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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
4
Community notes from Four County News report local comings and goings. Ackley residents J V Knoll and Mrs Billy Daltonta are mentioned along with Gimer family visits, Adjoining towns like Klemme Eldora and Albion appear with multiple residents visiting relatives and attending events over Christmas period.
In the Cleveland vicinity Heye Boyenga visited Ackley on Tuesday. Santa Claus is coming and the children are happy, while adults share in the season’s cheer and joy.
Wednesday evening at the church in German township will feature exercises with speaking and singing forming the main part of the program. Jutting was in Ackley earlier this week on business and John Grula visited Ackley yesterday. Sam Janssen has moved to a new store building with ample display room and is proud of it. Dirk Nordman visited Ackley late in the week to see Santa Claus.
High School debaters from Eldora and Union clashed in Eldora with the motion that interstate corporations should take a federal charter. Union fielded two boys and a girl against Riders in a lively contest judged by Prof. Cairns, I. Meyer, C. C. Minard, and H. Hutt. Union earned a silver trophy and a $94,098.07 prize distributed to participants. Illinois Central’s Waterloo payroll for November paid 1,409 residents a total of 904,008.07 as Santa Claus, with about 20 workers in Ackley receiving roughly 1,600. Mike McGough plans to winter in Canada farming near Luthridge after a good crop season.
In Atlantic Monthly description, a mekhedah is a small five by six by four foot brick structure serving as china closet, kettle cupboard, and storage. A fire pit sits at the front with no chimney, smoke curling through a blackened earthen-ceiling room. Floors and walls use red mud, straw mats, and cushions. beds are cushions on the floor, rolled up by day.
A London Spectator tale recalls Empress Eugenie using a doll matched to Princess Victoria's measurements and a lavish trousseau to influence royal dress during a planned visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The ploy led to the princess appearing her best as garments were borrowed for the royal presentation.
An official in Manila claims crime is rare on the islands with yeggmen and professional thieves virtually absent. He notes high crimes and murders exist, often arising from passionate motives and the "eternal triangle," and says guns are rarely used while knives are common. News also reports Miss Mary Pyle dying from rejected suitor gunshot wounds in Pittsburg Kansas. Aviator Lincoln Beachey loops the loop four times in Fresno, including a brief upside down flight.
Mr Bowman in Italian role at K P Hall announces German services on December 29 and 30 with revival starting Monday evening. United Evangelical invites all to English service next Sunday. Sunday school children perform a Christmas program this evening. H J Holzapfel, pastor, extends hearty welcome. Roy Bonner of Eldora reports a city visitor on Saturday.
The CostACT Court of Hardin County Iowa issues a notice to unknown claimants of multiple parcels described as the West Half of the South West Quarter of the North West Quarter and related strips in Section 2 and Section 3 in Township 88 North Range 9 West. The notice directs all named and unknown claimants to appear by the fourth day of the January 1914 term to defend, or risk a decree by default. It names plaintiffs and attorneys and orders publication in The World of Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa.
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