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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1916
Page
4
A concise weekly roundup from Four County News notes comings and goings of local residents and their social circles. Highlights include visits, departures, and small events reflecting community life this week.
The Abbott Grist recounts a string of small-town happenings including visits by Mrs. John Schneiderman to Ackley, Grace Johns undergoing appendicitis surgery in Marshalltown, and Mrs. Bert Woodard visiting from Clarion. It mentions several illnesses such as Mrs. William Harms and Mrs. Leonides Leach, plus community social events and anniversaries shared among residents like D. G. Shreve’s family and the engagement at the Watson home.
A mixed rural notice lists Poland China bears for sale and various items for barter including rugs, carpets, cloth rags, and piano boxes for coal, with contact hints via phone and box addresses. The fragment also includes an advertisement for piano sales, farm coop gear, and a medicine ad offering Catarrh Cure with address in Toledo Ohio.
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