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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1905

Page

2

Algona Canvier Seeks Ad Rates For Local Paper

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.

Roosevelt's Popularity and the South's New Alignment

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.

Roosevelt South Theodore Roosevelt Washington Booker Washington Democratic Party Plains Teddy

Norway Offers Crown to Prince Charles of Denmark

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.

Norway Prince Charles Denmark Storthing Oscar Maud England Edward VII Charles Sweden

Balloonist Andree's Pole Flight Ends In Mystery

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.

Andree North Pole Marcillac

Jerry Simpson Dies in Kansas Hospital

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.

Jerry Simpson Seckless Medicine Lodge Kansas Witchita Congress Fort Dodge Chicago H Jerry Simpson

Insurance in Politics from Collier's Weekly

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.

New York New York Life Insurance Company Equitable George W. Perkins New York Life Cornelius N. Blisg Republican National Committee Bliss Depew BE. H. Harriman Roosevelt Parker Perkins

Secret Political Benefactions in McCall Campaign Probed

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.

McCall

Politicians Visit Conner In Wesley Postmaster Shuffle

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.

Xni Way Wesley Minneapolis Algona Tom Gray Julius Kunz Pe Way Denison Conner Stitz

Singers Voice on Graft and Family Gain

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.

Record-Herald Emmetsburg John Ryan Marion Junction South Dakota Edward Georgia Libby Prison Ryan John Galbraith A. Butterfield Ohio

Mrs Mary A Vincent dies after long illness at Algona

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.

Mary A. Vincent Mary A. Kennedy Uxbridge Massachuse Osville Isaac Vincent Whitinsville Cape Cod Manitoba Sexton Winnipeg

Electric lines eyed. survey delayed amid cornfields

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.

W. H. Harrison Catholic Sisters of Mercy Funk Webster City Keane Charity Mercy Board of Supervisors Petit Grand Congregational Church Fred Corey Emmetsburg Courier Algona-Sac City Estherville Titonka Fred Behlmer Imus Dr. Morse

Board Proceedings of Adjourned September Term

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.

Weel Lena Prowl Stabe de Tedaon Fog Aloe Torghore Alwenn Woolford Wheelver Guther Court House Woodford Wheeler Lumber Vilee Bee Ovine Woodford Wheeler Lumter Co Lumber HC Behrens Lumber MC Grier Court Higgins HS Sherwood EL Tuttle McDonald Sumeioning Taylor Ctrl Taylor Thompson Goodwin Bale Clarance Palne Rutherford Bali McDonald Oqmots Dewel State Saunders Frank Allison Sherwood Ransch Woard Crowell Belknapp JL Edmonds Kennedy Bros Chris Vender- Schild Lewis McQuick Furstenberg Co Chris van Derschide Toney Mack John Dues Ernest Robinson Willson St Barney Prelinger Ante Purstenberger & Go Mdise T Tho John G Smith John 5 Cullen Bert Peck Parsons Algona Advance Buptwee Odewel AJ Lilly Veick John Mertz McLaughlin Chris Vandershite Meskle TM Billaborough Kniuse Green Strickler Jensen Wheeler Framily Chan J Plonske H Austin Davenport Shackelford Bros Mds Rossie Decker Woodford, Wheeler Lumber

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