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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1900
Page
4
The week’s notes from Aplington report moves and visits. Wualt to Buffalo, Heiko Renken to Porter, Michigan, and Kirkpatrick’s trip to Cheroo. Deaths, illnesses, marriages, school events and road delays noted. Community figures relocate, farms transfer ownership, and local society gatherings color the week’s social scene.
Civil and religious elevation noted yet limited by lacking backing. Residents travel, visit, and illness tal care. Moves include Koseruth county relocation, Wellsburg doctor visits, and a barber shop planning. Local social life, a marriage, creamery incident, railroad progress, and spring preparations feature alongside multiple name and place references.
In a 1900 letter from Mexico City the author describes a desolate Rio Grande border region from Eagle Pass to near Mexico City. He details primitive farming, crowded peon homes, street scenes recalling Turkey, and a cathedral begun in 1673 and finished in 1791, with a $2 million cost. The journey notes scant poverty, two-hour walks for short distances, and impressions of Mexican life and landmarks, including Guadalupe and the national military academy.
Fragmentary text notes Faulkner and George Wolfis enrolled as a Faulknente guest at a home linked to Guy French. Mentions Mya O’Hearn of el nang and Mrs N Carney connected to a frame. Details are garbled and incomplete.
A sensational poultry notice touts American Poultry Mixture as a universal cure for cholera roup gape and related fowl diseases. It claims quick, thorough results, guarantees refunds, and offers a sample box by mail if local druggists refuse to stock it, urging immediate use to save flocks.
Geneva notes report the Ladies Ald society meeting at Mrs. Hannah Pearse’s home, M. L. Stoddard’s return from visit, judges recruiting new members, a successful calico social, and Miss Butler abandoning planned millinery plans. Wm. Bunker rents his farm to Alexander for next year with a March 15 sale, J. Bangs plans relocation to New Hampshire, Rev. Dr. Albrook’s second lecture. E. Hodges departs for Colorado for health reasons.
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