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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1907
Page
8
A fragmented humor piece features quirky lines about beauty and manners, including a quip about Livelihood and a cartoon riddle attributed to President Lincoln. The dialogue touches on social flirtation and a fable-like math joke with a political twist.
In a dramatic exchange Dr Price cautions a grateful survivor that paying a large bill at once may burden him. The victim responds by thanking the doctor for saving his life, while acknowledging the sizable debt. The Philadelphia Press records the tense moment of financial and personal relief.
An inquisitive reader asks why some Self Protection articles bear author names while others do not. The editor explains that unsigned writers threatened to quit, and the signed pieces were those that remained after the dispute.
The Illinois Experiment Station reports ten steer tests to find profitable feeding of corn and clover hay. Key findings: cob meal and ground corn with cornmeal yield rapid gains. cornmeal outperforms shelled corn for beef. nitrogenous concentrates boost intake and finish. corn with cob meal is less efficient than cornmeal for fattening. cornmeal matches or exceeds other rations in beef and pork production.
Professor Parsons spokesman for the Nations Municipal Ownership league rebutted claims that Metropolitan Securities Company funded the New York public service commission study of municipal ownership. He cited signed resolutions by all municipal ownership members, neutrality of engineers, and impartial funding to affirm the report’s independence from corporate contributions.
The report notes Illinois shows higher clover seed acreage while Ohio Utah California and Colorado hold steady or decline. Conditions are above ten year average in most states. fall sowing with nurse crops is common in Iowa and nearby states. The September crop condition index of 89.5 underpins an estimated total yield of 2.716 billion bushels, about 50 million above the prior peak.
Harrisville mayor W Way notes eight years back the town bought a 4 gas plant for about $10,000. The revenue paid the cost and a surplus accrued, two years ago it was leased to a private firm. In Waddington New York voters ordered sale of the village lighting plant after a special election. it sold for $3,000 with a cost of $8,000 after five years use, the village says the property weighed hard on them.
State examiners reveal a flawed Nelsonville town administration with missing records in police, fire, street improvements, and utility finances. Auditor and treasurer faced scrutiny for personal benefits while light and water utilities show rising costs, debt, and questionable depreciation and pricing practices.
Ashland voters approved a municipal electric plant based on an 80 000 dollar estimate by UW professor W C Kirchoffer who billed for consulting in forty Wisconsin cities. The plan lists costs totaling 80 000 with detailed items and warns actual expense should be lower. A competing bid reached 180 000 with omissions for transformers meters and commercial lighting.
The Leon Indiana mayor explains the city sold its electric light plant for half its original 10000 cost, 85000 sale price, as debt rose. An authority cites 13000 spent on construction before sale. Maywood water works mirrors aging public utilities with no contingencies for upgrades.
A former member of High Point North Carolina’s electric grid committee argues the city stalled a 20000 dollar electric generating plant, ten years later sold it, claiming a private firm offered cheaper current. He suggests selling the distribution system would have improved finances.
The article outlines winter rodent control methods with poison options such as bicarbonate and bacites, and describes slow-acting poisons to allow animals to leave buildings. It notes the guillotine trap as most effective, baited with bread, cheese, or corn kernels.
An article notes a shift from large to eighty acre parcels as a cost efficient trend. It predicts the voucher of quarter sections as a lingering measure, while rising farm values curb practices on big farms. The piece argues intensive cultivation of fewer acres will reduce labor, risk, and worry, enabling simpler barns and livestock and greater daily comfort.
A Washington pamphlet shows Texas had 121401 miles of public roads in 1904, with 1100 gravel, 107 stone, and 52 shell surfaced, totaling 2218 miles improved. It notes a levy up to 15 cents per $100, plus an equal tax if approved, and that able-bodied residents 18 to 45 must work up to five days yearly or provide a substitute or pay.
A discussion on how home training and family reputation shape youth behavior. It notes dangers from neglectful parenting and emphasizes striving for a clean record to leave a positive legacy for future generations. Also mentions Kansas alfalfa farming and F F Coburn’s role, listing large-scale agricultural achievements.
John Cunningham then governor of Wartmoor Prison boasted he could spot a criminal at a distance. James Broughton, a five year embezzlement convict, engineered a daring escape with outside help after a year in the agricultural gang. The escape led to a high-profile pursuit, involvement of a Russian anarchist, and the governor’s eventual fall from office as public opinion roasts his criminology project. The episode ends with Broughton’s flight to South America and the governorship’s disgrace.
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