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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
5
In London, Matilda, Jane, and Mrs Swaffham face personal doubt as Lord Protector Cromwell takes power. Jane awaits Cluny’s overdue news while Matilda questions love and loyalty. Family prayers and domestic scenes contrast with political upheaval as Cromwell’s rule reshapes loyalties and futures.
The text describes rising popular discontent with rapid reforms in the saints' Parliament, anger among the nation and Cromwell, and a December confrontation as Col. Sydepham accuses members of aiming to replace Common Law with a Mosaic code.
A Washington Poem recounts Tidewater Virginia as a wonderful country famed for oysters fish ducks and diamond back terrapins. J L White of Lancaster declares terrapin farming highly lucrative but capital intensive and fiercely territorial. He asserts owners can identify their terrapins by facial expressions learned over years.
A large mob surrounds the Sparta jail aiming to lynch Lem Montgomery, a man accused of murdering his wife on a Monro County road. Sheriff appeals to Gov. La Follette for guards. National Guard from Sparta ordered to guard the jail amid reports of hundreds more joining the mob. Montgomery hastily moved out a rear exit as threats escalate. A separate note from Madison, Ind details Dan Hinds facing investigation after an attempted assault.
Treasury statement shows available cash in the general fund at 225 315 094 with gold reserves 150 million withheld for redemption. It lists gold 106 088 906 silver 24 171 928 United States notes 7 457 972 and other securities plus totals for receipts and expenditures year to date and deposits in national banks.
Warneck, an old sergeant of the Ninety second infantry in Berlin, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison and to be expelled from the army after conviction on 166 counts of abusing soldiers. In two cases Warneck spat in the mouths of recruits.
J Farrer collapsed and died in a barn in Montgomery Alabama while undor sing a $10,000 life insurance premium check he had just issued. The incident occurred June 8 in the Far rey barn causing immediate concern among witnesses.
Mrs Ida M Soursen of North Brighton found a man hanging by a rope from a transom in an upper room of her home. The man was still alive when discovered. Police investigated the incident as a possible self inflicted death in New York on June 8.
Locust swarms threaten famine across the Transcaspian territory with Turkestan already suffering hunger. Authorities warn of worsening scarcity and rising prices as insect plagues spread.
Baltimore June 8 George Wilkinson says his beard was permanently injured by a face preparation and has sued barber John Roder for 5000.
London and Berlin dispatches report a Japanese bill extending Formosan camphor controls, with parliamentary approval in both houses. Separate items note the American Fleet expected to reach Kiel on June 26 and Kaiser Wilhelm’s six week Scandinavian tour beginning next Wednesday.
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington after a 65 day, 14 000 mile tour. Crowds line the capital streets as cadets escort him to the White House. He thanks the people for the welcome and reflects on the steadfast Americans from ocean to ocean.
Two men died and a bystander was mortally wounded in a Texas duel at Eagle Lake. City Marshal Kinard and William McDow shot each other. Kinard fell dying and killed McDow before dying himself. Pierce Hammond, a bystander, was mortally wounded. Kinard and McDow died after shaking hands and calling each other friends.
Panama City Council adopts a resolution urging Congress to ratify the Hay-Herran canal treaty and to solicit petitions from other districts to reflect the will of most residents. The measure is publicized in newspapers and flag sheets citywide. Anthony Hope Hawkins to wed Elizabeth Sheldon. reception at the Carlton with Ethel Barrymore and others.
Jackson Kentucky June 8 John Jones the newly appointed sheriff left for Magoffin under the court s order to summon a jury The Marcum murder case will be called Monday and is expected to proceed with jurors selected for the trial in Jackson district court
Mason Wisconsin June 8 about 85 percent of White River Lumber company sawmill workers refused to work after a 16 percent raise was not granted.
In Ann Arbor Michigan on June 8 the University of Michigan faculty arranged to purchase the University of Michigan Daily from the student editors.
Vancouver, June 8. The supposed exposure of high misappropriation of funds is linked to the death by poison of William Kyle. The event marks the end of a scandal and the resulting suicide case is being investigated locally. Kyle faced public disgrace amid financial controversy and possible investigations.
Clinton Indiana reports two miners killed by black damp after a blast at Briay coal mine in Waxville. The deceased are William Daniels and Halt Youmans. In Caro Michigan William M Bell aged unknown was found dead in a farm. another body was found hidden in a wood shed, circumstances unclear.
TESTED BY TIME Mrs. Robert Broderick of 1916 Wirginia in San Antonio declares kidney trouble plagued her since 1902 until Doan's Kidney Pills relieved back pain and sustained improvement over a year. She urges others to use Doan's and notes a trial offer by Foster Milburn Co. Also contains assorted ads and notes from the era including Bleaching Blue and Defiance Starch promotions.
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