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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
7
Mentor Comfort Underwear is knit from the best yarns in a clean factory in the country. Each suit is shrunk washed and sterilized before packing. Three inspections ensure quality. Mentor is Comfortable Mentor Fits.
A mixed run of small ads offers a first class gasoline engine in good condition for sale at half original price, sale of old newspapers for shelves or wrapping, barber school tuition in weeks with placement, Moler System colleges ad in Chicago, distributing agents and a Blumer’s Perfumed Laundry Starch free samples offer, all listed in a local World office notice.
Kromminga of Austinville and other visitors frequent Ackley on Monday while mentions of Wellsburg, Gar man ainh, Waterloo and Des Moines trace business trips and social calls. The piece, a flood of brief notes, covers deliveries, church events, theater plans, real estate moves, school games, and local errands.
In Riverside an early morning postoffice robbery saw money and stamps stolen. Officials report about ten dollars worth of stamps were taken and indicate limited knowledge of how the theft occurred. The incident unsettled local officials and residents.
Al Smith, a resident of College Springs Iowa for two years with wife and five children, was taken to Eureka Springs Arkansas to answer to the charge of murdering Obe Herndon on September 1 1917.
Potatoes drop to 50 cents per bushel as nationwide bumper crops push prices down. Friday price was 75 cents, with local dealers paying 50 cents on Monday for home grown stock. Subscribers urged to support The Worup.
The Davis Cup, emblematic of lawn tennis team国际 competition, returns after a ten year gap. Donated by Dwight J. Davis to spark international rivalry, it has crowned multiple nations since 1900, with the United States and England among early victors. In 1908 the Daley brothers won for Britain. Also in sports notes, Bill Bailey of the Atlanta club is ineligible for a season due to a broken rib, Mobile signs Millar, Chatanooga recalls Gideon, and bids rise for Cy Morgan from Kansas City as Tinker seeks the pitcher’s services.
Grand Chapter and Master Masons hold the sixtieth annual convocation at Oskaloosa beginning Thursday October 4 with an informal public meeting at 11 a.m. and reception of the grand council. Sessions run Thursday afternoon and evening, with events continuing through Tuesday and Wednesday. Samuel Untermeyer criticizes the pending currency bill, arguing bankers want more power and the bill should not be permanent. The nation’s pessimist grumbles that the president should act to invite criticism.
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