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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1901
Page
4
Auction and sale notices include a 110 acre farm near Lawton North Dakota with good buildings and a local real estate inquiry. Also listed are a dozen small farm parcels and a house in good condition with cistern and barn for sale. Local social news covers marriages and visits among residents, plus a theft incident at a railroad depot.
Geneva and surrounding points note Sunday visits and travels. Joe Whaley of Aplington spent Sunday in the area. O Reeve came back from Cleveland Thursday. Alonzo Clock of Warren Illinois arrived to tend farm interests. W Horner returned from Cleveland Ohio. Eleanor Mayer visited grandparents Rev Belzer and wife at Ackley. Mrs. James Typrill and Miss Carpenter of Stockton Illinois visited J Hicks family. Mrs. Boughtin returned from a Pennsylvania visit. Myron Appleby came from West Dale n renting Pickering farm. W Bunker back from Cherokee after months away. Leona Burns left for Marshalltown to visit friends and attend carnival.
German Township reports a cattle shipment to Chicago by Gerhard Reeves, Gerdes completes threshing, and Jerry Huisman Jr digs a cellar for a new house estimated at 1000. A political note endorses Pepper man for office, praising his conduct and urging voters to mark crosses beside each candidate as instructed.
Mrs Obas Tucker visited her niece at Meor Ackley Sunday. Mrs Waldron has returned to her home in Pennsylvania. A pound social was given to Rev Dickensheets Monday. Mrs H Early attended the funeral of Mrs Ella Overturf near Bristow Saturday. Mr Border and Miss Cook, father and sister of Mrs Brown, visited in a town that week. Jay Woodrow went to Des Moines Thursday. His parents expect to move there. Woodren gave an entertainment at the opera house Friday evening. All present reported an enjoyable time. A W Bickford has purchased a ready residence in Hampton and the family will move there. J T Woodrow and family expect to remove to Des Moines soon to be able to live
A man claims to seek work by finding a brass collar button as luck, but a railroad superintendent dismisses luck and suggests seeking the mate to the button. The exchange ends with the inspector advising persistence and insight over chance.
The Philadelphia Press reports a trend of increasing marriages with Underthum commenting on rising nuptials in the area. The tone is skeptical yet notes a strengthening social pattern as couples wed at a higher rate than in the past.
Beginning October 15 2001 and every Tuesday the Iowa Central railway runs a Pullman tourist sleeping car from Minneapolis to Los Angeles via Kansas City and Santa Fe route. Four days en route with special low rate round trip tickets. For times fares and booklets call Iowa Central agents or write Geo Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
A St. Louis man recounts a ruse using a counterfeit five to reveal his wife’s theft of a ten dollar bill. After exposing the deception at the police station, he claims he has since kept his money hidden, and his wife’s reproach remains inaudible in the wake of the incident.
A New York Journal item notes a boastful thief claiming kleptomania and a boss offering hypnotism to cure theft. The humor hinges on the thief’s quick feet during constant practice, riding trolley cars during rush hours and balancing for miles, a scene from early Chicago humor.
In Tucson, the social and commercial center of southern Arizona, sits on the Southern Pacific line near the Tucson Mountains. The city, at 2,400 feet, enjoys a dry, pure climate with little frost and abundant sunshine. It hosts a university and agricultural college, a Carnegie library, and a growing municipal government. Nearby lands hold irrigation potential for agriculture, with industries including Eagle and Allison flour mills, ice factories, and ore reduction works. The population includes Mexican and Indian origins, with Spanish traditions evident on every street corner.
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