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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
1
A digest of varied events includes pardons and legal outcomes in Washington, notable speeches by Taft, estate appraisals in Chicago, and labor court actions. Reports cover naval matters from Annapolis, immigration leadership changes, and legislative moves on campaigning finance. Also noted are disaster repairs after Ohio floods, a fort Moultrie rifle explosion, coal strikes in West Virginia, and Louisiana sugar crop lows.
Reports from Berlin note Victoria Louise and Ernst August wed with royal attendance. Kaiser grants titles to the groom. Tokyo expresses regret over California land bill signing, hoping U S intervention might help. Cuba inaugurates Gen Mario Menocal and Enrike Varone, pledging peace and prosperity amid early governance. A clash near Sacramento leaves 100 Federals dead as Constitutionalist leaders plan a military conference. Greek Bulgarian troop movements involve King Constantine and Prince Alexander amid regional tension.
One thousand credentialed delegates from five thousand Sunday Schools convene June 3 4 and 6 in Burlington to mark the 48th Iowa Sunday School association annual meeting. County officials and teachers come by special trains from Black Hawk Polk and Mahaska counties.
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific officials announced a new line between Minneapolis and Kansas City will open July 1. President H A Mudge says it will be the shortest route, linking via the St Paul and Kansas City Short Line purchased earlier. A $4,000,000 track between Carlisle and Allerton, Iowa, with ninety pound rails, has circulated for construction a year and a half, aiming to boost nearby coal districts by improving markets and rail access.
In Osage a will contest involving a $100000 estate left by Phoebe A. Cole to Ida Johnson unfolds before Judge J J Clark. Johnson, Cole’s former companion, would have the income for life with the remainder to the Cedar Valley seminary and Osage churches. Relatives cut off receive nothing. The will also designates Grinnell College a contingent beneficiary if the seminary raises a required sum.
A three year old case of four horses stolen near Lamoille may unravel after a stranger named Knobb confessed to the Lamoille theft. Knobb, taken into custody at Eagle Grove, says the horses are on a farm near Benson Minnesota. The original owner, A Youst of Butler county, now near Aredale, reported the theft. The Eagle Grove marshal travels to Benson to investigate.
The Luther League of Iowa elected officers with Rev. Paul H Hisey of North Liberty as president and Paul B Henderson of Iowa City as secretary. Carl Larson of Marshalltown is treasurer. Eastern district officers include John L Berger of Cedar Rapids as president and J C Mohl of Davenport as vice president. Harry Morgan of Clinton is secretary and Grace George of North Liberty is treasurer.
The state conference of Congregational churches closed with a large rally in Tabor. Marshalltown was chosen as next year’s conference site and Rev. W. M. Shor of Sioux City was named to preach the annual sermon at the Marshalltown gathering. Over 100 delegates attended.
Between 300 and 400 men are employed on the Chicago and Northwestern railway laying 100 pound steel to replace 90 pound rail between here and Le Grand. The crew will extend west to Cole laying the north track and then return east to relay the south track.
The body of Frank Grandgenet, 26, a Milwaukee locomotive engineer, was found tangled on the railway track at the north end of Dubuque. He had been struck by a northbound passenger train.
Werleyan University defeats Central University in a notable college match as Mee and Wenlevay lead the offense. Strong showings from both schools highlight a tense contest with critical moments in the second half.
The readable text presents a mix of stray prompts about duty and a mocked prize claim, references to Mrs Winslow’s syrup, a casual school remark about headaches, a cat named Mise Prim, and a joke defining cynicism as doubt about singers’ colds, all in a disjointed newspaper fragment.
A young man ran the length of the Kronprinz Wilhelm with heavy suitcases as the liner pulled away. He collapsed at the pier end and whistled loudly, only to learn the ship did not hear him. A bystander noted his voice would not reach the ship and commented on the ship's independence.
A moral reflection urges enjoying today as the sole true possession. By Jeremy Taylor, the piece counsels bearing present evils with patience and sweetness while living fully in the day. It contrasts yesterday's death and tomorrow's birth with a warning about overloading a single day with fears and woes.
An inflammatory rheumatism patient blames his wife for damp air as she nurses him. A friend asks how he is today and he replies badly, claiming his wife makes the air moist by crying and sitting near him. The tale lampoons patient vanity and spousal patience.
Murray L. Pennell, defendant in the Indianapolis dynamiting case, caused a diversion during cross examination by chewing gum. United States Attorney Miller urged him to remove it and Judge Anderson ordered compliance. Pennell said he swallowed it, prompting a pause as the court suspended proceedings.
A Chicago man with long lasting dyspepsia reports that Grape-Nuts, a wholesome food, cured his poor digestion and coated tongue. He tried medicines, then four packages of Grape-Nuts, restored appetite, strength, and enjoyment of eating after years of trouble.
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