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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1906
Page
3
Old notes recall SVR ELL RAQKH amid Wall Street schemes with high interest bets and millions at stake, alongside stories of Midshipman Stephen Decatur and Admiral Dewey supporting Annapolis reforms. Biographies of Blackburn, Tucker, Stillings, and Foss frame a era of finance, law, and naval planning in vivid vignettes.
A fragmented account describes a parasitic wasp named the Jehuenmon Fly Maken Tin Nate and its green Keleumon cousin from Ceylon. It prey uses spine poison to paralyze spiders, stores them in a nest, hatches larvae that feed as the spiders remain alive, then the brood develops into winged flies that target spiders and other insects. Includes stray dialogue on eye health and Humour about Hindoo Caste and Meyerbeer.
A compact overview traces angling from early necessity to culture, citing biblical and classical references. It notes ancient Greek and Roman mentions, Cleopatra's prank, and frescoes in Pompeii and Herculaneum. The piece highlights the gradual shift from bone hooks to refined gear.
A physician for ten years endorses apples as a cure for drunkenness stating he treated forty to fifty drunkards with favorable results. He claims three or more apples daily lessen cravings and advises minimal smoking. He cites a woman who supposedly cured her husband by keeping apples on the dining table.
A simple salt and water eye wash cleanses and strengthens damaged lashes and restores eyes. A New York surgeon recommends using this remedy whenever irritation or strain affects the eyes.
A historical report notes feathery crystals on frozen dynamite wrapping called whiskers that are more irritable than the dynamite itself. In a recorded case, thawed sticks were placed in hot water near a blacksmith shop where greasy residue remained. A hammer strike caused a concussion that ignited the whiskers, blowing the cay to pieces but causing no injuries.
The excerpt presents a fragmentary dialogue about labor, ownership, and class, noting a worker’s statement on serving a master and the transactional logic of livestock as social sustenance. It hints at broader views on exploitation and selective evidence shaping judgment.
The excerpt critiques parental praise of prodigies, questions a man’s thoughts on his wife’s new dress, and notes the courage or meanness in denying Santa Claus this month. It reflects social humor and skepticism about child prodigies, fashion, and belief.
A black dressed figure questions a young man about the future and the hereafter, asking if he is a minister or a life insurance agent as humor and fate intersect in a Milwaukee Sentinel snippet.
Mardi Gras festival plans in New Orleans for February 27 accompany notes on Gulfport as a growing Mexican Gulf Coast resort with the new Great Southern hotel. The item highlights regular ocean steamship sailings from New Orleans to Mexico Central America Panama West Indies and Europe and advertises Havana via New Orleans with Mi nols Central service and a new twin screw liner.
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