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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
7
Local notes report Ackley and surrounding communities entering a lively period with Chautauqua events, June 18 start, and July 4 celebrations. Visitors from Hampton and Faulkner, real estate quiet, and multiple residents traveling for business, court, health, or family matters. A mix of auctions, building work, schooling, and community gatherings fill the week.
A severe late week rainstorm battered northeast Iowa with cloudburst intensity. Rail lines suffered washouts and weakened tracks, wrecks occurred near Clarkeville and Packard, five dead and five drowned in McGregor, crops ruined by hail, telegraph lines down, and trains tied up across Minnesota and Illinois borders before repairs restored normal service. Local residents and visitors were noted, with community life and schooling affected by the flood's reach.
The issue lists events and notices: Woodmen of the North-East Town plan a picnic at Clear Lake on the 15th. sales agents report twenty three Ford cars sold this season. Sacred Heart Academy prepares an entertainment at the Photoplay house Thursday evening. Judge McCall of Nevada schedules a probate-focused special session Saturday. Methdist church women host a food gala at Miller & Brooks market next Saturday from 2 PM. two Casterland farms in Franklin and Butten counties to be sold at Rath's Exchange Bank next Saturday at 2 PM to settle an estate. Dr Rabe announces departure from Ackley with his wife planned for next Wednesday. many friends to bid them farewell.
Ackley residents and nearby children are urged to meet a special St Paul train arriving at noon Friday June 9 at the M and St L station. The St Paul band will join a brief program with entertainment for children. The event aims to connect local business men and families with visiting youths for a cheerful community gathering. Maude Whiteside has left for Cedar Rapids to attend college for the summer.
Personal mentions list residents and visitors: Mrs Sherman Rath in Waterloo, Carl Olson with relatives in Hampton, Miss Marie Caratena in Cedar Falls, Mrs William Smith in Ackley, Miss Edith Blom in Town Falla, Mrs Bourquin visiting W. V. Roosevelt family, Miss Anna Dutt visiting Grant township, Miss Gertrude Elliott from Ft Dodge, Miss Ruth and others visiting Waterloo, Mr and Mrs Mogle and Robertson’s mother visiting Henry Fossler, Mrs Foster from Bartlesville Oklahoma visiting Mrs Wester's mother, Miss Lucile Bingen and companions Waterloo visitors, plus notices of advertised letters and a Catholic Mass first by Rev N Steffen.
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