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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
2
The article notes guesses on electoral votes split between Wilson and Hughes with Bryan plans a Iowa tour for the Democrats while Hughes campaigns across the states. It criticizes Hughes for shifting from reform ideals to political campaigning and questions allied reporting on war and public opinion.
New York Aug 9 Judge Ben B Lindsay famed juvenile court judge of Denver announced his intention to support President Wilson for re election. He spoke at Democratic National Committee headquarters and noted his Republican past including attendance at the Chicago 1912 Republican Convention where he backed Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive faction.
The article argues that protection should defend American industries but condemns monopolistic wealth. It distinguishes two Democratic views on tariffs, one for revenue and one for labor benefits. It rejects allowing the US to become a dumping ground for cheap foreign labor and calls for tariffs that balance domestic and abroad costs to favor American workers and capital.
Summary of terse opinion bits from multiple papers. Bulgaria may switch sides. Mexico diplomacy eyed by Lane and Brandeis. Prohibition party ticket names recalled. campaign dynamics noted as newspapers stay neutral. Roosevelt framed as supporting Hughes. sun as subject in Burlington satire. Presbyterian Church annual stats show 1.56 million members, 1.41 million Sunday School attendees, 9,739 ministers, benevolence donations totaling 8.021 million, manses rising to 4,424 while church count near 9,853.
HR Mentors Coney criticizes Roosevelt ally and says unregenerate Republicanism fuels opposition to the President’s re-election. He catalogs old guard figures allied with tariff and privilege, labeling them reactionary. Hughes as decoy and retriever. The piece argues Democrats have milder resistance, while Republicans dominate, and warns Progressives face dupes.
Greene children staged a colorful circus day parade featuring fifty decorated cars and imaginative acts such as Mother Goose and The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. The event echoed memories of past generations, drawing praise for its lively, homegrown spectacle.
Chicago reports peace talks in the Hungarian chamber of deputies cooled speculative buying as price quotes slipped. Corn weakened amid drought forecasts in Illinois while showers elsewhere offered little relief. In Ackley, Hadley and Martin craft ice cream alongside butter, powering a local creamery with electric motors, shipping within fifty miles. Mrs. George Yokum departs to Kenosha via Chicago for a weeks long visit.
The Four-County Grain Improvement Association urges women to exhibit within the Womans' and Girls' Departments this season. Entries include white and Graham bread, cakes, fruit jars, pickles, corsets, sewing, and doll bedding. A score card covers needle work and finish. entrants must be underlined by age and create items themselves. An auto party from Corwith visited Philip Homan home after a recent gathering.
J W Barney dairy and food commissioner of Town blocked a proposal to boost oleomargarine at the Detroit convention. Southern delegates urged oleo while condemning butter but Barney’s leadership kept the measure from a vote. A Monday rain extended three miles north of Ackley, surprising farmers there with a widespread shower.
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