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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
5
In the United States private companies have built exchanges in small towns and extended service to farms and rural residents, expanding communication reach and connectivity beyond urban centers.
A quirky list titled Few Commandments For the Automobile Owner offers practical maxims for drivers. It covers safe driving, repair honesty, road upkeep, fuel readiness, and fair courtesy toward other motorists with humor and old moral tone.
Britt Tribune warns that large cars crowd smaller vehicles on so called auto roads. Drivers openly carry revolvers and shotguns in small cars. Incidents include tires blown and fenders knocked as big cars push past, creating life threatening danger. West Bend Journal notes carnival visiters sought spectacle of a 325 pound man and a lighter performer, implying local comparisons.
Herman Bierstedt invested in a Studebaker touring car and had his first driving lesson. After a demonstration in Algona, the return trip failed at Carlide corner where he misjudged the second sharp curve and the car veered four feet into a ditch. The vehicle landed upright and Bierstedt escaped uninjured.
A swarm stung Chas Stiehl's horse while he tended bee hives. The horse died minutes later despite seeking shelter in a barn. Mrs. Stiehl was badly stung while chasing the bees. The horse’s value is around $200, a loss significant for the season.
Herman Krause of Fenton Iowa accepts the Democratic nomination for sheriff at the county convention. He thanks the party and pledges to perform duties impartially and without fear or favor if elected, serving the public to the best of his ability.
An agency for the Canadian Pacific Railway presents lands in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta at prices from 1260 to 80 per acre with one twentieth down and 19 annual payments at 6 percent. References include B F Crosé Algong and Janda of Kosauth County Minnesota and J Wehdager with additional town property notes.
A humorous note from Germania Record recounts an engineer tying a rattling engine with bale wire on the Rock Island line. The piece mocks local slang and shares a farmer’s use of bale wire, while quipping about intruding on others’ affairs and public behavior.
Britt Tribune recalls Cummins long fight with the prohibition issue while the republicans endorsed current laws and enforcement Cumming’s shifting stances during recent politics He is urged to vote for protection over free trade and to beware his wavering tendencies Swea City Herald notes a new reporter entering the field and a late issue Born Thursday to Ray Sperbeck and wife the infant Robert Bruce Sperbeck arrives amid newspaper nostalgia. well wishes accompany the news
A Britt Tribune piece questions a shorter ballot trend as a path to limit voters. It argues that electing only a few would let them appoint the rest, reducing broad participation and accountability in local government.
Easy terms on Minnesota land with a one year satisfaction guarantee plus 6 percent interest if you are unhappy. Listings include 480 acres in Marshall County Minnesota at 25 dollars per acre with down payment, and 200 acres in Cottonwood County Minnesota with 17 thousand dollars financing over ten years. Also several Kossuth County Iowa parcels with varied down payments and long-term terms. Frey S Craren of Algona Iowa invites buyers to inquire before purchasing.
Mason and plastering services offered with a satisfaction guarantee and reasonable prices. Also farm for sale a quarter section with fair improvements priced at 10,000 dollars with financing options. Inquiries at the Courier office in Algona Iowa.
Public notice in Beery County districts informs defendants of a legal action by Cosgrove and others to quiet title and foreclose liens on described parcels in Northwest and Northeast quarters, including Section Thirty-six, Township Nine, Range Twenty-seven. The case requests court orders to settle disputed estate interests, estoppel, and transfer of property interests to the plaintiff owners. Defendants are required to answer by the specified term or risk default and a decree in favor of the plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs allege ownership ofNorth Half of Northeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter and North Half of Lot Five in Section Twenty Nine Township Nine Nine West Range Twenty Nine West in Algon County Iowa. The petition seeks to establish title and bar unknown claimants, with court action set for September, August 22, by attorneys Sullivan and McMahon.
Notice of a suit in the Harriett Court, Irussudh County, Iowa seeks to quiet title to described parcels in Lot One and Lot Five, with unknown claimants including Joseph Skipsey and spouses, Henry and Mrs. Ebert, Stephen and Mrs. Sherwood, and others. The petition asks the court to declare plaintiffs as absolute owners and bar all adverse claims, with a default deadline of September 2 next and a hearing set for September 14 at the court house in Algons, Kossuth County. Attorneys listed are Bultavan & McMahon for plaintiffs and Joseph Skipsey and Mrs. Joseph Skipsey as additional parties.
District Court forecloses mortgage on Robert Smyville and Jeri Bosse property. Defendants William Sinyville and others must appear by September 18, 1914, at Algona Iowa to defend. judgment by default if no appearance. Mortgage covers Southwest Quarter of Section 90 in Township 100 North Range 2 West, recorded in Book A at page examples.
The district court of Tuwa County Iowa in 1914 issues a notice to unknown claimants and named defendants that Pivot Te seeks to quiet title to Riverside farm premises in Adgona Iowa. The case names Claeles McCoy Aton McCoy Willinte McCoy Elizabeth McCoy and others as defendants with the unknown claimants and demands an answer by September term 1914. default will yield a judgment.
In the district court of Kossuth County Iowa a quiet title case involves Joseph and Sheena Stringer claiming trust and ownership of the SW quarter and NW quarter of Section Nine in Township Ninety, Range Twenty-eight West. William Welp is named as purchaser to both parcels by warranty deed with an agreement to perfect title. The petition seeks to bar unknown claimants and others from any interest, and to have the titles to the two parcels established in Welp, with warnings that failing to appear by the next term will allow default and judgment. The case is dated September 1914 and filed by Sullivan and McMahon on behalf of the plaintiff.
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