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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
2
The Ackley World discusses Memorial Day ceremonies honoring fallen defenders and reflects on national reverence. It criticizes tariff disputes with Germany, mocks Iowa Republican scandals, and urges voters to elect honest, nonpartisan leaders, advocating a Democrat shift.
A Chicago Chronicle summary notes Mrs. Burton Smith denouncing restrictive social laws and corsets, urging women to pursue outdoor exercise, study, and independence. It contrasts elite dress with movement toward freer opportunities and warns against men delaying women’s intellectual progress. The piece also touches on U S political debates, Boer War policy, and freight discrimination harming small mills as a broader context.
A critical mixed-column piece mocks economic claims linking coffee prices and McKinley, attacks subsidy ideas, anti trust delays, and war tax reductions. It cites Bob Cousins, British papers, and mentions republican conventions, imperial policy costs, and a Bristol bicycle ad as part of a broad critique of politics and media.
A Fargo Keeley Institute patron reports to a Minnesota paper that seven tenths of patients come from dry North Dakota towns. He argues sobriety laws may help, yet notes many seek cure from alcohol’s effects in farming communities. He likens saloons to Iowa apothecary shops dispensing antidotes to the bite of a snake.
A compilation of state and local items: state boards plan state owned telephone systems for public institutions. Emmettsburg paper Gazette suspended amid saloon petition. Sartley Herald lists signatures for saloons in O'Brien county after six weeks. prison attire changes at Anamosa penitentiary with most inmates promoted. Algona hotel room 13 omitted. a temple charter granted for Za-ga-zig Shrine in Des Moines. Christian Science healing anecdote via Mason City. Abdul Hamid bluffing ultimatum noted. Cedar Falls Republicans squabble over nominations. Royal Survivors of Mafeking Siege proposed nobility. odd anecdotes and cures including Bucklen's Arnica for fistula. lime production noted. restaurant and fashion notes. general pricing and local business ads.
A sprawling OCR fragment blends comic proverbs with sharp notes on standards and courage, a landlord tale, ad strategies from a top advertiser, and reports from Des Moines about the National Mothers Congress. It hints at weekly miscellany and social quirks of the era.
Farm for rent by O. H. Hembd. Kept cool foods advertised by Frank Wilson. Ice deliveries offered. Heygens carries latest dress patterns and ladies wear. Sam Martin markets candies and fruit. Grant's restaurant provides meals and a good lunch. PineSt extract sold by W. H. Goettel. A Rath lumber yard sells screen doors. Dress goods sold wholesale at John Kouryез.
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