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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1916
Page
2
A collage of political commentary notes Iowa figures and national figures. Mentions the Grand Army reunion in Marshalltown and meals at the state soldiers home. References pension talks for teachers and shifts in presidential contest strategy, with Roosevelts’ hopes and intraparty maneuvering hinted.
Incoherent lines describe Angad and Hopyouth aged 18 with a sense of eagerness and delay. The fragment hints at a past machinations and a plan to act only when quitting time arrives, leaving a vague sense of anticipation.
Des Moines Capital asks town publishers to gauge community sentiment on gubernatorial candidates and woman suffrage. The piece argues suffrage may matter more than party choice, noting many men neglect the vote while women are portrayed as virtuous and urging broader participation. It highlights voter apathy and low literacy in Iowa and questions whether women will fare better in voting.
The Chicago Herald ridicules four Republican nominees for the presidency Senators Sherman Cummins LaFollette and Borah accusing them of opposing a key national rights resolution and thus proving unfit to guard national honor. The piece compares editorials and comments from Des Moines and echoes concerns about party rigidity and need for reform.
In a lighthearted roundup, editors and writers from several Iowa papers mock political quotes and editorials. The piece cites Goldie of the Cherokee Democrat, Stewart of the Hampton Recorder, Jeff Packard of the Gazette, Louie Rhebeck and Al Soran, plus comments from the Waterloo Times and Marshalltown Times Republican as they joke about neutrality, war questions, and local politics. The column ends by noting the leading Republican paper in Kossuth County.
A Chicago grand jury indicts a man for the murder of Marian Lambert, affecting discussions of cabinet appointments. Newton D. Baker, former Cleveland mayor, is appointed to succeed Garrison as secretary of war, noted as an advocate of peace.
Local observations note rising property values in Ackley driven by high material and labor costs, with adjacent towns lighting streets from a new Iowa Valley plant. Citizens discuss extending municipal power, potential sales events, and the risks of grain market speculation in neighboring Hampton.
In a Washington Star style analysis the piece critiques President Wilson and his stance with wartorn nations, stressing that the nation’s interests require support for his principles even amid risk. It includes a quotation about whether America can be right or wrong in foreign policy and mentions cultural observations of a typical American girl reflecting social life and public scrutiny.
The Waterloo Tribune notes Iowa editors clash in selecting a man to present Senator Cummings at the convention while the senator eyeing the east seeks a standpatter to second the motion. Detroit Free Press and Philadelphia judge ban the idea of sending money to a wife. Verdun’s name linked to Semetery via St. Joseph Gazette.
An Iowa edited piece cites coast papers claiming Iowans at oatlake outnumber Californians in any city but Des Moines. It contrasts Iowans leaving home, some thriving in the west, with those who stayed and opposed roads and taxes, and notes mixed moral judgments about influences from the plowlands.
A muddled humorous piece parcels a vanished umbrella mystery at a Colorado church with assorted snippets. It weaves playful exchanges about costumes, a finance student’s hypothetical policy choice, and a dog show anecdote, ending with a medical expert’s unusual steak-eating claim.
A humorous voice mocks fashion trends as women dress in tight waists short sleeves and new footwear. The speaker notes bonnets, skirts, footwear sizes and altered bodies with playful incredulity, concluding the world remains curious yet charming in fashion fixation.
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