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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1906
Page
7
Ackley sketches a stream of brief items: Wenton Schwalle joins the Exchange, E.G. Richardson ships hogs to Chicago, social visits, and a string of sales from farming to cattle. Reports of church activities, weddings, road wreck clearances, and community anecdotes mark daily life in early February.
Chester Van Noy receives a promotion and will take the position at Wayland on the Peoria division after years as a steady railroad operator. Mrs Van Noy accompanies him as county school tests set for Grundy county, and other local notes include land prospects, a pipe ditch accident, a drug store stake, an eye operation, a Marion move, and a horse sale for $300.
A string of local visitors and movements is noted. Henry Letater is in Kanawha today while Walter Rath heads to Chicago and George Weber visited Rockwall on Sunday. Also sighted are Albt Harms of Cleves in the alley Monday and Jacob Roskamp at Wellahirg in fighting Monday. IT from Austinville was in the city Saturday. J TR Aelow attended Hampton court Monday. Ubarey Weber visits relatives in Freeport. Sheriff J J Dunn of Dubuque County was in the city Sunday. George Diamond and BF S Whitney of Faulkner were in town Saturday. Emma Kliebenstein visits from Grundy Center to see her sister Cura. Captain Raymond of the Hampton Recorder was en route to Chicago Friday. A P Thayer of Marshalltown, representing the Times-Republican, was in the city Sunday. Mrs I G Heykens departs for Fostoria Iowa to visit relatives Monday. Barney Bleeker spent Sunday with his parents in the city. Mr Kaovepieter and Fr Abbas, Wright County residents, returned home Monday. Mr and Mrs Ralph Veieve were Sunday visitors at Faulkner with their son. Thomas Gimer, Hotel Gimer Abbott proprietor, called on friends Saturday. Miss Alice Hendricks, Anna Ludemio and Jennie Leister traveled from Cedar Park to spend last Sabbath at home. Mrs B Wideman and son Cornelius visited K R K Steinhart in Lattimer and returned home Thursday. If you owe Deatle & Johnson anything, it does. We urge all customers to settle accounts, cash or bankable note. This notice targets those with accounts. DENTEL & JOHNSON. Groceries Dry Goods etc.
Rev J E Mayne returned from a trip to the northwest visiting Marriatown Minnesota Wheaton Lis bon North Dakota and Nora Springs. He spoke of pleased families and hopeful prospects then urged support for home industries and laundry business plans in town. Also notes Northwestern Mutual Life dividends and uncalled letters at the post office.
Charley Hays plans public auctions near Ackley and Geneva to divest stock and machinery as he moves to Geneva. Listings include horses, cattle, chickens, and farm equipment with noon meals, multiple auctioneers, and settlement reminders for all accounts.
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