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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1916
Page
6
Naturalists recount a tigress whose cubs were seized by circus menagers. She tracked the thieves, returned to the river, and leaped from the bank five times the width of the stream, dying in the water. The tale is followed by a legend on tea drinking in China dating 2000 years before Christ.
A Munsey's Magazine article argues that army and navy officers tend to marry young and happily due to social status and economic support. It notes navy officers may travel with wives on ships, while army posts provide homes, light, and fuel, but armies bear higher household costs. The piece also discusses molybdenite mining in Tugimapta and its steelmaking uses.
A speech recalling Thomas Brackett Reed’s early naval days on a Mississippi gunboat, his modest pay, and steadfast support for a strengthened navy. The speaker contrasts battlefront horrors with his own lighter memories aboard, while praising Reed’s service and the nation’s funding of its armed forces.
Steamboat Rock and nearby towns report residents traveling home or visiting relatives from Gardner Kansas to Ames and Marshalltown. Janitor change at the schoolhouse. Roy Beamsley to Marshalltown for appendicitis treatment. families relocate to Sheldon Jamestown and Polytechnic Montana. social and church events planned. multiple residents moving homes and visiting hospitals. a basket social at Island Grove school raises funds. a grand jury term in Allison is noted.
Fragmented text describes Hanae Birthplace Chinly as probable birthplace of lettres and a bard's cradle. Mentions a wine shop near a school, with obscure quotes and references to Mecuba. The passage notes prosperity of hillside merchants and bankers on a Levant island amid vague historical details.
A barrister with a booming voice delivers a loud courtroom appeal. The opposing advocate, calm and blunt voiced, counters with a fable about an ass and a lion to mock the jurors. The London Graphic notes the dramatic contrast and the jury's reaction.
A collage of wartime sentiments from papers in Washington and Philadelphia laments rising war costs and calls for speedy peace. Reports note Red Cross support for Italy while others mock unhelpful prayers and urge practical progress amid influenza and cholera concerns.
A Prattle of names and scenes notes Mme Ostrovna at Powrograd U and Nellie Suporman steering a Puget Sound steam tug. It recalls M G Cuthbertson's Victoria inspector role since 1805, the Mite Lady Cardigan relics, and Virginia Gildersivere's Columbia Phi Beta Kappa address on feminine energy. The piece blends memoires with social commentary.
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