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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1901
Page
8
A Chicago suburb experiment where a dozen families pool housekeeping costs to share cooking and serving. Two weeks of rotating cooks handle meals in a common dining room, with separate tables and pro rata expenses. The plan, started about a year ago, attracts wide publicity and letters from across the country. The setup aims to ease servant shortages and prove economical.
Curtis Botts a 34 inch tall midget actor sues Miss Mary Jolson a nearly six foot tall bareback rider for divorce in Northumberland county court. Botts accuses her of faithlessness after a quiet life and limited year with husband. He hired a detective as evidence. Mrs Botts 28, tall and handsome, may not resist the suit.
Returned officers from South Africa viewed moving pictures in London where one scene shows an officer friend. The wife, learning of this, asked the manager to screen the film on a specific evening so she could travel from Glasgow to see him. She had not seen her husband for over a year and finally spotted him in a crowd on the cinema screen.
Jerry Stimpson announces exit from public life and plans to enter the live stock and commission business in Wichita Kansas. He says he has quit politics for all time.
Inventor Hiram Maxim predicts radical changes in warfare using high explosives and automatic weaponry. He cites future armored plate tests at Sandy Hook, the rise of small fast gunboats, and undersea powered torpedo craft driven by motorite, claiming a battleship could be sunk for 100000 dollars and armies wiped out by new engines of destruction.
George W. Hulett of Ohio and Mrs. Mora Wiggins of Chattanooga wed after a long Civil War romance. Hulett, once sick near Cleveland Tenn, found his nurse Flora Lowe’s sister Mora, now a widow, and after years of separation the pair reunited for a Chattanooga marriage.
In Hungary, Secretary Viasaiis, education minister, orders girls to wear loose blouses and forgo corsets, citing physical culture and noting similar edicts in Saxony and Russia. Debate grows as some call the policy extend to teachers, though no ban on staff is announced. General Lee plans to relocate to the West after military retirement.
The piece surveys recurring clashes between generals and secretaries of war, noting Sherman, Sheridan, and Schofield as examples. It contrasts their approaches with Schofield’s tact, and argues military leaders resented civilian oversight in wartime command. The anecdote includes A. Coolidge’s remark on cheating devices and a note on New York rail earnings and mosquito control research.
A selection of witty exchanges and quips from 19th century papers. Dialogues cover marriage proposals, social courtesy, generous borrowers, and playful banter. Notable lines include a father’s quip about education guiding a daughter's choices and a humorous exchange about a loan and manners.
An old advertisement claims Raven's Stock Food purifies the blood, regulates the kidneys, cures coughs and fevers, and exterminates worms. It touts benefits for overworked and old horses and prevents abortions in mares, selling through Brants Hagenstein in Ackley.
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