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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1901
Page
2
An assembly of topics including subscription terms, references to Abraham Lincoln and state officials, critique of party behavior, and economic notes. Mentions of taxes, tariffs, and seed distribution plans, with business failures and trade forecasts cited from Bradstreet’s and Dunn’s reports.
A Rockwell Phonograph report claims Wil Hawk Kenyon’s district bench appointment thwarted a taxpayer money scheme via County Attorney Hackler who rejected a 5 percent bribe and insisted taxes be collected by law. The piece links Lundy to local graft and notes San Francisco leads U S cities in phones per capita, citing telecommunication data. It ends with a jaded quip on political campaigning and voter turnout.
The piece discusses statehood for New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arizona, noting population composition of Mexicans and Indians and debating advisability. It critiques protected industries, tariff policy, and political maneuvering around Cummins, Roosevelt appointments, and party power shifts, with scattered editorialized observations on tariffs, deficits, and historical context. The text also briefly references a poetic quotation and a Georgia anecdote about stove pipes, reflecting scattered, fragmentary content.
Dr F. Kennedy editor of the Iowa Health Bulletin extolls laughter as a remedial and preventive health agent. He cites its effects on circulation, heart, lungs, diaphragm, and spleen while urging merriment and mirthful living as essential for health and happiness.
A quirky North Dakota tale claims distillers test whiskey quality with a jack rabbit injection trial. The story notes prohibition in North Dakota and Iowa, with differing local attitudes toward such animal tests. Prohibition remains a central theme in both states.
Des Moines Daily News describes how an English firm solicited American quotes for iron for Boston elevated railway. After receiving satisfactory American prices, the English firm sent the order to ship to Boston, Massachusetts,USA, illustrating a case of underselling in their own markets.
A collage of clipped items notes tariffs on hides, church sermons on honesty, strikes, smallpox among Indians, fires at an Ames college barn, bank robbery arrests, indictments for murder, rail wage changes, and a long verse on the question does it pay. Mentions Cedar Falls, Mason City, What Cheer, Reinbeck, Nashua, Clarksville, Des Moines, and Nevada. References to W. P. Miller and political notes.
A collage of oddball notes from old science and politics. It cites the New York state board of health on beardless milking and cleaner milk, praises a Chicago physician offering death by self-harm services, notes a German professor’s tiny 1/14 second wink, and comments on Johnson County Iowa Republicans failing to file nominating papers. It then discusses reciprocity, trade, and free trade notions in a Philadelphia Record critique.
A jumble of 1901-era clippings recounts debates on equality and racism, with remarks about Jefferson and Roosevelt at a dinner, plus digressions on ship subsidies and a peculiar letter from Pat Crowe. Local ads mention harness goods, millinery, wallpaper discounts, and a monument to James Berns in a Catholic cemetery.
Cut rates announced for Northern Pacific home seekers excursive tickets to western points on October 15 November 5 and 19 December 3 and 17 1901 one fare plus 2.00 for round trip. Rates and details available from G P D Roders B P A N PB No F038 Lovustreet Des Moines Iowa.
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