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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1916
Page
2
A note indicates Algona Iowa post office classifies the work as a second class matter under the imprint of Hinchon & Finnell. The item is presented as a historical record entry lacking further narrative details.
The Courier, at the urging of the State Democratic Committee, invites readers to subscribe and donate to support President Wilson’s reelection. It argues the president’s policies favor the people over big interests and urges contributions of any size, with public credit offered to donors. The appeal emphasizes widespread public support, hoping many in Kogsuth respond.
A debate between Progressive and Standpat factions centers on proper name usage in a Luther College era item. Mrs Dr Morse of southern Mississippi visits Algona with her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Fisher. story notes the doctor may resume practice in Dundas. The exchange touches on editorial rules, language progress, and the Wilson reelection era, with local papers defending evolving syntax.
The Britt Tribune reports Mason City will build a beet sugar factory costing about 2 million dollars, set to operate in fall 1917. Acreage within a forty mile radius is being contracted, aiming for 12 000 acres or more at five dollars per ton. The company will provide Russian Belgian Moravian and Bohemian workers to help with hoeing and hand work, with farmers managing cultivation and receiving labor support during the season.
Farmers around Britt explore beet growing with six hundred acre contracts possible and a $5,000 dump. named locals include Anthony Baker EB A Fisher Thos Manuel Robert Martin 0 F Gilster Harry Hench and A L Bar. Beet work ends by August, with fall labor ample. potential yields net about 50 per acre and 12,000 contracted acres could reach plant capacity. Government stats show oats corn and barley yield increases after beets and quack grass is eliminated on beet land.
Dr and Mrs W E Kain hosted a party for about twenty guests with a four course dinner and skat games last Thursday evening. Licenses granted to wed include Gerhard Haken with Melitta Meier and others. E J McEvoy bought a Ford and visited Emmetsburg. Mrs O B Durdall died in Salem Oregon. Josie McEvoy visiting Emmetsburg. Mrs Edith Bowyer Whiffen to Algona from Petrograd. pocket-book with keys found at Courier office. Saxon 6's sale to Geo Miller and J Peters.
Miss Josephine Arn dorfer married John Witte Jr at St Benedicts Catholic church with Rev J B Bauemler officiating. Bride wore white silk with veil and wreath, attended by her sister Lucy Arn dorfer, groom by his brother Nick Witte. Reception held at brides mother Rosa Arn dorfer home. They plan housekeeping in Summit Illinois where groom works for an automobile firm. Other local society notes list visitors and travels of residents including Schemel starting as assistant cashier at Peoples Savings Bank and a series of visits among families in Algona and surrounding towns. Mrs John Froelich underwent surgery at Algona hospital.
News notes from Algona area: Erdman builds on his Lotts Creek farm. Metzgar family relocates to Estherville. W H Riley wins fine furniture at the theater. Mrs Vesper and family travel to Minnesota Junction for a funeral. Kate McGrough returns to Waukon after visiting. Wesley Catholics plan a church fair to fund building. Young Ladies Foreign Mission Society meets with Mrs G Cowles. Algona touted as a nursery of fancy animals adding a full blood English Mastiff bitch from Hawarden. Various local property and business moves, including Lund Joslyn selling 750 acres and Frank Dingley buying goods in Chicago. Rev Whitfield moves to Clear Lake. Mr Lund preparing a new farm residence with artistic interior detailing.
In Dubuque Iowa light frosts forecast for Sunday and Monday mornings nip tender vegetation and late planted corn. Farmers argue the frost will hasten corn maturity offsetting damage while late potatoes remain uninjured.
List of jurors for the November term includes Adams Lagbs Mansmith Marlow Aylward Becker Beaman Lichty La Verne Berguson Holcomb Swea City Beevers Jantz Wallace Fenton Braatz Whittemore Bunkofeke Portland Carr Harrison Daughan Kangs Momyer Stewart Sutton Algona Davis Hanson Weasley Domebach OToole Springfield Hopkins Hug Maudsley Creek Geisbecker Hunter Lindhorst Cresco Menke Greenwood Nelson Irvington Pehreon Eagle Peterson Seneca Rieken Speiker Grant Stuflick Prairie Urdahl Hebron Von Bank Garfield Wirtges German.
Nelson Bros. west of Titonka added a new seed corn house to their 240 acre farm. The structure measures fourteen feet by eight feet and features windows and doors designed for free air circulation to dry seed corn.
A damaged OCR fragment reports a sale related to residence lots and a named party, noting a smoke or fire event. The readable items reference a fire impact and a sale order tied to property. Details are sparse but indicate a public notice of sale connected to residence parcels.
The regular Teachers Institute will be held in Algona on October 5 and 6 with national figures M. V. O'Shea W A Jessup and John Stout slated to speak. Rural teachers will receive primary reading guidance from Miss Wallace and demonstrations on teaching methods. The event includes exhibits and equipment demonstrations, with legal requirement that teachers attend without loss of time.
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