Ackley World newspaper description and local scene
The World newspaper, published every Wednesday morning in Ackley Town, detailing a thriving town with waterworks, electric lights, churches, and schools. It highlights Ackley’s rail access, creameries, elevators, shops, two thousand residents, conservative Democratic lean, and affordable subscription rates, inviting contributions and local news such as marriages and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Tardin
Sacred Heart Academy
Ackle
Yanderinge
Tre Wort
Feld
Personal Movements in German Township and Nearby Towns
A digest of local happenings lists A Deter buying a 42 year old colt for 175 dollars, Cooper and Aeltiand planning land in Dakota, and J J Baving moving to Welleburg for a hardware venture. Notes include injuries from an open picket-knife fall, school events at Auatiovilla, a phonograph celebration, and area residents visiting relatives or court in Allison. Also reported are several moves to new homes, a death and funeral, and community travel news with ups and downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Deter
C. Cooper
George Aeltiand
Dakota
Jasper Arends
Auatiovilla
Herman Deter
Dla Scholara
Joe Neumeyer
Jobo J. Baving
Bosinera
Welleburg
Large county sale and local notes from week
Wellseu Ite Tohn P Bhndes sale Wednesday last was one of the larvest ever held in this county. Nine hundred lunches, were prepared and eaten. The 44 fat steers Were bought by Chris Neessen for 853.85 apiece, Hag sold from 419 to $8.60. The sale is estimated at about 80,000, Misa Vera Litlibudga closed a sue newcfal term of school in the Jobo de Neot district Friday. Herman Tjaden returned to his home at Ocheyedan, Tuesday, after a two weeks' vialt with relatives. Mrs. J.C. Doyen has returned from 4 ten weeks' vialt with her daughter in Chicago, Almeia. Mrs. Jobo Tjaden is still lumbered with the sick, Morris Glidstone thus returned from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fish
Jine Hoyt
Lake Mills
Iowa
Curt Cable
Wr. Scott
Frank Campbell
Kansas
Burl Surles
Misa Hattia Greene
Jesse Greene
Si. Bowman Sahowe
Owana
Fred Havaban
Sheffield
Allison
Misa Fella Grominga
Wellaburg
A. Harken
BRC Bos
C.C. Schaap
Eveniou
Christian Reformed Church
Hi. Abuis
John Abbes
Mirelda Jansonius
H. Abuis
Parkersburg
Cornelius and
Emery Boa
Aull
R. C. Bos
Tohn P
Chris Neessen
Misa Vera Litlibudga
Jobo de Neot
Herman Tjaden
Ocheyedan
J.C. Doyen
Chicago
Almeia
Jobo Tjaden
Morris Glidstone
News Notes from Abbott and Vicinity Highlights Local Travel
In Abbott and vicinity, Mr and Mrs Krominga visited relatives at Faulkner, Evert Krominga traveled to Galt for work, Will Lathrop spent time with family while employed in Marshalltown, Mrs Lathrop returned from Cedar Falls, Louie Steenblock visited friends en route to Buffalo Center, former resident Mrs Jens Jobe and Mrs Low Giller hosted relatives from Waulkner, Asher and Son of Steamboat Rock plan a new store on land sold by the railroad company.
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Mra
Low Giller
Waulkner Laach Week
Asher & Son
Steamboat Rock
Training a Wolf as Decoy in Missouri Farms
A Vandalia dispatch reports Missouri farmers in Leverton township set lanterns around hog pens to frighten wolves. William Linseau, nearby, captured a young gray wolf and plans to domesticate it for decoy use, challenging the belief wolves cannot be civilized. A New York girl, Miss Louise Corsa, descended into the Mississippi river caisson at New Orleans, spending nearly thirty minutes below water after a contractor dared her to go down.
