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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1913
Page
2
A late 19th century column discusses publishing shifts in Cass County and Atlantic, noting George F. Althouse and Ackley Enterprise, subscription terms, and local comments on politics. It blends editorials, postal regulation remarks, and regional reflections on politicians, presses, and upcoming centennial commemorations in a compact local newspaper voice.
The article condemns Dollar Diplomacy and criticizes Secretary Bryan for his remarks on Mexico. It contrasts past U S defense of interests with current policy, noting capitalists fear losses and asserting a shift in statesmanship under the White House. It argues blood and national interests differ from corporate concerns and laments Republican era changes.
The Welsh printing plant at Ana Moss has fallen to the sheriff as a loss making operation. It undercut local printers for years by offering low prices, diverting substantial annual business from Hardin and other counties. Critics say aggressive cutting prices harmed legitimate vendors and stifled local competition, while supporters claim savings for public projects.
In O'Brien county supervisors purchase a Ford auto for the county engineer. The piece notes the engineer’s luck and general happiness with the job, and comments that such officials often aim to outmaneuver rivals in trade territory.
The piece surveys newspaper editorials across Iowa towns on growth, government hiring, railroad control, hog cholera, tuberculosis, meat prices, and lobby influence. It cites Cedar Rapids Republican, Cherokee Democrat, Council Bluffs Nonpareil, and Iowa City Press as reflecting on policy, public health, and political dynamics.
A collection of dialect, humor, and anecdotes from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. It includes a racial caricature exchange, a grandmotherly spanking reminiscence, a tale of deafness in Philadelphia, a Scottish twilight romance vignette, and a humorous exchange about a ticket rule “not transferable” with Mr. Dorman, all rendered in colorful regional speech.
Washington report notes a June 20 decision by the committee to lower the base income for single earners from 4000 to 3000 under the House bill. Married individuals with dependents could claim 1000 for a spouse or a dependent, plus 500 per minor child. The Senate committee adds an amendment taxing both husband and wife if each has separate taxable incomes.
A dry town incident in Sheldon led the mayor to anger after a party of four men visiting Avbton paid $100 and costs for an early conduct. They were jailed for thirty days in Kinghar County, promising an expensive spread for sober citizens of Brien County, per the Sibley Tribune.
A fragmented column ridicules advertisers law and public alertness with satirical references to politicians merchants and laborers. It notes Senator Kenyon studying energy issues and mocks haste in social life while warning that temper control and steady conduct matter more than flair.
President Wilson personally addressed the House and Senate in joint session urging immediate banking and currency reform to support tariff changes. He urged sacrifice to secure a new system, noting committees have studied options and await action as crowds crowded galleries and corridors.
A 1883 report notes a man convicted of rape received five years hard labor in the state prison. Other items include sugar prices at Reinke & Herman, a partnership dissolution, and local notices such as a Freeport excursion, staff moves, and civic appointments.
W. W. Marsh head of the Waterbury dairy separator company travels to Washington D C to press Congress to keep tariffs on cream separators. The issue appears locally sensitive as manufacturers fear price impacts from tariff adjustments and seek to protect their own interests amid political maneuvering.
An editor in a small town guides a returning resident past memories of the place. The resident laments not buying the townsite for two hundred dollars, while the editor grimly notes it might have changed the town’s fate.
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