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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
2
The text lists subscription options from the Des Moines Republican edition by Starr and Haggard. It indicates pricing for one year and shorter terms, though the exact amounts are unclear due to garbled OCR.
The piece argues against a Foraker presidential bid, labeling him opposed to Roosevelt’s policies and critical of the Brownville senate incident used to discredit the president. It predicts limited support for Foraker in Iowa, which intends to back Roosevelt and prevent any shift toward corporate control.
Vice President Fairbanks visited Iowa last Saturday delivering an address to Grant Club in Des Moines and receiving a warm reception at Town State College in Ames. He remains popular, with a long political background in Indiana and national service since 1904, while debates on the third term continue among Republicans and Democrats.
The author reports Boulder’s climate with 32 sunny days per year and a winter that includes brief subzero snaps but overall mild averages. He notes abundant water from Arapahoe glacier lakes owned by the city, supplied by a $500,000 investment in reservoirs and pipes. The area features high mountains, the Switzerland Trail, and an auto rail line from Denver. Boulder’s population around 12,000, with an anti-saloon mayoral election and strong influx of eastern and Iowa residents.
Mrs Cordelia Sessions died at home in Algona after an illness aged 68. Funeral rites were held yesterday at the cemetery chapel conducted by Rev. O H Holmes. Cordelia Soule lived in New York in 1839, moved to Wisconsin, married William Holick, an English instructor at Fox Lake academy, who served in the Civil War and died, later marrying Colunt Sessions who died earlier. She is survived by two granddaughters, Misses Nellie and Bertha Sessions.
The city adopts a ordinance prohibiting geese ducks and other fowl from running at large within city limits from Mare to October 20. Owners violating the rule may be fined up to five dollars and costs with mayoral discretion and potential imprisonment.
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