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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1897
Page
7
Speci al excursion for home-seekers runs Aug 17 Sept 21 and Oct 19 1897. One fare rate plus return passage no extra charge if lighters used. Send for North Western Home-Seeker catalog from W. L Kniskern Chicago IL offering practical agriculture dairy and cattle-raising info and settler correspondence.
Tickets for trips to Clear Lake will resume on May 10 and may be sold daily through September 80th 1897 for a base round trip fare of one and one third dollars.
Every-Day Excursions to all parts of the world can be arranged for any day in the year for one or more persons upon application to any principal ticket agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. Itineraries carefully prepared for excursions to California Florida Mexico China Japan and to any part of Europe. Estimates furnished including all expenses. Tickets provided for the complete journey. No need to wait for personally conducted excursions. Apply to ticket agents or to George H Heafford General Passenger Agent 816 Old Colony Building Chicago Ills.
Water well contractor Daley advertises the only drilling team in Algona offering water supply wells for $0 down and pay later options. Special rates for immediate service and rapid results are promoted.
A Philadelphia Times report describes two deadly valleys. In Java an oval hollow near a mountain summit on the island emits carbonic acid gas, about half a mile wide and 35 feet deep, deterring explorers who glimpse bones of beasts birds and humans from its perilous border. Inyo County California a Death Valley spans forty by eight miles with parts below sea level and extreme heat often reaching 125 degrees, its volcanic origin possibly driving deadly gases from rock cracks.
The 1896 annual supplement of the Engineering and Mining Journal records US output totals: gold 55,660,637. silver 56,223,322 fine ounces. copper 467,822,073 pounds. pig iron 6,673,127 long tons. coal 187,373,477 tons. lead 174,792 tons. spelter 77,437 tons. quick silver 833,480 flasks. alum 77,700 tons. cement 8,467,265 barrels. salt 28,354,573 barrels. Gold, silver, copper and pig iron lead the world in output, with coal second only to Britain.
Aims to reassure mothers about childbirth, praising Mother's Friend as a tonic that relaxes the system, reduces nausea and headaches, and removes fear of the birthing hour. Claims it helps the body change smoothly without distress, urged by an advertisement from The BraiGels Regulator Co. Atlanta.
Seattle report details Edward Thorpe George Stewart and Joseph Winter Holen arriving on the Starr with 90 pounds of gold from five claims on Bonanza and Eldorado creeks. They escaped peril after their pack horse fell and endured near starvation en route from Pelly River to salt water. They left Juneau in privacy, saying food scarcity drove them from the Yukon expedition.
In Columbus on August 20 1919 coal operators formed a permanent organization to break the strike. Peter M Hitchcock of Moon Kun Coal Co was named president B M Bane of Morgan Moore Barne secretary and J C Dysart of Chartiers Black Coal Co treasurer. Output at the meeting totaled 6 million tons yearly. Col W B Read warned that if miners refuse to work others will take their places and the mines will be run at operators pleasure. The United Mine Workers executive board adjourned in Columbus on August 21 after calling for a union organized labor conference in St Louis August 30 and rejecting a Pittsburgh operators proposal to arbitrate the wage dispute.
Three young men Frank Webber of Buffalo Warren Bush 21 of Chicago and Charles Glasner 29 of Chicago camping at Niagara River hired a boat at La Salle and attempted to row to the Canadian shore. The boat capsized in the heavy current and all three were carried over the falls. Spectators saw them struggle before help arrived and recovery is unlikely for weeks.
Star Pointer defeated the famous black horse Joe Patchen in three heats at Chicago on August 23 before about 16,000 spectators. In the first heat the margin was razor close and time 2 02 set a new harness record. The Tennessee Centennial at Nashville was reported as financially successful, likely to pay all stock subscriptions and small dividends.
The lesson traces Paul’s near four year third journey ending with a brief return to Jerusalem in AD 54 and a long Ephesian stay. Aquila Priscilla and Apollos join Paul in Ephesus where he preaches in synagogue then a lecture room, expands ministry with Timothy Erasmus Titus, and confronts Diana worship. The riot ends as Paul departs for Macedonia.
A fragmentary reflection on living well through removing ugliness and unnecessary burdens while preserving beauty strength and leisure. The text suggests wisdom lies in letting the inevitable serve the life and accepting it with a steady spirit.
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