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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
8
The Wonko advertises first-class facilities for poster, pamphlet, and book work with top equipment in Central Town. It offers free insertions for marriages deaths and other items in the paper and invites contributions from readers worldwide.
A Buffalo visitor notes changes at the Wm Martens home and the triangular park on Enat Main 18. Plans include removing a pump house, relocating a tank, and planting trees to create a pleasing street view.
A jumble of old items reports political quips about a Tennessee congress member and a mining venture by the Maturity Mining & Milling Co. Ackley papers push promises, while local news notes mayoral grand jury action in Rock Island and two miners crushed at O'Gara mine No. 6 Harrsiburg. The fragment mix shows era styled items with named places and people.
Homeseekers Excursions announces round trip excursion tickets every Tuesday to potato regions in Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan and the Canadian Northwest plus on the Brat and third Tuesdays monthly to the South Southeast West and Southwest. Rate one fare plus 82.00 with liberal limits and stop over privileges. For rates and details contact agents or address A B Outts GP T A Minneapolis Minn deca
A fragmented line mentions a World subscription label showing the paid time and a yellow Jour Dame label with growth and beer, blanked and unclear. The wording is garbled but suggests a label indicating payment period and an additional insignia. No clear event or outcome is stated.
A pool of reports from Sebastopol and Tambov describe Admiral Chouknin shot in his garden, gravely wounded, with the assailant believed to be a sailor from the Otchakoff. The attack follows the execution of Lieutenant Schmidt, amid a climate of mutiny and revolts among Russian sailors. Also noted are surrendering Tambov cavalry mutineers and preemptive defense plans in Riga and other cities.
In New York the payment of 75000 to the heirs of Francis Asbury Palmer ends litigation over his will. Appraisers filed a surrogate report valuing the estate at 737160, with Palmer a 92 year old former president of the National Broadway Bank. He left a small annuity to his elder brother and the remainder to the Francis Asbury Palmer fund supporting home missions ministers and churches.
Miss Josephine Porter Boardman and United States Senator Whithrop Murray Crane were married at Windelyte, the Boardmans’ summer home in Manchester. The ceremony was simple with Rev. Roland Cotton Smith and Rev H Dewart officiating. No attendants, lavish tropical decor contrasted by a modest setting. Guests filled a room with gifts of gold silver and cut glass in diverse forms.
Supreme Court acquits Captain Alfred Dreyfus and clears him of all charges. The unanimous decision, read by Ballot-Beaupre, restores him to military life after eleven years. Key figures in attendance included Reinach, Zola, and Dreyfus's brother as the crowd pressed into the court.
Washington July 11 Postmaster General Cortelyou halted his July 6 1905 order barring mail and money orders to the Peoples United States Bank its officers and agents and HE G Lewin The suspension rests on the understanding that Lewin reviving the bank would risk revoking the order and reinstating the original 1905 pension era measures The postmaster general states the banks operations are at an end and the firm is effectively out of existence.
Cape Girardeau Missouri July 11 Nick Bryant and George Trodgers brothers long at odds fought on a Canalou train They drew revolvers at the junction the engine jumped the track Bryant was shot in the head losing an eye Rodgers fled after holding the crowd at bay Bryant was brought for treatment Another brief note Richmond Virginia July 11 Samuel T Organ Fortescue Whittle and J Stice Smith of the Virginia Carolina Chemical company are before Judge Widdill in a Sherman law extradition proceeding in federal court Edward T Stanford prosecutes and seeks transfer to Tennessee for trial
In Danville Illinois on July 12 a fuse lit during a dynamite blasting at Western Brick company shale pit caused the explosion before workers could seek safety. Clayton Allee 25 of Montezuma Indiana died instantly. Edward Riley and Fred Olsen both of this city were injured, Riley losing an arm and leg and Olsen suffering a fractured skull. Several others were cut and bruised and are expected to die. The accident follows a separate Cavalry movement report about a 250 mile long march from Fort Riley under Col. Godfrey. Also reported were drowning deaths of W H Campbell a 17 year old from Athens and George Gillerp 18 from Berlin Heights while canvassing for a soup concern near the Ohio River.
Madison July 11 Attorney General Sturdevant rules a special election is needed to replace Representative Adams. The election will be decided by the old caucus and convention system. John M. Nelson of Madison is the sole candidate.
Secretary Taft returns to Washington from Greensboro as headlines note immigration figures for the year end. Brazilian tariff cuts and U S export shifts are reported amid a broad bundle of items including a retirement death of Brigadier General Louis Henry Rucker, crop acreage, labor union sessions in Cleveland, a memorial for Salisbury disaster victims, Cochran's California visit, and Aurelio Herrera's boxing match in Milwaukee.
The French government moves to restore Alfred Dreyfus and Col Picquart to rank. Dreyfus will be made a major with possible early promotion to lieutenant colonel and inscribed for the Legion of Honor, while Picquart becomes a brigadier general. Also noted is a Brookville steer claimed as the world’s largest.
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