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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
7
Memorial Day cleanup and church attendance outline a busy period. Notes mention baseball games at Alden and Union, dates for the republican state convention in Cedar Rapids, and various local visits. Many items report travel, engagements, and social events with a strong focus on political and community activity around Ackley and nearby towns.
Eldora residents hosted and visited last Friday and Saturday with a mix of callers including Ben Hayunga and wife, Massig Brownell Nutting, and K G Curtins of Tow Falls seeking sheriff candidacy. Gordon Lesch becomes Bath Drug clerk. Van Dyke departs. Weather dampens trade. rainfall aids vegetation. James Relnke visits Des Moines. weather, funerals, illness touch town.
Tuesday May 23 the Date Lodges of Hardin County meet at Eldora for the forty second district Rebekah convention. Ackley lodge representation expected with a varied program including Marshalltown degree work visitors from Iowa Falls and a Penny Drill benefiting the I O O F orphans home.
James B. Weaver of Des Moines spoke at the Presbyterian church last Thursday night, detailing early Iowa life and pioneer hardships. Delegations from Hawpton Eldora and Iowa Falls attended as 250 gathered for a festive meal after the address.
A string of local visits is noted with names and towns including T W Slocum of Lowa, Ruth Althouse of Waterloo, Ida Jenssen of Parkersburg, Claire Richardson of Webster City, Virginia McGough and Dorothy Jacob at Town Falls, M A Harrison and J C Moore of Hampton, Elmer Held visiting his mother in town, Kuppinger and child from Davenport, Wm Hembd of Belmond, Ed Sawyer trip to central Wisconsin, J M Meredith of Des Moines, Mrs Henry Leister and relatives from Waterloo, and A F Mayer and Luella Mayer returning from Des Moines after a month away.
The week began with heavy rains and unusual cold. A June 4 program at Sacred Heart Academy is planned, with North Western College girls club set to perform in Ackley. Weather brings snow in the Black Hills, and rain mars local sports. Barnyard prices stay high. eggs at 19 to 20 cents, butter 30 to 32 cents, milk 7 to 8 cents per quart. Mrs Rath breaks her arm aiding a friend, and J B Weaver speaks on Life in Town at the Presbyterian Church. Miss Pfaffer weds George Padden in Lewistown ND. they will live in Keene ND after May 15.
Memorial day committee in Ackley plans for Hon James C Murtagh of Waterloo to deliver the keynote. The piece notes his standing as a leading speaker and the honoring of veterans. It also mentions local home remodeling by Daniel Lynch, a new cottage by Henry Gnade, and construction by C J in progress.
On the Sick List Gilbert Hawkins has been ill lately and missed his usual place at Carstena Brothers. C W Reinke continues to improve, Despke's new house. Wm Flesna had the contract Mr Hoffmeister is building a large house in the west part of town. $2,000 improvement. Young nearly completed his house, one cottage between ten and twelve hundred dollars. Built on a lot in the south part of town a comfortable home for the family. We are Cedar Rapids Oil Co agents, selling kerosene and gasoline of high grade quality. Warehouse at the west end of Main street. J J Diewer & Co.
The Mortgage Record reports twelve real estate mortgages filed for record in the past week totaling 823 350 dollars. The largest mortgage was 37 740 dollars and the smallest 150 dollars.
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