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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1912

Page

2

Democratic Nomination Question Amid Roosevelt Prospect

The piece debates who Democrats should nominate if Roosevelt wins the Republican nomination. It weighs Clark as a potential nominee, contrasts him with Wilson, notes Roosevelt’s appeal and methods, cites mixed Iowa attitudes, and considers states' electoral risks. It references Bryan as a suggested rival in a Roosevelt contest and mentions 1898 Bryan results for context.

Roosevelt Bryan Democratic Nations Champ Clark Woodrow Wilson Wilson Clark Democratic Party Teddy New Jersey Taft Mexico Algona Iowa South Colorado Nebraska Nevada

Democratic strategy for 1908 election candidate Gaynor

The piece analyzes electoral college math with 531 votes and 266 needed. It argues Democrats must win New York New Jersey and Connecticut, possibly carried by Mayor Gaynor, a Bryan Democrat who could unite East and West and command broad party and reformer support. It suggests Bryan or Gaynor as the strongest nominee to win nationwide.

Oklahoma Maryland Missouri Indiana Arizona New Mexico Ohio Montana Wyoming North Dakota New York New Jersey Connecticut Bryan Gaynor

Preservation of the Buffalo in Wind Cave Park Plan

An article urges government action to preserve the American buffalo. It discusses Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota as a potential buffalo ranch, needing water and an adjoining tract. The plan would receive the twenty five buffaloes from the American Bison Society and funding up to 15000 dollars, with Congress asked to authorize and appropriate.

North America Lenander Bancroft South Dakota Wind Cave National Park daverthé American _ Bison Society Congress Jimmie Dickerson Senate Wind Cave National Game Preserve United States American Bison Society

Senator Kenyon Campaign Tour Across Iowa Counties

Senator Kenyon and his aides, with Lafe Younger and their teams, conducted a rapid tour through Kossuth, Winnebago, and Emmet counties. The caravan traveled by auto and held a rally at Swea City, presenting a brisk, whirlwind campaign effort.

Kenyon Lafe -Young Kossuth Winnebago Emmet Campsigna Swea City

Prohibition Talk and Kansas Reform Echoes Across Regions

The narrator notes Rev Hales and Marc Anthony like orators swaying crowds while Lafe and Holmes mingle in civic talk. References to Kenyon, Hamill, Allen, and Algona’s preacher Holmes color a local scene. Pasadena women vote wet to keep beauty, while Australian ballots and Dodge City license ideas provoke broader reform chatter as Roosevelt wins New Jersey.

Hales Kenyon Auto Marc Anthony Rome Lafe Mr. Holmes Holmes Kenyon Swea Corporation Algona

King and Perking at Call Opera House Tonight

Frank G. King and Chic Perking present new sketches at the Call Opera House with moving pictures. The trio offers changing programs each night including A Wife Worth Winning and Uncle Jiles to the City. Admission is 10 and 15 cents.

The Call Opera House Frank G. King Chic Perking Opera House

Bailey Is Coming Around

Harvey Ingham praises labor to sway voters over ten years. Muse of Mason City and Paul Junkin admit they prefer Cummings under certain circumstances. Teddy notes hundreds agree and would accept Bryan or Judas Iscariot over both candidates.

Bailey Britt Tribune Harvey Ingham Cumming Mason City Paul Junkin Creaton Cummins Teddy Bryan Judas Iscariot

Blooming Frauds Among Bloomers in Local Ballgame

The Madoelia Times Messenger reports a Friday score where the Bloomers defeated our local team 4 to 2 at Mankato. The next day the Bloomers were involved in a police court mix up revealing they were disguised young men posing as girls, shocking locals.

Madoelia Times-Messenger Mankato Bloomers Gixis

Poem Fragment Warns of a Sleeper's Fate

Fragmentary verse hints at a perilous journey to a sarcophagus. The oblique lines mention a man, youth, and danger, with cryptic diction suggesting a cautionary note about a doomed path or fate.

A Quarter of a Century Ago in the Courier

From the Courier June 3 1887 notes John Winkel a northern county cornerstone in the metropolis this week A D Clarke toured Des Moines Omaha and western points Col Spencer learns of his dying father Rice Lake Wisconsin telegram Leo Peugnet goes Emmetsburg to view the Mikado partitioning Emmetsburg opera house into offices Charley Rosewall builds new eastern town house Many go to Northwestern depot to glimpse Lilly Langtry troupe en route to Des Moines Lilly Langtry allows crowd to view her features J Smith and H Durant depart for Hampton shooting tournament Philip Crose Irvington dies aged about seventy former resident and old settler casualty of the great silent majority

Household Goods For Sale and Gifts Card

Household goods for sale nearly new Majestic range gasoline stove oak sideboard dining table chairs rockers brass bedsteads and eyes goods also house plants call 622 East State street G A Watts card of thanks we extend sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for many acts of kindness during the Hes 288 a death of our beloved wife and mother Peterson and Children OWL News membership 87 and in Graneina apidly Sea State deputy C hag Lampright

Majestic East State Street G. A. Watts Peterson OWL ‘News Ingraneina Sea Hag. Lampright

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