and children in Armenia and plans to continue studies to improve English. He is 28 and will use his progress to support his family and future schooling. The note praises his thrift and industry.
A crime occurred Tuesday night in Kossuth County when unknown perpetrators entered R. E. Kain’s Plum Creek premises and butchered a fat heifer, hauling away the carcass while leaving the head and feet in the yard as evidence. The report notes a similar recent crime in Hancock County and warns that farmers may need a dog and shotgun for protection.
About a year ago Z. E. Armstrong opened a tire repair shop in Algona and now runs with two assistants. He performs a novel method by placing one old tire inside another and vulcanizing them, guaranteeing a 3500 mile run for about half the price of a new tire, a promising start for a young entrepreneur from Irvington.
The Courier thanks Regis ter and Leader for a premium booklet of short poems by Martha Hart, nom de plume of Mrs. LeCron. The sample poem Nutting in October celebrates gathering nuts amid golden leaves and autumn imagery with illustrated pages.
Last Friday night in Garner the home of John Dorow burned to the ground. Dorow's charred body was found on the kitchen floor as firefighters fought the blaze. The incident may have begun by kerosene igniting a stovepipe, and the house plus contents, including a new piano, were destroyed. Mrs Holdt and her children were visiting in Estherville at the time. This fire follows four previous Garner deaths from kerosene explosions, highlighting risks of using kerosene to start fires.
Court records list cases including New Gases Rebecca Farabee versus E J Farabee and Mann Auto Co versus Wiese Auto Co. plus State Bank of Ledyard versus Nielsen Bros. and others. Classifieds offer a WANTED girl for general housework and a sale ad for Rose Combed Red Cockerels and Indian Runner Ducks at one dollar each.
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