Algona Democracy Versus Aristocracy In Golf And Horseshoes
In Algona Iowa a local editorial ponders President Taft and ex Vice President Fairbanks as symbols of democracy and aristocracy. It contrasts golf with horseshoes, noting Fairbanks’s poor pitching yet suggesting horseshoes embody democratic spirit, while urging the revival of the traditional democratic game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Fairbanks
George Ade
J. M. Studebaker
Durbin
Indiana
Indianapolis
Algona
Dan Crowell
Jim Vipond
Inconsistent Bailey and the Trust Prosecutions
The Britt Tribune quotes Bailey arguing Uncle Sam should sue the lumber trust and probe coal pricing anomalies. The note questions his stance on LaFollette and Cummins, and suggests a potential shift in his views regarding government action against trusts and insurgents.
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Sam
Lumber Trust
Coal Trust
Iowa
Hoking Valley
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maine
Uncle Sam
Britt Tribune
Bro
Bailey
LaFollette and
Cummins
Aldrich-Cannon
Democratic Party
Bro. Bailey
Country press humor and editor contrasts
A column notes how city papers mock country editors for slips in ads and humor. It praises small town papers like Algona Advance for their independence and quality, contrasting with metropolitan press. The piece mentions Chautauqua speakers and labor rights debates, naming Fletcher and Opte Rew as included voices.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Algona
Iowa
New York Herald
Presa
Fletcher
Opte Rew
Lafe Young and Chautauqua Politics in Algona
The Algona Advance notes public anger at trusts and swollen fortunes spurred by pro reform sentiment. It reports Lafe Young aistently sought for a Chautauqua lecture but barred due to Kenyon’s upcoming speech, and Emmetsburg Reporter questions Algona progressives.
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A. E. Kepford
Algona
Chautauqua Committee
LaFayette Young
Chautauqua
Kenyon
Young
Algona Committee
Emmetsburg
Mayne
Lafe Young
Express firms offer voluntary rate cuts to Aug first
The express industry quietly submitted a package of papers to the Interstate Commerce Commission announcing a nationwide voluntary rate reduction to take effect August first. All firms except the Long Island Company joined in the move, seen as pre emptive maneuver pending possible congressional action. The piece recalls a prior eight pound Christmas package charged 75 cents, noting the need for a harsher reckoning of classifications and urging Congress to investigate and press for reform.
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Express
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Long Island
Congress
Bancroft
Gilderoy
Germany presses for Atlantic Morocco stake in Bis marck plan
The article notes Germany sending a warship to a Moroccan Atlantic port as part of a Bis marckian move to gain territory. Paris and London react with concern but defer action, deterred by Germany's vast army and navy. It argues that strategic power, not Christian peace, drives European games and prudence.
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Germany
Morocco
Paris
London
France
England
Rauser Named Oil Inspector as Diff Indicted
J W Rauser of Garner appointed by Gov Carroll to fill oil inspector post in the district succeeding John Diff of Britt Indicted on four counts for crooked work as Hancock auditor Republicans grow more keen on official honesty amid the shakeup Diff’s removal follows the accusation suggesting unpaid disreputable acts as a spur for not reappointing him in oil inspection
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J. W. Rauser
Garner
Feeble dispute between Advance and Republican advised to desist
The periodical quarrel between the Advance and the Republican is deemed of poor quality and worsened by the heat. Readers are urged to stop discussing the matter and avoid further unduly harsh punishment and mistreatment.
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Beana
A Quarter Century Ago: Courier July 9 1886
Excerpts note 6000 attend Cole's circus, Cowles returns from Kansas tour, locals at Ledyard and Spirit Lake trip. Mentions weather drought, hay making, art lessons in Boston, and O Rourke's celebration with a soldiers monument plea. Crop prospects show good corn, grain short from heat, hoping for rain soon.
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O'Rourke's
Messra Quarton
Chrischilles
D. J. Long
Mr. O'Rourke
Court House Square
After the Picnic and Homeward We Start
A short humorous vignette from Detroit Free Press recalls the end of a family picnic with exhausted adults and restless children. The basket items, spoiled in transit, include butter, jam, pie, cookies, and varied canned foods, all tangled in a chaotic mess as the weary party heads home. Nearby Spencer Herald reports snakes in town after a show, with a five foot whip snake found under a plank, a five foot rattler killed, and several others slain, leaving residents nervous about whether the escape was from the circus or deliberate release.
