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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
6
In a port scene Pope and Crystal join Captain Bland to pursue the Madre de Dios. A tense alliance forms as they plan to race a damaged frigate and a prize schooner, sharing the potential loot and danger of the chase.
Pope and Crystal prepare to abandon their hopeless voyage and plan a council with the crew when three sails appear. The Gypsy gains on the pursuing frigate until a sudden wind shifts reveal a new opportunity as the British ship breaks off the chase, prompting a frenzy of drunken elation among the pirates aboard.
On a sunny Sunday morning at sea the crew of The Thetis, West Indiaman, watch Pope and Crystal pursue Madre. Disappointment festers after the Spaniard’s escape, yet Captain Pope vows another ship will be taken. A foretop signal rings out loud as Grindal relays from deck.
A London Answers extract describes a genius selling mechanical ladies for travelers to secure private carriage space. The circular lists prices for infant simulacra by class, from 10s to £3, with cries described as intermittent, squalling, or piercing, and notes they can be started or stopped quickly unlike real infants.
A Judge editor recalls a neighbor who, amid preparatory school, planned a world shaking Harvard essay in lofty style. After submitting it, the material was returned with a large blue pencil remark asking if a long run was taken for such a short slide.
A cautious essay argues evils arise when resisted only at their start, linking disobedience in children to disrespect for government, liquor, gambling, and other habits. It warns avoidance now prevents stronger wrongs later, with a final note on early discipline and moral conduct. The piece ends with Bryan’s letter defending Olney nomination opinions to Massachusetts in 1900.
George Schweigler a prominent Cahokia farmer in Illinois shot himself with a revolver after being wounded by an accidental shotgun discharge. The death occurred in Belleville with an uncle as witness who was urged to end his life.
A reader asks why the margin on silver dollars reads 100 cents or one dollar. The piece explains the 1792 act, the bimetallic system, and the fixed 15 to 1 gold to silver ratio with the silver dollar as the standard unit, while noting gold coin weight changes and continued silver dollar dominance in circulation. It also touches on coal mine shutdowns, market gluts, and counterfeiters in a Pennsylvania penitentiary.
Charles Labrot, 60, committed death by own action by drowning in the Wisconsin river near Grard Rapids. He rushed from his sick bed, scantily clothed, to the water and his body was recovered.
The Anti Cruelty Society met at Mrs Vin cent C Gregs home to organize a Chicago chapter. Members will search for stray dogs and cats and provide homes.
A Brookyln Eagle correspondent notes Grover Cleveland may accept the Democratic nomination if duty to country and party requires it. The paper cites Republican praise, suggesting Cleveland as the party’s logical candidate. Roosevelt backs a currency commission seen as benefiting financiers and creating pensions for party loyalists.
Editorial contrasts Roosevelt criticism by New York Sun and Harper's Weekly with Morgan influence fears. It recalls 1896 1900 GOP support for prowar editorials and warns of jingle and clink symbolism in finance shaping politics. Calls readers to organize a Democratic club as lines form for 1904.
Dutch steamer Argus used for naval cadet training is missing. Two cruisers conduct a North Sea search for the vessel amid safety concerns.
Prince Kuhio Kalaniapule, known as Princes Cupid, Hawaii’s delegate to Congress, has landed in Honolulu en route to Washington after arriving from Honolulu for a San Francisco stopover.
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