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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
2
A reflective piece urges restraint and virtue for the New Year. It lauds the Minnesota state legislature, the value of a vigilant country editor, and the roles of teachers, doctors, merchants, and farmers in fostering local progress and moral character. The article extols community unity and responsible readership as keys to a brighter year.
Death of M M Ham longtime editor of The Herald in Dubuque is noted. He led the paper from its infancy through 1840s prosperity, defended truth despite unpopularity, and the Herald declined after party rifts and financial strain. Ham exemplified integrity and his family legacy is praised. Other items praise General Miles in China, ex President Cleveland on Venezuela and Monroe Doctrine, and reflect on national honor and public virtue.
A Georgia tale threads a husband’s return to a wife who remarried, a daughter named Daisy, and questions of loyalty. It surveys religious service plans for Christmas, then pivots to legal and political notes on Missouri powder regulation, irrigation debates, and national figures like Bryan, Roosevelt, and McPherson.
The passage blends memory pieces from editor Shockey and humor about home duties early life, a tale about a hardy fish trader and a football cartoon joke, a stern doctor moment, poetic fragments by Lowell, reflections on bachelor taxation in Argentina, and a BoersGB Britain victory note, ending with moodily framed costs and sorrow.
Post-Christmas disorder in Mississippi sees whitecaps targeting black residents with placards ordering men to leave by January 1. Some workers who quit farming are told to return, as calls mount for state authorities to force a new path and curb the so called rubbish in citizenship.
Congressman McCabe of Massachusetts proposes a thirty day free hand for Canadian vessels in coal transport stirring debate on coal rates. American ships have charged higher fares for coal from New York to Boston than British ships for Welsh coal, amid distress in the old country.
Pittsburg December 25 The Bes semer Coke company the second largest independent coke producer in the Connellsville field notified workers that an eight percent wage advance will take effect January 1 across all five plants. The raise applies to about 5000 men.
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