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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1909

Page

1

Week of Senate Votes and Cabinet Talks Mark Taft Era

The senate voted to raise the print paper tax from two to four dollars a ton. Illinois senator William Lorimer was sworn in and cast his first vote on the tariff on paper. Taft cabinet members spent over two hours discussing government administration economy. Taft urged a tax on undistributed corporate earnings in a congress message. Borah signaled support for Philippine self government when possible. Taft and Aldrich plan to oppose an income tax. Rev A G Pierce was named temporary chaplain by senate resolution. Roosevelt criticized corporate rule in Outlook. Thaw hearing delayed to July 6. Morse freed on a 125000 bond. Ralph Shuil travels far beyond legal limits. Fairbanks pictured in Kyoto fashion. Abner Smith now Joliet penitentiary librarian. Indian commissioner Leapp resigns. Robert G Valentine named successor.

Senate House William Lorimer Illnois Taft Congress Borah Philippines Aldrich A. G. Pierce D. D All Soul Unitarian Church of Washington Roosevelt Outlook Justice Mills New York Supreme Court Harry K. Thaw Matteawan Charles W. Morse New York Ralph Shuil I Tchatinneapolis Fairbanks United States Kyoto Japan Gov. Souk Abner Smith Chicago Joliet Penitentiary Francis E. Leapp Robert G. Valentine Honacum Ulysses Neb Great Britain America Haakow-Szechuen Chamber of Deputies Caillaux Charles F. Leininger Fairfield Klein Earl Nelson Kankakee Paxton Ill Thomas J. McCoy Laporte Ind Levi Yoder Massilon Earl Moran Julia Davis Plaquemine Waukegan Harmon Ohio G. A. R Newark Ralph de Palma Readville Mass George C. White William Kilgannon Elizabeth Kilgannon United States Circuit Court Cincinnati Hat Ierata Ohio Grand Army Purdy Monett Missouri High Federal Court of Venezuela Castro Ethelburga Syndicate, Limited London John G. A. Leishman Turkey Constantinople Rome Howard Gould Illinois Supreme Court Jones Department of Agriculture Elkins Katherine Europe Erie Waverly N. Y Edward Arnold Far Rockaway Russia Wilbur Orville Wright Dayton Grover Cleveland Broughton Brandenburg New York Times

Gross mix of world news and local incidents in Detroit era

A sweeping Detroit era summary notes the sixty-fifth annual meeting of the American Institute of Homeopathy in Detroit with large attendance, and many national items including aviation honors to the Wright brothers, legal trials from San Francisco to New York, violent incidents, political notes, and notable deaths.

American Institute of Homeopathy Detroit Michigan State Association of Letter Carriers Benton Harbor Joe Matson Chalmers Detroit Machine Crown Proint Ind Ohio Dayton Wright Brothers Howard Gould Dustin Farnum Patrick Calhoun San Francisco Albert Munro Williamsport James D. Hallen New York Council For Broughton Brandenburg Grover Cleveland Emma Kaufmann Flandreau America White House Taft Justice Gaynor Brooklyn Tad Fhebbee

Floods swell in Iowa as rain harms crops

Heavy rains across the north push the Nishna Botna at Red Oak to flood levels while Griswold and nearby towns report extensive crop damage. The Iowa news roundup highlights a busy calendar of church events, college matters, and local incidents across towns like Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Ottumwa, and Mason City, noting fires, accidents, train derails, and public notices.

Nishna Botna Red Oak Griswold Burkley William L. Carberry Panora Hale H. Smith Lamont Iowa Central Luther League Young People’s Association Norwegian Lutheran Church Bethesda Lutheran Church Jewell F. H. Gamel Pocahontas First Presbyterian Church Lake City Des Moines Adies United Norwegian Lutheran Church Charles 8. Doerman Dubuque United Spanish War Veterans Geo. A. Evans Cedar Rapids James N. Hedge Irving Gates Fort Dodge G. H. Smith Clinton Sargent J. H. O’brien Wauk George I Ogden Charless. Medbury University Place Church of Christ Hill M. Bell Ida County Normal Institute Fred H. Thomas Spencer Mason City Milwaukee Ottumwa Adaline Longcor Pearl Longcor Mary Dyer Jack” Parker Marshalltown Smith Pleasanton State Bankers’ Association Greater Iowa Duke Nesbit le Claire Town Princeton East Dubuque H. P. Shepherd Indisnolas Thomas J. Sherman Minnesota Presbyterian Church Williamsburg Edward Hoffman Fort Madison Ed Kiser San Francisco Oskaloosa College Pioneer Educational Institution The Christian Church of Towa Gay Dotson Harry Brigga Seaman Mine Iowa League of Postmasters Hattie N. Belle Ritchey

Conference Ends Dividing Districts and Pension Funds

The Norwegian Lutheran church national convention adjourned in Des Moines after eight days of meetings. Officers were re-elected, a $100,000 pastors and professors pension fund established, a $70,000 Deaconess home and hospital to rise in Chicago, and a $60,000 dormitory at St. Olaf College planned. The body will divide into districts, elect an English missions board, ordain twenty ministers, and authorize extensive missions and building projects.

D. M. Helfenstein D. D Des Moines Iowa State Christian Conference le Grand A. B. Kendall E. CG. Kerr A. M. Hanon Christian Endeavor P. H. Howard Birchdale Minn Grafton Orient Ida Menaugh George Hutton Madrid Chester Burrel Haworth Iowa University of Iowa George Engstrom Mariow Kramer Gilbert Beasie Sanders Carl Kail Beulah A. Sanders Carlisle Frank Wegner Council Bluits Thomas Flynn Polk County Flynn Polk Nebraska Cou Falls Wiliam P. Zeithammal J. L Case Threshing Machine Company Waterloo Mason Mason City Delbert W. Duncan Sioux Center Owl and Keys College of Liberal Arts Milwaukee Deadham Council Bluffs Frank Scott Hving Pender Neb John Hemertbracht Mabray Sarah Irwin Eugene Irwin Burlington Albert Penland Oskaloosa Iowa Central William Dennis Shenandoah Creston United States Wesley Bryant Chick” Kirk Simpson College Masa Rice Rice United Norwegian Lutheran Church Des Moines Epworth League Colfax Highland Park Methodist Church Thomas Holmes Chicago, Milwaukee Towa College Grinnell Chicago St. Olaf College Northfield Board of Home Missions Theological Faculty Theological Faculty. Decided Buy Site For New Academy Canada Des Moines Commercial Club The United Church Dahl Lokensgaard Braaten N. G. Peterson

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Washington News Iowa News Bluita J. 8. C. Milla Onawa Boone Commercial Association Milwaukee Railroad Eoleg Imam Jetter William Wirk West Riverside Coal Company Austria William Jepson the State University Logan Iowa National Guard Budapest Jepson Fifty-sixth Infantry Morrow George Wells Grundy Center Byers Norwegian Lutheran Conference Speaks H. W. Byers Iowa Life Country Club C. H. Philpott J. M. Emery Geo. Newman George A. Newman Java A. Thompson National Rivers and Harbors Congress Iowa State Manufacturers’ Association Savery Mississippi Cedar Toledo Omaha Octogenarian Society of Iowa Union Park Col. W. 5. Dinigan Chariton T. B. Perry Albia State Board of Control E.W. van Duyn Rochester National Convention of Labor Towa State Manufacturers’ Association Wright Food and Dairy H. R. Wright Agar Howe Agar Packing Plant Rock Island C. W. Prouty Deg Moines Henry T. Saberson Secretary’ of State W. Co. Hayward Prohibitionista Perr
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