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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
3
Algona Cauvier lists subscription rates by Hinchon and Finnell with one year and six month options in advance. The notice notes mail handling and states second class matter entry at the Algona Iowa post office.
I M Finney county chairman calls democratic precinct chairmen to meet at the court house in Algona on July 27 at 1 PM to nominate a candidate for representative after a question about C C Roe of Wesley. The meeting addresses a legal question raised by the secretary of state.
The Burt Monitor comments on Democrats urging Republican votes for Kunz as treasurer and Worster as clerk while praising Clerk Stephenson. It questions the plan to rest the Republican party and notes past accusations about Fred Anderson and a Wesley subscription list theft. The piece quotes Bro. Sherwood and discusses town paper rights and political loyalties.
The Panama tolls dispute pits British reading of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty against the American view. Senators Lodge and others favor Britain’s stance while a strong majority, led by critics like Senator O Gorman, tie opposition to railroad influence and fear of ship competition. Britain argues treaty text and friendship. Americans argue building the canal terminals serves national purposes.
A committee has been appointed to receive and study inquiries about canal lands needed for private coal plants oil fuel plants storehouses warehouses offices and other business enterprises reporting to Col. Goethals the scope is broad and ongoing.
The author ridicules Senator Vardaman’s plan to use a constitutional fix to bar negroes from voting or office and proposes immediate colonization of African Americans to Liberia. He argues free transport and postarrival support, suggesting mass relocation would ease race friction and allow whites to receive more consideration. The piece frames colonization as the real solution to the era’s race issues.
The Courier recalls the slow turning of public thought on the moose question and jokes about political alignments. It notes Roosevelt’s party stance, a Spartanburg convention by African Americans to send delegates to Chicago, and hints at possible Democratic vice presidential contenders while Democrats stay loyal to their nominees and platform.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will reduce express company rates by 10 to 60 percent after findings of overcharges. A company reported 597 percent profit on its property last year, while others showed 17 to 65 percent profits. The commission argues further reductions may be warranted.
The article notes Teddy Roosevelt has quit a Republican role in New York where he has served since the 1880s. In his resignation note he offers no reasons, suggesting he is thoroughly through with the party. He urges followers to field full state and county tickets as further proof of his stance.
The city will install dancing floors in public parks to offer amusement while aiming to curb dance hall evils. Tickets will cost three cents, marking an advanced municipal stance that other cities will watch closely to gauge success or failure.
The race gathers three top figures the president the former president and the incoming president. The contest stays within the circle of power and if a brick lands on a candidate he may infer which figure delivered it.
A long editorial lauds Theodore Roosevelt as a versatile, masterful, and unchallengeable leader while confessing admiration for his bravado and political shifts. It casts him as a demigod and master manipulator, then questions his consistency, ending with a savage critique of his ambitions and rhetoric. For Sale. Old bridge lumber for oaks one mile north-west. nf Algona, 12 p. mi. Baterday, July 27,1912, "Helse:
The article notes Hetty Green, famed as the world’s wealthiest woman, illustrating the adage that riches endure as she remains a prominent figure at an advanced age. The excerpt hints at a reflection on virtue and fortune amid her public image.
From the Courier July 29 1887 reports hog prices at 4 10 and Wallace Reed creamery shipping butter weekly to New York. Local items note a youth dance in Portland township, travelers via Spirit Lake and Winnipeg, and editor chatter between Algona and Emmetsburg. Col Spencer drives hay production, buys Morse tow mill, and plans two hay presses to boost output.
A poem excerpt questions a destructive wild force as a blundering, blustering, bombastic bull moose. Louis B. Capron in the Springfield Missouri Republican calls the creature a noisy, useless cayuse that bellows a monarchic boast from a mountain height, shattering calm across the range.
A car load of Chase Brog pianos arrives via John Mesing. The goods are described as popular with varying prices. Details on condition and exact models are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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