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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
2
The Upper Des Moines-Republican notes a March 12 hearing on whether the experiment station at the county farm will continue, highlighting broad farmer interest. It weighs Russo-Japanese tensions, calls for treaty changes, and discusses naval power and Pacific security. It also covers two cent fare, Ames College, veterans pensions, and County Supervisor pay debates with critique of Rep Bergeson.
The Holmes bill proposes breaking the penitentiary into divisions and turning Anamosa into a reformatory for early offenders. It creates a board of pardons and an indeterminate sentence, gaining support from the board of control and prison authorities. similar provisions work well in other states. Senator Dolliver, a reformer, criticizes party patronage and urges balanced federal offices. The Thaw trial case highlights concerns about money buying immunity. initial trials saw four released before the hearing, with suspicions of undue influence and unproven allegations.
Reduced one way tickets to Arizona California Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana Idaho and old Mexico start March 1 with $15.00 off regular fares. Wednesday tourist cars run to Los Angeles and San Francisco via Kansas City and the Santa Fe System. Call on agents or write A B Cutts GP and TA Minneapolis Minn.
For sale in Algona an eleven room house with fine bath, splendid cellar, cemented floors, electric lights, city water in house and yard. Includes good barn and hen house, over three acres reaching to the river, house five blocks from State street. Also sixty acres of land one mile north of Algona with timber and river water, 160 acres in Grant township, 240 acre plum creek farm with grove, house, windmill, barn, granary and outbuildings. Over eighty acres of improved land in Plum Creek township.
Fragmented note describes an excursion on the North Western Line with a fare of one and one third for a round trip. Mentions dates, routes, and unspecified organizers. Includes garbled names and stray phrases, but indicates a convention or gathering context and travel details.
President J M Parsley opens with the county fair as a driver of farming progress. He cites Kossuth County's population and 625 000 acres of farmland and argues competition boosts innovation in crops dairying and stock raising. He envisions the fair attracting new exhibitors from adjacent counties, raising land values and drawing visitors who learn and buy equipment locally. The speaker urges every resident to contribute and predicts the fair will double in importance within five years.
A fragment urges collective effort for progress in Ross County with emphasis on farmer cooperation and the link between farm prosperity and overall business growth in the county.
Snowbound miles aside, readers are invited to tour California with low rate second-class one way tickets in March and April from Northwest Line points. Tours promise convenience with Pullman sleeping cars and through Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles travel. First class round trips offer liberal return limits. consult local Northwest Line agent for rates and routes.
The imported Percheron stallion Splendide No. 22898 will be sold to the highest bidder for cash at public sale at the fair grounds in Algoy Town on February 15, 1907. Splendide is a black stallion foaled April 1893 and has sired many noted colts in cow shows. This is a good chance to acquire a quality horse cheaply. C. B. Hutchi, Secretary, Algona Percheron Horse Bards' Association.
Bids will be received at the county auditor in Algona Iowa until 2 p m on Tuesday March 28 1907 for turning of all medical and surgical attendance medicine and medical appliances to all persons within Kossuth county from April 1907 to April 1908. Separate bids by district allow for various townships. The successful bidder must furnish good and sufficient bonds of 200.00. The board reserves the right to reject any bid. Dated Algona February 8 1907 by order of the board of Supervisors.
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