Neighboring Points Report From Ackley and Vicinity
Neighboring Points notes visitors and returns from Iowa City and Minneapolis. Towns mention weddings, funerals, school openings, religious appointments, elections May 4 primaries and May 6 convention, land sale at 850 per acre, and moving to Oklahoma. Names include Thos. Silver, Wm. Day, Fiddle Coyle, Ned McCoy, Mia, George Yakut, Ackley, Four Mile Grove, Mansell, Rev. W.O. Smith, Manchester, Geneva, Dan Cooney, Bessie Benson, Orrin E.B. Benson, Wellsburg, Dan. Cooney, Shiloh, Kollman, Paden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Silver
Allivon
Wm. Day
Iowa City
Medical
State University
Fiddle Coyle
Ned McCoy
Ty HH
E. Picine
Mia
George Yakut
Ackley
New Hartford
Fred Noelting
Henry Polk
Minneapolis
James Harlan
Ayera
J. Kelley
Guy Minnett
Kelly
Oklahoma
Geneva
Dan. Cooney
Fred Bobst
Messrs
Vlock
Hicks, Runyan
Marty
Chicago
Bessie Benson
Orrin EB. Benson
Stant Jones
Lattimer
Mr. Benson
Wellsburg
John Miller
Graettlager
Tana Duyen
Schurr
Cora Brower
Western Points
Boving
Dubuque
Ficlen Nessen
Steamboat Rock
Shiloh
Peser Engkist
Netta
Dakota
Lutheran Church
Burge
H. J. Wiegman
German Presbyterian Seminary of
Puduque
Kollman’s Hall
Paden
Local notes and items from the county farm and community
Jacob Roscamp rents the 170 acre Heykens farm and plans to tenant it. Dick Ludeman’s broncho cart was destroyed when the animal kicked it into about 1700 pieces. A Heyka Müller dance entertained locals. Farmers report busy with small grain. German township counts 873 horses 8 mules 2711 cattle 5464 hogs and credits total 76116. land values listed. Various humorous exchanges and jokes from newspapers conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Roscamp
George Heykens
Dick Ludeman
Heyka Müller
Art and Economy Descriptions Draw Tight Debate
In the Edmonia-Edgar dialogue from the Tadianapolis Journal, one character vows to burn new photographs claiming they age him by a decade, while the other urges patience and preservation, reflecting tensions between art and economic perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonia
Edgar
Tadianapolis Journal
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh, promising a $100 reward for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes the remedy from F J Cheney Co of Toledo and lists Hall's Family Pills, with a millinery plug for Anna Loosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J, Cheney & Co
Toleco
Hall
Maine's Canning Industry Grows Under Mathews Report
Ton W. Mathews Maine industrial and labor commissioner notes Maine leads in graing fish canning and ranks high in sweet corn. The state has about 175 canneries employing 13 000 workers with wages around 1 400 000 for farmers and 5 306 089 in total output in 1899. Canning of clams blueberries apples beans aquash pumpkin and small fruits is rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton
8. W. Mathews
Maine
New York
Mathews
Long lasting clothes and logic in architecture
The Chicago Chronicle speculates on 20 year durable clothing a future English mill boom and water proof fabrics. It envisions generations wearing garments as mothers and daughters pass them down. The Detroit Free Press notes a smoker writer coping with inspiration from his pipe. The Saturday Evening Post argues good architecture hinges on logical thinking about materials amid changing science and practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
England
Papa
Johnnie
Mary
Detroit Free Press
Saturday Evening Post
Busy London bishop Mandell Creighton Leads Full Day
The Lord Bishop of London Mandell Creighton moves with remarkable alacrity, composing speeches in transit, replying to about 60 letters daily, and attending committee meetings and ordinations. He does not abstain from alcohol, enjoys a good play, and spends holidays in quiet Italian villages, where he relaxes and does little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandell Creighton
London
Chicago
Vimes-Herald
Paradoxical claim on Chinese language accuracy limits
A fragment discusses paradoxical accuracy limits in describing Chinese language and its quirks. The brief hints at strict bounds and possible misunderstandings, noting linguistic nuance and the challenge of precise characterization in a condensed line.
The Simplest Yet Toughest Language Debate
The passage contrasts Chinese as both simple by grammar and complex by language mix, noting the difference between written “book” Chinese and spoken forms. It includes a humorous Q&A about a suit, with a jest about size and confidence, from a Detroit Free Press excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott
Nations Have War Chests Across Europe and New York Help
The article notes Britain can raise vast wartime sums instantly due to high credit while France holds about £120 million in gold and silver for war, Austria Hungary keeps roughly £30.9 million, Germany maintains a Spandau chest of £26 million, and Russia has £100 million ready. It cites a total European reserve of about £153 million and explains stock exchange memberships in New York, now valued at $52,000, with historic sales at $13,300 and $17,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
England
London Daily News
France
Germany
Spandau
Russia
Europe
New York Stock Exchange
Japanese government weighs new capital punishment method
The government considers an air tight chamber to kill victims by exhausting air with a pump. The proposal outlines placing the condemned in a sealed box and removing air to induce death as an alternative to hanging.
Friend in Disguise and a Christmas Shopping Tale
A humorous exchange on Christmas crowds and shopping tours. Crawford notes crowd-induced aid from Crabshaw’s wife, while Crabshaw jokes about fitting his wife into the first store. A New York World definition parodies a Christmas green as a man who reconciles with a beat girl in December to buy a present, via Professor Broadhead’s quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Crabshaw
N. Y. World
Himer
Prof
Broadhead
Sarely
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dumont
Aplington
John DeNul
Kramer
J. H. Gregory
Allison
Jef. van Metre
Jas. van Metre
Alden
Voekler
Mason City
Voelker
German Baptist Church
L. Wiesle
Perkston
S. D
Messrs. Arends and
Dreyer
Klaas Primus
German Township
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Atchison
Atchison Globe
Anna Loosa
Piz
M. Heerbrand
Ul, M.andrews & Co
J. Jd
Onse Goods
West Main
Mille
Abraham Isaacs
Ote Lee Sing Sues As
Woot Tels
Iow A
Poyal P
Waterloo
Wilton
Brussels
Velvets
Smyrnoias
Axminsters
Nottingham
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