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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1907
Page
2
A battered column from The Ackley World includes political commentary, quotes from Abraham Lincoln, and jumbled notes on laws, elections, and figures like Clarence Darrow. It mentions the Texas legislature, Gov. Vardaman, and the South, with observations on beer tablets and pure water.
Henry Watterson says he has heard no solid indication that Minnesota Governor Johnann is the preferred presidential nominee. Ex Governor Crittenden notes Missouri Governor Folk loses followers for distributing gold sticks. Border state residents feel no urge to be shown further by Folk, and Folk and the presidency seem far apart.
A collage of editorials and notices critiques speakers and politics. It cites Sheldon Sun Mason City Times Waterloo Courier and Clarksville Star on topics from senatorial ambitions to investment in home industries. It mentions Du Pont Alli son and rail and tech topics, with misc local library note and Osregia library donations.
A collage of verse lines and quirky quips appears, including lines about labor deserts oceans and joining seas, jokes about ground floors and car fare, a woman’s club aims, Heaven souvenirs, and a punning exchange on dress and manners. The mix showcases era humor and fragmented dialogue.
A traveler recounts the long hot trip from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City through the Colorado desert. He describes isolation and barren scenery, noting water as the crucial resource that could transform the arid land into a garden capable of feeding the world.
The executive council as state board of equalization, after a two week adjourned session, valued corporate property for taxation and equalized real and personal property across counties. They fixed the state levy at 3.4 mills, adding nearly 4 million to railroads and boosting total assessed value to 2.628 billion dollars. Personal property leads increases with 86,024,856, telegraph and telephone files 500,000, and express companies 38,308. Railroad property total fixed at 253,238,480.
A wave of returning residents travels from western states for Old Home Week festivities, a sign of growing courage and connection as people revisit former homes and memories across the region.
Alexandre Dumas receives a mafia style letter from a French count proposing joint drama writing for profit. Dumas politely declines, likening the offer to harnessing horses for a carriage and refusing to join a lucrative literary venture. The count answers defensively, asserting Dumas’s freedom to refuse while rejecting future accusations. Printing at the Woutp.
A historical sketch recounts Lincolns first business failure with partner Berry in a grocery venture. The firm Berry & Lincoln collapsed when a purchaser defaulted, leaving Lincoln to cover liabilities and prompting noted reflections on guns and crime as impulses trigger violence.
The Versailles Missouri Statesman prints a home remedy recipe using timothy seed steeped in water. Give a teaspoonful every ten minutes with a little sugar to a sick child, claiming it has cured bowel trouble after doctors had given up.
A collection of satirical quips and opinions from multiple papers. Detroit News jokes about cotton thread prices and shingle walls, Louisville Courier-Journal notes a child’s view on green apples, Marlon Sentinel urges justice over sympathy for the poor, and F. BR 8 suggests a ribbon lightning rod.
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