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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1903
Page
4
The snippet blends odd quotes from newspapers and diverse items. It mentions a butter dealer noting the profit in using paper at the scale, a pension petition for a widowed renter, remarks about Prussia’s king and an aid camp, a joke about Adam and Eve, and scattered local notices including people moving homes in Iowa and Minnesota.
Monday report notes staff salaries for the coming year, with teachers at 3000 and district costs. It lists Shiloh board members, local marriages, new rural phone ventures, pneumonia at Geneva, a literary club, and various residents traveling, abroad or returning. Public school vacation lasts two weeks as residents adjust to seasonal changes and farm tenancies shift.
Clampton politics heat up as J M Snyder is nominated for mayor. A cantata by Hampton public school children titled The Carnival of the Peagons is planned. Algona raises 1500 for a Negro baseball club. Iowa Catholic leader Rev Roppman condemns Ottumwa. A H Barton and Frances Worden denied marriage license in Des Moines. Union Electric contracts exceed 226000 with a 40000 power house planned. George Forest named superintendent for Iowa Commmision’s St Louis exposition. Grundy County treasurer Rolf Aye dies. Osceola mayville to be built, Oska. accident at Hartman shop on a pulley. Gen Van Note leaves Jett for Gowrie. Kluger and wife move to Algona. Steam heating bid awarded to Oska firm. B Polk leashes H O Bram farm. Mrs Will Diggins visits family. Two Dumont youths fined for drinking. A three year old injured cutting fingers with an ax. William Kirby ships goods to St Paul. Opera house dance poorly attended due to bad roads. Over 40 subscribers on farmers' telephone ring to Ackley. Pfaltzgraff and Tucker nominated for council three years. Butter aroma science noted as key price driver. Mississippi river names and early travel lore summarized.
The Ackley livestock market reports extremely poor conditions for ronda driven by weak demand. Dealers quote live stock at hogs around 7.15 to 7.75, cattle 2.60 to 4.90, with yesterday Chicago receipts showing hogs 17,718 cattle 27,294 sheep 20,442. G. Richardson shipped two carloads of hogs, Severance sends another to Chicago, and Tom Fahey sold several head of castle.
A report on Ackiey school events highlights a Cornell College talk by Rev Gruell and a visit by Principal D R Marling from Apling-Lou. The notice invites attendance at a school exhibit, April literary program, and discusses teacher shortages, youth smoking concerns, and the value of education. Also mentions earnings gaps by education level and endorses self-government in schools. Friz Paulus candies and Dr Mueller dentist offer are noted nearby.
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