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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1907
Page
7
The Courier advertises an extraordinary offer to new cash subscribers and renewing yearly payers. For $2, the paper will include three big national magazines Spare Moments The Mother's Magazine and Dressmaking at Home. The monthly publications cover homekeeping topics and motherly interests. Sample copies are available at the Courier office.
Robi Ulrath wed Miss Etta Kelly of Willington Kansas in Chicago last week. The couple plans peppermint farming with 50 acres next year and seeks a home market for the crop, hoping for a ready supply.
Samuel Kenney, an onion grower in Clear Lake, reports the sale of one acre yielding five hundred bushels at one dollar per bushel. The crop produced net proceeds of five hundred dollars for local and other markets, underscoring Clear Lake’s claim of highly productive land in Iowa.
Coal and kindling wood offered at low prices from Wheeler Lumber Co. Also available storm doors and windows. Northwestern Realty Co announces multiple farms for rent with listed sizes and prices. A Red steer of about 700 to 800 pounds missing with reward expected. House and lot for trade for a good team. A D Clarke & Co loan money at five percent with annual interest.
Jd H Palmer of Springfield township suffered major losses when two barns a granary and poultry house burned, along with 15 tons of hay all grain and a blond short horn bull. A lantern may have caused ignition as milking ended and wind may have saved the house. Palmer is insured for 1260 with Kon auth County Mutual. The note praises current grain prices and Red River Valley land as cheap and good. Joe painted Palmer’s buildings during the visit.
Relatives and friends mourn the death of Will Purvis Jr., the couple's only child, who vanished from a porch while playing. After a two hour search, his body was recovered from a small lake in a nearby park, the result of wandering away and falling in.
The article argues that farm prosperity from high corn and oats prices is misleading for nine of ten farmers. It notes most farmers raise little to sell and must feed grain to stock, making dear prices a net loss when purchases are needed. Eastern farmers buy old corn at 65 cents a bushel.
The St Benedict boys entertained old friends Mr and Mrs L J Wegman and Mr and Mrs I Van Erdewyk. A party of four, including Martin and Joe Rahm, visited Algona Monday and met many old friends. Van’s bank in Breda holds deposits of 264000 dollars and Leo’s Omaha job gives a comfortable salary. May their good fortune continue.
Joe Paxson returns from a weeks long visit to his lands in the Red River Valley near Fargo. He states a letter sent last week was not meant for publication and is not published.
At noon Tuesday the marriage of Mr. Paul P. Custer of Seattle and Miss Grace Purvis of Algona was solemnized at the Purvis home by Rev. O. H. Holmes. The private ceremony in the Purvis family circle followed a year or two of acquaintance when Miss Purvis taught near Seattle. The couple goes to live on the Pacific coast, amid best wishes from Algona friends.
News from Riverdale reports blackleg affecting young cattle with losses at John Capesius and Mr Worster. Overgrazed river pastures are blamed as susceptible forage areas. Vaccination is advised as a preventive measure, with immunity lasting at least two years.
Mr Charles Sharp of Lone Bone, a celibate sage, visited Al Gone this week to get a new set of molars. He believes good mastication aids longevity and hopes improved teeth will help him continue his pilgrimage in this world. If the teeth work well he aims for Panhandle County, Texas, in search of better weather and beefsteak.
J C Paxson of Algona Iowa owner of a quarter section northeast of town displays good citizenship by reinvesting land earnings into local improvements He repaired and repainted farm buildings enhancing value The Fargo Forum notes Iowa fellows provide pointers and jokes about Paxson moving to Dakota to become a permanent citizen
A recent kill of an opossum near John Gilbride's prompts recollections of past year wildlife losses in the Iowa area as Char ley Lampright was passing by.
A dated 1907 note from D Drake defends The Courier as a superior advertising medium. He argues the paper’s wide circulation ensures goods reach attentive readers, endorsing the paper’s value to merchants and the public alike.
A driver struck and killed a small animal that wandered onto the road as it crossed, with the driver unaware of the vehicle’s speed. The report notes the curious fact that such southern animals seldom roam much farther north.
A southbound North Western passenger started fires in five places between Algona and Verne last Saturday. One blaze hit a Tevington vineyard area, another near Galbraith burned a Galbraith barn and threatened the town. Five hay stacks of Butterfield and several of John Leigh were destroyed along with five to ten acres of John Gaffney’s corn as dryness spurred rapid spread.
Fairmont Minnesota mayor Gene W. Ward has been missing for about six weeks after leaving home. He was last seen September 30 in Minneapolis amid rumors he may have died by suicide, been harmed, or merely absconded due to business troubles and creditors. He had just begun a second mayoral term.
Jake Winkel raised 20 acres of Pride of the North potatoes and dug 550 bushels this season. He sells at 60 cents a bushel and expects strong returns despite low spots. Winkel plans to plant to acres next year and notes potatoes remain a good crop even at 25 cents a bushel.
Village gossips question the Boston lawyer Quincy Adams Sawyer who stays a year in Massachusetts. The title character inspired a best selling book and the new play features a strong cast, continuing the tale of New England village life once staged at the Academy of Music in New York.
The Emmetsburg Democrat reports a break in at the local creamery a theft of about 85 pounds of butter. Jack Conlon was arrested after attempting to sell butter at Michael Cullen's restaurant. He faced a hearing before Justice Stuehmer and was bound over with a $500 bond to await the December grand jury. he is jailed.
Melessa Marquis sues Oliver Marquis and Edith Brimmer sues Owen D Brimmer, Mrs H Schobat sues Wm Medearis, Caroline Stripling sues Otto Orlowske, Emily Mariecle sues J L Butler, John P Schummers sues P Y Drum mel, Henry Schwarz sues Louisa Schwarz in ongoing court actions across private civil dockets.
Walter Torbet, pastor, announces a series of Sunday evening sermons at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Algona Iowa. The schedule lists Oct 27 Heredity and Environment Nov 3 The Dream of the Builders of the Methodist Episcopal church in Algona Nov 10 Martin Luther the Reformer Nov 17 The Man Sent From God Nov 24 The Pilgrim's Choice Everyone is welcome at all services and events.
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