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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1909
Page
1
A broad summary of Washington debates over tariff proposals and income tax signals, with mentions of presidential travel funding, liquor policy battles, and party rhetoric. International and domestic items include a royal birth in the Netherlands, court actions in Arizona and Detroit, cyclone and weather damage, political reshuffles in Persia, and notable crimes and legal cases across several states.
Iowa residents prepare for May 1 city cleanup after Mayor Legel’s proclamation. Reports note Abla Spencer found not guilty in a local fraud case. Fires destroy a Reache farm barn near Cascade and a Congregational church at Larchwood. Multiple deaths and resignations are listed, including Leonard Losh near Woodbine and E. Stewart of Des Moines. Sioux City raises funds for an Allison monument. court cases loom over Ottumwa and Des Moines. Local crime, railroad changes, and school staffing issues are chronicled with various incidents across towns from Ames to Denison.
American armored cruiser squadron led by the North Carolina and Montana left Guantanamo April 23 to reach Alexandretta in Turkish Asia and safeguard Americans amid unrest. They should arrive Gilrauseder by Tuesday or Wednesday, cruising 15.5 to 16 knots, with orders to communicate with Mediterranean stations. Marines mutinied in Kassim barracks near the American embassy in Constantinople amid unrest and were persuaded to stand down after intervention by General Sthefker and the U S ambassador Leishman.
Ex President Roosevelt and son Kermit bag three lions in the Mau hills near Nairobi on the first shot. The American party, about 200 native followers, celebrate the achievement as Roosevelt fulfills a long-held ambition. Father and son express jubilation over the unprecedented first hunt.
Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela is reported to seek a damage suit against the French government for his expulsion from Martinique. He allegedly will base the action on being forcibly placed aboard a ship and sent to France without a choice of destination. Liquor Dealers to Meet at Clinton in June plan includes Mississippi excursion trolley rides and a banquet in Clinton Iowa. Chairman Aldrich says tariff bill finished by June 1, with Taft briefed daily in White House discussions.
Snow blanketed Elkader Iowa with a high northwesterly wind and temperatures around 40 above. Heavy snow and flurries persisted all day, leaving the landscape and roofs covered in drifts. Maybray's Partner Skips appears in a clipped Denver report with garbled details.
An 81 year old Canton South Carolina reader praises Dean’s Kidney Pills after three years of rheumatic back pain headaches dizziness and thick kidney secretions. She reports improved health to match a younger vitality and continues to work eat and sleep well. The ad also notes the product price and distributor Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. The rest discusses Oliver Lodge's future town concept with gas heated homes and electricity for lighting and air purification as a planned urban improvement.
An old advertisement extols a famous health builder claiming the medicine will enlarge and restore bowel function. The copy urges readers to buy Lane's family medicine herb tea, offering a 25 cent package from any druggist. It also includes a cartoonish inserted dialogue about tariff arguments and a brief joke exchange from Harvard Lampoon.
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