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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
7
The page offers a jumble of sales and notices including delving ropes, gasoline engines, and farming items for sale at low prices. Also advertised are old newspapers for shelves, coal, Poland China boats, grave listings, and miscellaneous anecdotes, jokes, and short captions from various newspapers.
City news items from Ackley Iowa cover a wide array of social and business happenings. Mentions include visits by Gran, Tray, Vietor, and many others to Waterloo Des Moines Des Moines fairs and Cedar Falls. Local staffing changes, juror lists, a child’s arm injury and the Seminary Girls tour are noted along with farm sales and civic votes.
Personal Mention records a parade of visitors and residents in multiple Iowa towns. Names include John Statfen in Geneva, Henry Leister in city, Mrs. Wm Shard in Waterloo, Dr Harold of Traer, Mrs W H Gran in Aplington, and many others visiting relatives, attending fairs, or traveling for business. The item notes travels to Des Moines, Marshalltown, Parkersburg, Dubuque, and Sibley among locations, with glimpses of local events like Harm Davids funeral and seminary outreach. It closes with a humorous rail fare remark and a brief note on a deputy game warden fining Rev W P Clark.
A fragment from a humor column discusses a telegraph operator and a wartime phrase exchange. It notes a quip about saying yes and the incongruity of certain responses. The snippet mentions Dorfiing and jokes about community standing and debt.
A Maryland trader scout for the Confederates, Wat Bowie, escaped after a death sentence in Washington. Beymer recounts his audacious dawn raid on a Federal camp, impudent talk with sentries, and a bold escape that leveraged a lively confrontation over a case of mistaken identity. Bowie's swagger and quick wit saved his neck and amused skilled observers.
The Springfield Republican contrasts Austin with Whistler and Tennyson, noting his inflated claims of superiority. It cites his 1870 critique in The Poetry of the Period and a later 1885 piece that provoked Swinburne, highlighting boasting, strained friendships, and a selfrighteous posture that undermines his credibility.
In a famed Brussels lace shop a single lacemaker works in a darkened room illuminated only by a narrow window that falls on the weaving pattern. The lone worker sits still as the light traces Luce, believed to render the pattern more delicately beautiful.
A collection of fragile, humorous quips and misprints from various papers, including references to baby talk, odd phrases, and wedding banter. Snippets mention a sporting editor swap, a tomato canning misadventure, and a playful exchange about nerves at a ceremony.
A fragmentary dialogue describes a tense moment about caring for a child and a sudden out of town call. The speaker pressures a respondent while recalling prior emotional states and assurances amid family obligations. The text preserves a sense of urgency and interpersonal strain.
A garbled excerpt shows a humorous exchange with quirky spellings and fragmented dialogue. Characters discuss reform and instruction, while a brief aside mentions lace on a dress and a New Orleans Times Demo reference. The fragmentary text reads like a clipped diary of stray conversations and notices.
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