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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
5
Whittemore Unampion Carl Hanson, a patron of the Hoping creamery, received a check for 144.20 for milk delivered in January. The milk came from 13 Holstein Friesian cows, a breed gaining favor in the dairy business as cows yielding about 11.00 per month.
Farmers urged to bring in discs and plows before spring rush with guaranteed work and right prices. Ads note clover seed free from quack seed, and loan offers at 6 percent with annual interest. Jobs and car listings include girl wanted at Langs restaurant and Winton Automobile 4 cylinder car for sale with list available. Includes money to loan at 5 percent by A D Clarke & Co.
Professor Holden urged early seeding and clean seed at an Algona oats train, stressing discing and harrowing, drilling over broadcasting, and sanitation to reduce smut. He cited Kherson as an early variety and claimed yields rise with early, clean sowing. The talk highlighted smut, seed treatment with formalin, and proper storage. The event drew about two thirds of expected attendance. A later obituary notes Dr. Walston’s death from brain tumor at about sixty days after diagnosis, born 1867 in Algona, survived by wife Ina Chambers and two children.
March and April special low rate tickets available on daily personally conducted tours in tourist sleeping cars to the coast via the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. Write S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago or nearest ticket agent for full particulars.
Low fares for settlers available every Tuesday from March 23 to April 27 to North Dakota and Montana points on the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway. Includes Haynes Hettinger Bowman Marmarth and other ND stations as well as Baker Miles City Forsyth Musselshell Lavina Roundup Harlowton Moore Lewistown and other MT points. Complete information free from your local agent F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
When Mr Walston arrived in town after doctors forecast his death within sixty days many paused. He soon felt better his mind cleared and he noticeably regained much use of his leg though the passage ends without a final outcome.
The Sherman Wegman trial ends with Poole jailed for three years at Fort Madison. The Funk Bierstedt trap case results in fines of 25 dollars each plus costs after appeals. Other cases include Kockler assault and battery conviction, and several calendar adjustments and motions in progress.
Court docket itemizes cases including J. H. Queal & Co. vs Chas. Duhige Ghee M. Corey vs J. L. Walcutt and wife Louis' Balgeman appeals from assessment in Dist. No. 2 L. G. Pangburn vs Wm. Lee A. J. Lee and Albert Lee Hamilton Co. State Bank vs N. W. Thoren and wife H. E. Seymour and Frank and John Wiemer vs John T. Johnson Thayer Lumber vs Claude E B Tooth man Chas W. Mullen admr vs S Moore Frank J. Domayer vs H A Pinch and E J Pinch
Fragmentary OCR text mentions courier names and daily publications with scattered numbers and city names. It reads like a collage of newspaper titles and pricing data, referencing Des Moines and other outlets in a jumbled, unreadable line.
An advertisement touts Miller’s Compound Syrup of Horehound Honey and Tar as a universal cough remedy for all ages. It promises dependable relief from the first use and notes prices at 25 and 50 cents, hosted by R. H. Miller, druggist and jeweler.
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