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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
2
Algona Couvier by Hinchon and Finnell lists subscription prices with one year in advance and six months in advance. Display advertising costs range from 1 1/2c to 28c per inch. The notice notes second class matter with entry at Algona post office.
Dr. Frank Crane extols Iowa as the most American state praising its farms wealth and Chautauqua culture while contrasting Massachusettss old stock. He notes Iowa farm land value outruns many states and corn output surpasses Canada and Argentina. He also cites Reno Nevada divorce trends and a Minnesota snap on teacher pensions amid cigarette bans affecting local businesses.
The New York World editorial marks the fiftieth anniversary of Lincolns second inaugural and argues Wilson will face two momentous years, praising his self mastery and restraint. It lauds him as uniquely calm, principled, and sanest in government, amid looming world turmoil.
Agricultural extension at Iowa State College designates the first week in June as Rooster Week to curb rooster dominance and reduce egg losses. The plan urges poultry owners to sell or confine mature roosters, keep nests clean, collect eggs daily, store them properly, and market only high quality candied eggs.
A local note set records of Algona talk about an electric light company, fishing trips to Spirit Lake, and Melzar Haggard taking a bookkeeper job with Mike O Rourke. Livermore figures Miller and Brackett feud over a new paper, Eugene Shadle moves to Clear Lake, cattle shipments to Chicago, a Riverdale house under construction, and a drunken post office incident in Emmetsburg. A marriage unites H B Holleck and Minnie Paine in Portland township. A farewell party at the Court House marks Comstock Annis leaving for Spokane, with many locals attending. a court upstairs hosts a dance as locals express regret.
Court records list new cases including Hansina Larson suing James Larson and Geo. G. Schutzer and Fred W. Wehler filing against the Board of Supervisors.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway promotes the Pacific Limited as a comfortable direct through service to San Francisco and Los Angeles with no extra fare. Travelers can visit both Expositions, enjoy liberal stopovers, and take side trips to Mt Rainier and Yellowstone on the scenic Trail of the Olympian. Apply to local agents for fares and details.
Hands Park Silver Lake undergoes spring enhancements to become a top western pleasure resort. Improvements include a boat slide, refreshment stand, steel row boats, a toboggan slide, and a remodeled bath house to handle growing trade. Summer quarters will begin serving meals in June.
Central Minnesota ad offers farm land near town with natural drainage similar to Kossuth county. Prices range from 50 to 85 dollars per acre for improved farms. Deal directly with owner James and Carleon Morria Minnesota.
Mrs Emma Reeves advertises family washings service at 822 South Hall Street and provides a contact phone number 723 for information, signaling a local domestic laundry offering.
By virtue of a special execution issued by the Webster County Iowa District Court clerk I will offer for cash at the Algona courthouse door in Konguth Iowa on May 29 1915 the undivided one fourth equitable interest in the Southeast Quarter Section 31 Township 99 North Range 80 Kossuth County Iowa to the highest bidder Sale begins at 2 PM Witness Claude A Sampson Sheriff of Kossuth County Iowa Eggs for sale Rhode Island Reds advertised at 50 cents per setting and 2 dollars per hundred from Mrs J M Moore Rt 2
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