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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1895
Page
12
The poem pleads for maternal instincts and child like wonder. Emma E B Merriam reflects on art and learning, praising mothers and the simple beauty of babies. It laments critics and extols the moral power of children and the quiet growth of knowledge through loving duties.
A veteran detective recounts a forty year old murder tale involving Mr Delars and his trusted clerk Gartley. The killer staged a fake heir plot, murdered Delars for a treasure in his safe, then killed Gartley in a revenge strike using a tramp as a disguise. Gartley fled to Paris, lived under the alias Charles Wilkinson, and enjoyed the wealth until the tale’s true motive and the killer’s identity are revealed by a final letter.
The article argues Democrats oppose artificially high prices caused by combines and tariffs. It explains price shifts should follow supply and demand, critiques government interference, and defends free-market forces. It cites beef oil and cotton as examples, notes labor’s rising wages and productivity, and warns against panic pricing or manipulative price controls.
The article reviews proposed and enacted bounty taxes in several states aimed at supporting sugar beet and iron industries. Nebraska and Wyoming enacted taxes benefiting beet processors, while Nebraska's governor vetoed one measure. Minnesota debated indirect funding to aid iron smelting, but farmers blocked the plan. Utah and Minnesota are discussed in context, with critics likening such policies to burdens on general taxpayers and echoing past tariff-era coercions.
A period article argues that revived trade with increased imports is mischaracterized as harm by editors. It notes tariffs around 60 percent and asserts mutual profit in exchange, citing rising wages in woolens and cottons, import effects, and political rhetoric from Republican papers.
The state dairy report shows a drop in milk supply due to drought, with butter factory output up slightly and cheese increasing as farmers and cheesemakers push to oust fraudulent imports. It notes 20 butter factories and numerous cheese plants, plus plans for a new insane asylum hospital and a Mystic coal field organization targeting coal marketing and price support. A new trial granted in Mount Pleasant over a disputed verdict highlights juror–damages disagreements.
Reports say Afether Chance and attorney John Weams, now at York Madison Penitentiary awaiting death for the Des Moines murder of conductor Ridpuyth, face a supreme court prehearing. Lower court findings hinge on upcoming decisions with August execution looming.
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