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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
2
A collage of bizarre slips and wit from city life, including a tale of a fifty foot sausage, a Russian escape in a milk can, and a Brooklyn teasing airship charge. It notes European affairs, jokes about corsets and janitors, pianos at 47% cents, and humorous quips on crime, travel, and daily life.
Michael Doyle 209 pounds fled into the street after a bystander cried fakir as he was loaded into an ambulance. He pursued a man who called him a fakir, knocked him down with a punch, and was later jailed by Magistrate Krotel. Doyle claimed fits explain his actions and said he lived at the New York hotel.
Dr Peter Donnelly a leading Toledo physician and city police surgeon drove a six cylinder car at full speed into the Maumee river after attending a late academy meeting. He was possibly delirious from fever and his body and vehicle were recovered from the river.
Albert Nagel, a German immigrant to New Haven, died after a nine week battle with glanders. He contracted the disease from a bore whose sneezed saliva infected him. Nagel, who had learned English but lost the ability to understand and express thoughts during his illness, remained able to speak in his native tongue at times.
Urban scene features Emil Au and Miss Marie Kneff in a crash on Wilton Street Glendale. Au’s quick reflexes save him after a crowded train seating dispute ends in a slap and a brawl. Court at Gates Avenue fines the aggressor, while Au exits.
A New York tale from Jersey City reports an irate property owner arguing with tax receiver clerk Clarence Miller over poll taxes. The man insists the poll tax duplicates last year’s charge, claiming he has no poles and that his wife uses the roof for laundry to avoid yard poles. The exchange leads to a boastful retort about election expenses and an outburst about the charges.
The London Express notes three nameless medieval kings, likely English, moved from the Architectural Museum in Tufton Street to Westminster Hall. One bears a crown, orb, and missing nose and arm, while two companions await return. The trio’s origin and identity remain unresolved, with theories of Edward I proposed.
A purported New York tale about J Pierpoint Morgan centers on a Fifth Avenue dealer who shows antique ivories. Morgan suspects age. the dealer then claims five objects in Morgan’s watch collection are modern copies he himself sold, exposing the dealer’s boastful claim with a sharp retort.
A Connecticut farmer rigs a 5 30 alarm clock with a gong. When it rings the machinery releases a weight to open a feed rack and drop grain to the horses. The farmer then sleeps until seven while the horses are fed on schedule.
The article notes that currency forms in Saxon times differed from later English periods. It mentions brass usage by early Saxons, leather money attributed to Julius Caesar, pewter and gun metal under James II, and antiquarian guesses that coal pieces served as money, with coal described as a long standing monetary term similar to the French brage.
Fragmentary remarks describe an enthusiastic approval moment followed by a speaker forgetting part of a musical cue and requesting to be excused. No clear names, dates, or locations are provided.
A fragmented clipping shows a court related chase involving a husband as the central figure. The garbled text references a phrase and a dispute, suggesting a domestic or custody angle with unresolved dialogue and potential legal action.
A Harper's Weekly summary discusses rival theories on why dreams form and how long they last. Some argue real sounds heard by sleepers initiate and finish dream sequences, such as a bell triggering imagery, while others insist dreams originate in the mind without external facts. Evidence for continuous dreaming exists, but proof for external triggers remains disputed.
Last summer Miss Baumbach helped her father in a cheese factory when a gold signet ring was lost. A note from Fredonia New York said the ring was found in cheese bought from her grocer who gave the Baumbach factory address. The ring was sent back and Miss Baumbach rejoices as the ring quietly returns to society events.
A couple moved into a first floor flat and proved undesirable, casting a negative mood over the building. The woman, overheard by the owner through a court window, accused the man of stealing portieres and a go cart for the baby. He admitted the theft, saying the items were taken to please the woman and her mother. They left the next day at the owner's request.
A stranger in Boston questions a sketching woman by an easel about a statue. The woman, Bostonia, mispronounces Aristeides as Aristides, provoking amused disbelief. The New York Evening Bulletin notes the humorous exchange and Boston’s pride in local misnaming.
The article notes that in the British navy the health of the king is drunk seated, not standing, a long standing rule. Sailors take pride in differing from land forces who drink standing, tracing the custom to wooden ships where the deck above was near the head.
The article discusses the Dukagin mountain code in Scutari Albania where blood feuds drive most deaths. It explains that blood once spilled cannot be erased, vengeance often follows, and elders may order exile or flame the home. Atonement may come as indemnity where no blood has been shed.
In New York the stock exchange seat price reached a rare low after a $60,000 bid stirred market activity. The bid triggered a notable reaction as traders reassessed valuations, signaling a potential shift in seating costs after years of stability.
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