01 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1916
Page
1
A mixed list of puzzles and dares from a youth page covers numerology tricks with the digit sum of multiples of nine, a card of party forfeits, explanations of penny nails and their old weights, and a city locating game for large groups. The piece blends playful math, crafts, and amateur games for entertaining friends.
Fragmented OCR note recounts old travel manners about keeping to the right of the road and wielding shield and sword for protection. Contains puzzles and wordplay about jumping letters and trades, with scattered nonsensical lines and references to gems, a spider's web, and a Philadelphia mention.
Practical household tips on baby cradles labor saving devices and food canning. Steps for making corn, succotash, smothered steak, cream of asparagus soup, odor removal, jam, glove mending, and pickled blackberries are described with simple instructions and safety notes.
A jumble of pithy lines notes self conceit age old paradoxes and social quirks. It critiques vanity procurement misers and misfit morals while touching on war refuge railways and baseball needs amid noisy modern life.
A collage of brief quotes from multiple papers discusses topics from international questions about Mexico to American cultural notices. It notes the Eden Musee and Hippodrome shifting to cinema, questions about Native American folk arts, canal zone mottos, and renewed Southern interest in state fairs amid bucolic virtue references.
A collage of quips from newspapers mocksMexican presidents gondola plans and wartime costs. It notes interned German sailors defecting, a diamond ring trend fading, and a Detroit press quip on modern artillery and siege limits.
A fragmented note references jitney buses in Honolulu, per capita banks in the United States, and frequent storms in Abyssinia. It mentions Italian lotteries, grain milling laws, Margherita as queen, and royal figures like the Belgians’ angel queen, Duke Carl Theodore’s daughter, and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands who is an artist with a palace studio.
A collection of pithy aphorisms and quips touching on divorce, peace, war, and human folly. It lampoons self conceit, comments on Switzerland, San Marino, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, andMartians, urging thoughtfulness and self awareness through sharp, ironic observations.
Chicago and surrounding markets show varied receipts and weak tone across cattle, hogs, and sheep with price ranges for native beef steers, westerns, cows, calves, hogs, and lambs. Produce items include butter, potatoes, poultry, lard, and oil products. miscellaneous ads ask for sales agents and subscriptions.
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