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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
7
A dynamite blast in the city sewer near the Candy Factory injured foreman W. H. Anderson and worker Bird. The fuse lit by a worker caused a shock to the foot, cracking the big bone and breaking a chip. hospital x rays show likely long lasting lameness. Marshalltown resident, heavy man, faces long recovery.
The Whittemore Champion has been sold to Tom Larson, formerly editor of the West Bend Journal. Local sentiment is mixed as Tom White leaves after twelve years at the paper, now serving as Whittmore postmaster. Larson, known for his work at Graettinger Times and West Bend Journal, is welcomed back to weekly journalism with best wishes for success.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Herman and their child returned from a California winter stay to Algona, noting rainy weather yet overall contentment and a 30 pound gain for Mr. Herman. They visited Mr. Herman’s parents in Spokane, where 6500 homes stood empty and rents had fallen sharply.
In a last week equity proceeding the First National Bank of Bancroft defeated J H Lynch. Judgment awarded the bank seven thousand one hundred dollars with interest accruing from various dates, totaling about seventy-three thousand six hundred forty-six dollars. A bootlegger named George McGumber was fined one hundred dollars and sentenced to jail, while other scattered notes reference court appointments and acknowledgments in a fragmented record.
The record notes a default judgment of 7000 dollars in the W L Joslyn case against the Board of Supervisors and Drainage Dial 80. The first jury trial is slated to begin April 24. A motion for a new trial in Independent Grain and Lumber Co v K Aarng was denied with a 360 dollar judgment affirmed. In Hanen v Lenander admr by agreement the demurrer and will be submitted in vacation.
An enthusiastic Travelere meeting at the Moose lodge rooms adopted by laws and discussed matters. It was agreed to hold an Irish Wake and Smoker for the Business Men at the New Algona Hotel on March 17 to bury differences and unite for the city’s commercial social and educational betterment.
Mrs Harry Foster died March 2 191, at the Elm Street home aged 40 years 7 months 17 days. Born in Independence Iowa she came to Kossuth with her parents at age six. She lived near Algona until marrying Harry Foster December 25 1901. The couple moved to Rockford Illinois in 1908 where they resided 11 years before returning here last September when Mr Foster became janitor at the Bryant building. Two sons Roy and Donald survive with the father and her five brothers. Suffered from goiter for ten years the immediate cause being heart failure. Funeral at the family residence conducted by Rev F A Smiley of the Presbyterian church. Brothers served as pallbearers burial at Riverview cemetery. Community sympathy extended to the bereaved.
The Home Economics Club celebrated its fourth anniversary at the Congregational church parlors with a four course dinner served by Division No. 2 ladies. The program featured duets, reports by the outgoing and incoming presidents, a paper, a review, organ and vocal solos, and a keynote talk by Mrs. Illingworth of Emmetburg on The Modern Woman and Her Relation to the Home.
Osal Hagie narrowly escaped death Monday on the Northwestern track when a passenger train approaching unseen by the deaf Hagie struck him as he walked beside the rails. The engine halted at the depot and Dr Peters found one leg broken. No fault was found with the engineer who did all possible to prevent the collision.
William H. Ketcham of Dwight Illinois with attorney status seeks a habeas corpus ruling in the Circuit Court to challenge findings of unsound mind that led to placement at Kankakee hospital for the insane. He is currently paroled to Mrs Nettle Hoover. Ketcham formerly edited a Dwight paper and worked in real estate and law in Marion Kansas and Rockford Illinois.
The Oakland Six model 82 gains attention at the auto display. Community notes mention a performance of Let Katy Do It at the opera house Saturday, with Corey Auto Co. on East State Street cited as a local dealer and observer of activity.
The ship reaches Honolulu after a long Pacific passage, land sighted at dawn. Passengers describe aloha welcomes with garlands and leis, meet Guy Tuttle of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, and remark on Honolulu’s climate flora and garden hotels. The author marvels at the island world and Twain’s Hawaii quote.
Mr and Mrs John Anderson return from Fowler Colorado to Clear Lake area after an extended westward sojourn affected by health concerns. Mrs Jensen accompanies them for a visit with son Cris Jensen. City groups plan a hobo abatement scheme using meal tickets and work in exchange. High school sub district declamatory contest at Belmond features Algona representative Miss Helen Falkenhainer. Des Moines hospital operation for Aug Bremer's wife cited as hopeful na.
Supt Shirley issued a circular to county school officers outlining a plan for a uniform set of textbooks across districts. The piece notes 17 first readers and primers, 6 grammars, 3 histories, and 3 spellers in use, a logistics challenge for families moving between townships. It also covers local news items, visits, and community notices.
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