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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
6
A fragmented OCR snippet lists rough market items and livestock terms, including corn oats wheat and dairy products. It references a boastful character described as a “bad man from Texas” amid mentions of cattle stock, butter, eggs, potatoes, chickens, and seed varieties. The tone mixes taunt with inventory shorthand from a rural trade page.
An advertisement touts a stone root compound as cleansing the blood and improving circulation to prevent chronic digestion issues. It promotes the preparation as personally recommended, available at 50 cents or one dollar per bottle, and urges customers to shop at the advertised drug store first for a wide selection.
Adolph Garman and Margaret Snyder wed in Cresco with Adel Harig and August Augustin as attendants. Doerfler farm equipment shifts to Milo Iowa. Funeral in Bancroft. Anna Cagpari and Lena visit from Beaver Dam. C W Dawson eyes Canadian land purchases. Beverages and land deals noted as farmers discuss shifts. Dance rescheduled to Monday the 21st. Forty hour devotion begins next Wednesday. Birth of a 14 pound boy to Aug Harig. Blake trades Hershof for 80 acres south of Wesley and moves picture show. Look for varied farm work and politics. Bets on Burt farm sale to Illinois buyer at $125/acre. Paul Ferrigan rents half BE Owen farm. Various visits and dances in Sexton. Kate Ferrigan sewing for Blake family.
Carl Anderson was injured at the Jas Harner farm while unloading corn for shredding last Friday forenoon. His legs were caught in the shredder belt. one leg broke below the knee and bones were removed. the other knee was dislocated and other injuries suffered. Dr. Lundquist and Dr. West treated him. he is reported slowly improving.
A fragmented, polemical verse piece contrasts a distant monarch with a new chief executive elected every four years. The speaker laments the perpetual cycle of campaigns, promises, and partisan rancor, while praising the kingly figure who remains aloof from public campaign pressure.
The St. Joe area hosts two grand weddings led by Herman E. Platho and Justina Geischheker with heavy attendance, Moore’s Estherville orchestra providing music, plus a second union of George Kruecher and Justina Zeimet with the Zeimet family, all celebrated with festive dinners and lawn concerts. The piece also notes a local anecdote from Detroit Free Press and contrasts a cautionary tale from Estherville Democrat about a failed merchant and narrow advertising.
A man rushed to a ticket seller in Algona alleging his wife was inside with another man and threatened to shoot them. The manager announced a killer outside and urged the couple to exit via the rear. Within ten minutes eleven couples left through the back door.
Auction at the old Fred Clarke stand west of the courthouse on Saturday October 19 starts 1:30 PM. Terms are cash. Also ads selling a good improved farm at 85 per acre and two Yearling colts, inquiries at the Courier office. Weekly tourist sleeping car service to California via the Northwestern line begins October 19 with through trains from Minneapolis to Los Angeles connecting in St Paul and Mankato.
An OCR style script frames a mock initiation with questions and answers about being a bull moose. It satirically details signs, tokens, and rites, including staged rituals, hallucinatory prompts, and Teddy Roosevelt references, ending with a claim of earning a degree as an amalgamated roughneck.
Homeseekers urged to travel to fertile farming districts of the West via the Chicago and North Western Railway. Roundtrip fares to western and northwestern points are offered on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Descriptive literature and fare information available upon request.
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