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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1916
Page
8
A jumble of dialogue lines about money and marriage from Chicago News and Buffylo Courier is followed by a rustic beef stew recipe. The note lists cheap beer cuts, a turnip, carrot, onion, potatoes, salt, and water, with steps to simmer until tender.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as protective and healing for cuts, sores, bruises, and skin conditions. It claims antiseptic properties, infection prevention, and usefulness for pimples, eczema, and salt rheum, noting a two-ounce bottle and pharmacy availability.
A Philadelphia invention attaches to cars as a dual purpose bumper and life saving device. It folds to cover the front and includes a flexible pocket to pick up objects, aiding safe stops with minimal car damage. Additional notes describe mortar mixing, lamp trimmer safety signal, a trunk lock, pigment blends, and a semiengineering magazine reference.
A mixed reads section covers car front wheel alignment checks with steps to test tracking by measuring wheel parallelism and steering column wear. It also includes notes on Burgess-Dunne aircraft design contrasting pusher and tractor types, then a whimsical Venus flytrap style sky description, and finally Banana tree regrowth after cutting above ground with spiral leaf structure and center-origin shoots.
A new hand truck attachment lets workers lift and balance heavy loads by anchoring the cargo and tipping the truck forward. An anchor and chain sit under the truck, drawing out a line and locking at a chosen length to keep the load in place. The device works on any two wheeled cart and shifts effort from the worker to balance and control.
An employer keeps weekly wage lists in cipher using a keyword. A curious boy deciphers a sample showing names like Mr. White and Mr. Adams with coded figures. The article prompts readers to break the cipher, suggesting the keyword Paytizs ces and mapping letters to digits.
A description of group play including It and tag style guessing, then a paper and pencil word tangling game with tangled words like turkey and vegetables, followed by jumping letter puzzles and a pillow passing game with a pina s, detailing the setup, rules, and number of players for a lively social gathering.
Grinding new timing gears can wake loud meshing noises with old gears. Coarse emery with grease helps, worked into teeth as engine turns, careful to avoid bearings. Wash gears with coal oil after finishing and spray with grease to remove emery. Also notes on inner tube packing to prevent valve stem abrasion and punctures. Small plant energy use discusses isolating plants from central services for cheaper energy. Printing tips cover blueprints washing and writing with ink.
A children party activity outlines vegetable themed invitations and a picture cutout craft from seed catalog images. It lists wordplay questions, scoring by small books, and a garden themed ring toss style game with a twenty five or fifty point prize cap and a Garfield puzzle riddle.
An unusual opinion piece by Andaen Maxim discusses high explosives and chest prowess with esoteric imagery. The text blends cryptic metaphors about cigarette smoke, brain iron grip, and growth, echoing a periodical’s experimental, fragmentary prose style.
Fragmented OCR reads like a recipe for candied cheerios with steps to boil sugar water to a syrup, pour over fruit, let stand for days, repeat cycles, then drain and pack in layers between waxed paper. The garbled text mentions sugar, syrup, fruit, and multiple waits and repeats. Entities: Gen country gentlemen, Einer Siml.
Roll six potatoes when jacket bursts. Pare and slice. Heat bacon fat and pour over warm potatoes. Add salt pepper and chopped chives. Heat vinegar with sugar, pour over, mix. Return to warming oven about twenty minutes before serving.
A 19th century recipe for codfish and macaroni prep is paired with drugstore sales copy praising Adler-lka a laxative remedy. It touts quick bowel relief, claims of treating constipation, and mentions Druggist Ackley Ploagas and F. D. Weaver as endorsers without modern medical evidence.
A Huntington NY golfer Douglas Conklin toppled a 150 yard hole in one at Huntington golf links. Ackley residents report rapid Adler-i-lea relief claims. A mix of buckthorn glycerine touted as a bowel cleanser with dramatic claims.
Derby Land Co. Bowman N D advertises 80 acre farms under 80 acres under plow in fine shape with 70 acres fenced. Land lies gently rolling, free from stone and gravel with abundant water. Possession this fall or renter available next year. Easy terms. Write for price and terms. Dexny Lane COMPANY Bowman N D.
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