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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1907
Page
8
A collage of verse and memory contrasts scenes of war and peace. Lord Curzon’s distant banners and a woman’s gaze frame a meditation on struggle and yearning. Other rhymes recall aging, love, loss, and the fading passion of summer rain.
Summary reflects a sequence of historic figures who died after wars and perils. It lists How. Warriors, William the Snent, Napoleon, Cortes, Washington, and Lord Clive, noting cancer, assassination, typhoid, and suicide as respective death causes amid long careers and campaigns.
A fragmentary page recalls a sensitive journeyman tailor whose artistry goes unrecognised, a tale of longing and neglect contrasted with pride in craft. It weaves in oddities from a palmist anecdote and a quip about heart anatomy as remembered by Huxley.
A newspaper fragment recalls an observer describing a fox ferret and multiple small mammals pulled from one burrow then notes a fox was killed and later others shot. It then discusses washing Bea and dates to remove dust and germs, claiming flavor is not harmed and washing improves appearance and usefulness.
A Philadelphia Press quotation recalls Miss Guseh remarking on her fiancé as versatile. The exchange portrays him as a regular idiot in various lights, provoking laughter yet underscoring the speaker's sly humor about his supposed adaptability.
A fragmented OCR passage sketches a scene with a boy advised to soak his feet, a character noting safety from pursuit, and a girl glowing at a gift. The text hints at dialogue about endurance, economy, and misfortune, referencing a New York bulletin and a figure named Schopenhauer.
A curio-filled piece critiques mail order schemes that claim quick riches and inkless writing. It recounts dodgy ads promising doubled money, cures for drunkenness, and methods to win affection, noting absurd claims and frauds across cheap journals and farm magazines.
General Morris Schulff recalls Ginger Borland, a long serving West Point cadet, who answered Captain Benton’s ordnance question with a cautious humored boast. The anecdote highlights Borland’s distinctive blue eyes, his hair color matching ground glare, and his decisive yet measured reply about a twelve inch shell’s fragmentation.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York showcases a giant Japanese spider crab named TM. It spans twelve feet across and is billed as the world’s largest specimen. Its body rivals a bushel in size and its elastic legs could encircle a man, with arms like poles reaching toward a four story building when struck. The New York Herald notes public fascination with such wonders amid leisure pursuits.
Des Moines area railroads report major gains in freight and passenger traffic for the last half of 1907 and seven months of 1907. Passenger receipts rise sharply in August and July, aided by fairgoers and the centrate law. Freight volume increases top 21 million pounds with about 40 thousand dollars more in seven months than 1906. Des Moines business growth and the Greater Des Moines movement are cited as factors. other roads show proportional gains. Also notes demand for country school teachers across Iowa and a push by fruit jobbers to cut freight rates.
Professor Frank Parsons, president of the National Municipal Ownership League, says testimony before New York's public service commission found no corporate influence on the municipal ownership study. He notes funds came from various sources, with half from many small subscriptions and the rest from industrial interests, supervised by a five member committee, and asserts the final report reflects independent work by experts on both sides.
The Florrisville WV mayor lauds transferring the town's $10,000 4 natural gas plant to a private firm eight years after purchase. Revenue once funded 1 cent with six cents surplus, and a two year private lease yielded a generous rental. Officials note it remains the town's sole profitable plant under private operation, implying public improvement doubts.
The fighting plant owned by the incorporated village of Waddington New York was sold after a special election ordered by voters. The president of the village notes the property sold for $3,000, cost $8,000, and years used, stating the village was sore on the property.
State examiners detail alleged misconduct in Nelsonville including private financial handling by Auditor Lax and Transsutter Ramiller forging signatures. Fire and police departments are cited, with comments on city plant operations and coal supply. Waterworks profits declined after a new plank, with rising prices and suspicions of price manipulation.
Tagt January Ashland Wis voters backed a 9 turbine electric plant with an estimated cost of 80 000 from University of Wisconsin engineer W G Kirchoffer. Committee report broke down outside cost to 80 000 including dam, turbine and equipment, power house, lighting, and transmission.
The Leon Illinois mayor recounts the city selling its electric light plant at half its original cost of ten thousand dollars. The sale happened amid rising debt and warrants totaling about four thousand dollars, with bonds later issued to cover outstanding warrants. Conflicting figures claim eighteen thousand dollars spent on construction and equipment before sale.
The Maywood water plant, once well maintained by local payments, deteriorated as machinery wore out. No provisions existed for necessary expenditures, leaving the village without a reserve for repairs or upkeep. Local authorities warn that the system remains underfunded and vulnerable to further needs.
A High Point official recalls the city building an electric light plant at a cost of 20000 dollars. Ten years later the generating plant was sold after a private company offered cheaper current. The former city alderman notes that selling the distribution system would have yielded even greater benefits.
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