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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1898
Page
2
President McKinley, in a long message to Congress, admits failed diplomacy with Spain and urges empowerment to test the efficacy of the army and navy. He argues decisive action is needed to end the intolerable situation and to uphold human rights, signaling a shift toward muscular U S leadership.
A public appeal urges support for a school building expansion. The board argues space is limited and renting is wasteful, while funding a new Normal building would be inefficient. The proposed new school house is presented as the wisest, most economical solution to accommodate more children.
The legislature adjourned with a new primary election law to bar nonmembers from voting in party primaries. It makes it a misdemeanor to violate by voting with another party or aiding such action. Judges may administer oaths to verify eligibility, with perjury penalties for false testimony. Sec 4 excludes caucus conventions.
The Whittemore Champion reprints Representative Farley's remarks on his tenure in Kossuth County and the Iowa legislature. It notes the session's hard work, economy, and bipartisan effort, and praises the future benefits for Iowa. The piece frames Farley's comments as largely creditworthy despite the woman suffrage vote context.
Farley remains favored by many for his stance on public matters while drawing light disfavor from women’s groups. He admires ladies but abhors rudeness, a view that colors his position on equal suffrage. Kossuth stands by its chosen representative. Farley shares a juror’s stance in a verdict context, though not identically, as the juror concealed his disapproval from the plaintiff’s lawyer.
Fort Dodge faces a deadlock over war policy as local figures including Congressman Dolliver and Geo. B Roberts clash on approach. The piece notes a home-patronage shift to northern Iowa mills, Klondike expedition hardships, and an avalanche tragedy on Chilcoot pass with about 100 men lost. The tone blends political contention with frontier hardship and regional industry themes.
The State Register notes Lieutenant Marshall Bowyer of the U S Navy, brother of N G Bowyer of Mt. Pleasant, entered the naval academy in 1870, graduated 1874, and served since. He served on the Maine as an ordnance officer before transfer to Washington. Consul Phillip Hanna sought asylum on a British steamer during riots in Porto Rico. Frances Willard’s cremation occurred per her wish, ashes buried in Rosehill cemetery in the Willard family lot.
The foreign relations committees of the two houses pressed to reach an agreement on a unified resolution likely to be reported today. The measure aims at immediate armed intervention and supports Cuban independence.
Items from exchanges report Ben Haggard’s land interests and confidence in Algona’s electric lights within the year. Wesley Reporter recounts Charley Oxley near Corwith hunting branl then injuring a neighbor. 40. Burt Monitor notes bank plans and basement excavations under Detective Ford. Wesley News lists Hill and Peck opening a LaVerne bank with stockholders Heal and Be Till, Hall. building planned. Additional notes cover J. H. Jordan’s Chicago trip, measles, mule sale at 6 cents per lb, skull operation on A Adolphson, tax valuations, and a novelty auction event with Art Marble.
The A O U W Degree of Honor held a damp weather meeting with Mrs Skiegz of Marshalltown giving the address. Officers were installed by grand chief of honor Mrs Anna Mosier of Des Moines. Subsequent officers listed and refreshments served at Ladendorff's. Eleven candidates were initiated as the lodge opened afterward.
An assortment of advertisements offers water tanks, cisterns, and reservoirs from Spurbsek & Lambert with low prices, plus seed potatoes from N A Pine near Sexton, ointment at 25 cents a box, northern grown seed wheat and pureseed flax from Algona Milling Co, and farm want ads from A H Russell and Langdon & Hudson promoting sanitarium foods and other goods.
The independent district of Algona calls voters to the polls next Monday to decide a bond issue of 17000 to secure a site and build an eight room schoolhouse. The board argues four rooms would soon be crowded and a larger building ensures efficiency and economy. The district already rents one room at 12.50 monthly while central and lower grades face overcrowding. The proposal aims to avoid renting and to provide proper heating and sanitary facilities.
The district rejects proposed arrangements for eleven of its children over the past twelve years. It would be a failure from the start and any decision now would be discarded soon. The writers doubt any major solution involving the old building will be considered wise or in the people's best interest.
John Cronin of Hartley Iowa has bought out the Coan furniture and undertaking establishment and began invoicing stock yesterday. Cronin, a leading Hartley businessman, will be assisted by Charley Coan in the store. A M Coan leaves the business to resume contracting and building, a field he knows well.
The Equal Suffrage Club will meet with Mrs Flora A Jones tomorrow at 8 p m The Christians Mission and The Divinity of Christ will be the themes of morning and evening discourses from the Baptist pulpit next Sunday The latter accompanies last Sunday evening's sermon Young people specially invited W C T U teachers meeting at Miss Cramer postponed to April 27
An advertisement urges readers to choose E. F. Cough Cure over imitators claiming to imitate Rocky Mountain Tea. It emphasizes brand superiority and instructs readers to ask their druggist for licenced product.
A dense vintage ad page touts wedding rings and a boast that the advertiser originated a shore advertisement, claiming rivals copied the method. It also lists mortgage money offers, employment opportunities, and multiple product promotions from Majestic Ranges to Plymouth Rock Fowls, with local business notices including Algona residence lots for sale and other promotional lines.
The School Board explains the need for a new eight room building to replace overcrowded facilities. They dismiss renting and retrofitting the old Normal School as impractical, arguing bonds at five percent repayable over ten years offer the best long term solution for better heat, ventilation, and space. E B Burger, President of the Board, urges voters to support the bond plan.
Free copy of the North Western Home Seeker offers practical guidance on farming dairy and cattle raising. Correspondence from aspiring settlers sought. Shilohs Consumption Cure touted as leading cough remedy available from Dr. L. A. Sheetz.
A Buffalo New Jersey gentleman states from personal observation that Shilohs Cure shows remarkable effects in advanced consumption. He claims it is the most remarkable remedy for consumption seen to date. Sold by Dr U A Sheetz.
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