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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
2
A clipped ad notes subscription terms and pricing with references to six months and local posting details. The legible portions indicate rates and a postal entry point, suggesting a periodical offering for a regional audience.
A Methodist church talk by Freese, long-time India missionary, urged large missionary giving and praised Dewey’s Manila battle, but critics dismissed his claims as extravagant. The letter-womb discussion noted India’s famine, poverty, and English rule, arguing humanitarian relief outweighs scripture, while addressing U.S. policy and suffrage context.
Both Kansas and Nebraska enacted bank guaranty laws modeled after Oklahoma one year rule applies to new banks in Kansas. A bank organized after the law’s passage in Kansas does not receive the benefit for one year.
The Courier attributes introduced bills to Representative Holmes when noticed in papers, while the A. D. M. A. charges bias against him. The remark ends with noting how hard it is to please some people.
The record notes the Peoples Savings Bank of St Benedict Iowa reporting its assets at the close of business February 1908 to the Auditor of State. The document includes a notary and signatories Ingire E. Dopas and JL Maskop with a note of Une de Oliveturs.
Geo S Angus writes from Corpus Christi in 1909 praising sun and climate while warning Texas farming is dry and water scarce. He notes prospering town growth, mineral wells, salty Gulf air, and poor drainage. He cautions visitors about land prices, agents, and the need for better water supplies.
A proposed "Years Ago" column recalls a twenty year old note where John Dobbins promised to pay his subscription upon selling wheat. The item questions whether John lied or merely held his wheat, hinting at vintage community skepticism and local character.
A telephone dispatch reports the death of Jos Krebsbach formerly at home with his brothers. Funeral attendance by Math, Mike, and Anna Krebsbach. a Syrian priest led services and sought funds for a Syrian church in La Crosse Wisconsin. Several residents, including Wm Arndorfer, F S Lamberty, Anton Garmann, Mrs Erdmann, Frank Arndorfer Jr, Jos Garmann, Chas Caspari, Miss Celestine Rahm, Miss Laura Arndorfer, Mrs H A Pinch, and Leo J Weeman, are noted for recent travel, visits, or relocations surrounding St Benedict and nearby towns. Variably, news mentions health, employment, and school plans including Highland Park College in Des Moines.
City council in regular session dispensed with three readings for appropriating ordinance No 120 and passed it. Clerk ordered to notify Hall Marble Works to fix or remove the building within ten days. Election clerks and judges for March 29 1909 named for each ward. Agenda includes refer to city solicitor the claims of A M Jasperson and O W McMurray. Adjourning. General Fund and Electric Light Fund expenditures listed. Full apology note from Omund Peterson to O K Grefstad and family.
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