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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
2
A jumble of opinion pieces and notices discusses Peary reaching the Pole, Sam Small's failed national magazine venture, and criticisms of platform preaching. It questions mission work among Chinese audiences, notes local editorial takes on income tax versus corporate tax, and comments on party tariff stances and a charitable box for heathen conversion.
The article argues both parties embrace Democratic Principles, citing Roosevelt’s expansion of Democratic planks into Republican policy and Taft’s tax ideas. It notes no platform for railway control existed in 1908 and questions motives behind income and corporate tax proposals while urging focus on good governance regardless of party.
The current suffrage campaign has prompted unmarried women and widows to sign pledges vowing not to marry any man unwilling to support suffrage. Helen Murphy led the effort in New York, with early signatures from Maude Glasgow, Josephine Casey, Sophie Aus, Martha Klatschken, and Maude Hubley, among others. Murphy predicts 10,000 names in a month and 100,000 in six months, framing votes as wives if rights are denied. Critics urge restraint, urging leaders to define positions on suffrage and other policy questions. James Hamilton Lewis advocates closer China trade and warns of potential conflict with Japan, while Walter Wellman reports setbacks at Spitzbergen as his expedition falters.
Senator Dolliver and Senator Aldrich clash over tariff schedules amid revisions after McKinley and Dingley duties. McKinley called some rates unnecessary and trade selective while Dingley admitted high rates due to reciprocity. Aldrich argues for higher tariffs, Dolliver shifts stance, hinting at Democratic alignment.
Democratic Progress notes that Texas now has a optional deposit guaranty or insurance law allowing a choice between a guaranty fund and bonding company plans. In days since enactment, twenty state banks reportedly accepted the guaranty fund provisions, signaling broad adoption and prompting talk of postal savings banks as competition. Other states with such systems include Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and a Dakota. The piece links this to the Bryan victory narrative and Taft opposition.
In Their Viewpoint two foreign men watch a baseball game. The German calls it dangerous, the Frenchman agrees, noting even the 26 catcher wears a muzzle to keep him from biting people. The lighthearted exchange highlights cross language humor.
A week of Chautauqua events in Algona featured Parland-Newhall singing and bells, Col. Bain discussing the negro question and temperance themes. William Jennings Bryan spoke about the soul and character for about two hours, drawing a large crowd, while Bob Seeds and Eva Bartlett Macy provided humor and elocution acts. The paper praises manager Mr. Avery and notes calls for a permanent local Chautauqua.
A stranger broke into the Pettibone restaurant at Germania last week and stole twenty dollars and a solid gold watch. The loot was placed in a band box inside a chiffonier drawer in Mrs Pettibone s room, both drawer and box locked, keys in Mrs Pettibone s possession. The pocketbook with the money was later found in the Albert Lea freight caboose, adding mystery to the incident.
The Monitor notes local volunteers have donated 65 days of labor and $20 cash toward fixing the Portland grade east of town. More donors are expected. Work starts Monday with Supervisor Hail and a loading machine loading a wagon in three to five minutes.
A short note asks who the vice president is, suggesting Sherman as the answer after reading of a man named Sherman playing golf with Taft. The item ends with an advertisement line for a Sanne-A Sandwich hay press for sale, credited to Theo Becker of Algona, Iowa.
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