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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1910

Page

3

Iowa News Seeks to Limit Hunters License Fund Use

Governors statement aims to reassure sportsmen that the $109000 collected from hunters licenses will stay within the Fish and Game Department and not fund lake boulevards or ditching. He denies diverting funds to outside agencies while hints on possible limits for Warden Lincoln and state officers. The report notes concerns about drainage and conservation groups seeking to distribute the money and outlines the governor’s push to keep expenditures within legislative figures.

Iowa Carroll Department of the Fish and Came Lincoln State Drainage, Waterways and Conservation Commission Hosear Creston Seymour Laplatee Neb Fremont T. E. James C. L. Frazer Henry J. Ross Silas Candal Schoola Della Simons D. R. Bement Mt. Ayr John Harlow Oskaloosa George Perry Perry Dubuque Charles Buelow Fort Dodge Clothier W. F. Condon Frank Weaver Clutier Dvorak Porkony H. B. Kirschner Iowa State Sanitarium Oakfale Battle Creek Burlington Commercial Exchange Keokuk Commercial Club Mississippi

Farmers' Grain Dealers Plan Iowa Convention in Des Moines

The sixth annual Farmers' Grain Dealers' Association of Iowa convention will be held in Des Moines February 2 to 4 with about 2,100 members and wives attending. Events include officer elections, insurance mutual meetings, and a women’s entertainment at Hoyt Sherman Place followed by a capitol reception. Speakers cover cooperation and harvest topics, with sessions at the Coliseum and a governor meet-and-greet planned. Country leaders and local clubs coordinate tours and programs for delegates from Iowa and neighboring states.

Des Moines Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Iowa Hoyt Sherman Place W. F. Mitchell Commercial Club Furnace Room Industrial Brotherhood Kate Barnard Guthrie Okla Sam Hampton Waco Tex Roy H. McVicker Eagle Crave James R. Dalton Woonsocket 5. D

Garretts Beal Corn Growers Triumph in Iowa Contests

The Garrett family of Mitchelville earns a top state title for corn. Charles wins Des Moines best single ear prize and sells it for 160 dollars, Orville takes first prize at Ames junior exposition, Floresca earns second in the same junior show.

Garretts Beal Charles Garrett Mitchelville Iowa Des Moines Orville Garrett Ames Floresca Garrett Stte Agricultural College

Drainage Association to Convene in St Dodge

The Iowa State Drainage association sets its 1910 annual meeting for February 15 and 16 in St Dodge Ames. Noted speakers include Prof. A Marston E O Rood Prof W H Stevenson Hon Henry Young J Adams and Prof J T Stewart. County supervisors from northern Iowa will discuss drainage financing and related issues.

Ames Iowa State Drainage Association St. Dodge A. Marston E. O. Rood W. H. Stevenson Henry Young J. Adams J. T. Stewart

Negro SLAIN BY HIS WIFE IN Council Bluffs

Bud Collins a Union Pacific porter in a Salt Lake run was shot and killed by his wife after he tried to kill her. She left their home to stay with her mother at 38 North Eighth street. Collins returned armed, forced entry, and fatally wounded him with two shots in the head and back before a sister intervened.

Council Bluffs Bud Collins Union Pacific Here Salt Lake Collins Powell North Eighth Street

Gilmore City Out of Coal Causing Local Train Cut

Des Moines reports the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad halted the McGregor to Maxon City local passenger service due to weather and a coal famine. Gilmore City also telegraphed that the town is coalless and firms are closing. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway officials said trains will be coal into the town at once.

Berryhill Des Moines City Railway Company James G. Berryhill Des Moines Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company H. B. Barling State Railway Commission McGregor Maxon City Harling Carroll Gilmore City Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company

No Relief in North Iowa Slips From Rail Coal Strain

North Iowa rail lines report coal movement halted with Iowa Central limited to Hampton and northern shipments blocked by wrecks and snow. Brick tile yards warn shutdown without coal today. Forest City scarce. Towns plead for coal as dealers go scarce and trains fail to run. In separate notes, John Atkins loses an arm in a rabbit hunting accident near Bloomfield, and Burlington records two deadly coastings with a dozen injured. Reverend A J Schell refuses to discuss a Lamphere confession made public in St Louis.

Mason City Iowa Central Hampton Brick Milwaukee Forest City Schell Mt. Pleasant A. J. Scheil Wesleyan College Ray Lamphere St. Louis Post-Dispatch

90000 American settlers go to Canada homeland draw

Recent advices from Canada report upwards of ninety thousand settlers from the United States moved into Western Canada in the past year. Lands offered include free 160 acre homesteads and adjoining lands sold at nine to twenty dollars per acre. The article notes strong draw from states like Iowa Indiana Nebraska and Minnesota citing high land value, good yields and favorable costs. Canadian government agencies provide information for settlers seeking free homesteads and suitable districts.

Canada Boundary Line United States Iowa Indiana Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Ohio

Sermon and jest on the last day judgment

The excerpt shows a minister proclaiming that on the final day all will be judged by deeds, while a jokey response notes that none of us have ever worked. The dialogue captures a humorous contrast between solemn doctrine and a flippant self‑assessment.

After the Hunt and Curiosities of a Parsonage

A Yonkers pastor Rev Sanford C Hearn of the First Methodist Episcopal Church dresses hunted rabbits for dinner in a parsonage cellar while his young son watches and asks what he is doing Then the boy reports to his mother that papa is skinning shaving and cutting up cats Also contains a series of light ad copy lines about Wrigley’s Spearmint and Allen’s Foot-Ease with a price and address.

Sanford C. Hearn First Methodist Episcopal Church Yonkers

In Demand and Advertising Snippets of Daily Life

The fragment portrays social chatter about a popular man who listens to summer trip details, fashion admiration of a well-dressed woman, and a joke about paying freight. It also advertises WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT and a claim of quick rheumatism relief by Dr. Detehon's Relief. Carlyle quote hints at lasting truth.

Detehon Wirst

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