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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
2
The notice outlines advertising rates and terms for Algona newspaper listings. Display ads cost 15 to 28 per inch, with varying options. It confirms the paper’s Algona Iowa filing and publication details and charge structure for classified and display space.
The piece notes a shift from Iowa Grange influence to North Dakota Farmers' Non Partisan League dominance, which secured the governorship and many legislative seats. It advocates state owned elevators and mills, tax exemptions for farm improvements, and a rural credit bank, arguing the effort educates and advances farmers' interests and urges more discriminating political action.
An English chemist named Bottomley announces a peat based soil fertilizer that could end food shortages for England by producing abundant staples for domestic use and export. He says it is more productive than Chilean guano, can be made cheaply at about $2.50 per ton, and may drop further with larger plants. The report ties in with Iowa politics and a critique of the primary system, noting Gov. Clarke’s farewell remarks and Thaw’s court history. Classified ads note a house and barn for sale on Fair Street, a Ward’s Wagon position in Kossuth County, and a high grade second hand piano for sale.
The Burt Lec ture Course third program delivered classic music and historical context with a Halloween themed scene from The Dance of Death. Community reports mention visiting figures Lew Owen and Smith Foote returning home ill, installation of I. C. O. F. officers, and active Burt Woman's Club and Epworth League events. Local births, illnesses, marriages, and social visits populate a dense column of neighborhood updates.
News from Wesley reports Aug Neuberger sold a Chester White boar to Mike Cruise, now a Whittemore area farmer. Mrs. Victor Matern and family travel to Kalispell Montana to aid her gravely ill mother. Melvin Powelson breaks a leg in a repeated fracture incident while fixing coal. Dr Carmody treats him. Mae Murray stars in The Big Sister at the opera house. piano, horse, harness, and buggy for sale by Quinn Lumber Co. Algona.
A residence listing notes a desirable lot on Ridgely Street north of the high school in Geo H Free. The home offers convenient access and a sought after location for potential buyers seeking a coastal area feel.
Walt Mason offers a humorous soliloquy about Rufus Jinks as he becomes a grandfather. He grumbles that posterity has cooked his goose yet admits a quiet pride. The piece satirizes aging, status, and the ache of clinging to youth.
Glasses of all styles priced at $2 each feature at Lusbys Drug Store as a simple test to check vision using straightforward eyewear.
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