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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
3
Subscription and display advertising rates published by Hinchon and Finnell for Algona Iowa. Office copy annual, live copy six months in advance. Display ads priced 15 to 25 cents per inch. Paper entered at Algona post office as second class matter.
R. Sherwood sells the Burt Monitor and retires from the newspaper business. The Courier praises his leadership and decency, hoping he stays in Kosauth County. New owner Wheaton McArthur, nephew of Prof. Lumbar, steps in. Also: Arabia gains independence as the Sharif Mecca declares king, Turkey may reconquer. a Baltimore Endowmentwood tuberculosis cure promises a year of absolute silence as a warned side effect. doctors shed bitter medicines for unfamiliar treatments.
A reader from Niles Michigan accuses the Algona Republican columns of promoting a campaign canard about Argentine corn. The letter cites articles from the Chicago Herald and Peoria reports, claiming Argentine corn under the Underwood tariff harms American farmers and questions the fairness of post election acknowledgments.
The writing compares corn prices in Iowa and Michigan with Argentina and Rio de Janeiro, noting Rio de Janeiro corn at 1.06 and Peoria figures, while criticizing campaign managers. It mentions a car grading at sixty three pounds to the bushel with 12 percent moisture and accuses Hughes campaign managers of deceptive intent.
On Tuesday and Wednesday morning at St Michael's Catholic church in Whittemore three couples were wed. John F Fandel and Dorothy Esser married Tuesday with Otto Esser and Margaret Fandel as attendants. Ford and Anna Gappa wed Wednesday with Frank Gap pa as a relative. Ralph Fandel and Hilda Elbert tied the knot as well, with no plans announced. Father Thoenegsen presided, and the community extends best wishes for health and happiness.
E M Jones of Union reports his son Orion about 12 years old engaged in trapping. He set two traps in a drain tile and confronted two large skunks in a nighttime battle. After a fierce close quarters clash Orion secured one skunk by the leg, dispatched it, and subdued the other in the attic before dragging both home exhausted but victorious.
Reports from St Benedict note Henry Eischeid injuring his wrist while cranking last Friday evening. A lecture on Phrenology and Spiritualism was given at Will schoolhouse on Saturday. Local residents, including Carl Peterson and the Erdmannt family, have Thanksgiving travel plans and business changes with John M. Witte hardware sold to Erdmannt. Multiple short notices cover travel, visits, and family events across nearby towns and households.
The report lists Will Mulart assisting with his barber trade last Friday and Mike Mammoser of Freeport, a planned visit to his daughter Mrs F X Arndorfer last Saturday. It also mentions Alvida Bioomater leaving Monday for an extended Terrill visit, Jos Schaben of Hobarton visiting his father last Sunday, and Ethel Corle of Algona as a business caller last Tuesday.
Ole Peterson of Sexton shared a rail tour with his wife visiting Minneapolis St Paul Breckenridge Judith Gap and Great Falls meeting sons Charleo and Albert both engineers on the Great Northern He praised Judith Basin wheat yields and land prices near town and plans if younger to move there. A H C Johnson passed counterfeit checks in Algona Saturday cashing in at several stores. Henry Ejischeid injured his wrist when a self starter failed and a J B Johnston traveled to Medford Oregon after his mother’s stroke. California news says Beechams, former West Bend neighbors, died recently leaving two grown children. Prof. Benjamin attended the Iowa Musicians convention and will visit Davenport Illinois for Thanksgiving then Chicago. The Trace Taylor land sale at Black Cat went to E J Murtagh for 90 an acre. Nettie Jeppeson was struck by a car driven by Monroe Johnson.
An accident left arm and hip injuries with fears of a fatal outcome. Mary Hanen, injured in the Roas Richmond auto wreck, was awarded $2,000 from the Richmond estate by the supreme court. A program and box social are planned in District No. 5. Irvington Two. Dec. 8. Everyone invited. Grace Johnson, teacher. Frank Riebhoff shipped a Short Horn bull to Provo, S. D., showing strong stock. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Falkenhainer left for Chicago to visit daughter Helen. Nome Economics Club meets at Mrs M. C. Emmons on Monday Dec 4 at 3 pm.
Tom Powell's Concert Band engages a full ensemble to furnish music for a minstrel parade and gives two free daily concerts at 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM in front of Rexall Drug Store. The Pearless Minstrels will appear at Call Theatre Algona on Wednesday December 6. Also a hay sale note and a biographical snippet about Anna Perry, 88, of Los Angeles, noting her first acting pose.
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