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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
6
The Sarawak Gazette describes venomous and nonpoisonous snakes in Borneo, noting the cobra like Naja naja, the hamadryad, green vipers, and Bungarus fasciatus with local names. It also details sea snakes, five python species led by Python reticulatus, their sizes and diets, and mentions practical uses by Malays and Dyaks.
A fragment from Chicago News humorously recalls a conversation where one says he dotes on another and mentions a promised antidote tomorrow in the form of a January assignment, offered to benefit his supporters.
Railroads announce lower round trip excursion fares for summer 1906 to popular resorts from Ackley and Minneapolis to Denver, San Francisco, Seattle, and beyond. Rates vary by destination with limited sale periods and return flexibility under special event encampments and associations. Tickets on sale through mid year with specific limits and overnights, plus slight top over privileges and possible route choices.
A memorial cedar stake site in Mission Park, Wit Namato w stands where the 1806 Wit Mata College prayer meeting occurred. Five students Samuel J. Mills James Richards Pray ers L. Robbins Harvey Loomis and Byram Green planned foreign missions, leading to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1810. The haystack site later became the Haystack Monument, a Berkshire marble shaft dedicated by Williams College alumni.
The New York American and Journal lauds Canadian athlete Rabe for winning the marathon, finishing in 2 hours 61 minutes 23.26 seconds after leading early rivals Daly of Ireland and Blake of Australia. He recalls pace setters and a final stretch where he rested briefly two miles from the finish as the field faded. The Canadian team greeted him with a pier reception and dinner in New York.
A Cincinnati Enquirer dispatch reports from Booth Bend Indiana that Professor Newton Scott of the University of Michigan offers Dickens as the source of the slang term twenty three. The theory cites a line from A Tale of Two Cities where a crowd counts victims and the twenty third steps forward toward the guillotine.
Washington dispatch reports U S Navy observers are tracking a pocket wireless telegraph device that could operate over thirty miles. The unit, weighing under two pounds, includes a collapsible balloon antenna and cartridge hydrogen source. A ground detector and sender fit within a small camera case, with a copper wire antenna extending from the balloon.
A Paris produced automobile for Captain Lars Andersen of Heston is praised for originality. Described as a miniature hotel on wheels, it features reversible furniture a combination bed and bureau and a portable cook stove and dining table. The vehicle is designed for long tours and high speed matching modern touring cars. The owner can tailor interiors for eating sleeping working or lounging.
Reading fragments from a damaged page, the lines hint at imagery of roses, banners, and a house with cypress trees. The text wanders through blurred references to hair color, love, mourning, and a rural scene with trees, flowers, and distant bells.
A boy named Nathan, after visiting his father’s office, declares his plan to earn big money when he grows up. His parents express approval as he contemplates a future of wealth, then asks if simply sitting in a turning chair equals success.
M J Savage urges leaving children not just money but memories and ideals. He argues that if children possess values and examples, any fortune becomes a tool for higher good rather than potential harm. The quote emphasizes character as the true inheritance.
Mrs. Bebee explains the marriage to Mr Bebee was to shield him from three pursuing widows in their street. She says she married for love, but the intent was protective rather than romantic, reflecting cautious timing and community gossip.
A fragmentary moral tale urges against covetousness, citing a biblical style warning about a man who rises early to seek gain but suffers in the afternoon when wealth overburdens him. The moral critiques miserliness and the dangers of riches.
Retirement of Senator Blackburn of Kentucky is widely discussed as his term ending in 1907 nears. The piece notes his long tenure, Confederate service, and rising Kentucky figures challenging his Senate hold, with suggestions he may retire as new leaders push for change in the state legislature.
The article notes the retirement and death of aged Southern figures and describes lingering old-time Southern traits. It mentions veterans from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and other states as the last of their kind remain in public life.
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