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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
4
Community correspondence records visits and doings in German Township. Neessen and Akkerman finalize sale of a 240 acre farm for 24480 dollars, with elevator sidetrack plans by John Tjaden. Accidents include four horses recovering from burn in the Akkerman fire. dairy cream separator competition and a traveling agent story spark local humor. residents plan to travel to Germany after harvest.
Mrs Schultz welcomes a baby girl while area residents attend a teachers institute this week. Okko Martins new house two miles east of town nears completion. Mr D Peters of Wellsburg visited town recently. Lude hauls juniper for a new barn on a high farm. Mrs Gerdes and Mrs Gelder visit Kamrar relatives. Johnnie Janasen shows a croquet set for neighborhood play. Beving and daughter visited Ackley on Monday. Alb t Harms was in Ackley on business. King and Jaanssen dissolve their firm but continue operations. A N Gordes reports prosperous business this season. Wellsburg M Gladstone stays in his current building as owners lease to Morria easing move work.
D D Kellogg arrived with two western horses. J Buseman bought a horse for 150 dollars from St Toeleven. Mise Minie Johnson staying with the R Buseman family. Rev. Willis visited Parkersburg between trains. Lena Reints visited Mr and Mrs H A Blacktore. Hearty Brinkwan sold his Rowan farm for 60 dollars per acre. John Meyer building a large barn. Chas Willeke contracted cement walks at Wellaburg. A B Elliott became barber proprietor. Reception for Mr and Mrs Rederus on July 25. George Mennen and wife welcomed a twelve pound baby boy. Mrs D Benginga visited Germany Valley, Ill. Foundation walls for D Bennenga house ready. Surveyor Hoover active replatting Royce estate lots. I Kaufmann of Bonn arrived for a month, visiting O Wagner and N H S Reints families. recently in New York for town excursion.
Obituary notes recall Curis from Jackson township dying at 76, with state superintendent Rigga delivering an educational lecture at the Hardin County Institute in Eldora. Property transfers include the Palace livery barn and brick residence on East Malo Street in Iowa Falls sold for 18000 to W S Boyer of Ladysmith Wisconsin. References to local social events and family notices fill the page with various names and brief moves across Ackley, Geneva, and surrounding towns.
The Sunday School hosted an ice cream social at the church on Friday night July 19. Durilog the electrical storm hit the Four Mile Grove church area Tuesday, nearly demolishing the steeple by lightning. Misa Ardila Hunt visited an uncle in Albert Lea Minnesota on Wednesday. Many youths attend a teachers’ institute in Hampton. Mrs. W. P. Stoddard visits Mrs. J. M. Tledgen in Tampton for the week. Jesse Horner confronts Henry as they approach the elevator. Rev. Peter Ott becomes pastor at the German church southwest of town, replacing Rev. Burkie who moved to Minnesota. Mrs. Martin Berry visits relatives after arriving Saturday. Miss Lucinda Maier visits Miss Long in Kanana. W. B. Jones enjoys a visit from sister and daughter from Racine, Wisconsin. Dewitt Q Glock and Orrin Benson travel to Chicago with stock Wednesday.
Frew Georges and Kasper Jutting of Ger tan township Grundy county arrived Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of Mrs John Klinkenberg which occurred Tuesday afternoon. Mrs C Brauer of Geneva has been visiting the Willemssens families. Ed Mull was badly lacerated when caught in a gasoline engine at the Farmers elevator last week.
A long passage describes Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse and his famed Bar of Dionysius a subterranean ear shaped cave used as a whispering gallery. Prisoners were kept in adjacent dungeons and listened to conspirators voices turning sound into intelligence. The tyrant executed the architect and slaves to keep the purpose secret.
The piece describes fox cunning as a hunter, noting stealth in England and eager dodges from hounds. It cites Olave Magnus and his work Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, recounting a fox leaping goats and clever escapes by tree clutching, comparing English and American fox behavior.
The article describes tumbleweeds breaking off near the root and rolling with the wind across barren western deserts and prairies. It notes one eastern example called the witch rake or old beldame and explains their seed dispersal by wind in September, piling along fences and hedgerows. The hair Grass is mentioned as widespread across the United States.
Alexandre Dumas received a letter from a French count proposing collaboration on a drama with shared profits. Dumas replied that he cannot accept the offer, likening it to not harnessing a horse to his carriage. The count retorted that Dumas must not saddle him with such a burden in the future.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a boy’s bat and a string issue aboard a steamer. A mother and captain exchange admonitions about manners and comparisons to other girls. The tone hints at a chiding domestic scene amid travel life.
The Commercial Fire Insurance Company of Des Moines Iowa seeks agents for city and country work. Stock company insures against wire fire lightning high winds cyclones and tornadoes. Liberal terms. Address P d Chaney secretary Des Moines Iowa.
A note suggests visiting G. D. Elllony in Journal pulldiege for reliable watch re airing information or services.
Eldora Herald notes Ora Scales of the Ackley Journal has purchased the residence of Mrs Dan Bolender, prompting curiosity whether a marriage plan or mere speculation underlies the transaction. The item appears amid local notices and pharmaceutical advertisements including Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills.
A Heidelberg scientist, Professor Klsatsch, reports a curious finding about memory and money. The Detroit Free Press notes the novelty and humor in the claim as a teletype style snippet.
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