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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1914
Page
2
George M. Cohan warns aspiring vaudeville performers that entering the field is brutally hard. He notes no stage manager, self managed bookings, transfers, and baggage, with a thousand troubles to distract from craft. The piece urges joining a strong organization and mastering a sharp act to stand out.
The Ackley World notes subscription terms and laments a surge in newspapers, while editorials from Onawa and Hamburg discuss Charles Miller, Henry Vollmer, and the Knights of Columbus. Iowa Republicans face a split between standpatters and progressives over Cummins, risking the party’s unity.
A compilation of editorial snippets from several Iowa publications. The Waterloo Times-Tribune urges Wilson to amend his bill to curb disease risk in prisons. Davenport Democrat mocks doom, Sibley Tribune jokes about beef prices, Cedar Rapids Gazette reflects on wealth, and Republican laments leaders. Des Moines Tribune notes the gambler’s fate despite riches.
The Second Iowa district prepares for a February 10 special election to replace the late Congressman Pepper. Six candidates are entered: Harry B. Hull Republican of Williamsburg, Henry B. Vollmer Democrat of Davenport, C. P. Hanley Progressive of Muscatine, Lee W. Lang Socialist of Mancatine, L. Christian Prohibitionist of Clinton, and Charles F. Clemons Non Partisan of Davenport. Vollmer is favored to win and would be a credit to the district.
The Western Newspaper Union confessed to Senate officials a twelve year revenue of forty two thousand dollars yearly for inside ads about Canada and farm values. George Joslyn, its president, named the scheme as abusive to country publishers who pay for services and receive no share of ad profits. A Bancroft rumor claims Father Schemer faced a one thousand dollar settlement over alleged illicit relations, prompting church relief and a move by Bishop to send a different priest.
A fragmented note claims Iowa remains notably free from strikes as a rich state with organized urban labor. It asserts Iowa union men fund more outside strikes than inside the state, claiming this is a better position for their families.
A Des Moines Tribune report notes a local grocer filed for bankruptcy listing bills receivable at 9442 dollars. The piece raises questions about how the business is run and whether those accounts will be collectable, hinting at the impact on his tills if others do not pay.
A Yonkers woman reports her husband is missing. She describes him as diligent, never smoking or drinking, and always obedient, having washed, ironed, scrubbed, pared potatoes, cooked and never staying out late. The remark recalls dime museum era curiosities.
The Des Moines Capital notes a long political leap from Shelby M. Cullom to Roger Sullivan in the Illinois United States Senate race. It suggests universal peace as a goal and envisions towns gaining a brass cannon for a public square or park once the aim is achieved.
An analysis of Ole Johnson from Estherville as the author of A Brand From the Burning. The piece highlights his redheaded stuttering background, asserts the story’s human core, and notes anticipation for the next chapters. It praises quality over quantity in life stories and cites reactions from Eminent Scientist and others.
From The Quakers of Town by Louis T. Jones, published by the State Historical Society of Iowa, the piece recalls old Quaker meeting houses in Iowa. It notes their plain, low rectangular form, no steeple, separate male and female entrances, and simple interiors with a sliding partition and tiered minister seating.
In a Pullman smoking room two men discuss destinations and plans. One, named Rafalo, repeats a confident claim about visiting a place called Kuttala and notes a local count in residence there. The other, Huttala, calls the town a real place and asks what will be done next, mentioning Cleveland and Dewar.
A scrambled 1920s style column lists jokes and political quips from various papers. It mentions Willing Ontario, a milkman recruited by a sergeant, a boast about political lies, a gag about stealing a fist, and a remark on a senator’s speech. It ends with tax payment information for Ackley Iowa.
In Hunting the Elephant in Africa Captain O. H. Stigand recounts lion fear and a bold woman who saved her village. A man is dragged into a hut during a lion attack and dies. the woman drives off the beast with a burning fagot, then escapes as the lion returns.
A London Globe report recalls that the gas jet originated from an accidental use of a woman’s thimble. Clegg of Redruth reportedly capped an open gas pipe with clay when his wife’s thimble vanished, gas then escaped through worn needle holes, forming the first burping jets.
A curious note on migratory birds states that species such as the tom stone and the black headed plover travel about 4,000 miles from Hawaii to the tundras of Alaska annually to rear their young. The passage also includes snippets of humorous exchanges and quotations about daily life and garden scenes.
The text describes a medieval practice at St Mark's area near Verona and Florence where bankrupt traders during carnival were brought to a stone near markets. They faced public reading of failure reports, rebukes, and a ritual bumping on the stone twelve times, honoring the twelve apostles. A subsequent notice invites readers to meet Dr. Weber at Hotel Ackley on Wednesday February 18 before 12:30 noon to discuss eye and ear troubles.
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