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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
4
Community briefs trace the gaming and social life of local people and their friends as reported by World Correspon dents, with Wesk's Review providing additional notes on events and commentary.
A long list of local social and family notes from Ackley and surrounding townships. Entries mention John Victor as an Ackley caller, various visits to Eldora and Abbott, hunting sixteen squirrels by Ray Gimer and his father, marriages, births, school events, and Thanksgiving activities. Records also note weather, roads, and community changes with multiple named residents and nearby towns such as Steamboat Rock, Iowa Falls, and Ottumwa.
A cluttered Ackley page offers Santa Claus headquarters at Raben's Bargain Store through December 25, and Franta's Photoplay House entertainment nightly. Shoppers are urged to visit Sheratt's Jewelry for gifts, arrange house cleaning by calling 100, find two DC motors for sale from Eldora Granite Works, and learn about a herd of 400 high grade Black Polled Aberdeen Angus cows advertised by S. B. Perrin in Dante. Also listed are a reusable King engine, a printer job, a lost dog reward, a gasoline engine for sale, old newspapers for shelving, and a fraternal lodge solicitation by SONS OF THE FLAG with C. B. Epworth. Three corner lots for sale near the Leonard Corner in downtown.
Grundy Center reports marriage licenses issued for several couples including Frank Salmon and Kate Arends. A Grundy Center bazaar by Methodist Women raised 420 with supper for 500. Alice Morrison and Philo Laybourne marry today in Grundy Center. Moving picture theatre planned. various local sales and farm yields noted. Public train timetable changes and local visits are listed along with accidents and community events.
An old advert promises one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. It touts Val’s Catarrh Cure taken internally, and Pestimentata gent free at seven cents for both products. The notice lists Wake all’s Family Pills for constipation and is signed by Cheney & Co of Toledo. A separate bencher statement from PF d Cheogy’s long acquaintance endorses his honesty and financial ability, followed by a bank name, Rational Bank of Commerce Toledo.
The publishers of the Youths Companion announce that for the 1914 season they will present a calendar to every subscriber with a paid 1914 subscription.
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