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In a terse notice Algona paper advertises subscription and advertising rates. The brief item lists pricing options by year and highlights basic rate structure for readers and local businesses.
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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
2
In a terse notice Algona paper advertises subscription and advertising rates. The brief item lists pricing options by year and highlights basic rate structure for readers and local businesses.
The piece argues President Roosevelt has forged a new South despite past tensions over the Booker T. Washington incident. It praises his popularity across parties, notes the unwritten two term limit, and predicts diminished sectionalism. It also touches on Roosevelt’s national appeal and speculative future, then abruptly shifts to a tangent about Andree and balloon ventures.
Norway's provisional government reports a Storthing vote to offer the crown to Prince Charles of Denmark. The plan follows a wish for a union with Denmark and favorable ties to England and Sweden, with a republic desire noted as weaker. Charles is son of a Swedish princess and husband to Princess Maud of England.
Eight years past Andree sailed to the North Pole in a balloon and vanished. He likely perished alone amid Arctic snows and frost, though the exact fate remains unknown. Nonetheless others pursue the dream. a Frenchman named Marcillac has built a balloon for a Pole expedition and plans to try.
Jerry Simpson famed as the seckless statesman of Medicine Lodge dies after a year of aorta rupture. He served three terms in Congress and was buried in Wichita. A July Fourth Fort Dodge speech ending with a coin joke highlighted his wit and public service.
An examination of insurance industry corruption reveals how New York Life and Equitable affairs intertwine with party funding. The Investigating Committee exposes large campaign contributions tied to policyholders, including flows to Republican committees and figures like Cornelius Bliss. The piece laments corporate influence on politics and questions the morality and legality of self serving campaign expenditures funded by policy holders.
A fragment notes that campaign funds could be directed to family provisions without alerting prejudice, as long as President McCall kept political benefactions concealed. The terse line implies secrecy governed the distribution of funds tied to a family objective.
Local talk centers on Mr 8 XNI Way of Wesley planning a split time between Wesley and Minneapolis to run a post office for political benefit. Attacks and defenses swirl as Way and allies travel to Denison and meet Congressman Conner while Wesley factions monitor moves and potential successors.
A satirical verse on insurance graft voices the line that laws exist to be disobeyed as speakers boast of netting premiums. The verse is followed by a local note on John Ryan’s Civil War-era escape, a brotherly reunion tale, and small ads for Miss White cigars, poultry buyers, hunting coats, Early Ohio potatoes, Rural Telephone No. 5, and loans from A. D. Clarke & Co.
Mrs Mary A Kennedy Vincent died Thursday evening after a prolonged illness. Born October 4 1833 in Uxbridge Mass she lived in Whitinsville Cape Cod and Manitoba before settling in Algona. She belonged to Congregational church Rebeccas W A C and W S A S and had no children. Funeral was held Sunday in the Congregational church with Rev Holmes officiating.
A railroad survey costs too much for stretching a hundred miles through corn fields so work is postponed until winter. Estherville and Titonka electric line plans are under consideration. The Courier highlights big projects while noting local concerns.
An itemized schedule lists claims allowed by the county board including lumber for jail and courthouse projects, court reporters, commissioners, highway work, and various county services. Names such as Woodford Wheeler Lumber Co, WC Dewel, Kennedy Bros, and Albert Ogren appear among payments and services for county facilities, farms, and public works.
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