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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1906
Page
8
In 300 B C a group of flute players withdrew from Rome over a ban, prompting senate intervention. Tiburtines enticed them to Rome with wine and festive misdirection, causing the players to be transported back to Rome in wagons. The crowd urged them to stay, and the banquets right was restored.
Ancient lighthouses date from early commerce with myths placing Hercules and Homer near the first beacons. The Pharos at Alexandria, built about 285 B C, is the earliest lighthouse with a documented record, while Libyan towers and Dover Boulogne lights by the Ostmans mark earlier examples. Coruna in Spain, rebuilt in 1634 during Trajan’s reign, is argued to be the oldest surviving lighthouse.
The Humming Bird Flower, Alletedo avasisis, a vivid blossom in eastern Turkey, mimics a humming bird with a green breast, rose wings, yellow throat, and nearly black head. It is about one and three quarters inches long, and the stem makes it look as if it has a single leg and foot.
A clerical correspondent reports a London church prelate struggled to suppress laughter during consecration as a school banner bore a fierce lion and the caption Suffer little children to come unto me. An Afghan custom grants protection to strangers but hides a harsher side of revenge and unforgiving behavior.
An exchange from Onala News contrasts boasting about debts with the idea that money, not love, drives evil. The dialogue implies the right use of wealth leads to good, while bragging may reveal moral flaws.
A verbose piece argues sharks are humble public servants, not predatory villains. It notes sharks scavenge and handle debris, with stomach contents showing harmless bits like rope, cans, bottles, and a sailor’s cap. It credits two core feeding habits, a surface-lunging glimpse and squid prey, to explain its not a bloodthirsty pirate but a hard working, tolerant scavenger.
The column mocks domestic frictions and sly gossip with wry observations on jealousy, long engagements, and public dramas. A narrator notes a husband’s missteps, a wife’s discreet rebukes, and a general mood of wary restraint in relationships.
Early glassmaking began before the Revolution with German settlers in Quincy Massachusetts who established a factory on the Germantown site later occupied by Sailors' Snug Harbor. Around 1785 Robert Hety of Boston attempted a window glass factory and Hewes moved his works to New Hampshire's forest.
The Philadelphia office building superintendent notes elevators are statistically the safest, with 16.8 million riders over seven years and only one non fatal injury among 2.4 million yearly riders. The Rochester Post Express reports the finding.
The piece recounts Agrippleau widow of Germanicus as a famed figure. She attended her husband in campaigns and faced danger and betrayal. Suspecting poisoning she was accused of murder, treated with indignity by Tiberius, and driven to despair culminating in her starvation and death.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger describes a bus entering a china shop scene and the driver noting how tradition ends as he backs away without disturbing a saucer while asking for the stockyard route, then leaving.
Grandmotherly cheer greets Harry as he shatters a college contest record. Officials discuss the cost of repairs and whether a new trophy or plaque will be needed to honor the achievement.
A push for reform in diplomacy and consular service aims to raise U S prestige and broaden international ties. Promoted figures include David J Thompson and Thoye OCuriseama, with plans to create better homes abroad under a Lodge style reform backed by Evihu Root and Longworth.
Dining car and coach rates advertised for Illinois Central and connections to Hot Springs Vicksburg Gulfport and Havana destinations with weekly sale periods and return limits. Promotions include home seekers excursions and weekend round trips within 150 miles and various long distance options to California Oregon and Washington with dates starting February through April and special folders available from the railroad agent in Dubuque Iowa.
A British navy practice called running the gauntlet, once used to punish offenders by having each sailor strike the offender's bare shoulders with a switch as they walked between two lines. Indians saw this as torture and noted it in contexts referencing Virginia and Canada.
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