Subtle Speculation and Local Notes From The Ackley World
A mixed page of commentary and local notices recounts labor and politics debates, prison education growth, and community tidbits. It cites trusts and tariffs, labor opposition to convict labor, and Democratic-Republican tensions, with brief items on library holdings, a Cherokee woman’s spectacles fiasco, a mill’s old Fillmore books, farm sales near Dubuque, and local social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamosa Penitentiary
State Library
Millard Fillmore
Fillmore
Culfax
la Motte
Jackson County
Dubuque
Webster County
Wallpaper patterns advertised at Nix's store
A shop notices new wallpaper patterns for sale. The ad invites customers to view the latest designs and encourages sharing with friends about where to buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nix’s
Notes on Christian missions and church demographics
A collage of church statistics and missions notes shows American Baptists sending about 15 000 annually to Frese brethren, 4 000 000 Protestant converts in India and China aided by 9 000 missionaries, and 70 000 Catholic missionaries among 3 500 000 converts in Asia. Boston's church density is cited, while the Endeavor Society in Guatemala runs the city’s only English service. A remark on Christian faith characterizes it as positive and certain, avoiding doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
India
China
Boston
Christian Endeavor Society of
Guatemala
Central America
Congregational Church
Endeavor World
Christian Endeavor Society
Indiana
Japan
Notable remarks and quirky quotes from various figures
An assortment of remarks on figures such as General Miles, Lord Glenesk, the sultan of Turkey and Ira D. Sankey. The list also notes Luther and Henry Clowes offering advice on wealth, Fanciulli’s pronounced neck, and a physician’s comment on hanging him with a rope.
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Miles
England
Lord Glenesk
London Morning Post
Turkey
Luther
Henry Clowes
Ira D. Sankey
Jordan
Mr. Fanciulli
Notable British Peers In Business Wealth And Ventures
Lord Londonderry pioneered coal participation among peers while Lord Sudeley runs a flourishing jam business. The Barings’ head Lord Revelstoke divides his life between society and enterprise. The Marquis of Bute owns the sole vineyard in the British Isles. Lord Ardilaun and Lord Iveagh lead Guinness affairs with high salaries. Lord Harrington first peer to open a London shop. Countess of Warwick, famed beauty and inventor, runs a needlework school and a shop for its creations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Londonderry
Lord Sudeley
Baring
Lord Revelstoke
Marquis of Bute
United Kingdom
British Isles
Lord Ardilaun
Lord Ivea
Notable Authors and Their Early Writing Struggles
A compact survey traces early careers and personal details of writers B L Farjeon Conan Doyle Amelia Barr Thomas Hardy Sir Walter Besant William Morris and their initial attempts. It recalls Farjeon as Jefferson's son in law and Morris abandoning a Roman life tale, with Besant defending regular output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Farjeon
Joseph Jefferson
Conan Doyle
Amelia E. Barr
Thomas Hardy
America
Walter Besant
William Morris
House of the Wolfings
Curious towns and villages around the world
A globe trotting roundup of strange settlements including quarry towns in Italy with cave dwellings, a graveyard village near Ningpang po China used by beggars, Tupusetei in New Guinea built on piles to deter headhunters, tree perched homes, a nameless town on Lake Huron with 500 huts, and Athos Macedonia famed for monasteries and a womanless shop scene making it ideal for bashful bachelors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Ningpang-po
China
Celestial Empire
Ti New Guinea
Tupusetei
Lake Huron
Athos
Macedonia
A Rural New Yorker Opinion on Dairies and Weeds
An editorial voice questions wasteful habits and farming efficiency. It jokes about self fertilizing crops, the saying a stitch in time saves nine, and the ritual use of weeds for the dead. The piece notes small towns rely on city ice cream factories for supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Sutton
Chicago
M. E
Louisa Kaul
Hannah Beckombe
Dakota
A.B. Smith
Allison
Heatley
Hansel People
New Yorker
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Ackley World
George F. Althouse
Bingie
Abraham Lincoln
New York Journal
United States
Tey
Atamaca
Newton Keeora
Tins Wonan
Minnesota
Des Moines
Dobson
State Capitol
State House
Iowa Capitol
Hstic
Dumont
A. Rickford
Mason City
A. Stack
R. Pecht
F. Pfaltzgraff
Edith Kennedy
Jamison
M. Graves
Shannon
Clarksville
Austin
F of
Austinville
Carter
Savannah
McKinley
Republican Party
Havemeyer
Ohio
Monnett
Powe
Jack Law
Mark
District Court of
Park County
Stave MacFarland
Mac
Tynatius Donnelly
Popy
C. F. Ptander
Business Folk
Martin & Faust
Gasoline and
Srete
J. M. Nix
W. H. Goettel
the Grocer
Frantz
Mitchell Street
Ackles
Gettelman
Gettelman Brewing Co
C. H. Simmerling
Man
Waterloo
Iowa
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