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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
7
A jumble of Ackley notes covers sales of horses and loans, illness recoveries, travelers from Iowa Falls and Chicago, and holiday closures. Finding humor amid town life, events include a Grundy County banquet, Knights of Pythias gathering, bridge budget talk, church services, and a long list of visiting friends and neighbors returning home for Christmas and New Year.
Franklin county near neighbors report that Miss Bell Missman of Franklin is taken to Ingane asylum in Cherokee. A M Soper of Hampton assigns for creditors amid slow collections. James Bayless to serve two years in Anamosa for an attempted adult assault, Anaccom-Duce gets one year. Schlesingers of Hampton retire from clothing trade. Town Falls plans militia, Hampton pursues tire department, Marshalltown regiment dismissed. Insurance men and fair debts in Grundy and Hamilton counties. jail planned in Webster City. Smallpox cases at Mazon City. Dan Patch bought for 860,000 by M W Savage, now a pure food maker in Chicago. Grundy Center women prepare New Year public reception in courthouse. S M Kinney killed at Marble Rock by falling tree. Clarksville set for electric street lighting. Allisage hosts public spelling bees at the opera house. Belmond creamery destroyed by fire, 2000 loss.
Illinois Central Railroad company advertises from towns along its lines. It seeks men for the transportation department and as firemen in the machinery department. Agents will collect applicants for station service brakeman and other road positions. Names are filed to be considered when vacancies arise. Also notes promotions and ticket promotions for Great Western railway round trip fares through Des Moines and Chicago.
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