13 Jul 1898
Page 7
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1898
Page
7
A press delay at SAI A. Tartin caused several hours of halt for the issue. Local items report births, sales, property transfers, farm updates, church installations, school moves, and community events across the town, including recruitment, banking bonds, and upcoming public meetings.
Numerous short notices list residents and guests visiting from Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Hampton, Mason City, Grundy Center, Dumont, and other towns. Mentions include travel to Elkton for land, Spirit Lake trips, and county teachers institute meetings. A Weather Bureau data project aims to reduce livestock insurance by collecting farm stock loss logs and improving fence grounding.
Journal notices from Aplington report residents joining the German Baptist faith after a creek incident Sunday. Several items cover trains not stopping, a petition to restore service, seasonable boating, visits by Mrs. Henry Griece, a new baby at Bekhofs, the Van Gerpen family’s misfortune with a kitchen fire, and an advertisement for a Minnesota hard wheat breakfast product from GO. E, Witrigston.
Mike Halloran finds a horse missing from his barn after suspecting a neighbor took it for a joke. The horse returned Monday with the thief having kept the halter, now valued by the thief more than the animal. Also notices selling a 400 acre farm near Ackley and 160 acres in Cerro Gordo county with liberal terms.
Nicholas M Steffan 62 died at home in Faulkner Iowa Tuesday afternoon from throat cancer after a Chicago medical visit. Born in Prussia 1836 he settled in Chicago then Freeport before moving to Faulkner to run a store and general merchandise business. Survived by children Charley Edward Arthur Fred Chir a Cecil Violet August Mrs Lenora Belzer Mrs Rost Smith Mrs Ti Vie Houten and Mrs Baim Yaeger. Funeral Thursday at St Marys Catholic church with burial beside wife.
City council met in regular session Tuesday evening July 5. Discussion centered on street and utility expenditures including electric light, water, marshals and prisoner transport. A curfew ordinance was referred to the law and ordinance committee for consultation with the mayor, to be reconsidered at the July 19 meeting.
The piece describes Southern California jack rabbits as swift and elusive, flanked by dense flea swarms that fatten then sweep away with rains. It explains fleas’ seasonal impact on rabbits and crops, noting annual roundups in Fresno County as the fruit industry depends on controlling the pest.
A Springfield man named Too Small to Lothar Witch entered a police station and offered to donate $1 to aid the war after claiming Spain tortured his ancestors in the inquisition. Police declined the gift, noting the case was minor and they had their own troubles.
Indianapolis News notes a frontier improvement claim, arguing that conquering Spain requires more than troops to seize spoils, reflecting a cautious stance on military action and spoils in global conflict.
Harvey Dearman, ill with appendicitis, survived surgery after a five-doctor effort and is expected to recover. Due to a quarterly meeting at Four Mile Grove no M E church services were held Sunday, though many attended. Charley Wendt failed to be accepted by Mason City recruiters. Geneva delegation visited to entice paper prospects, but local efforts remain modest. J Mulkins is now postmaster, with new appointment last week and steady service anticipated. Miss Woodrow of Des Moines is visiting her brother.
A jumble of vintage ads and notes: rooms for rent above a grocery, a flour seller in Waterloo, a millinery shop with a single supplier, land for sale forty four miles southwest of Dur mont, contact Jobo Silver for terms, vegetable purifiers and medicines advertised, Chas Pfander selling drugs, and a stray town gossip line about townsfolk including Rebbe and Jarley.
A garbled excerpt references Harper's Bazaar and a remark about wallpaper patterns described as the finest ever brought to the city. The text includes odd phrasing and misprints, mentioning dynamite and a distant battle line, with a casual Philadelphia citation.
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