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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
3
A cobbled fragment from a historical page surveys voting disenfranchisement in Louisiana, party politics, and tariff reform. It cites the Louisville Courier Journal and Picayune, notes low white turnout, and comments on the Hutebaloon leagues and prohibition rhetoric. It also mentions Monroe doctrine notes, foot and mouth disease funding, and a call for tariff reform and anti monopoly measures.
A new member of Congress sorts duties he can do from those he will do despite preference, prioritizing required tasks over personal wishes as he settles into the role.
A fragmented Christmas poem fragment features Idu J Morrk at age fourteen in a reverent scene. It rhymes of snowflakes and a world made white while a Christ is born tonight. The lines invoke stars shining and silvery rays flooding the world with light.
Senor Don Emilio de Ojeda, a former Paris peace commission member, has formally presented his credentials to President Roosevelt. He is described as popular, multilingual, socially adept, and well read in world literature with a refined, dilettante demeanor. His predecessor Duke de Arcos is noted as equally well regarded.
Genevieve Hecker, an eighteen year old New York golfer who has won three national women’s championships, combines exceptional power with iron nerve in matches. She is modest in demeanor, enjoys writing a book on Golf For Women, and likes theater and dancing when not on the links.
A Boston Transcript quip on the bee and thrift contrasts shining hours with a thriftless nephew. A Washington Star retort features a man who lets others take what belongs to him, prompting the line about people preferring the man who never kicks.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet depicts a humorous exchange about a new baby. The father is described as too fat to push the baby carriage, eliciting a lighthearted remark about his reluctance to handle the child.
The Chicago Record Herald notes a domestic fray where a couple’s quarrel ends as the man stutters, leaving the woman unable to finish her remark. The remark underscores a tense exchange and the stutter becomes the pivotal moment in their dispute.
An excerpt contrasts romance with a dispute over living together aboard a ship and a tender exchange. It then shifts to a discussion of the primitive form of spinel ruby, its hardness, color, and resemblance to diamond, noting ka tint and ancient beliefs about reflective powers and light emission.
A humorous aged column warns readers about overindulgent gift giving and social missteps. It quips don t spend beyond means don t reveal perverse fantasies don t present inappropriate items to young girls and cautions against jealousy and lying awake awaiting thefts from a Christmas scene. It also mocks grand romantic notions and urges practical restraint.
In a rugged account a trail scout describes altered geography as Bear mountain has slid into Deep Valley, blocking the old path. He warns a traveler seeking Hank Thompson that a shovel and crowbar would be needed to dig through a hundred feet of rock and dirt to reach him.
An aging veteran recalls founding a western town and seeking a newspaper. A swindler recruited by Boom Investment Company left with cash for Chicago and never returned. Years later in Iowa the con man appears, offering a shaky apology and a handshake. The piece contrasts ambition, misdirection, and small town hopes.
A Washington Star quotation features Senator Sorghum debating punctiliousness and selling out. The exchange questions impressing people with principles and whether anyone would fear proposing a deal.
Parish priest of Hazleton recites deprioritized conditions in wine makers homes as a threat to republic. He links strikes that disrupt industry and the risk of a roaming discontented class delaying future citizenship and duties.
Six sheets measuring ten by fifteen inches feature Bryson pastel drawings in color and will be mailed on receipt of twenty five cents in coins or stamps. Address V. A. Miller, G. P. A., Chicago.
A mosaic of quotes and snippets on marriage, fault and faultfinding, humility, and reputation. The text parodies a range of voices from 19th century papers, including a Dakota anecdote, social satire, and oblique references to Christmas and moral topics. It also includes a mock obituary list, police quips, and a printer’s note about Ackley, Iowa.
The secretary of agriculture urged American farmers to study forest markets and find the best export routes. The piece notes that farmers cannot readily deal with foreigners, as railways and steamship lines control exporter access.
Choice candies at Friz and Paulur Limited to eye ear nose and throat practice by Dr B E Purcell at Dr Phelan's Attica from 1 to 4 30 p m on Nov 25 Deu 9 and 23.
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