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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
8
A fragmented historical note in the Clad and Pillar Series references Korah's insurrection as the seventeenth installment. Specific details, dates, and participants are unreadable in the surviving OCR fragment.
A sermonette urges humility among Christian workers, praising the inclusive design of God’s kingdom where every role matters. It warns against coveting elevated positions, cites Korah’s rebellion as a caution, and urges faithful, single‑mided service to hear “Well done.”
Nearley twenty years after Israel left the wilderness, Korah rejects Moses's temple service role, urging a bold challenge to authority. Fear and rumor spread as Moses hurries to confront the rising insurrection and its growing popular support.
In a tense Israelite camp scene Moses denounces Korah and his followers for presuming to challenge God’s authority. The earth opens, swallowing Korah Dathan and Abiram with their families, while a fire consumes the 260 men who offered incense, confirming divine selection of Aaron.
A reflective essay praising nineteenth century progress from railways to telegraphs and paints. It argues modern conveniences improved living, comfort, and beauty through widespread, affordable paint produced by chemists and factories, symbolizing the era's durable, shared advances.
A lively night ends with Senator Conkling boxed by a professional pugilist at a dinner hosted by Mme. A round by round exchange leaves Conkling dazed and humiliated as Senator Chandler watches and then presents the boxer in his true colors.
Mrs S A Moore of Waterville Missouri, owner of a restaurant, touts Donn's Kidney Pills after suffering kidney troubles for a year and a half. She reports back and head pain, lingering fatigue, and frequent distressing urinary issues improved quickly, with continued use until cure. Pills sold by outlets at 60 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
Walnut appears in Franca as a staple eaten with gar bread and used to produce oil, cheaper and tasting like olive oil, with prisoners cracking nuts for pressing. The text notes laundry starch improvements with Daflance Starch and mentions a Brooklyn altar society of eight policemen funding lights and flowers for perpetual adoration.
A movement plans a nationwide People's lobby in Washington led by trusted figures to monitor analyze and report on legislation with public interest as the aim. It would publish findings and use publicity to influence Congress while maintaining steady oversight regardless of political pressure.
Senator Smoot of Utah launches a campaign to repeal the anti canteen law as Congress weighs his seat status. He says he will press a bill to restore the army canteen, aiming for early December action and arguing that lawmakers fear public sentiment from women who helped abolish the canteen.
The American Federation of Labor faces an expected rift after the election between President Samuel Gompers and vice president John Mitchell of the United Ming Workers. Gompers backs the rival faction while Mitchell aligns with Roosevelt politics, shaping a feud as Mitchell’s influence grows in national affairs and with White House access.
A Washington party recalls a Bucksport Maine rural free delivery tale. A mail box carved from a beehive and labeled B. 3 Mith led to the neighbor’s prank reveal, leaving the man with a beehive box and rare mail.
Assistant Secretary James B. Reynolds, a Massachusetts native, leads the treasury customs branch and credits the tariff with reversing a deficit. He notes the current fiscal year shows a rapidly closed gap, with customs revenue surpassing last year and boosting the nation’s balance.
The October Harper’s Bazaar offers fashion pieces by A T Ashmore on The Fashion QuLock and related topics, plus news of Countess von Arn im’s new serial Frauen Schmidt and Mr Anstruther. It promotes Frances Hodgson Burnett fairy tales and new novels by Harry Pain and others, with extensive author contributions and upcoming children’s books.
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