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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
2
The piece lists subscription terms and prices, followed by a long quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln urging reverence for law in schools and courts. It reflects a period column with editorial sentiment encouraging lawfulness and national political religion.
Socialian and Its Twin argues that socialism pretends to peace and equality but, when universal equality fails, resorts to force. It claims reform by ballot, yet German socialists dissolved the house after riots, revealing anarchy beneath the rhetoric.
The Syracuse Post-Standard reviews football as a sport shaped by evolving scientific rules. It emphasizes safety for players, while preserving excitement for spectators, reflecting on how early rough play has given way to controlled, rule governed competition.
The article notes Mark Furry of Hardin is mentioned in connection with the Iowa House speakership. It praises his capability and notes Hardin County’s influence, while avoiding excess talkativeness in the man. The piece also references English leaders touring the U.S. to study American labor conditions and comments on the rise of socialism and the yellow journalism example of a major fire report.
A comic vignette describes a man who danced with a lady three times causing her nerves to strain and faint. The officer remarks the happiness was overwhelming, and the speaker suggests leaving to avoid further trouble while referencing a German source.
The annual report of George E aide director of the mint shows a total coinage amount and value for the year, with the number of pieces produced and the decline in value due to greater demand for smaller denominations, indicating a drop in overall coinage value.
Reports show gold holdings near half a billion dollars with rising coinage seigniorage and large silver and minor coin totals. Dredging the Tiber seeks ancient treasures including a Jewish candlestick. global notes touch tariff talk, politics, and Christmas gift crafting trends.
Rev J A Earl once a rising prohibitionist congress candidat e urged young men of Sioux City to resist gambling schemes used by church groups amid class and fair activities. He cited a boy who risked a small coin for a prize and lost, condemning the despair visible on the boy’s face.
320 acres of first class Red River Valley land available for rent. Terms offered are cash or share of the crop. Inquiries should be directed to proprietor A Van Giffen Ackley Iowa.
An 81 item ad lists six sheets of color pastel Bryson drawings, mailed on receipt of twenty five cent pretamps. It mentions F A Miller G P A Chicago and Dr B E Purcell with ENT practice, notes hours, and references Nov 25 Dec 23. Also references Pastries bakers wedding goods and a house sale at the home of F M Viliga.
A string of quips from old newspapers features a senator and a military figure. The Washington Star lampoons a gradiloquent friend who will take any job with a salary, while the Baltimore Herald recalls a wartime boast about being cool in action.
The London Chronicle notes new sport for women in Australia where contestants wield hammers to drive three nails into timber. Descriptions say steel sparka fly as hammers miss nails, with judges declaring a win for the first to nail home all three.
The Brooklyn Eagle decries secrecy in court proceedings and argues that no court can hide testimony from public view. It asserts courts are public institutions and trials affect public interest, warning secrecy enables corruption and fraud and that no supreme or other court may create laws on this issue.
The Boston Globe notes President Roosevelt’s remark that industrial progress pushes toward federation among employers employees unions and corporations. Soon after the report announced the formation of a state peelers union in Chicago.
A Sioux Falls father mourns his son killed in a Thanksgiving football game and questions state bans on boxing while allowing football. The piece notes ten football fatalities since September and seventy five maimings, contrasting with prize fighting history and raising concerns about sport as moral or uplifting. It weaves in anecdotes about advice, old sayings, and a humorous exchange about smoking on a car ride.
A dealer advertises a complete hardware line focusing on stoves and implements. They claim low rents and expenses enable selling at less profit than rivals, highlighting Bement and Palace Oak heating and cook stoves and Hurd heating stove as fuel savers and money savers for buyers.
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