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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR presents Abraham Lincoln expressing views on education and civic duty. The garbled text mentions literacy, teaching from pulpits, political relief, and justice, with unclear surrounding details and subscription notes attached.
The Hardin county delegation split at the convention hall as ex speaker J. H. Funk faced questions over who named the candidates. Scurry led sheriff votes 3,647 while Walsh had 1,570, with turnout skewed by nonvoting Republicans and cross-party support from Democrats. Senator Hanna and editorials on local papers highlight newspaper community value and economic arguments amid tariff talk and rail imports.
A column questions protectionism and labor figures while recounting Iowa political figures and local election chatter. It notes Mr Higgins, ex postmaster of Ackley, as a longstanding Democrat, cites Des Moines data on livestock, praises Tom Lipton's Shamrock, and comments on Roosevelt and labor strikes amid press-town banter.
In a New York Emerson centenary address Henry Watterson argues no man or nation holds a perfect political ideal. He says historic leaders loved truth but never fully realized their grand conception, urging a public ideal rooted in educated voters and a state capable of discerning right from wrong beyond partisan passions. The piece contrasts Iowa and Pennsylvania to illustrate the gap between popular and elite ideals.
A collage of headlines and quips from multiple papers. Items reference Filipino matrimony, pension applications, meat prices, floods, a noiseless Fourth, a president in Butte, June brides, a coal strike, and Gov Yates of Illinois amid politics. The tone is satirical and fragmented.
The piece contrasts two classes reacting to graduates. Pessimists predict doom for young graduates, while jokemakers mock commencement. It argues enthusiasm and discipline from studies, athletics, and technical training equip graduates for life, suggesting pessimists may face null results as future graduates prove capable.
The president of Spring Hill College in Mobile Alabama reports designation as an Institution for educating young Filipinos to be sent to the United States for studies in languages science and government. The decision may reflect a recent visit by Senator Morgan and favorable advocacy.
Customs officials report a shipment of the largest and most expensive cigars ever brought into the country. The cigars measure sixteen inches long and weigh sixty pounds four thousand. An importer paid 65 cents in duty on each cigar total 8974 for 1500 cigars, each in its own box with three bands. Local price is about four dollars per cigar.
A sexual tension scene unfolds as a husband reminds his wife she was his typewriter before marriage and asserts he is now hers. She counters that she was his boss when they wed, but insists their roles have shifted. The dialogue centers on power and ownership within a strained marriage.
A friendly collection of anecdotes and quips from a paper page recounts a sleepless neighbor who vows to wake the other home with a bell attack over a barking dog. It also shares childlike humor from a London Globe correspondent, schoolroom jokes, and Bishop Potter’s Sunday school questions. The wrap ends with weather and misfortune notes on storms, fires, and delays, closing with hopeful musings.
A contemporary voice mistakes graduates for woods but the truth points to the evils of the world on the run rather than students. The fragment suggests a critique of misperception, contrasting alleged actions with broader social dangers.
Dr. B E Purcell announces practice limited to eye ear nose and throat and will be available in Dr Phelan's office on June 9 and 23.
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