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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
4
The Abbott Grist reports weekend and weekday visits around Ackley, including trips to Albert Lea and Geneva, relatives gathering, shopping runs, and neighbors planning home improvements. It notes farm work, weather hopes, and a light literary aside on golf satire from Windor Magazine.
An anecdote from G. W. Smailey’s Anglo Ameri tos Memories recounts Whistler’s response to a luncheon prank. Hostesses placed white feathers in the men’s hair mirroring his own. Whistler entered to find a line of men with plumes, then declared he would never speak to any of them again and exited in restrained outrage.
Henry Reysack’s father under doctor care as Rieke Ross and wife visit Steam Boat last Friday. Several locals fall ill or travel, including Mrs. O’Kones and Rev. and Mrs. Neibruggers returning from their wedding trip. Prof. Lewis heads to Des Moines for summer, Oldridge Lutterman back from Chicago, and Elzo Berends injured but not seriously. A girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Welgers, while many others visit or remodel. Local business expands with Sam Janssen’s new store and Heiko Muller planning a modern house. Deposits in Claves bank total 850,000 as crops improve and weather stays favorable, plus a note on a cheap marine telescope.
A collage of witty exchanges and social banter from a historic page features quips about merit, baseball, and grammar. The Washington Times and Chicago News style snippets playfully tease language, identity, and everyday mischief among families and neighbors.
Hogs hold up well market steady to higher cattle receipts about 3,000 hog receipts 15,000 with bulk sales 48.40 to 88.45 sheep receipts 20,000 prices steady to 10c higher native 8.7 to 6.90 lambs 96.40 to 98.80 Ackley quotations Former Ackleyites Eagle Grove prospers Fort Dodge booming Webster City Senator Chass Fort Dodge details corn acreage alfalfa haying strawberries ripening fruit condition June state horticultural totals Lovilla wedding J J Rane Winnie Preston Locks and loads of Iowa town notes.
A new Belgian design adds an electric crane to a motor truck for loading from the ground and placing loads at any point along the truck’s elgiform. The innovation suggests enhanced mobility and reach for on site handling.
A historical ad offers one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh case with Hello Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. The signature list cites trust in FJ Cheney over fifteen years and the National Bank of Commerce in Toledo endorses the claim. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle, with testimonials available.
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