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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1895
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text lists names and titles with repeated phrases and unclear content. It mentions Wile Ackley Woold as chief executive and references Gel Fl Alpense along with a possible numeric or coded segment. The legibility is insufficient to confirm a coherent event or context.
A historical article reviews reports of Armenian atrocities and Turkish actions, citing consular accounts and gruesome details. It contrasts Western condemnation with inaction, notes Kurdish involvement, and questions violence as prelude to revolution. It also discusses Spain’s war funding doubts and Cuban autonomy debates under Spanish rule.
A scholarly note on population drift from farms to cities, highlighting rural to urban migration across the United States. It warns that concentration in few cities shifts political power, intensifies class disparities, and reshapes social and economic life across states like New York, Illinois, and Town. The piece stresses migration as a decisive influence in shaping national structure and policy.
A fragmented historical passage discusses political subsidies, party integrity, and guidance from Washington. It references sugar bounties, Secretary Carlisle, the MeKinney law, and subsidy debates. It shifts to Indian troubles, cattlemen versus Indians, Wyoming, and a coal mining context in Pennsylvania, concluding with a blunt note on readiness and responsibility.
Duan Es Rormson, a U S pension agent in Des Moines, reports that 682 names were dropped from the rolls with 40 percent by order of the pension commissioner and the rest moved between classes. The Des Moines office paid 204000.24 to pensioners this year as one of eighteen offices nationwide. Regular and widowed pensioners number in the thousands, with various categories listed under army and Mexican war acts, totaling 60,069 pensioners when including all statuses.
The year’s payroll lists 879 invalids and 2 widows among veterans from The Moston war, with survivors and widows from the Tadion wars noted. Factors include months dropped widows and survivors. total pensioners reach 34 maybe.
The second annual grand Sunday excursion will be held on Eldora grounds Angush 151. Speakers include Dr Bancrots of New York City and Ensign of Chicago with 8 Bd Stevenson of Cedar Rapids. A large chorus will provide music and 600 people are invited with reduced fares via the railroads. The program features school gatherings, speeches by prominent organizers, a dinner by the Eldora Ladies band, and readings followed by several addresses and songs concluding with the Power of Jesus Name.
The report notes average daily temperatures slightly below normal and generally deficient rainfall aiding harvest completion. Oat yields exceed average in many counties while corn conditions run above normal overall. threshing and harvest progress are favorable aiming for mid September. Local notices advertise blacksmith and machine work services, along with medicinal cures and children friendly cough remedy availability.
A fragmented old notice touts remedies for dental decay and whitening. It mentions a “Waittle Tartar” issue destroying enamel and promises a product to remove growth and leave teeth white, naming Johnson’s Magnetic Oil for rheumatism and other pains with quick relief prices listed.
A lightning bolt struck near Wine Mollie Ward killing a tree and tearing into a house. It cracked the tree, damaged plaster, knocked out a door and window, and disrupted the electric light station, with repairs expected tonight. The nearby merchants advertise sales and products as the town recovers.
A promotional notice invites readers to send their address to H. J. Buck len & Co. Chicago for a free sample box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The ad touts ease of action, relief from constipation and headaches, malaria and other disorders, and claims vegetable composition with no deleterious substances. Regular size priced at 25 cents per bottle, sold by Jacob & Jankermann.
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