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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1899
Page
3
A Chicago Chronicle item describes Cuba and Porto Rico travel effects on soldiers, noting gold fillings loosened or dropped out after tropical exposure, and a corroded pocket key and tag suggesting unusual chemical reactions. The report ponders climate influence on metals and dental work.
The passage envisions ancient art shaping earth beauty as a guiding global garden. It imagines Eden as the first garden, with monumental landscapes like Yellowstone and Pike Peak serving as universal landmarks. It frames cities as travelers’ fliers and mountains as retreat landmarks guiding wanderers.
A Suisun couple recalls a Yukon voyage during Klondike fever. Their baby dies on Bonanza Creek and a devoted dog guards the mound. After months apart the dog returns, bringing back a stolen Indian baby wrapped in a blue blanket, signaling a remarkable canine act of guardianship.
A regional club in southern California hosts a large assembly of left handed members. The group boasts nearly two thousand participants dispersed across major towns, with left handedness being the sole criterion for joining.
A Massachusetts family keeps five cats with varied appetites including beet roots, cucumbers, tomatoes, and other unusual picks. The text notes their distinctive feline preferences and mentions a tomb marker for an unknown person.
An ensign aboard the New York watches as three girls snatch a worn petty officer’s uniform after a sailor’s sinking incident. They treat the coat as treasure, insisting the jacket be taken along with the rest of the outfit, while the officer laughs at the misidentified keepsake.
Queen Marie Henriette of Belgium leads a euro wide boycott opposing lace making machines. The move, supported by sister queens, aims to halt machine produced lace. Since machines arrived, lace workers in Belgium and northern France have lost tens of thousands of jobs, with many unable to find work. Marie Henriette, noted for horses and music, is kin to Archduke Joseph of Austria and mother of Princess Stephanie. The pope honored her with the Golden Rose.
A tame hummingbird drawn to Mr Wicke of Lake Street stores many visitors with its vivid plumage. The bird becomes a bonded pet, then a hat-wielding fight erupts when a woman wearing a feathered hat visits, leaving the store scattered with feathers and the crowd amused, not angry.
A Chicago music teacher, famed for her pupil on Center Street, worries over Marina a wealthy young woman who spends lavishly on clothes. After a sister dies Marina wears crepe, and at a rehearsal a basket arrives with two live chickens tied by the legs as gifts. The teacher smuggles them away in a cab, fearing for her protege's safety and the cobblestones on State Street.
In Boston a secret anti matrimonial club of twelve young men formed, planning annual dinners and a $500 forfeit if any member marries. The scheme would let a remaining bachelor pocket about $5,800 over time, while matchmakers mock the vows of celibacy as a joke. Also noted is Norway’s new law banning tobacco sales to youths under sixteen without adult consent, with tourists warned to avoid giving cigarettes to minors.
Capt. Charles A. Sigatee recalls a perilous moment aboard the Maiie when the ship sank. Lieut Wainwright and Lieut Colman guided crew and passengers to boats while officers steadied others. The narrator notes the calm courage of wounded sailors and praises the officers’ conduct as the ship went down.
A plan from Philadelphia Museum of Commerce advocates sending second hand watches aboard a vessel to showcase American products in Asia. The idea envisions a floating exposition visiting Todian and Chinese ports, displaying salvageable watches repaired by skilled native artisans. The approach aims to spark Chinese interest in United States goods and recover valuable timepieces overlooked by circuits of repairers.
A Spanish loss leads to end of industry and commerce as colonies fall. Thousands of workers become unemployed, soldiers return home malnourished and useless to the old order. Officers face reduced pay on the reserve. Agriculture collapses under famine risk, risking a social crisis and potential revolution as Carlist or republican forces may decide the outcome.
An alcoholic man staggers along a busy street edge, skimming the curb and dodging danger. A passerby notes his tenuous balance as he meanders, dips, and recovers, seemingly driven by an instinct to stay upright rather than fate.
A farmer near Mount Repose drives toward Madisonville with a load of elden in barrels when two hobos stop him at the Pike. They ask for a drink. He offers elder from a barrel. One tramp boasts a grandiloquent speech and asserts their elder drink is sacred and effective as a soothing agent.
Philadelphia Press notes that British India nurses face heightened duties as plague care workers. It cites Calcutta guidelines: nurses must attend dinner on site, not leave after dinner without a lady doctor's permission, rarely granted weekly. provide residence address to the doctor. and report destinations when going out with a driver.
On November 7th Mr B and Mrs Wi A King of Nacogdoches celebrated their wedding. The groom wore a shirt once worn in 1866 by the ancient garment kept in good condition. Mrs King carefully laundered it for years, a symbol of anniversaries. The Texan native served in the army during the Civil War. Bett, h.
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