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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
1
Washington taft holds coartificate from New Mexico's first election as a prospective state. Delegation carries the paper to the White House. Taft signs for public release, while Nagel reports the Sherman law proves effective and calls for a federal agency to regulate large industrial corporations.
Washington A warm attack on Hitchcock s plan to increase second class postage rates is contained in a bulletin by the postal committee of the American Newspaper Publishers association. The notice asserts that publishers surveyed show large volumes carried by mail and other means, arguing the proposed rate hike is absurd while the post office remains inefficient and overbearing.
Robert Henri spoke at a Sherry’o tea in New York about the Latin Quarter and low-cost dining. He recalled sketching at Luxenbourg Gardens where a youth’s coat sparked a joke about turning the coat with three sleeves.
Joseph H Widener received applause for his fine pictures at the Ritz Carlton New York. He joked that his father had been a benefactor of art and noted a gallery of Rembrandts Titian and Raphael while mentioning a millionaire benefactor.
The fragmentary text references wooden flooring and a person or place named Orta, but readable details are insufficient to determine a full event, date, or outcome. This item appears as a brief notice or caption with limited context.
A Midwest farmers group organizes the Western Farmers' Land company to buy large tracts in the northwest for investment and cultivation. Waterloo hosts annual meeting electing H. H. Hanna as president J. Campbell as vice president C. F. Robe as secretary and R. W. Gibson as treasurer. The effort follows Iowa State University and regional farmer initiatives, with plans for county institutes adding science, poultry, and seed pr ograms.
Preparations near completion for the Iowa and Des Moines dairy associations show at the Coliseum in Des Moines January 10 to 13. L. Back, president of the local association, leads arrangements in connection with the state association convention. Feature egg laying contests and a farmer institute are planned. a Madrid short course runs January 24 to 26.
A reader letter touts Resinol Ointment and Soap as fully curing eczema on the head in about three weeks. The ad claims instant relief for various skin troubles from burns to rashes and promotes the products as scientifically tested, with no lead or mercury, available from druggists and samples from Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore Maryland.
A man and his bride enter Getty Yonkers desks in plain new clothes. He signs for himself then adds a flourish and registers his wife. Clerk Maling is surprised by the couple's anonymous entrance and bold ending.
In rustic dialect a speaker quoted as Puck laments unresolved marital quarrels. He says they can agree separately but cannot agree together on the same matter or time, noting a change in his mind and an inability to reach a joint conclusion.
An Addison Road resident, Phil Warriner, was detected in public as he allegedly touched a baby’s hair during an act described as frantic. The incident prompted a police report and local reaction, with witnesses noting his plea and attempts to explain his actions.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Matchtown and faith, with an old gentleman advising the narrator to begin using Grane. The passage includes garbled phrases about letters, letters and a personal anecdote. No clear event, date, or identifiable persons beyond generic references.
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