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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
4
The Community Briefe column surveys weekly movements of residents and their circles. Notable comings and goings include visits, short trips, and social gatherings across towns, reflecting local ties and neighborhood rhythms.
Ackley and nearby residents were seen visiting, riding, and traveling this week. Daubenberg resigned as station agent and plans to move to Gillman. Miss Anna Estella Paddock of New York City visited Grundy county. she has a storied YWCA career and lectured at State Teachers College.
Land for sale a half section in Franklin County features a two story residence with a one and a half story addition nine rooms total a good barn hog house cattle shed corncrib and a well located near Faulkner on M and St L Ry five miles from Ackley near churches and schools land tiled and cultivated rented at 0.00 per acre but rentable price 200 per acre terms half cash and balance five years at five percent exclusive agent James Treanor address Ackley Iowa or 540 Maryland St Gary Indiana references Geo Wagner Feulkner lows.
Milas Paddock will visit thirteen cities in Tews delivering addresses and from then on to Winona Wisconsin where she is scheduled to conduct a part of the work at the Bible Conference.
Iowa Odd Fellows gathered at Clear Lake last week for a festive annual meet and honors ceremony. The Chivalry badge, among the Patriarchs Militant’s highest honors, was conferred on Capt. Charles Graves of Cherokes and Capt. F. C. Welsh of Des Moines. General Peterson of Estherville, department commander, presented decorations. A military ball followed at the White Pier pavilion with Gates Concert orchestra. General Peterson and Mrs. Alta Striker, matron of the Iowa Odd Fellows Home, led the grand march amid staff officers and their ladies.
A long obituary summary details the life of John Freeza a emigrant pioneer who homesteaded in Grundy County. It covers three marriages and six children two of whom survive with spouses nearby. Brothers and sisters named, funeral at Engelke church, and community sympathy noted. A separate note mentions a post wedding shower for Mrs Clifford Green Lydia Abbas scheduled for Saturday.
Gratters sell premium coffee while dishes disappoint Greene residents. John Martens injures foot carrying cement. Elmatraet neighborhood decorates with flower boxes at street crossings. Matt and John Morales lose ten head of cattle to heat, valued ~£750. Masonic Hall in Allison-Waa damaged by fire. MWA meetings moved, valuables removed. Hall’s Catarrh Cure offered with testimonials from Fay Cheney and Bank of Commerce. Advertisements feature constipation remedy and Mankato College recruitment.
Latimer hosts a movie theater. Sheffield Rebekahs hold sales. Latimer chautauqua underway. A baby boy at Devo home Sheffield Aug 4. B. Eiboeck of Eldora visits Ackley to sell land. Field reports include a picnic by Evangelical church folks at Sheffield and a lumber yard purchase by R. H. Harrison at Union. Miss Gladys Jamison injured skating at the Hampton roller rink. Nine Morgan township country schools to be built for 10,967 dollars. A Dows firm supplied heating with Round Oak furnaces. Miss Lillian Hangen wed Lloyd Stoltz at Hampton. couple to live with bride’s sister at Latimer. Families relocate for safety amid Mexican border tensions. daughter is postmistress. Automobile accident near Sheffield injures Mrs. Tracy. others uninjured. Clarksville and Greene chautauquas, Windsor theatre attractions in Hampton. Clarksville Gun Club two-day tourney. various travels of residents. A pioneer, A. O. Sime of Oakland township, dies. his Clarksville Fiesta noted. Local ball games among Allison, Clarksville, Aredale, Greene, Parkersburg. Coonley grocery stake in Alexander to B. K. Kenneth. W. T. Webb returns to Hampton. Mrs. Fred Kluender dies. Dr. Groom injured sliding over dam in Greene. Mrs. Almyra Merrig dies at N. S. Mulford’s Maynes Grove. interment. Bernice White and Harl Youghty wed quietly in Hampton. Ringling Brothers circus to Town Falls Sept 2 after city bargain. Fires at Iowa Falls include Catholic basement, Cooper building, Pulls home. W. E. McClure shoots at suspected mischief maker who fled.
Mayor issues proclamation for a September 12 1918 election in Ackley Iowa to decide extending the town’s corporate limits. The measure covers parts of Franklin Hardin and Grundy counties including Sections 1 11 12 13 and surrounding townships. Polls open 8 AM to 7 PM at the Weber Building Main Street Ackley.
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