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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1890
Page
3
A fragment advises that all correspondence be signed by the author and written on one side of the paper. It warns writers to avoid errors in names and dates and notes that careless layouts hinder deciphering hard facts. The text emphasizes good faith, neat plan, and careful use of figures.
An official report lists eighty one New York hotels without fire escapes. The document notes Fronina's new excitements involve phosphate deposits and fish canning. It also mentions a vast 1800 mile coast line rich with mullet, grouper and red snapper. A London widow died of starvation while guarding cash. Fraexecy allocated 312 million for warships. Astor owned thousands of high end dwellings valued at millions yearly. Dr Willard Parker received 100000 for removing a facial excrescence from a wealth family heir.
Dan proposes to reach the North Pole by drifting with a peculiar ship toward a group of islands northeast of the Lena Delta and eastward, relying on a current to guide the way.
City authorities propose excluding foreign children from public schools to relieve overcrowding. About 60,000 foreign youths in the area, with at least 5,000 reportedly receiving a French education at public schools. A report from India claims a specific cure for cholera saved eighteen patients, none dying after the trig drug was given.
Denmark plans to appropriate about $100 000 this year to continue exploration in Greenland's interior between latitudes sixty six and seventy three. The expedition will field nine men with three boats and sledges, while a steamer stays on the east coast. The party will be absent about two years.
A New York report states the Havana Henry Clay cigar, wrapped in silver foil, sells for 81.95 each. A manufacturer warns that even with the best materials, the true cost of making such a cigar cannot exceed twenty five cents.
The Government Printing Office has secured a massive contract for 18,000,000 blanks for the Eleventh Census. About 40,009 engimmeists will start in May, with 15,000 reams of paper required. Twenty presses will run twenty-two hours daily for six weeks to complete the work.
A referee ruled a young man requires 30000 a year to live, not extravagant despite expenses exceeding income. Laborers with large families on 850 to 400 a year will envy this, as the text reflects on income from estates in trust and the lifestyle of new interest among young men and women.
A New York resident who moved with his family to Canada swore allegiance to the Queen. His son later became a minister, and old friends seek him for the local church pastorate. They ask the Secretary of the Treasury if a fixed annual salary would violate the temperance law, suggesting the youth may remain in Canada.
A correspondent notes Johnstown’s social life is almost erased after the flood. Many residents have no time for pleasures and even marriage has declined, though two local clergymen hope church weddings will rebound and restore related revenue.
Joan McDexar of Waterbury reports a dramatic return of vision for McDonald, a 74 year old man once blinded by sand in his eyes. He recalls a dizzy moment in bed when a nap like sensation occurred and his sight returned instantly after decades in darkness. His condition is improving daily as he recovers.
President's orders to vacate the Cherokee strip trigger exodus and prairie fires as troops prepare to eject settlers. Describes troop deployment to Guthrie and expected timeline, with cattlemen reporting losses and widespread disruption across Arkansas City, Ponca, and surrounding towns.
The Signal Service warns of continued high water through the Lower Mississippi Valley. Cairo shows a slight fall but levels rise downstream, with Cincinnati Louisville and Nashville at risk of the greatest flood yet. New Orleans strengthens levees while towns from Helena to Newport face widespread inundation and evacuations.
Report from March 17 describes a wide crevasse at Raleigh Vicksburg records river level drops over 24 hours, water flooding Mast Carroll parish and parts of Tensas and Madigan. Tracks washed out on the L N O & T line, cane crop ruined at Nita plantation, and Louisiana offers relief funds to levee districts amid widespread alarm.
A hillside collapse on Warren's Hill destroys Patrick Canfield’s two story brick residence and Joan Laurenson’s one story frame house. Widow Margaret Noonan and daughter Annie Burns die, while Meg Ahearn John Ahearn infant Thomas Laurenson and Pat Canfield Jr. are injured. Fire brigade recovers bodies as fifty feet of earth slides down, checked by a brick house on the opposite side.
A yawl carrying five men fled the sunken schooner near the Yorkspilt lighthouse as waves swamped it. The boat capsized against iron piles in a furious sea, and all five drowned despite gripping iron rods. The sinking vessel is believed to be an oyster schooner attempting to reach the Last River.
The Court of Common Pleas No 4 refused to grant an injunction restraining Jirliman from playing with the Philadelphia Players' League club and sustained the Players' League club by demurrer to the National League club's bill. Judge Cunningham recounted a tale of Indian politeness. The piece cites Loxpoy Inousmins annual review for 1889 noting Americans' role in recent engine developments.
The seed of no garden vegetable is more easily grown than beet seed. It is sold wholesale cheaply, but farmers should grow beet seed for their own use when possible. Select well-shaped, not overgrown specimens for seed. Those growing beet seed for sale plant a late crop, which is forced to grow rapidly by careful forcing and good cultivation. The idea that a long slow-grown root seeds as well as others is a great mistake. Seed from such roots rapidly deteriorates, and in a few years will grow plants that seed the first season.
A Lima dated report from February 19 describes violent clashes between the Sonors Itosas and Moralca Term mudoz factions in Ayacucho’s Huanta. Bermudez and Rosas backers fought, killing chiefs Senor La zona and Dr Urbina. Urbina’s head was displayed after his family suffered eight hours of combat. The town burned, houses looted, and more than 100 lives lost.
Washington March 14 The House passed the substitute for the Senate bill making Oklahoma a Territory The measure bans sale of intoxicants until after the first legislative session disallows land inures to railroad corporations and excludes those with 100 acres from homesteads It outlines boundaries Cherokee outlet and three judicial districts with courts at Muscogee Vinita Tahlequah and Ardmore and seven counties Guthrie Oklahoma City Norman Kingfisher Beaver Stillwater plus one to be fixed by the Interior Secretary
A Clinton County farmer Henry Nuno was found murdered in his home two miles east of Brown's station on the Milwaukee road. His wife lay badly wounded after a brutal assault. A hand-sachel held $1,105, suggesting robbery as motive. authorities report no cash missing despite the broken safe combination. Nuno reportedly valued at about $75,000.
In Wisconsin at Weirmann on March 14 the trial of the Olson lynchers concluded with three principals Ole Stetto Ole J Hanson and Bertha M Olson convicted of first degree murder in the killing of Hans Jacob Olson on November 24. Thirty accessories pled guilty to riot and were fined $100 and costs each, except Ebert Olson who paid $50 and costs in light of lengthy confinement.
The Supreme Court upheld the Indiana law requiring uniform school books statewide. The State Board of Education must contract with the lowest and best bidder, assigning the Indiana School-book Company the supplier role. It also declares trustees are mandatory to use books provided under this contract.
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