28 Mar 1906
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1906
Page
1
The text urges choosing and digesting books slowly rather than devouring them. Read a few pages, then reflect, argue for and against, and mull the ideas during daily activities. With sustained, hopeful effort and belief in future success, persistent individuals rise from hardship to notable achievements, shaping civilization through steady work.
The article recounts Miss Flora Atkins in Wade district Ohio who on starting school in 1833 declared one rule Do nothing that distracts another pupil from his work The plan yielded a division between obedient and disobedient pupils after a week Thirty years later Deacon Aaron Pickett tracked outcomes across decades showing the obedient group largely prospered with higher education clean conduct and fewer legal troubles while the disobedient suffered poorer records and more conflict Pickett later proposed a theory that voluntary obedience could spread from schools to families and society, gradually becoming human nature
The London Truth reports Windsor Castle has added service and baggage lifts by the office of works. Queen Victoria previously restricted any lift installations to her own use during access to private apartments. The new elevator is presented as a great convenience.
The piece discusses early coinage from Aegina as the oldest known, noting that Homeric texts lack stamped money references and Egyptians had none. It cites Herodotus, Pheidon of Argos, and Aelian, asserting Aegina’s silver coins with a figure and indented mark as the oldest form, reflecting history and chronology.
A discussion of how nasal shape changes gradually over a lifetime. The nose lengthens faster than breadth, making snub noses become longer or hooked. Men show faster changes than women, with the bridge becoming more convex with age, potentially producing an aquiline profile in old age.
In a London anecdote about George Rignold portraying Henry V a visitor notes a Wordsworth photograph on the wall. The reply plays on the pun Wordsworth versus Worde worth, with the actor claiming he bought the image as a study of wrinkles.
A Washington Star quip notes a shift toward commercialism in an era when some statesmen no longer invoke the American eagle and instead applaud the "American hen" figure. The remark frames public sentiment about national symbols and economic focus.
A Cleveland plat dealer recalls a woman who changed her name from Ellen Cummins Brown to Aileen Comyns Browne. The quote hints at social or professional reinvention and public identity in a local column.
Knowledge is gained only through pain and application. True understanding comes from deep digging until insights rise like a spring and meet you.
A fragmentary note blurs romance as the speaker questions fidelity and affection. The exchange hints at a young couple and a vow of distance, while a side line asserts belief in knowing people through experience and trust.
The article notes Christmas practices from various regions including weddings on Christmas, Ireland and Yorkshire decorations, Scottish water draws, Irish superstition about paying gold, Cape Town picnics, and Norway's corn sheaf decorations on doors and gates to feed birds at Christmas dinner.
A London Post note explains canaries respond to soft noises and specific stimuli. Using whistles and song organs to imitate roller tours entices shy birds, often triggering singing when other methods fail. The bird seems to rise to the challenge and belts out its tune.
Vulcan, the god of metal workers, suffered a bad fall in early days. He argued with Jupiter and Juno, chose his mother’s side, and was cast out of heaven. He fell for a day onto Lemnos, broke his leg, and endured a severe shake up as if from an elevator shaft. Alsculaplus set the leg but did a poor job with only a diploma, leaving Vulcan on crutches for a long time.
The text assigns rankings of substances by properties such as weight and ductility. It identifies air as light, notes glags as first among elastic substances, pearl as the heaviest animal substance, mercury as the heaviest liquid, and pome granate and Ignum yitae as the heaviest woods. Cork is described as the lightest wood and platinum as the most ductile metal, with a claim about 60 fine invisibility.
A fragment from the Washington Star repeats a quip about love and eye analysis by a prominent oculist. Miss Cayenne counters that the oculist’s view proves nothing about being in love, while the piece hints that the path to fame is arduous and fraught with trials as in Boston’s lore.
Chicago attorney Condon plans a national hall of fame for women with a $100000 appropriation to fund site and building. A five member board would be named. senators and reps including Cullom and Mann likely to sponsor. Condon cites past successes on monuments and urges clubwomen support for the Washington campaign.
A U S government project contract for the Roosevelt irrigation dam at Roosevelt Arizona has headquarters established. Machinery and extensive preparations begin for the masonry work. The dam will stand 286 feet high and 16 feet wide at the crest, with a bottom width of 160 feet and a reservoir capacity of 1,000,000 cubic feet capable of irrigating about 250,000 acres. The town will be moved to a new site, with anticipated rapid growth after completion.
In a public exchange, Mamie argues for women’s rights while Gertie questions universal voting. Mamie clarifies she seeks equal political voice, not universal votes for all women. The dialogue reflects early 20th century suffrage tensions in public discourse.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer cites the famous widow Agrippina wife of Germanicus who shared his campaigns and allegedly ordered his killer. After suspected poisoning she faced humiliation by Tiberius, leading to despair and her starvation. The piece also tangentially mentions a thin apple pie crust remark.
The painting shown to Michael Angelo was praised as excellent yet judged to pale when history resumes its own forms. The Ames Times lauds the Mars Timey Republican and contrasts it with the Toledo Chronicle as an ideal Evening paper.
An advert claims DeWitts Little Early Risers cleanse the liver and system without unpleasant effects. It touts benefits for digestion and assimilation and mentions Hollister's Rocky Mount—a patent remedy with bold claims.
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