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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
2
The Algona Conviet lists subscription rates in a notice. Rates shown include one copy for one year in advance and six month terms. The item is filed with the Algona Iowa post office as second class matter.
The article notes complaints from U S. workers in the Panama Canal Zone about Gov Maurice H Thatcher s poetry read to arriving steamers and at Ancon Station The letters to Taft and the House Appropriations Committee describe the governor s rhymed addresses as objectionable yet acknowledge his duty to compose poetry The piece includes samples of his verses and parodies by American workers noting their mixed reactions while also calling for leniency toward Thatcher given his high salary and isolated duties
The piece lampoons Gov Thatcher and President Montt over a literary dispute about a canal poem. It suggests exulting poetic satire, urging petition to desist, and even proposes a Kangaroo Court of Empire to fine the governor for counterfeit musical notes and distressing poets. It notes the potential impact of English proficiency on Montt’s reaction.
A critical review of the 1910 secretary of the senate report highlights lavish items bought for senators including barber services, luxury furnishings, telegraph costs, and assorted pharmaceuticals. The piece argues for reform to curb such expenses and restore Jeffersonian simplicity in government.
Historical dispatch recounts Commander Glags in a Guam incident aboard the Charleston during the Spanish American War. Bombardment of a small Spanish garrison ends with a friendly salute misunderstood as a hostile act. Spaniards, unaware of the war, thank him in broken English and offer powder to return the gesture. The episode, not cabled as a formal dispatch, is noted as a curious wartime anecdote.
Local item recalls The Wesley News-World critique of institute and short course hours, noting farmer and Ames input set schedules. It cites J. F. McWadden as a popular salesman, reports Hugo Faulstich’s injury, and mentions plans for new houses, a garage, land purchases, and a pension bill expansion for Civil War and Mexican War veterans.
A sweeping election bribery case in Adams County overturns norms as Judge Blair urged guilty parties to confess for leniency. About two thousand indicted, possibly three thousand, with ministers, farmers, widows, and elderly voters among the confessors. The rural county, famed for itsNative American population, now faces a historic political stain and calls for scrutiny.
An editorial notes history often lacks entertaining anecdotes. It suggests historians should insert humorous, truthful incidents from our war with Spain to spice dry facts, but laments such tales may not appear in the official record.
The text notes that major banks and interests tried to render guaranty laws in Oklahoma Kansas and other states unconstitutional but were restrained by the Supreme Court. It cites a prominent lawyer claiming the Supreme Court is the only court that is truly independent and decisive, and that the guaranty is constitutional and offers safety.
The petition filed in the District Court of Kossuth County Iowa asserts that Phobe Kinney and other defendants hold title to parts of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12 in Township 66, Range 20 West, with the unknown heirs and successors claiming interest. It alleges a chain of title through Samuel Jones and a deed dated 1863 and 1865, but contends such deeds conveyed no valid title, and demands quieting title for the plaintiff and all defendants’ interests for over twenty years of adverse possession. The residents of the defendants are nonresidents of Iowa, and the suit seeks a judgment quieting the plaintiff’s absolute ownership of the property.
Frank Hessie, of Sioux City, jumped onto the rear of a Minneapolis passenger train leaving Sibley during a cold spell. The door closed he hung on, and as the train halted he fell and was badly injured with broken ribs and frostbite. He is expected to recover.
The district court in Iowa recalls a petition by Joseph Geringe as plaintiff against T Pitt Cooke H Dell Choke Sarah M O Sloane Mary E B Cooke Laure B O Baker Thomas M Sloane Prigk S Barker Maria W Qa Cooke Jay Cooke Mrs Jay Cooke and Edwin M Lewis trustee and unknown heirs demanding a decree that the plaintiff owns the entire fee simple of the described property and bars all unknown claims as of record. The filing cites prior deeds and asks for a judgment to quiet title and remove adverse claims, with a February term set at the county courthouse in Alwoun City. Dated January 6 1011.
Fragmentary notice from Kopegth County and Tor Kosaurh County references a December 1910 date and a legally appointed event. Public reading and appointment details appear but are garbled, leaving unclear names, actions, and deadlines.
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