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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1903
Page
2
A garbled historical fragment attributes a paraphrased Lincoln line to debate in Betlap schools colleges and banks. The text references politics, persuasion, and court enforcement, but readable details are sparse and the source shows heavy OCR distortion.
The piece notes rising public weariness with Carnegie library gifts amid calls for restraint while cautioning that reforms rarely fulfill all hopes. It also reports Lieutenant Governor Lee’s mysterious disappearance after leaving Kansas City for Chicago, with officials citing his knowledge of boodle distribution as a factor in his absence from the grand jury.
In Ackley citizens last Monday rejected a proposed one mill tax to sustain the public library. The county paper notes debate on temperance and agricultural education while reflecting on national industry and tariffs. The item cites editorials from Hudley and Winnipeg Tribune on cream separators and Canadian farm policy.
A sweeping anti corruption drive reports huge losses in post office dealings with thousands of dollars misspent. Discharges follow across departments while Governor Murphy dissolves several hundred New Jersey corporations for unpaid taxes. Amid political jockeying, candidates emerge and old fears of trusts and railways resurface.
A collection of whimsical, fragmentary notes and local oddities. A former Texas legislator moves to Missouri while stylistic fragments tease readers with arithmetic jests, poetry by T. Pitcher Mogg, and jokes on marriage, prohibition, and a rival cracker trust. The Easter problem pushes a girl toward tragedy. An Illinois beauty seeks 2500 for a dislocated shoulder amid Catch‑Can humor. Kansas prohibition rises, Aunt Carrie Nation remains active, and school debates continue.
Town of Athley annual report presents receipts and expenditures by the treasurer and water commissioner. It notes balances in bond health and general funds, attendance counts for council members, and calls for more permanent street work. Also includes editorials on newspapers and political commentary from national outlets.
A slate of Hardin county race announcements states final candidates for supervisor sheriff treasurer and superintendent. Names include Burack Naw Providence Thomas Warren Eldora and YS Rigs Cassuary reacting to the June 8 primary. The notices stress party support and voter will in the upcoming ballot.
A frayed column mixes verse fragments with comic vignettes and a playful family anecdote. It riffs on headlines, reminds of a Mrs Wederly quip about delays, and folds in references to Franklin and Jefferson. The piece nods to American growth myths, then pivots to a humorous kinfolk record of a Partridge family with birds and canary/place names.
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