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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1895
Page
8
Ma m selle Dunie yearns for a ruby ring priced at six hundred dollars. A London buyer offers five hundred, but the plan stands to send the ring to Sir Harry More. A porter confirms delivery and the hotel reception notes the price as remarkably cheap.
On a Calcutta bound voyage, Henry Greig and Elsie Norman face a sudden breakup over an engagement. Diamonds vanish then are found in Greig's cabin, arousing suspicion. Van Straaten, a German investor, condemns the young couple, but truth emerges as the diamonds are recovered and Greig defends Norman, who stands by him.
The lawyer known as Pips is praised for deep knowledge of human nature and disciplined judgment. He notes outcomes with concise lines, writing to the client after a win and sending a brief, stark message after a loss.
The Knights of Pythias grand lodge convention at Marshalltown passes a sweeping revision plan dividing administration into executive legislative and judicial branches. A new five member tribunal will hear original and appellate decisions. State deputy grand chancellor at large will travel the state to foster lodges. Local lodge terms extend to twelve months and officers elected include grand chancellor and grand vice chancellor among others. Adjacent coverage notes a Des Moines marriage elopement and Fort Madison prison warden's biennial report with budget needs and prisoner statistics.
Nichols of Sherman's army recalling Lincoln's assassination and Johnston's surrender, recounts a night near Sinleigh when a courier delivered the news. He and Gen Logan feared troops might revolt, delaying the surrender and altering the war's course due to the shock of Lincoln's death.
In a historical vignette from Overland, Augustin Machado, a wealthy ranchero who cannot read, offers a ball from his beard as payment guarantee when a supercargo seeks payment aboard a vessel in San Pedro harbor. Senor Aguirre, owner of the trading vessel, returns to find his agent insulted, sparking chagrin at the misread customs of trust and credit in early Californian times.
The text laments pie being removed from hotel and club menus as pie lovers rue the lack of old fashioned pie. It recalls how mothers and grandmothers made pie by hand and warns against machine made pie.
A partisan critique argues Republican deception misled voters about the 1893 tariff and blamed Democrats for the panic. It cites Senator Lexow and the Chicago Tribune to assert the McKinley and Sherman bills caused the downturn, while warning currency issues drive prosperity and warns Republicans may not sustain tariff opposition.
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