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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1913
Page
2
A squibbed review mixes editorials on politics and public life with notices of licensing, postal reform, and crime. It cites J Suilwell and Ell in New York, Des Moines doctors, Ireland home rule, and a Richmond fashion fine, all framed in a 1910s community newspaper voice.
Readers note the recent issue had extensive ads, yet ads paid for by buyers and merchants. The piece argues that weekly WorLp ads, with eighteen to twenty two columns of home matter, benefit publisher merchant and reader alike and urge regular reading and advertising.
Under the new law candidates must gather at least five hundred names with no fewer than fifty from each of seven counties. In primaries voters may cast as many votes as there are positions, up to six, for the top six to be chosen in the general election. The four year term may see fewer candidates in the district. The column then references local anecdotes about prohibition era saloons, a launder project, jokers in legislative bills, and a remark on U S policy toward Mexico.
A Democrat criticizes three competing newspapers in a northwest town for fragmenting advertising revenue, arguing two papers would suffice. The piece notes printers ink, consolidation, and better equipment as keys to stronger results, mentioning local merchants, Star and Banner publishers, Brannigan’s Democrat, and the pie analogy to illustrate inefficiency.
A collage of editorials and quips from multiple Iowa papers lampoons politics and leadership while noting a sharp drop in express parcel post volumes. It cites opinions on honesty in government, energy costs, Bryan's earnings, and a shower in the White House cellar, alongside figures like W A Naylor and auditor Stevens.
A Kansas City Journal fragment cites a playful conversation about cherry trees and independence. It weaves in a Missouri girl’s lunch remark, a pastor’s headache comment, and Gerald Stanley Fee on self action. It notes a farmer tale about early rising and a Topeka Capital strain on courtesy in polite society.
The financial horizon in New York shows a clearing trend though still cloudy. Over eleven months there has been an average 18 to 20 point decline in railroad and industrial shares, a pace likened to a slow panic. The recent shrinkage may surpass the $3 billion drop seen in the 1907 panic given the higher volume of securities.
A Cherokee Democrat cartoon quips about excessive holey designs in modern lingerie, joking that the many cutouts leave the fabric resembling Swiss cheese and could be sold by the pound.
A week of local events includes hampton and Eldora hautquuas. A nail pouch was stolen at the Dows depot Saturday and recovered at the tile plant. Warry Gill of Chicago bought thirty horses at Grundy Center for about 125 per head. Frank Hackett of Iowa Falls was found standing in the Iowa River, having prior asylum time. A death by suicide is noted. Gladya Deyo, five, of Hampton, was injured while playing near a horse.
Franklin Sauter owners a pet coon named Smoke a claim that the animal has adopted a brood of young guinea fowl hatched in his stove oven. Local naturalists note this as a rare case of a wild creature showing parental behavior toward domesticated birds. Sauter, a guinea fowl breeder, had placed ten incubating eggs in the stove oven after misplacing an incubator, then found the coon caring for the hatched chicks.
Philadelphia reports reveal Pennsylvania railroad porters, nicknamed red tops, often earn little or no wages initially and rely on tips. Cleaning gangs pay $40 to $45 monthly, while red tops may receive $20 to $40 later after long service. The practice aims to keep them busy. competition and instability mark their posts and transfers. The dockyard atmosphere and station master calls determine staffing, with volunteers filling vacancies.
A brief poem contrasts two cow types, depicting a beef cow as square and blocky that stores nutrients, and a dairy cow as wedge shaped that radiates nourishment. The piece likens the beef breed to a miser hoarding feed while the dairy cow is a philanthropist giving away what she receives.
The comparison of silage feeding three cows per acre for six months versus six acres of corn fodder argues for the silo site. A wealthy Galesburg man’s death prompts three children to sue to break his will days after his passing. W. H. Gran promotes nursery stock and reasonable prices. Mrs. Henry Whiteside visited Town Falls and was accompanied home by another. Tom WorLo subscription offer for a year.
Nebraska National Forest to be opened to entry Oct 1 1913 631 sections of fine land to be given away located near Hyannis J L Ferguson civil engineer Broken Bow Nebraska A farm for sale Anyone wanting to buy will do well to call and see me P Clangy Lost a purse containing money on Main Street Tuesday Minder please leave at the World office For sale good oak posts one and one half miles west of Abbott C F Stauffer Midora or A L Back manager Go d sell a lot of old newspapers cheap World office 4
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