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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
4
The Four County News presents a community brief detailing local gaming events and a social round up of theater friends. Highlights include upcoming gatherings, venue notes, and fellow enthusiasts' activities in the area.
Cleves and Vicinity reports Steinberg Brothers running the Gimer Janssen creamery and producing 2100 to 2200 pounds of butter weekly. Cream fetches 25 cents, potatoes bring lower prices, oats yields 40 to 42 bushels per acre in nearby bur areas, and a large rock in Albt Harms’ field intrigues locals.
The Abbott area records frequent travel and visitors from Ackley to Parkersburg and Eldora. It lists farmers, merchants, and residents moving, visiting kin, and preparing farm work, with an obituary for Mary Knakow and notes on church, bridge, and town events.
The Schluter family learned last week that their daughter Carrie is seriously ill in Minnesota. Rev Bollinger and wife moved into their new Sea forth home Saturday. Chas Willeke is doing cement work at Mrs A Harken farm. Mrs Dahn spent over Saturday with her daughter in Austinville. The installing of Rev Buchanan as Pastor of the Presbyterian church occurred Tuesday evening with a large crowd. Rev Sanford of Waterloo Rev Pershing of Ackley and Rev Falls of Cedar Falls attended. Friends congratulate Henry Arends on his marriage to Amanda Leander last Thursday at the bride’s Laurens home.
Connell Bhufts Va Oct 4 C Fr PL Froom chief of police Council Bluffs was reelected president of the Iowa Association of Police Chiefs with no opposition. M J Jordan Fort Dodge was elected vice president and H T Wagner Waterloo secretary treasurer. Fort Dodge to host next meeting. Secretary C B Towne of the Commercial club spoke on cooperation of the public with the police. Des Moines Chief Jenney sent a paper read by Wagner urging cooperation in the police department and removal of police chiefs from politics.
Condensed report notes Stocking's private bank in Creston, Iowa failed, leaving about 120000 in deposits missing. Avistar Noel reportedly marked a flight record by carrying nine passengers to altitude for twenty minutes. A canal labor tragedy near Mira Flores involved drowning due to a barrier collapse. G Swalve of Popejoy fined 1600 for selling intoxicating liquor contrary to law.
A diffuse, vintage survey touches on evolving city rules for policewomen over twenty five, wireless links among state capitals in Australia, women’s protective measures in Boston, mineral production, rising numbers of women scientists, and varied industrial anecdotes from the United States. It mentions aluminum use, Chinese agriculture training, a New York women’s walking club, and curious notes on electroplating, homesteads, and a French plant that purportedly coughs.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure it cannot defeat by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims the medicine acts directly on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and a 75 cent price per bottle. Sold by druggists. Wake Hall's Family Pills for Houston patrons.
Ss. W. Weighs has sold the dwelling known as the Cowan house to Mp. Reeve of Franklin county and will give possession Nov. 1.
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