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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
7
Classified notice invites buyers for a bulk sale of old newspapers suitable for shelves, under carpets, or wrapping flowers. Mentions items including worn alfies and Kentucky Splint Coat, plus a high grade Ninvis coal. Contact C. A. Kramer and P. Clanugn.
City News in Brief reports a flood of short items from the area. Mentions C J Doopku shipping hides to Chicago, W J Martin buying goods in Chicago, and several residents in towns like Des Moines, Ackley, Webster City, and Charter areas. Notes on farming, threshing, business sales, and upcoming excursions accompany social visits and minor incidents around Algona and nearby locales.
Miss Florence Bangasser of Ackley visited her sister Mrs Will Diamond last week. John French spent Tuesday in Marshalltown with his daughter Cora. Mr and Mrs Meinberg, married last week, rented Guy Frenchs house and moved in. Mr and Mrs Hilton of Marshalltown visit Mr and Mrs Jondra this week. Church ladies served ice cream and cake Monday night on the church lawn. Mrs Wee Wagner and children are sick with whooping cough. Little Robert Wagner also has it. Mr and Mrs Jacobs of Illinois visiting Mrs J Wagner went to Charles City Tuesday. Little Viola Osterwood bruised her hand on the clothes wringer. Mrs Addie Gossard visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Huff went to Lowe Falls Tuesday. Mr and Mrs FS Whitney attended the wedding of their nephew Hoy Whitney in Aproutanes Monday.
A Cedar Falls correspondent notes the marriage of Miss Harriet Kramer to Mr. Roy Webb of Mouston Texas at the home of Mr and Mrs G J D Kramer. Rev D W Fahn officiated the ceremony on Wednesday evening. The couple leaves for a Colorado West trip then Houston where the groom works at First National Bank. Several Kramer relatives and local guests attended. Out of town guests included families from Isliston Ackley Fort Dodge Houston and Denver. The article also mentions local happenings and small notices about rent mortgages and a nine year old printer trainee George Althouse composing at the Die mar store.
Miss Blanche Stoddard, county superintendent of schools, announces rural eighth grade examinations at her office in the courthouse on August 18 and 16. The law requires a certificate signed by the county superintendent for high school tuition to be collected from the rural district.
Iowa reports expect 5.6 million bushels of apples for the year. Southern Iowa endured 100 to 105 degree heat with hot winds while northern corn held steady and shows promise of a good crop. Southern counties' corn retrograded 20 to 50 percent since July 1. Telegraph rainfall Sunday night varied from 0.2 to 2.49 inches across Des Moines, Edar Rapids, Albia, Marshalltown, Waterloo, Creston, and Burlington. Apples comprise 83 percent of the 1900 crop, about 3 million bushels.
A flurry of social notes lists visits and homecomings. S. Y. Eggert and others traveled for business and family gatherings in Hampton, Waterloo, Nobraaiza, and Cleaves. Ban Held and Frank McGreevy return from duties and travels, with crops and farming updates from North Dakota and Iowa. Opening school day set for September 8, 1900 style tone, and local road work praised for potential early improvements.
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