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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
4
The Ackley World run by George F. Althouse presents a short masthead with subscription terms and scattered quotations urging reverence for law. It notes a January 1499 establishment and second class mail status with a focus on civic duty and moral instruction.
The bulletin from the Jews State Horticultural Society extols fruits and olive oil as powerful age preventive aids and describes a fruit and nut diet to support overall vitality. It references political drama in Waterloo and contrasts Ward’s success with cautions on wealth. It also notes students objecting to a line in Julia Ward Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic citing science with a capital S.
A collage of 1912 statistics and observations covers mining output in Nebraska, railway spending in Austria, urban taxicab services, and tall trees in Arizona. It notes searchlights on some western trains, tobacco in Borneo, limits on Brazilian medical degrees, sulfur deposits in Texas, and the American elm as resilient urban greenery. It includes a Chilean engineer’s war defense idea with balloons, Aztec coat of arms on the Mexican stamp, a sensational verdict about a man who cannot laugh after a deadly elevator fall, and commentary on international finance and U.S. foreign policy pressures amid a global tense climate.
William Galloway leads Waterloo’s strongest industrial group and defends a major institution against critics. The piece argues against baseless attacks by a peddler and confirms local papers’ support for the enterprise, while noting a Mexican rebellion undermines leadership and credibility.
The piece recalls the life of an early Iowa politician who studied law in Buffalo, moved to Waterloo Illinois, rose as a lawyer and Democrat, and rose to governorship after a successful campaign. Even in advanced age he remained active and highly esteemed by thousands of admirers across Iowa.
A compilation of editorial takes from several Iowa papers on national party discord and the proposal for a nationwide presidential primary. The Sioux City Journal and Cedar Rapids Republican critique party dynamics and urban influence. the Burlington Gazette comments on suffrage timing. the Monticello Express lampoons veal supply ethics.
A list of historical anniversaries for December including deaths of Selskirk Browning and Thompson, births of Richard Yates and Sir Mark Brunel, and notes on public figures. December holiday observances are planned in Washington Cincinnati and New York with musical celebrations and large Christmas tree displays attracting thousands of children nightly.
The Muscatine News Tribune marks the eighty six anniversary of Horace Boies birth, noting his two terms as Iowa governor and near miss for the 1896 Democratic presidential nomination. Born December 7, 1827 in Aurora New York he traveled to Wisconsin Territory with seventy five cents, working six years on a farm as schooling and opportunity began.
A verse piece recalls holiday spending and the tangle of gifts, from modest tokens to store purchases. The speaker reflects on debt, remorse, and the urge to give, noting the social pull of Christmas offerings and the contrasting impulse to curb excess. The narrator writes of regret mixed with resolve to continue giving next season.
Relatives report Miss Loretta Thornton daughter of Mr and Mrs William Thornton and Floyd Bonner of Eldora were married at the parochial residence of Rev Father McNamara Eldora on Thursday. Bonner is a telegraph operator. Falcon has been made for 41 for the congressional appropriation for national rivers andhar d for the coming year.
Railroad officials and grain men report more than 3,000,000 bushels of corn and oats will be shipped in December to drought stricken areas of the southwest including western Kansas Oklahoma southwestern Nebraska and northern Texas. Ninety percent of grain comes from Iowa South Dakota and Minnesota. Due to money shortages much grain is being marketed for shipment via Sioux City and Omaha. Elevator men warn that drought struck states faced virtually no corn and oats with wheat yields modest. rains and roads now allow a renewed flow to the southwest with early shipments likely.
C Kustan longtime Ackley resident, born in Hamburg, Germany, killed himself in the barn on Thursday. He and wife planned to winter in California, having bought Pullman car berths for a planned departure on the 15th. Funeral services were held at the home Saturday afternoon for his widow and family, with sorrow expressed by relatives.
The Webster City Journal notes there is no better district judge in Iowa than C. E. Albrooks of Fldora. The article states the decision follows the facts in the case.
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