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Missouri
Leverton
Marimnera
Vandalia
St. Louis
Mr. Flascall
Louise Corsa
New York
New Orleans
Mississippi River
New York Tribune
Corsa
Chalmatic Piera
Frisco
James Stewart
Japan a Heavy Buyer of U.S. Railway Equipment
Four-Track Nova notes Japan has shown rapid growth and development, ordering $26 million of railway equipment from the United States since April 2, reflecting a strong postwar expansion and demand in infrastructure.
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Japan
United States
Society notes on elephants and local marriages in 19th century papers
Society friendly to elephants forms in Paris to halt hunting caused near extinction. Anecdotes include a witty exchange about surprises and a museum note on objects from shells to palm leaves. George Couney reports J B DeVries visiting from New Hartford. Wm Fraser buys two black stallions from Frank Noll. Marriage of Annetts Block to John Buewer occurs at the bride’s parents in Demet, MD.
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George
George Couney
J.B. DeVries
New Hartford
Wmn. Fraser
Sutherland
Iowa
Hera
Frank Noll
R. J. Block
De&met
M. D
Annetts
John Buewer
Foicotty
Religion at the Ring Side at Long Acre Club Fights
At New York boxing bouts under Long Acre Athletic Club, evangelist William Asher preached between rounds to about 500 spectators including Tim O'Brien and Tom Carey. He linked boxing and religion, recalling Fitz, John L, and George Dixon, urging fighters to seek faith while praising the sport.
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Eranpreitat
Tenderloin
Long Acre Athletic Club
New York
William Asher
New York City
New York Tribune
Tim O'Brien
Tom Carey
Asher
Mr. Asher
Ann Boy
Fitz
John L
George Dixon
Evangelist
Canadian Professor Defends American Speech at MLA Meeting
Leigh R. Gregor of McGill argued American English surpasses British in a reply to Henry James's Bryn Mawr address. He claimed British tradition vs American power and environment shape language, questioning why Britain should dictate American speech. The exchange occurred during a Modern Language Association session at Haverford College.
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Henry Jones
Modern Language Association
Haverford College
Philadelphia
New York Tribune
United States
Leigh R. Gregor
McGill College
Canada
Henry James
Bryn Mawr College
Gregor
James
Mr. James
Russell Sage’s Ambition and a New English Lighthouse
Russell Sage, famed New York financier aged eighty nine, reportedly rose from bed to weigh market calls but stayed home due to damp weather, earning $20,000 from a $6,000,000 loan at 100 percent. In England, Portland Bill lighthouse nearly finished will flash 255,750 candle power with an 18 mile beam, and a fixed ruby lantern signals Shambles shoal. Rome city plans police motor boats to aid riverine rescues.
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Waouis Toblo
Russell Saga
New York
Wall Street
New York American
Portland Bill
Birmingham
England
Shambles Shoal
Wealth Worship Warns Against Mammon in Cornell Speech
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell warned at Syracuse against a gilded century of wealth obsession. He criticized a generation driven by money, noting religion weakened by dogma and the lure of riches corrupting honesty, law, and public virtue. He urged Americans to restore moral foundations and reject graft.
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Jacob Gould Schirmanh
Cornell University
Syracuse
Associated Academic Principals
State of New York
New York
Eivil
Peat Bog A Marvel In Indiana City Curions Visit
Maan of Curiona and several Moroccans visiting Morocco Indiana near St Johns observed a bottomless sink hole on the Indiana Harbor railroad. They found peat deposit resembling British fuel peat, a light brown waterlogged mass that heats intensely when burned. The bog has caused railroad expenses due to surface upheaval and depth remains uncertain after thirty five feet of boring.
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Maan
Curiona
Indiana City
Morocco
Ind
St. John's
Indiana Harbor
British Isles
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Swinburne Poem and a Fort Leavenworth Gift
The New York Times notes Algernon Swinburne wrote a poem for Queen’s Carol benefiting the unemployed. It depicts winter hardship and charity themes alongside a separate item: the largest YMCA building at Fort Leavenworth, a $45,000 gift from an unnamed woman for the US army post.
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Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne
New York Times
Winter
Army Y. M. 0
Army Y. M. C. A
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
United States
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