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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
7
A historic notice highlights a medical book offered free to readers, marking over fifty years of use by the public. The item references Humphreys and a long tradition of shared medical knowledge without naming specific dates or additional recipients.
An old advertisement touts a worm remedy for children, claiming feverishness restlessness appetite issues and cramps indicate worms. It promises relief by killing and removing worms and improving digestion, growth, and mood with a purchasable product from a Philadelphia company.
A historic description outlines the refined sugar method used by top refineries. Raw sugar is dissolved with hot water to a specific gravity, pumped to upper floors, heated to about 210 F, neutralized to remove acid, filtered through cloth bags, treated with boneblack to remove color, then vacuum evaporated and crystallized at 140 degrees. The passage notes this yields the best white sugar, while poorer grades follow a different method.
Frances Little describes a Japanese baby naming rite tied to family reverence and shrine ceremony. Parents choose a name reflecting nature or virtue, and a child’s fate is believed bound to the chosen name, with solemn, communal selection and long term responsibility.
The passage traces Saratoga's evolving name history from Brerachtague to Sarachtoge, noting eighteenth century forms during Lessler’s governorship and a late seventeenth century note on town ties. It mentions spelling reform, Old English contractions, and Schoolcraft’s view that Saratoga derives from Indian words meaning sparkling place.
A quizzical will probated at Doctors' Commons on July 17 1789 declares in verse that the author leaves all his estate to his two sisters with a note on law costs and authenticity signed This the true act and deed of Will Jacket The Way it Felt includes a dentist joke about a tooth with gold and a back collar button remark as unrelated humor.
A fragmentary collage cites quips and malapropisms from various papers. It parodies domestic science, public speech, and education with recalled lines about skeletons, pebbles in the mouth, and biscuits, reflecting media whimsy and era tone.
The letter questions Bernard Shaw's claim that common sanitation extirpated the plague in England after the 1660s. It notes last English cases in Nottingham in 167 and outlines gradual European disappearances, while suggesting sanitation did not erase plague from major cities and citing broader world patterns and bacterial evolution as factors.
A New York Tribune account recalls a young insurance agent entering J Pierpont Morgan’s desk unannounced. Morgan listened briefly then ordered the intruder to walk out, a anecdote illustrating Morgan’s formidable presence and secretive career boundaries.
A historic anecdotal piece explains that tiny chacana mice terrify elephants by invading feeding herds. The animals live under berry bushes and, when startled, dart into trunks, causing painful injuries and deadly inflammation. Captive elephants fear the mouse and react defensively.
A New York Tribune note recalls malaria as a powerful disease from Hippocrates to today. It credits Macculloh for naming it from Italian origins and highlights Luveran, Golg, and Ross for critical breakthroughs in understanding prevention and eradication.
Quote from Washington Star notes Manager Groweher's hesitation. He prefers hearing Freddie and Willie prattle to practicing the bugle and snare drum, reflecting a choice between casual childhood chatter and formal music training.
A fragment quotes observers noting that elaborate armor appears grotesque on fighters and compares it to the odd look of a baseball catcher's uniform or a football outfit. The terse exchange highlights lingering taste for dramatic attire in athletic and military dress.
A brief, fragmented remark shows a mother praising her son as intelligent and compares her daughter’s future to her father’s age, reflecting family ties and generational pride in a terse, informal exchange.
A compact aphorism notes that courage against fear reduces the need to encounter it, suggesting bold resolve lessens danger and anxiety for those who confront danger head on.
A Confederate Army scout and Maryland lawyer, Wat Bowie, was captured and sentenced to hang. He escaped in a daring escape recounted in On Hazardous Service, where he confronts Federal riders at dawn, uses bravado about rails and fences, and ends by chatting with the soldiers, leaving them uneasy about his true identity.
The Springfield Republican skewers Austin for self inflated praise and petty rivalries with Tennyson Swinburne and others. It notes his 1870 volume attacking major poets and a later boast aboutSw inburne that provoked anger and distancing. The piece compares Austin to Whistler in producing humorous anecdotes about arrogance.
In Brussels lace centers, certain rooms are dark except for a single window light that illuminates the thread a lone lacemaker uses. The contrast between dark surroundings and the narrow beam highlights how lace appears more delicate when only the pattern is lit.
