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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1910
Page
3
Burt Monitor reports strong town support for the Algona Chautauqua except for a racist heckler. The piece urges local towns to host home talent for music while discussing progressive Republicans, Democrats, and insurgents, noting Roosevelt and Beveridge in a changing GOP dynamic and a Newark mob lynching of Charles Etherington.
The fragmentary text presents political arguments about Republicans and Democrats, suggesting mutual concessions and a Courier theory. It lacks clear people, places, dates, or events to form a factual news item with a defined outcome.
A Des Moines correspondent reports Iowa Prohibitionists will protest the legislative assembly next winter against the primary law they call a disfranchisement. They cite Seventh district ballots showing many prohibition votes unreported by judges, threatening to deny party delegates under the system.
The text condemns lynching amid an anti-saloon riot, noting Etherington profited from strike breaking and saloon raids. It argues lynching harms law and urges legal accountability. It cites Rockefeller predicting church union and humorously suggests Rockefeller could unite Protestant denominations due to his combining skill.
Mrs E Lundell wife of Rev Lundell born in Sweden January 1 1860 died at Augustana hospital Chicago after an operation June 20 1910 aged 50 years 6 months She came to America in 1879 settled at Jacksonville Illinois Married Rev Lundell in 1882 Five daughters survive Funeral at Swedish Lutheran Church Pecatonica Illinois on July 3 with Rev J Forsberg and Rev N P Sjostrom officiating Friends from Rockford attended Floral offerings were many and beautiful
Wesley and Plum Creek report Joseph Colter gravely ill near Britt with uncertain recovery. Community notes recount neighborly visits, pasture and farm remarks, and a judge of local life. Travel by auto to Lone Rock, updates on residents moving and returning, plus farm goods for sale and loan ads from Bancroft and nearby.
Algona residents visited Hartley last Sunday and over the Fourth staying with the Tennant family at Park Hotel and the Patch home. The party, including Mr and Mrs Max Herbat and children, and others, made a 72 mile trip to Okoboji then returned Thursday in about three hours and twenty minutes. In Germania Recford Homer Tottenham suffered a fall while unloading hay at Seymour barn, injuring his mouth and chin. he was treated by a doctor and is recovering with stitches and better prospects.
Bancroft Register reports John McCowen sustained the loss of his middle finger after a bronco bucked while he was handling a bucking animal. The horse kicked, severing the digit as he attempted to recover a detached part, with limited explanation available for the exact sequence of events.
A letter from A. A. Bakke of Eckman North Dakota reports poor health for Mr. Bakke and his wife after typhoid. He notes extreme heat with shade temperatures at 106 to 108 degrees and estimates 60 to 66 percent of the crop burned. Farmers are sowing millet and oats for feed.
About a month ago Tom Albright of Seneca injured his thumb with a felon. Despite medical care the infection resisted treatment and required amputation a couple of weeks ago. A.D. Clarke & Co. offers money to loan at 6 percent.
Sta Farmers Savings Bank Sexton Town reports assets and liabilities as of June 30 1910 to the Auditor of State. Sworn before Notary Public July 9 1910. President Edward Johnson cashier and directors listed.
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