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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
7
Ackley and Round-About report July weather surprises, crop samples near Plankinton, estate updates, deaths, farm activity, and community notes. Highlights include Ben Hayenga house progress, Postmaster Breuning box upgrades, Lusch grain engine plans, and the town’s lively race talk with D D Leach eyeing a free-horse matinee.
Queen Lil, the AW Penfield mare that won first money in the 240 pace at the Marshalltown races, died as a result of the setback. Mantin and Maung carried nails at three cents a pound. Details describe the horse's death following the event and mention local trades.
Queen Lil, once hoped to lower a 2:11 race time, died from overwork amid town notes of residents visiting, leisure travels, and local political chatter. Reports name Mr and Mrs Penfeld, Q. W. Maxwell at Indianola, and numerous visits across Hampton, Waterloo, Des Moines, and Cedar Falls with a steady stream of neighbors and observers.
Business specials announce lunch options for picnic parties at Roursnipet's Restaurant in Waterloo. The notice highlights purity and excellence with several dish options, noting sales at City Grocery and Grant's restaurant for ice cream. Cyry Groheay is mentioned in relation to the offerings.
The Butler county board of health report by Clark Palmer shows 432 births and 132 deaths in 1899 with 210 male births and 222 female births while deaths include 85 male and 10 female. There were 153 marriages. Township figures list Fremont Olneksvill Dayton Sheltroe Godwater Madison Pittsford Woahing Dumane Monroe West Pot Apiington Bristow Alba Allison Parke Jackson Beave New Hartford. The report calls Butler county a healthful place to reside.
A Tuesday night report from New Hartford cites a young man Louis Currier who was warned to work or leave town after repeatedly demanding his mother’s earnings. The Belmond saloon tale notes monthly licensing fits Wright county rules. The Herald’s premium list faces farmer complaints over upside down content and omitted departments while local ads face backlash for cheap printing.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway issued a policy barring cigarette users from employment after General Manager Parker studied cigarettes effects on health. He argues smokers cannot work with a clear head or strong body, weakening the brain and constitution. Burlington and Chicago & Northwestern reportedly may issue similar orders, likening cigarette users to drunkards.
Article blends a vignette of a one-legged man begging in the business district with observations on local character and pride. It notes crop prospects, wheat yield expectations of twenty to thirty bushels per acre, and a hay shortage. A disease in Butler County horses is blamed for deaths, sore eyes, fever, swollen legs, and risky work conditions.
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