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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
4
P R Matson recalls building a 151 acre farm barn in youth and expanding dairy output to forty cows. He details silo construction in 1902, feed self sufficiency with corn oats clover and timothy hay, and yields about $1000 yearly from the milk, roughly $26 per acre.
Julius Deel sues the M W A order and Spirit Lake Camp members in federal court at Sioux City alleging injuries during initiation in 1906. He describes being assaulted tied to a chair and threatened with a red hot branding iron, claiming acts were done under ritual direction. His age and life expectancy are listed with legal representatives noted.
Belmond to Fairmont electric railroad proposal gains momentum as Mrs. Alice M. Moore visits multiple towns. Meetings in O W Harmson's office, with delegates from Belmond Crystal Lake Elmore Britt and Fairmont, form a promotion committee to raise funds and survey right of way. Local sentiment favored the project as a potential big community benefit.
The city council met April 24 with Mayor Wadsworth in chair. Ordinance 110 passed under suspension, sidewalk petition referred. Bonar elected city solicitor. Crowell clerk, Switzer marshal, Schichtl street commissioner chosen. Sprinkling plan funded by $50 from business community. Sewer extension approved along Phillips street. committees named. Contract with Algona Milling for buckwheat coal set at $5.85 per ton. experiments to find economical coal. Various bills approved and paid across general, water, and electric funds. salaries and maintenance listed.
A poem frames political ambition as a cannon debate with guns, drums, and a choosing of strength over decorum. It contrasts aging power with a rising faction and hints at a path to influence through force or policy, ending with cautious prudence in selecting the approach that leads to strength.
The 1907 08 annual report presents receipts and disbursements of Algona Iowa for the year April 9 1907 to March 31 1908. It lists funds including general, water, electric light and sewer, with overdrawn balances and transfers. notes itemized accounts such as improvements and bonds, and mentions figures for balance on hand and items received and paid during the period. A miscellaneous historical note references a 19th century anecdote about a door keeper and Major Kilgore.
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