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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
3
Poem exhorting action over idle dreaming. Encourages readers to engage with nature and community work, finding joy in honest deeds and helping others. Emphasizes living fully with purpose and kindness rather than overthinking.
A wandering musician Elen Klen signs as organist for Ponikla’s curate, gaining status and a home while facing a strict father Olka loves his music and vows but doubts her father’s approval. Elen recalls their betrothal as he trudges home through biting cold after a life of hardship and brilliant talent.
The narrator trudges through cold fields facing exhaustion as wind bites and snow deepens. He plays a final note on his flute and calls for Olka, who emerges beside a broom bush. Elen dies listening to her song in the bleak winter scene.
A jumble of curious notes covers topics from a rebellious forecast of gossip to the value of apple crops in Missouri. It mentions radium causing town blisters, criticism of modern literature, and the New York Tribune on animal housing in Central Park. It notes Missouri rising to first in apple production with a crop value near 20 million dollars, and reports artists at Sevres protesting profit splits on reproductions. It also mentions a Russian committee for Asian studies and verdigris on statues in Washington’s Lafayette Square, with similar discoloration on Lafayette’s statue nearby.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt discusses how eyes color and markings fade next to tail carriage in canine ancestry. It notes wolves and coyotes hold tails low, shepherds and collies keep them tucked, setters and pointers lift slightly, and herding breeds curve or twist tails, a skill once used to spot predators and herd movement.
A Washington Star report notes during repairs to the House document room that a charred window case and melted lead from a Capitol window weight were found beneath old sashes. Joel Grayson excavated the lead and preserves it as a memento while work reveals mahogany sashes beneath dirty paint.
In Sydney, the British flagship Royal Arthur defeated the American Glacier crew by ten lengths over two miles. The event drew a holiday crowd as spectators watched from shore and on the water. The Glacier had previously met the British team in Manila with the Americans taking boastful pride.
The New York Press notes that get rich quick marriages share the downside of failing investments, warning readers that such schemes end the same way as typical risky ventures. The remark emphasizes caution in pursuing hasty unions for financial gain.
A reader notes that American civilization rests on education and a government by the people. The piece contrasts UK and France schooling, Italy religious conflicts, and Germany with the United States as leaders in commerce and education, asserting business and learning are now inseparable.
Harvard Professor E C Pickering proposes tighter co operation among American astronomical observatories to reduce duplication and boost output with existing instruments and endowment. He notes current friendly relations lessen need for drastic steps but welcomes broader sharing if it improves science and could spread to international use.
A vivid collection of nursery verse and DIY crafts from a 19th century newspaper page. It describes The Man With One Eye, a curious water wheel, The King's Horse fable, and simple Flying Whirligig toy instructions with materials and steps for home construction.
The text notes air can cause a flyer to rise or stay attached depending on orientation, with colorfully painted flyers improving performance. Mention of Brooklyn and Eagle appears as source identifiers but no clear event or date is provided.
Two of the largest locomotives in Europe have been completed at Basile Switzerland with boilers twice normal size and a 1600 horsepower output. They are capable of speeds over seventy five miles per hour. In Paris a youth has been arrested leading to ti
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