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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1912

Page

3

Outlaws Capture Edwards Sweetheart in Virginia

Des Moines reports Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards of the Allen gang were arrested after Maud Swaler traveled to Des Moines to wed Edwards. Detectives trailed her from Hillsville to a lodging house where Allen resisted arrest, while Edwards was seized later in a suburban street crew. The Allen clan, known as the Blue Ridge’s old fox, faces multiple death and long prison terms for past killings and court shootings.

Des Moines Dewittfusly Sidna Allen Wesley Euwards Allen Judge Massie Millsville Maud Swaler Sluntsville Stent Heart Edwards WG. Baldwin Roanoke Wesley Edwards Tras Maine Allen Hys Pal Nituine Tom Sayers Jroter Hillsville Virginia Sidna Allen the Old Fox Blue Ridge Floyd Clante Allen Virginia Claude Floyd Allen Friel Allen Sidna Edwards Victor Allen Wytheville

Noted Civil Engineer Elwood Mead Visits Ames

Elwood Mead of Melbourne Australia, a former Ames student, visited the Iowa State College engineering program. Mead, earning about £4,000 yearly, is an expert on rivers and water supply and spoke to engineering students during his campus visit.

Elwood Mead Melbourne Australia Iowa State College Ames Iowa State College Dominion of Australia Mead State Rivers and Water Supply Commission College

Forage Poisoning Tied to Horse Deaths Across Region

Des Moines reports indicate forage poisoning caused many horse deaths in southwest Iowa and in Nebraska and Kansas. Dr James T Gibson state veterinarian surgeon cites spinal meningitis symptoms resembling the poisoning. Tests show the deaths result from poison, not contagion.

Des Moines Iowa Nebraska Kansas James T. Gibson

Sidney Company Declares Bankruptcy In Iowa Stores

The Sidney company a New York firm with outlets in Sioux City Waterloo Mason City and Ottumwa has filed for involuntary bankruptcy. Iowa stores are valued at about $20 000. Receiver Christopher C Werner of Rochester New York will arrive to assume control of the business.

Big Sioux City Sidney Company New York Waterloo Mason City Ottumwa Iowa Christopher ¢. Werner Rochester N. Y

Corn festival prep in city with prizes and contests

Clarion preparations are under way for a corn festival set for Thursday October 10. Prizes totaling over 200 dollars will be awarded for the best grades of corn admitted. The day will feature contests and various amusements.

Three Hundred Pound Hog In Eight Months Guide

A central Iowa farm outlines methods to grow an eight month three hundred to 500 pound hogs using purebred sows, wet grades, careful breeding, and strict feeding. Emphasizes nutrition, exercise, individual housing, pasture access, and staged rationing from breeding to market with early start and late year finishing.

Iowa Hille May

Blister Canker Strikes Iowa Apple Orchards

Iowa agricultural experts report widespread blister canker or Illinois canker damaging Ben Davis and Gano apples. Causes include a fungus. early removal of diseased wood, thorough disinfection, and soil tilth with manure can restore trees.

Iowa Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station Ben Davis 5. A. Beach Laurent Greene Illinois Hamburg Simons

Making Cheap Meat and Household Tips Recounted

A fragment from in home sections cites cleaning aims and simple kitchen hygiene. It urges warm water soap to deter pantry pests and notes the refrigerator can harbor bacteria. It mentions a California drink with fruit juices and reflects on sanitation through curtains and a shiny glass surface. The county fair is cited as a women’s science choice venue with premiums and a note on affordable meat.

California Iowa

Hen Lays At Birth Time Says Falconer Woman

Mrs. Sarah Erickson of Falconer New York claims a hen lays an egg at the exact hour minute and second of its birth hatched time based on five years of marked nest observation She asserts no variation in the rule and labels herself an expert In a second item a young man before a court speaks to the stenographer with a bow and says How do you do Satire

St Douglas W. L. Douglas W.L Douglas W.L. Douglas Brockton Maus Mall Sheen Sarah Erickson Falconer N. Y

Recognizing Value of Sports in Royal Education

The King George's children are educated with careful instruction in open air sports and games. The young prince of Wales has been taught by past masters in cricket riding fencing boxing shooting and similar activities.

George Prince of Wales

Art Statistica and Trade in Old and Foreign Works

The report notes last year imports of artworks valued at 17,043,000 dollars for works aged twenty years or more and duty free, plus 673,185 dollars of artworks produced abroad by Americans. Exports totaled 989,321 dollars in paintings and statuary.

Art Statistica

Careful Castoria notice for infants and children safety

A fragmented OCR style notice urges examining every bottle of Castoria for infants and children claiming safety and cure. It includes stray phrases about signatures and use for over age, with garbled lines resembling an old advertisement or warning.

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