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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1901
Page
7
Local items report Mrs Henry Humbke improving after appendicitis and several residents receiving mail at the post office. Community groups including the Masons and Floral society host events. farmers note rising potato prices and a quiet season for dealers. A Desmond sale nets around $2,000 while Des Moines area visitors and local business news add context.
Personal visitors and travels fill a round of social notes with names such as E. Y. Royce of Sheldon on business, Miss Clara Schoenich from Hampton visiting, Jacob Amman from Carroll county, and many others visiting families or planning travel to Minnesota Iowa Chicago Grinnell and Brooklyn. Several locals plan land purchases and business moves while others return from visits or holidays across the region.
Miss Louise Schutte aged 28 died at her home after eight weeks ill ness with typhoid pneumonia. A trained nurse born and raised in this city, she contracted the illness while ministering in Hampton Town. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from the home with Rev Meinz ar of St Johns church officiating. Burial in Ackley cemetery. Floral tributes noted. Also an ad for Behrens shooting gallery in the Francis building near the post office.
Market bulletin lists hay and flour prices with per hundred and per unit amounts. Limited readable figures show 7.00 and references to 300 units, indicating pricing for hay and flour imports or sales at Ackley Markets.
William KK Vanderbilt condemned in a French court to pay 1000 francs damages after a collision between his automobile and a dog cart. The Twenty second annual meeting of the National Women's Indian Association was held at the Old South Church in Boston. Continental Tobacco Co has acquired control of Wetmore Tobacco Co of St Paul. Illinois Central offers low excursion fares for students and teachers returning home for Christmas and New Year holidays.
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