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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1902
Page
8
Miscellaneous local notices and ads list services from Mueller the dentist to millinery by Friz and Paulus and Beach's optical and jewelry. Also farm land rental in Ackley Iowa, gardening tips on plants and flowers, a short anecdote about a banker offering low rates and a Georgia justice wedding with a humorous cash detail, followed by social banter from a Chicago Post item.
A fragment recalls anger over how a newspaper covered a marriage. It hints the report questioned age and implied old age for Miss Olde and Yale, described as a noted antique dealer in Chicago News.
A Black man named Tom Clark alias William Gibson was burned at a stake by hundreds in Corinth after confessing to the August 19 murder of Mrs. Carey Whitfield. The crowd witnessed as the husband and brother of the victim applied the torches. Clark urged that he deserved his fate and named other crimes. Local officials and many residents opposed the execution, but over 5,000 people watched the grisly act as Clark died in flames.
Kansas City promoter Robert M. Snyder, a banker linked to Central Traction, faces bribery charges in St. Louis. State attorney Folk secured a victory on arraignment day as Judge Ryan overruled defense objections. jury selection to decide residency and the seven year maximum prison term looms.
In Indianapolis a gang of seven Black robbers was captured after a murder-like grave theft spree. Warrants were issued for a prominent physician involved in anatomy at a local medical college, and Rufus Cantrell confessed implicating others. Over 100 graves reportedly robbed in three months, bodies sold to colleges as winter terms began.
A life size statue of Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth was unveiled in Cleveland before about 50 000 attendees. The twenty foot high statue stood on a pedestal as Mayor Johnson Senator Hanna Congressman Burton and Governor Nash spoke in multiple languages. A street parade with Hungarian and allied societies included six thousand participants along University Avenue.
Vice President George G Ward of the Commercial Cable company said the US will open cable to Manila by July 4 1903. The London made line advances at fifty miles daily and should finish in March. Three ships The Silverton Colonia and Anglia will lay from Manila and San Francisco, meeting at mid ocean to splice ends.
Severe storms in Sicily cause widespread destruction in Santa Maria Modica and Sortino. Estimates say up to 600 dead with 10 000 homeless and damage over 2 500 000 dollars. A family of nine was drowned in bed as water rose in churches.
A seasoned polyglot argues language learning need not take long if one stays patient. He notes many regret poor English vocab and explains a practical plan to learn a thousand words in a year, blending speaking and listening to gain fluency, with a Mexico example.
A fragment quoting Emerson urges calm mornings and restraint to avoid disturbing the ill. The speaker links the difficulty of being an invalid to the burden on friends, recommending serenity and positive thoughts at daybreak.
A quoted exchange unfolds as a woman asks her fiancé to promise that, after marriage and a sensible period, his brothers, two young lawyers, will represent them. The brief item hints at a personal vow within a legal-adjacent family context in Philadelphia.
An old man tells a youth that success comes from working hard at working rather than seeking easy paths. The remark appears in a Chicago Post context about striving and effort.
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