17 Jan 1906
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1906
Page
1
Markets drifted with scarce turnover as crops face heavy losses and poor road conditions. Prices slipped for beans by 8 to rise later, while grain held steady. Dealers quoted hogs at about 4.00 to 5.00, corn near 28, oats around 24, and barley about 9 to 10 cents. eggs roughly 18 to 23 cents.
The piece describes the laughing owl of Florida and southern areas known for its loud ba ho's and eerie laughter. It contrasts this with the Chesapeake Joon call heard along the bay shores, noting both sounds frighten listeners and belong to nocturnal bird life reported in a New York Telegram item.
In a humorous exchange Mr Bacon notes women begin fairy tales with Once upon a time while Mrs Bacon quips that men start with There now dear don’t be angry with me you see twas Mike this The Tankers Statesman is marked as altogether unsuccessful Bobby tells of fishing instead of going to school and Tommy asks if he caught anything with the reply not until he got home
A truncated note from the St. Louis Post Dispatch references a misisog feature and a casual exchange about enjoying an ocean trip. It mentions training a boy and boxing in Sigt, with limited readable text and nameless participants.
Cheap rates to Pactty Count. Travel on Wednesdays through tourist cars to Los Angeles and San Francisco via Kansas City and the Santa Fe System. Applies April 1st, with end date noted, offering reduced rate fare of $15.00 from select origins to California Oregon Washington Utah Montana and Idaho.
Washington reports the Algeciras gathering begins with eleven European nations and the United States sending reps. Henry White and Samuel Gummere will represent the U.S. France and Germany shape the talks while Britain sees Liberal gains boosting its majority. Also notes French presidential election and Red Sunday anniversary events in St. Petersburg.
In St. Petersburg radical papers cast a grim view for the year 1906 with no internal peace in sight though some papers hope for calmer times. The Bear restaurant tragedy shadows festivities as blood and violence are feared, while other papers favor strict dogma and liberty restrictions.
The body of Dr William Rainey Harper former University of Chicago president was laid to rest on a vault in Oakwood Cemetery Chicago January 16. His final resting place will be on the university campus where a memorial chapel and crypt are planned.
Tokio reports General Nagi arriving from Manchuria received a popular reception similar to Admiral Togo. Cheerful crowds lined the streets as the general and his staff rode imperial carriages to the palace.
Minneapolis Jan 15 W S Amsden superintendent of the Pillsbury Washburn company elevator system who was badly burned by smoke and heat in halting flames during the West hotel fire has died. His death is the tenth resulting from the blaze.
Senator Dryden revises a bill to create a federal comptroller of insurance with powers similar to the control over national banks. Endorsed by the president and administration officials, the plan treats policies as instruments of commerce and seeks to curb wrongdoing through federal regulation, aligning with New York inquiry findings.
Washington Jan 16 A general staff paper sent to Senator Gallinger warns that the existing army transport fleet is inadequate for wartime needs. It urges immediate expansion of US steamship capacity to transport troops and supplies for war or defense of territories, highlighting the country’s limited transport resources. Rumors of a Philippine tariff compromise circulate but no concrete agreement emerges.
A Washington report prepared by R. Degraw shows Rural Free Delivery handled over a billion mail pieces in fiscal 1905 at about 14 percent of a cent per piece. It records 34 877 routes in operation and total carrier costs near 16 871 733 dollars with 51 690 petitions received and 13 125 adverse actions. Colonel A B Dodge, railroad VP, broke both kneecaps after a fall in Chicago. James A Doran & Co shows suspension with liabilities over 200 000 dollars in S Paul market woes.
In St Louis probate court Judge Crews ruled Mrs Mary Almedgs Leafgreen has no legal claim to any part of the $500 000 estate of La ¢lede Howard who died intestate April 4 1903. In Carlsbad New Mexico Mrs Mary Aiken is under arrest on charges of burying her eight months old son beneath a mound she built last Sunday night near Lakewood.
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