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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1916
Page
3
The column mixes opinions on roads gas and miles of hard roads, noting Warsaw style humor about women in office and a broader critique of political rustlers. It cites remarks from Cherokee Democrat and Pocahontan Democrat and touches on Bryan era history and Mexican generals amid a collage of quotes.
A Webster City Journal opinion blasts William Jennings Bryan on woman suffrage and temperance, saying his views are not worth the price demanded by suffrage temperance groups in town. The paper notes Bryan may speak May 10 on these topics, then travels on a special train to Fort Dodge, while state temperance groups push his Iowa tour. Local notices also request candidates announce for Hardin County offices, including supervisor and county positions, with several editorials from World and Ackley World requesting nominations and primaries.
A fragmented report cites opponents of Bryan critiquing overlong lectures and political pressures. It notes Iowa legislators pushing pork barrel bills in Congress, while editorial lines praise restraint and reform, urging honest policy over favoritism.
Poem lines from The World at Ackley Iowa reflect longing for the old home as May arrives. Imagery of hollyhocks, trumpet vine, petunias, pine and maples evokes memory and yearning for familiar landscapes after years away. The piece reads like a nostalgic verse urging May to reveal home’s familiar comforts.
Iowa editorials condemn the presidential preference primary as a nuisance and wasteful, urging a return to district conventions and warning of danger from the current law. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids papers call for repeal or reform, while a local sale ad notes a 4 burner Quick Men stove for sale.
A reader questions why candidates for public office were not listed publicly before the Hardin County primary. The letter argues the county official must publish names to guide voters. It notes machine voting led to errors due to unfamiliarity with candidates.
Government inquiries rise over wood ash in sawmills on National Forest lands. West National Forest livestock losses exceed $500,000 annually due to predators with wolves causing about 70 percent and bears the rest. Mill waste totals 36,000,000 gallons equivalent of 2,880,000,000 cubic feet of wood substance used as fuel. The Colonel's omission notes Col Roosevelt refrained from urging the Chicago convention to nominate a good Republican.
A California press opinion notes that many enfranchised women ignore voting, with Massachusetts showing 97.9 percent abstention in school votes. The Spokane Chronicle and San Francisco Chronicle cite voter indifference among Western women and debate whether imposing duties on women serves the public interest. Two women voted at city hall out of 71 registered, an average under 3 in 100.
A Cedar Rapids Republican laments the futile push for a low turnout in the presidential preference primary and recalls how officials once claimed the primary protected institutions from bosses. The column cites mood shifts, taxpayer costs, and public indifference amid political commentary from St. Louis Globe-Democrat and New York Herald.
A church notice cause a clerical mixup when the clergyman intended hymn book distribution after a sermon but the clerk shouted a baptism notice instead. The scene devolved into a comic exchange about infants and donations, reflecting local humor and small town life.
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