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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1901
Page
6
A wide array of adlike clippings praise economic alliances with England and US newspaper publishing profits. It markets health tonics and foods, touts Grain-O as coffee substitute, and shares quirky human-interest notes about photo wrist tattoos and Dundee bachelor heirloom tales.
A Commoner Comment argues for federal licensing of large corporations to curb private monopoly. It proposes a federal license based on capital thresholds with conditions: no water in stock and no effort to monopolize, plus revocation rights and restricted interstate mail and rail use. It cites the Kansas City platform and criticizes Republican power for allowing trusts. The piece also condemns deportation of Manila editor Rice as unAmerican, urging trial for libel and defending free press in colonies.
Highland Iowa March 4 Friends of Mrs W H Doty report dramatic relief after eighteen years of rheumatism and kidney trouble. She credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with near total relief and thanks the medicine as a godsend for both her and her husband who also improved after three months. Advertisements push Dodd’s pills and Garfield Tea as remedies.
The piece decries Republican elasticity on Cuba, citing Whitelaw Reid’s stance on protectorate limits and independence. It argues Reid’s logic hypocrisy, notes his prominence, and recalls Monroe doctrine protections while criticizing proposed governance without consent.
In a historic dispute over rank following the Santiago Bay battle Admiral Sampson is advanced five points while Admiral Schley gains three. Congress is urged to thank Sampson and his officers, but public sentiment remains with Schley, hailed as the Hero of Santiago Bay. The piece argues no presidential action or Congress can alter Schley’s enduring popularity.
A Tribune editorial laments rising beggar numbers despite prosperity and urges stronger police action. The piece questions the Tribune's own calls for subsidies and hints the paper would gain respect if it curbed privileges of beggars rather than curtailing bread aid.
The Washington Times notes partisanship and recalls a past admonition from a president about thrift in good times. It cites a Filipino fighting preference, a Canton Ohio craftsman dying at the Stark county poorhouse, and questions whether Hanna ends or begins his term beside McKinley as inaugurations approach.
A group gathers at a Grand River Avenue hotel discussing farm life and prices. They joke about wool, milk, and condensed milk, then drift to politics and a cartoonish debate on what derails the economy, ending with a light quip about a morals tale and a courthouse divorce scene.
A jumble of antique quips and anecdotes appears, including a joke about a mistress and a newly imported maid with a tortoise, a testimonial letter praising a hair product after a scalped ticket issue, a well posted remark on the South African war with a mock Swiss navy, and a note on the great vaccination question.
A collage of brief sketches and humor notes cites Mark Twain, Justice Harlan, General Lee, Verdi, and newspaper quips, interwoven with medical ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure, Morley’s Sarsaparilla and Iron, and other tonics and patent medicines. The items mix literary tidbits, courtroom anecdotes, stage lore, and promotional blurbs from early 1900s vendors.
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