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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
5
The piece mocks profane speech by a ranch boss, argues education and manners matter more in grown men, and includes local ads for land near Algona Iowa, a Rawleigh medicine business for sale, a new rental, and a sportsman cigar promotion. It blends editorial tone with classified items.
Waverly Indiana editor letter from F P Hagemann defending Wilson and denying withdrawal claims. He praises Wilson enacted laws, argues for keeping peace without sacrificing national honor, and cites inability to campaign full time. Hagemann says others in the Democratic district can serve better while he remains at home. He served in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth General Assemblies.
A humorous Britt Tribune item satirizes farmers who loaf after rain, urging them to drag the roads or borrow a road to repair. It jokes about tracking car rubber, counting passersby, and using sponges to soak water, lampooning idle rural habits.
Fort Dodge real estate report details a $330 400 land sale in Palo Alto County. Henry W Lex sold two sections near Emmetsburg to Denis McTigue for 217 900 with a section of land as part payment. The total for three sections reached 830 400 with Lex noting a $90 per acre price four years ago and about 10 000 in improvements. Lex predicts land may rise to 200 per acre in five years.
West Head Journal reports A B Colgan says the wheat crop in western South Dakota is nearly a failure from black rust. Other crops are similar to this locality. Colgan and companions John Heiderscheit Joe Dughker Henry Yocum and Noah Peebles took an overland car trip seeking land, returning with an 11-year-old rattlesnake they ran over and killed in Dakota.
A Green county farmer's wife reports a strange hatch in her home last week. The incident involved a brood of chickens emerging despite no hen present, described amid a lively scene with neighbors and friends watching in shade. The event was noted as part of local farm folklore and reported by the Livermore Gazettes.
Kossuth County Iowa Board of Supervisors will let the Drainage District 188 improvements to the lowest responsible bidder. Contracts cover ditch and drain work with Section 1 details, depths and sizes, bid time October 10 1916 at 10 a.m. Sealed bids require 10 percent deposit, concrete terms, and bond of 25 percent. Completion by November 1 1917.
The District Court of Kossuth County Iowa gives notice that a paper purporting to be the last will of William Struecker, deceased, was filed September 9 1916 and read. The court sets November 7 1916 as the time to hear proceedings on probate at the November term. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Dated September 9 1916. Joe Jenka for the Court Ed. Van Ness Atty me.
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