Ackley World Advertiser highlights Ackley IA town features
Ackley in Hardin county presents as a thriving community with waterworks, electric lights, strong schools, churches, and shipping facilities. Population exceeds 2,000. four creameries and four mills with elevators. Worth newspaper touts wealth and enterprise, offers printing and job services, and invites notices of marriages deaths and world correspondence.
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Ge Woh
Ackley
Hardin County
Ccity
Snevers Heart
Iowa
Tanto
Ackles
Pum
Worth
Jon Wonk
Lowa
Personal Movements and School News Across Townships
Washington Township notes Ben De Vries visits Obapio and Klaas Marken visit Buffalo Center. Margaret McCarthy from Parkersburg completes a winter term at Austinville district. Aura Bode of Kanawah visits the Hode home. Austinville Literary Society holds final program. township school houses to be repaired in summer. Anna Benson reemployed as District No. 3 teacher. Several relocations and local appointments noted. A large notice mentions Imperial Council Shrine convention travel passes and travel rate details.
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Washington Township
Ben de Vries
Obapio
Klaas Marken
Buffalo Center
Margaret McCarthy
Parkersburg
Austinville
Misa Aura Bode
Kanawah
R. O. Hode
Grant
Osceola
Anna Benson
Franklin
George Patera
Jubo Jangopius
Juho Bleeker
Abbott
Hooke
Jansopius
B. Boyenga
Somedia
Ben Henson
Cook
Minnesota
Local notes from Wellsburg and nearby families
Wellsburg gossip lists Grace Krose of Cedar Falls courting the Wolf family while H Riebkes plans a spring addition to his base. J P Rhodes and family expect travel to Des Moines for farming. W E Knock sold 40 hogs last week. Obituaries fold in. Mrs Neessen’s mother dies in Gary. Various moves, marriages, and small town events update residents on social ties and local commerce.
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Grace Krose
Cedar Falls
H. Riebkes
J.P. Rhodes
Des Moines
W.E
Sam Jaspers
Henry Weessen
H. Thomas
Kestey
Mr. Thomas
Wellsburg
J. C. Doyen
B. B. Liedaman
C. Neessen
Tea
South Dakota
Obho Vennenga
Mise Predarika Rieketa
Smith Parsonage
Brigade Camps to Train National Guard Nationwide
A Washington special says Congress may allocate 1.0 to 1.2 million dollars this year for encampment and maneuvers of the national guard. A new plan would send guard units to seven or eight regular army brigade camps across the country for three months of summer training, replacing large Manassas-scale maneuvers. General Oliver notes benefits for medical, quartermaster and commissary departments, with Roosevelt backing brigade posts to concentrate troops and retire small frontier posts.
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Congress
National Guard
Washington
New York Globe
Manasans
Ile Tegu- Iara
Oliver
House Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
New York State
Central States
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Fort Riley
Quartermaster's Department
Commissary Department
Hints for Farmers on Horse Indigestion Remedies
A historical excerpt presents a veterinary fix for indigestion in horses. It lists mixtures with Gentinn bitter half pound bicarbonate of soda half pound nux vomica quarter pound arsenic one dram and a second mix with Sulphate of Iron quarter pound saltpeter quarter pound. Dosing uses a level spoon for moistened grain morning noon and evening. Treatments extend two to three weeks, with weekly pauses, potentially six months. It cites G A Waterman, Michigan Experiment Station.
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G. A. Waterman
Michigan Experiment Station
Spreading Manure in Winter Not Widely Favored
Farmers Advocate notes winter manure spreading is gaining little traction. On level fields with no storage, spreading can improve crops per Massachusetts experiments, but labor costs often offset gains. Some farms benefit from winter work when other tasks are scarce. decisions vary by site.
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Farmera Advocate
Experimenta
Massachusetts
Fila
Bend
Keep Fertility to the Land in Intensive Farming
Kimball's Dairy Farmer urges farmers to return fertility to soil each year equal to or more than what the crop removes. He warns new manure can endure some abuse but will rebound against the farmer, and stresses farming yearly to leave land in better shape than at the start.
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Cape May Beach
Long Branch
Asbury Park
Cape May
Anbury Park
Ormond
Pailadelphia Bulletin
Kimball
Improving the Wood Lot A guide to selective thinning
A brief note urges careful yearly fuelwood cutting to thin dense stands and favor young thrifty trees. It suggests allowing sunlit growth, occasionally light pruning to stimulate vigorous trunk development, and trimming for smoother growth to boost stump value.
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Cnitigator
RULES FOR COURTSHIP PROPOSED BY A PRIEST IN WILKES BARRE
The Rev Edward Bennet of St Nicholas Roman Catholic church suggests a six month courtship limit with fifty two hours of dating. He would spread the time over six months and limit calls to twice weekly, two hours each between 8 and 10 pm. If no marriage proposal after six months the girl should dismiss the suitor. Observers note New York society jokes about shifting partner selection to novel methods like mechanical toys at dinners, provoking amusement and some discomfort among guests.
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Edward Bennet
St. Nicholas
Wilkesbarre
New York
Father Bennet
Coutine
TRAINING A WOLF AS DECOY ONRL FARMERS
Farmers in Leverton township Missouri deploy lanterns to scare wolves and plan to domesticate a chained young gray wolf found by William Hascall to use as a decoy in capturing others. A Vandalia dispatch notes wolves still threaten stock, with Hascall having chased wolves with his pack.
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Leverton Township
Missouri
Vandalia, Co
St Louis
Mr. Hascall
Postage Stamps Auction and Rhodesia Stamp Network
A London auction sold a twelvepence 1851 Canada stamp for 200 dollars amid notes on Bermuda dock imagery in stamps. The article mentions Rhodesia stamps featuring Niagara Falls themes and New South Wales long use of the green square fivepence stamp known as the grand stamp of philately.
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London
Canada
Janperforgreen
Lormuda
Victoria Falls
Niaga
Rhodesia
New South Wales
Philately
The Code of Honor in France Dueling Era
This excerpt reviews the fervor for dueling in France under Henry IV and his successors, noting edicts from Trent in 1545 and later measures by Richelieu limiting capital punishment and property confiscation. It recounts the 1622 duel of Comte de Bouteville in Paris, the scaffold, and declining duel numbers amid stricter enforcement, reflecting royal intolerance and evolving penalties.
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France
Henry
Ibly
Richelieu
Comte de Bouteville
Place Royale
de Bouteville
Brusgela
Paris
Montmorency
Iis
Strange Conversation On A Train Way Serious Safety Debate
A locomotive engineer and a young man discuss a hypothetical stage accident on the tracks. The engineer argues that stopping a fast train to save a single child would be more humane than risking a broader slaughter, noting the severe shock passengers would endure from a sudden stop at forty five miles per hour.
Walking Tour Notes Sand Gathering Signal Weather
A northern Ireland correspondent recounts seeing a large rock gathering on Lough Swilly shore. An old man explains locals gather sand as ballast to indicate approaching storm weather, noting rocks loaded with sand after such gatherings. The tale predicts a violent gale early next morning.
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Ireland
Inishowen
Lough Swilly
34 & Field
Pearson's Weekly
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