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Detroit Free Press
Spencer
Fifth Street
Prairie Avenue
Noah Davia
Chris Dyhrkepp
Spencer Herald
Snakes Sting Ringsted Man During Plowing
George Banister, while plowing corn on a Saturday, teased a garter snake with a long weed. The snake sprang and stung his arm. The bite was painful and caused noticeable swelling though the serpent is not very poisonous.
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George Banister
Strenuous Game Ends With Injuries In Fairville Match
Ringsted Digpatch defeated Fairville on Sunday in a hard fought game. The crowd reportedly sparked a free for all that disrupted play and left several spectators or players hospitalized. Oils and Grease advert text appears but is unrelated to the game news.
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Fairville
Local Happenings and Fourth of July Celebrations
A roundup of local events from Algona area, including a long auto tour by W H Ketcham with guests from Lincoln and Illinois, Chautauqua attendance, Bancroft and Bancroft crowding Fourth celebrations, speeches by Morling of Emmetsburg, and sports events at Bancroft. Also notes on deaths, fish fattening near Clear Lake, and several fires including a Mason City cement plant barn blaze.
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Clear Lake
Mason City
Algona Council Calls 1911 Bond Election for Water Works
The Algona Iowa council resolutions call a July 31 1911 election to issue eighteen thousand dollars in bonds for gas producers engines and apparatus to extend the water works and electric light and power plant. The election will be held eight A M to seven P M with ward polling places listed and notice four weeks prior.
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Algona
Kossuth County
Iowa
Towa
Durdall Annex
J. F. Nicotlin
Vanderlinden
Coutts’ House
Yeas
Cail
Barton
Galbraith
Paxson
Conner
Jos. W. Wadsworth
SW. Crowell
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Hinchon & Finnell
Algona, Iowa
the Courier
Gardner Cowles
Kansas
Points South
James Henderson
Led‘yard
Mary E. Gall
Boston
W. W. Scott
Livermore
Max Herbst
Winnie Stacy
Fred Stockwell
Josie Pettibone
Chas, Waldo
Maggie Henderson
Forest Stough
Spirit Lake
W. H. Ketcham
Courier
Ketcham
L. B. Stringer
Lincoln, II
Illinois
McGreevey
Sexton
Wesley
Gensing Raiser
Wolfe
Burt
Stringer
Seneca Township
Attorney Morling
Whittemore
Ramsey
Seneca
Greenwood
Herman Baas
Iowa City
New York
Holden Wqb
Hartley
van Camp
Ani
Bell
Pillsborough
Allivan & McMahon
Attorneys AT Law
Nichey
Lowa
L. Bonard
Jes
Algona State Bank
Algona, Ia
P Harrington
Dickineon Fare Witon
M. Galbraith
Joho Datos Block
Algona,Is
M. J
Telaphone
Alaona HosPiran
H. Cretzmeyrer
John Galbraith Blok
Ofice
Margaret B. Coles
Ipealaley
Dutton & Sorensen’s
Hatch
M.D
Armory
Morse
Hartman
Gay
Phipe
Ommes
Rist
Glasier
Algons
D. E. C, Tessman
Dr. Deveraux
Langdon & Long’s
R. W. E, Kain
John Galbraith
Say Drs
W.H. Ingham
THEO
Chrischilles V-Prea
Lewis H. Smith
Caghter
Kossuth County State Bank
Capital
W. H. Ingham
J. @. Smith
Harvey Ingham
Chinachilles
J. W. Wadsworth
Barnet Devine
KR. Ferguson
E.E. Cannan
United States ‘Depository
Wm. Ky Ferguson
Swetting - Hoscoe Call
R.A. Spencer X. W. Gonner
Palmer LJ
Dickinson _ Savings Department
First National Bank
East Court House Square
A.D. Clarka
Chubb
V-Press
Gashien
Dingley
Kossuth Co
Board OF Directors
D. Clarke
C. D. Chubb
Pirate Galbraith Myron
the County Savings Bank
Carirat
B.J. Murtagh
WR LE Dodge
ePrea
Agate S Gashier
J. W
Ww. Dodds
E. J. Gilmore
Andrew Peterson
Mobghan
Yan
Manvin Ray
P. Rana
Cushier
Sr. Benedict
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