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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
3
The article details the White House security system with 42 guards daily including 24 outside and 18 inside, plus secret service protection. It notes guards at every door, basements, kitchens, and private stairways, and warns that political tensions and assassinations justify heightened vigilance to protect the president and family.
Bankers have long relied on trained judgment and official systems to detect fakes. Government agents estimate counterfeit rates at about 1 in 160000 for currency and 2 to 33 per 100000 for coins, with higher denomination bills facing greater risk. Counterfeiters use base metal coins with steel dies and presses, or manual, photographic, or denomination-raising methods for paper money. Despite precautions, detection hinges on banks, the secret service, and robust procedures.
Louise F. Bliss of Sheridan Wyoming has applied for a pension claiming she served four years in the federal army disguised as a man. She says she enlisted in 1861 with Company G Sixty third Infantry Illinois and served until 1865, sustaining wounds at Vicksburg Corinth and losing her hair to disguise, then married in the same unit shortly before the war’s end.
The Agriculture Department warns against mosquitoes and house flies as disease disseminators. Howard, chief of the Bureau of Entomology, issues a bulletin stressing elimination of standing water, debris, and neglectful dumps that create mosquito breeding grounds and attract pests around poultry yards and housing areas.
A Iowa farmer explains practical steps to defeat quack grass on infested fields. Through repeated plowing, disking, harrowing, and burning, he reshapes sod, removes underground roots, and gradually allows corn to establish. Proper drainage and two-year crop rotation of corn curb regrowth and end the grass menace.
The U.S. Forest Service warns that homestead opportunities in national forests attract many settlers, but conditions vary widely by district. Rainfall, growing seasons, soil quality, and distance to markets affect agricultural potential and clearing costs. Buyers are urged to consider soil types, drainage, and long term suitability before homesteading.
A Pound Wisconsin woman Mrs Hernan Sterm testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her fourteen year struggle with dyspepsia and female troubles after various doctors failed. The ad promotes the remedy as a standard treatment for female ills including displacements inflammation and irregularities, claiming widespread cures and urging others to try it.
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