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Algona Courier in Algona, Iowa

09 Nov 1906

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Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1906

Page

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Despondent wife amid Iowa deaths and fires

A Sioux City woman, grieving after her husband’s death, dies by suicide using a gas jet. A Ridora man pleads guilty for slashing Herman Balvan with a knife. Inquest at Agora over Walter Craig in a barn yields a verdict of a voided mystery, and Amos Foote and John Focht suffer severe injuries in farm accidents. Other items report crude oil hoax near Maquoketa, creamery fires, Montana copper ventures, oat meal poisoning deaths, and local court and disaster news.

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Btyan Sioux City Mr. Ryan Weary Shafer Herman Balvan Shater Enduy Treyner Agora Walter Craig Mr. Swift Craig Amos Foote Ife Fayette John Focht Randolph Focht Focal Maquoketa Grafton C. H. Christians Blate Line Meltonville Loeterville Stanger Iowa Fha Pugh Inveastment Company Crocker Bldg Des Moines Montana Guthrie Center Joe Speeder Speeder Iowa Agricultural College Ames Roosevelt New York Board Frank Willams Siver Creek Township Ida Wd James Amestown Hone JT. R. Rogers Winterset Walla S. M. Bentley Black Hawk County Charles Hiram Wiram Hiram Kent Sidney Omaha Ordal Waterloo Theodore Menges Ruby Knight Helene Wilharm Henry Campbell Fred Ballou Will Robinson Theressa Weber Ethel Peterson Marvin Fowler Westfield Corning State Bank Evans Corning Town State Savings Bank Des Moines National Bank Iowa State Savings Bank Larue Des Moines National Beaumont Apple Corning Bank Andrews Father Carey St. Raphael's Catholic Cathedral Hyde John Burns Grand Army Mount Olivet Cemetery Wilford Robertson Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Keokuk Robertson Woods Marshall Town Mason City
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News in Brief Across Oceans and Frontiers

A condensed weekly summary notes Peary nearing the pole at 87 6 N within 205 miles, while naval tuberculosis climbs with 243 cases in 1905. Reports cover commerce gains, factory orders, indictments for peonage, wage increases, judge acquittals, shipyard deaths, and a flood of international events shaping politics, science, and society.

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Robert B. Peary United States Navy Artic Pole Navy Marine Corps Rixey John Joseph Kennedy Pittsburg Gulf Cincinnati Davidson Madison JM Federal Grand Jury Atlanta WF. B. Cole Jean Reinhold H. L. Ziegler Newman Southern Railway Washington San Francisco Pennsylvania Railroad Richmond Perley Hale Akron O. William Schultz Herman Christophal Otto Breitzman Milford Wis Bark River Standard Candy Factory Nashville Charles W. Stewart Naval War Records Navy Department Juneau County Manston New Lisbon Thomas Ryan Clarks Hitchcock Rosemary Sartoris A. 3. Grant New York George TI. Woolaton Elbernia Abe Attell Harry Baker Pacific Athletic Club Los Angeles Cal Lawrence University Appleton Wts
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Collier's Accused of Evil Doing Exposed in Press Case

Boston dispatch reports District Attorney Moran claims Collier's Weekly holds original documents and codes suggesting a nationwide tobacco trust corruption scheme. Hepublishes letters from A. I. Hughes detailing purchases, concealed evidence, and a contract to publish before or after elections, urging New York authorities to obtain and inspect the files.

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Tobacco Trust Moran Boston Mass Joby B. Morn Jerome New York A. D. Hughes Michigan Colier A. I. Hughes Collier's Weelkly Bueness New York City Commonwealth General Court Massachusetts Collier's Weekly Col Ner's Weekly Hughes Marion Ind O. A. Baker Ceam American Tobacco Company Roosevelt Hanley Indiana Collier's
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Free debt and factory plans in Vo lva Zion scheme

Wilbur Voliva, successor to Dowie, outlined a plan for a new Zion with absolute debt freedom and equal standing. He aims to establish vast colonies, invite the nameless, build factories for workers, and create a homelike, egalitarian religious community. He dismisses orthodox churches as modern religion.

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Vollva Chicago Wilbur Glenn Volva John Alexander Dowle Christian Catholic Church Icenosha Zion John Alexander Dowie
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