A note from the Houston Post quotes a reader seeking tomato canning advice. The paper recounts a humorous remark about using an old can and string to catch a tomato, contrasting it with the home hints column and a playful exchange involving the sporting editor stepping in yesterday.
A Kansas City Star note questions if any infant ever spoke the phrase choo choo cars without instruction. The article opines that baby talk is usually the mature product of adults aged twenty to seventy, with babies merely imitating.
A witty exchange unfolds as a soft voiced widower proposes and a sharp voice replies. The woman asserts control of the conversation, while the suitor downplays concern, claiming marital wisdom comes with experience. The light dialogue captures early 20th century social dynamics.
During the ceremony the bride and her mother share playful banter about nerves and the moment the father gives the bride away to Charley, capturing a light moment amid proceedings.
Hor Perseys Weekly reports archaeological finds in Etruria dating to about 800 B.C. including a woman's war chariot, burial robes and gold ornaments, suggesting real female fighters. The evidence challenges mythic views of ancient Amazons and notes skilled arts in Asia Minor before Rome.
The Black Sea becomes lethal below 1 200 feet as hydrogen sulfide poisons deeper waters. Fresh water outflow from the Bosporus and Mediterranean saltwater currents create strong vertical and horizontal flows, preventing oxygen transfer and leaving only bacteria near the bottom. The result is a barren zone where no oxygen-using life can survive.
In a Glasgow News account two men in a railway compartment drink tea and recounts of cockfighting. One recalls betting on a bantam that fought and killed two roosters before a fatal end as another bird challenged him. The tale ends with a quiet exchange about bravado and risk.
A fragment from a Chicago Record-Herald snippet recalls a brief past meeting at a summer resort. Two speakers tease memory of a shared proposal and a hotel veranda with palms. The exchanged lines hint at a prior engagement and a familiar face.
A quoted Milwaukee Sentinel remark reflects a traveler frustrated by a streetcar conductor’s loud tolling in familiar streets but silent guidance in a dark unfamiliar neighborhood. The amuling cynic voices suspicion of a personal grudge influencing conductors and access at night.
Baltimore American reports a dispute in a theatrical circle where a manager tells a complainant that the stage director did not slander her by sharing her reply with another actress. The actress contends she was slandered and that her character was harmed.
A fragmentary dialogue features Lady Ountumer seeking guidance on how shoes of wine are to be made. Shoewaker responds confidently, noting familiar techniques and a contrast between large inside and small outside. The lines carry a quirky, cryptic tone from the sparse source text.
A damaged OCR line presents a quirky exchange about smoking and cattle with unclear speakers. The text resembles a humorous or fragmentary Illustrated Bits snippet, lacking coherent context or identifiable names, places, or events.
The article traces confectionery origins to apothecaries around 600 years ago when sugar entered England and medicines used sweeteners. It notes a shift from medicinal sweets to civilian confections about two centuries ago, then chronicles a progression from hand methods to machinery, with steam pans and grinders replacing kettles and mortars as the industry expanded.
A historical look at witch finders once valued for cleansing towns. Witches belief persisted, with 1649 Newcastle magistrates hiring a Scots expert for twenty shillings per conviction. The practice led to executions of fifteen old women. Hoping, famed as a witch finder, was later executed as a wizard after his own tests.
The London Chronicle recounts Queen Elizabeth needing ale during travels with reports from Inffeld to Lord Burleigh. An envoy laments there was no decent drink locally and that London and Kenilworth shipments were sent for good ale. The queen’s breakfast ale is described as strong but boosting her spirits for daily work.
A London Graphic feature discusses the longest sentence in fiction, noting Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and the peculiar claim of a sentence running through a hundred nos, mentioning other lengthy passages and a claim about the seventh second of a foreten onllstaeit.
A garbled description notes items like Lang Lived Ornaments and OVUM ils et le Cab, with references to furniture of around the year 1500. Mention of long-worn paintings in poorer condition and weathered six centuries of life, suggesting a historic collection or archive.
A garbled exchange shows a speaker challenging a woman's claim to a foal of by a predty woman, followed by a mocking retort about collecting matters from a standpain. The fragmentary dialogue reflects a contentious, unclear event in the Philadelphia Ledger.
A garbled OCR style snippet shows a domestic scene with names Bobby George and Samuel Johnson. The text hints at someone at the door, a miscommunication, and a phone call, suggesting a casual neighborhood exchange captured in noisy local copy.
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