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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1916
Page
8
A fragmentary newspaper item blends a baked cake recipe with a baking sauce and jelly finishing steps, followed by stray advertisements for cough remedies and muscle relief products. The text includes measurements for eggs sugar and cranberries and switches to promotional copy for Dr King s New Discovery and Sloan s Liniment, with testimonials and pricing hints.
The article describes the West Crater at Hawali as a vast, violent volcano with a crater 100 to 700 feet high and 785 miles in circumference. It details lava floods, towering flames, and shifting colors as molten rivers surge, fountains erupt, and the crater roars, with observers descending the rim and facing the peril of the blazing lake and searing fumes.
A fragmentary OCR style notice summarizes chaotic hometown news items with unclear names and events. The readable bits hint at local topics and potential headlines but lack coherent details or dates.
An aviation article humorously examines pilots who fear in the air. It describes a veteran English pilot who induces terror by banking on cue, then reassures passengers that nerves are the cause. The piece defines rare “constructor’s cold feet” as a ground-obsessed terror that judges every motion as danger.
A street reporter recalls a lost money bar incident near Wall Street where a five pound bar of geld weighed two pounds and a migrant crowd at Broz street tussled with the bag. a New York Tigress tale follows detailing a river chase and the mother’s dramatic return to her cubs. a brief Chicago exchange about religion closes the page.
A quirky page explains that the nine table always reduces to nine and gives math tricks like adding digits. It then lists playful penalties and crowd games for children, including physical challenges and city naming wordplay to determine a winner.
A historical column recounts Benjamin Franklin’s thrift experiment showing Boston and Philadelphia receive 35000 each, to grow by interest for a century, then shared for public works and schools. Boston’s fund surpasses Franklin’s forecast, hinting at the power of compound savings and prompting reflection on money’s fruitful nature.
Fragmentary OCR describes era when travelers kept to the right and shields, swords, and belts influenced movement. It notes a social habit where people and items moved with caution and shield to shield as comity paused traffic on the road.
The readable parts appear as garbled OCR output containing partial phrases and misspelled words. No coherent event, names, places, or dates are recoverable to form a clear news item or summary.
Judson C. Walliver writes about marriage in the American army and navy, arguing officers are shaped by service, training, and environment. The piece notes wives face travel limits, social expectations, and economic trade offs, highlighting perks and strains of military domestic life.
A wartime medical tale from Paris shows a man with a monocle hiding eye trouble to avoid being sent back to the front. Surgeons test his whistling response, noting the monocle creates the appearance of sight, while the patient’s reluctance highlights the era’s insistence on medical clearance.
Ackley Drugstore reports strong customer satisfaction with a quick-acting laxative blend of buckthorn bars glycerine and other ingredients. The simple remedy claims to relieve constipation and upset stomach rapidly and is touted as effective even in appendicitis cases.
Ackley residents are astonished by quick results from Adler-i-len, a buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture touted as a bowel cleanser. Promoted for both upper and lower bowel relief, it allegedly eases constipation and indigestion within minutes. Druggiest FLD. Weaver notes its use in medical claims.
A historic ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for ordinary ailments and skin injuries. It warns that infection from small cuts can lead to serious trouble and claims the salve is antiseptic, infection killer, and helps prevent complications. Includes a 2 ounce bottle offer from a druggist.
A listing from Derby Land Co Bowman North Dakota advertises 160 acre farms with five room house and granary for about 400 dollars, 80 acres tillable with 70 fenced, rolling land free from stone and gravel, good water well, and a sale on favorable terms. Buyers are invited to write for prices and inspect the properties.
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