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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
2
The Lickley World founded January 27, 1898, succeeding Ackley Enterprise of 1967. Subscription terms include advance payments for six months. The piece includes political refor matory sentiment and examples of contemporary news blurbs, including a New York paper item about a woman shooting a suitor and tabs on a New Hampshire policewoman.
Tacoma Mayor W. W. Seymour joined Local No. 23, Hoboes of America, at the Hotel de Gini, an abandoned schoolhouse turned shelter for unemployed men. He pledged allegiance and praised the movement, saying he may one day be an active member and that any man could become mayor.
The Iowa press comments on a centenarian era in politics and the likely noncampaign of President Wilson. Leo views include the Burlington Hawkeye on future developments and the Cedar Rapids Republican stressing saving habits. George E Roberts of Fort Dodge is praised as a top choice for the federal reserve board, noted for experience and integrity.
A Cleveland tale places J. D. Rockefeller at a golf outing where he describes a stock as good as an egg, noting there are good and bad stocks. The piece also comments on Senator Cummins, praising candor and consistent Republican principles amid election law tensions. The world is said to have no party preference.
Iowa schedules list party nominating deadlines from January to November including primary dates June 1 and county and state conventions. Ohio Bull Moose Republicans urge local option protection and national constitutional amendment action on liquor. Potato yields exceed ten year average, oranges praised for versatile use. federal appointments delayed pending minor dispositional issues.
Out for representative of Hardin County is William Schmideke a Darwin County resident since boyhood. He rose from humble beginnings through hard work and prudent judgment to announce his candidacy in the primary. A Radcliffe farmer and livestock trader Schmideke advocates economy in government and opposes extravagance. He is expected to run strongly and may be elected, with more details to come.
Des Moines reports a wage dispute as about a hundred Polk County courthouse employees stormed the county board of supervisors on Monday morning. They argued for salary raises to match the quadrupling cost of living over four years, citing higher rents and prices for food and clothing while pay remained static.
A Keokuk power dam cross Mississippi is proposed to be converted into a toll-free bridge to compete with the Carnegie Bridge company. The bill will be taken up by the House Commerce Committee in Keokuk next Monday January 12 as Rep Raney, Windg Subvuribe for The World-Be Happy, chairs the session. The article also notes a sermon about the high cost of living in Youngstown and mentions San Francisco employee life insurance policies.
Washington reports that October and November brought 18 million pounds of foreign beef and meat products into the United States, more than triple the amount for all of 1912. The inspectors condemned 18 thousand pounds, with Canada supplying 8 million pounds, Argentina 6 million, Australia 3 million, and Uruguay 650 thousand. about 2,000 cattle from Canada and Mexico were imported.
A New Year sermon urges listening only to the inner will and rejects False Prophets who promise success from outside. It extols diligence, consistent work, and real happiness through service, noting the world rewards the worker who sticks to his business over mere honesty or beauty.
A playful verse wishes joy and virtue for the new year, praising abstinence and reform while mocking past vices. It is followed by notes on a congressional effort to permit old Krag rifles for drill clubs and a mint director’s estimate of world gold in 1880. The poem The First Snow Fall depicts a snowy scene, a window view, and a child asking who makes the song, ending with memory of a grave and a father's care.
A collage of 19th century snippets notes Christmas boxes and Boxing Day origins, a tale of a garden party with a clergyman friend, quips on married life and breakfast, and a Des Moines capital extension item. Other lines cite heirlooms, jokes, and local notes from Kentuckey and Iowa.
Notice is hereby given that a instrument of writing pertaining to a lash will was opened and publicly read. The hearing to prove said will is set for Tuesday the lath day of January 111 with witnesses, at Eudora Iowa. Signed by clerk Samaey V. VublingaMM and deputy.
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