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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1897
Page
6
Andrew Cameron, a Scottish diver aboard the Ward liner Yucatan, recounted a near fatal 80 foot underwater encounter off Vera Cruz. He battled two ten foot sharks while inspecting a bulkhead base, ripping the first shark’s throat and injuring his leg before being hauled to the surface by a narrow margin.
John Arndt of Wayne Station crafted a large coffin as a personal project and keeps it in his bedroom. He spent leisure hours on the durable oak-watertight casket, about 400 pounds with a white wood coffin stained black and brow panels. He shows it to visitors with pride, though his motive remains unclear.
Fragmentary passage shows an adult and youths moving on from a traumatic episode. Wife and daughter initially horrified later show cautious acceptance as emotions remain subdued and unmanifested.
The piece argues that Henry Labouchere finds little difference between British and American patronage. Both favor the winning side for rewards, with upper-class rewards in Britain and widespread sharing among party activists in the United States. It notes lavish English electric lighting artistry in Dover and coastal promenades, using lamps as ornament.
A fragmented tale describes John, an ambitious office boy who idolizes a pretty clerk and practices on a typewriter. Co-workers joke that his crush on the pink waist girl led to his exposure, with Charley blamed for revealing the crush to others and ruining John’s chance at advancement.
A Tondan Lancet note decries adulteration as past. It reports zinc salts and lead compounds being used in cheese, with crystallized zinc sulfate branded as cheese spice to prevent cracking. Public analysts warn Canadian cheese samples contained lead acetate, likely used for the same adulteration.
The ad claims local sprays and washes fail to cure Catarrh and promotes Swift's Specific as the only blood remedy addressing the disease. It cites Mrs. Polhill of Due West and Mr. Parr of Athens, GA, claiming lasting recovery after S S S use and urges readers to obtain free books from Swift Specific Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
In New York December reports show wage increases across woolens and iron industries, with 400 workers in Covington and 400 in Licking mills boosted by double and triple shifts. Streetwise trade bulletins note failures for November at 11,010,195 dollars and a mixed outlook for wheat, steel, and textiles, while sugar imports rise and small towns report notable legal wins and losses.
A roundup of brief items notes Emperor William opening the German Reichstag in Berlin and a fire at Knoxville’s Tennessee Medical College. Reports include a plan to deport nine Chinamen, an earthquake in Galena, requests from Americans in Vivana for warships, a $200,000 fire at St. Louis paper mill, a bank robbery at Milford with no loot, a failed Providence jewelry firm, and a White House appointment for Blanche K. Bruce. Also cited are a suburban Kansas City growth, numerous congressional contest notices, Cuban fire destroying Jaraceo housing, Mahaley Embry Anderson’s death in Indiana, a collision sinking the Bonne Josephine, a Port Isabella tidal wave, a Tulsa store fire, Belgian Americans exempt from civil guard service, a Cedar Falls confession in a father’s murder, a New York Mechanical Engineers convention presidency, a major Italian storm wrecking 17 ships in Naples bay.
Judge B C Whiting ex state senator and Monona county resident dies at 76 from Bright's disease in Sioux City Ia He was a Hawkeye pioneer and 1885 Democrat gubernatorial candidate who narrowed the 1880 Republican lead from 70000 to 5349 in a later race
Shanghai reports the Chinese emperor refuses to yield his throne to German demands over the murder of two German missionaries and damage to mission property in Shantung. Other items note a Kansas woman burned to death, a Post Office rule limiting carrier hours, railroad consolidations, joint suicide duo in Lowell, and various regional notices.
Justice Field retires from the Supreme Court after officially notifying the press last April of his departure. Had his term continued to next Tuesday he would have served 44 years. he will draw full salary under law until his death, and Justice Harlan becomes the senior associate.
Davenport reports Christine Behrens found guilty of murdering her husband Claus Behrens with paris green to collect life insurance and wed Rock Island man Weary Bendit. Jury returns first degree verdict after 26 hours. life imprisonment. Bendit awaits trial under indictment. First trial ended in hung jury.
Wil liam Kern confesses to aiding Delilah Wales in the murder plot against Jerome Kern. The pair allegedly planned to kill Mrs Kern as well, with Wales facing accusation of the crime and Kern admitting accomplice involvement.
Berlin warns that if Hayti refuses Germany demands for an indemnity over the arrest of German subject Herr Sueders at Port au Prince, Berlin will first bombard coast forts and then the city and government buildings. Other items report reduced public debt, surplus treasury balance, wage increases for Sharon and Sharpsville workers, and Martin Thorn to be electrocuted in January 1898.
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