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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1895
Page
2
Two farmers attempted an open bank robbery at Adel at 8 am on a Wednesday. The cashier was wounded but closed the bank, saving about $15,000. Robbers wounded four bystanders, were pursued twelve miles and captured after a desperate fight in which one was killed.
A historical extract notes vast U S wealth in livestock and land outweighing national debt, arguing such wealth could repay debt. It then condemns postemancipation slave labor in Kentucky and Louisiana as a revival of bondage through debt or vagrancy laws, urging conscience from statesmen and employers.
The transcript records Rath and Lerbster plotting to affect council seats by boycotting factions and seeking Democratic nomination. They discuss Roberts, the Presbyterian church, and keeping a political compact secret while hinting at a regional excursion sale set for March and April 1895 with rail rates to southern states.
The city election results show Robert s re election as mayor by a 22 vote majority. The report criticizes Z J Treibster’s conduct while noting no personal disparagement. The piece defends democracy against bossism and emphasizes emancipation of voters from treachery.
A traveler recounts Mardi Gras scenes in New Orleans and a southern tour via Jacksonville Lakeland and St. Augustine. He describes crowds, hotel shortages, luxury clubs, and wildlife, plus observations on orange crop damage, timbers, and white settlers in the new South, ending with grand jury notices and a notice of referee sale in Iowa and Hardin county.
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