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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1916
Page
4
Community notes from Aplington and nearby towns summarize visits and trips. Names include H A Mead from Dubuque visiting the Jesse Stockdale family, Olga DeVries visiting Sioux City, Geo DeBeck from Ackley, Ed Jacoba of Chicago visiting the N A Helnia home, and others.
Enos Pfaltzgraft of Belmond visited the George Pfaltzgraft home while Misa Ruth Martin visited friends in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Cemetery society ladies held a park meeting with husbands invited to supper honoring the Arenda family bound for Cedar Falls. A Kealey delegation arrived with baskets to visit Rev. Bosch as he contemplates leaving Kesley. Mrs. Clinton Watson left for Sacramento after a two month visit. Rev. Cowell and family were in Waterloo last week. Agent Harre of the C G W road and his wife will move into the W Ahrens residence.
Geneva headlines show Thyme Kaplan visiting relatives in Foxham North Dakota. Mrs Ralph Thomas ill but slowly recovering. Charles Overton back from a week away. O J Clock and wife enjoy a two week vacation at Chapin. Mrs B D Hunt returned from Clarkeville due to her alater illness. Mrs C H Mold and son Kim visiting from Marshalltown for weeks. W C Horner back from Washington after two months. Will and Chester Pekarack back from Rochester where wife had surgery for goltre. Pekareckia recovering and they will be home in two weeks. School started Monday. country school buildings moved to campus to provide room. Harm Frerichs in Canada on business. Ben Neesgen and wife back from two weeks in Minnesota. H Lindaman visiting relatives in Lennox SD. Mrs D Riekena and Miss Helen Primua return from Fairmont Ming. Frank Haack of Freeport IL visited George Lindaman. Moyer & Nigholy Garage completed. agency for Buick and Mitchell cars. Chas Rowrey and wife of Buffalo Center visited Jasper families. Martin Thomas and family left Wednesday for Kos suth County on automobile trip.
Laura Jean Libbey argues modesty unlocks a man’s heart while boldness can slam the door. She warns against open admiration and urges tactful, subtle signals of interest. a modest woman should let a man woo and win, keeping doubt as a spice to romance.
A Verdun night watchman in wartime Verdun would have a busy post tonight as shells rain down. A Red Cross nurse recalled the first bombardment last year and the watchman’s bell and calls waking residents to fires and danger across the city.
A collection of brief notes on new devices and ideas including a heated syrup device for cold feet, a pothold on water wheel submersion, a scalp lotion syringe shaped to fit the head, an ice cream freezer using vacuum cooling, and a nonsinkable mattress for ships. Also advertising notices for Mankato Commercial College and hunting licenses in Ackley Minnesota.
Free range hens may overeat grass producing watery eggs with poor keeping quality. Collect eggs twice daily in wet weather to stay clean. Use clean water to prevent disease. wash drinking pans often. Feed a mix of grains and bran. Cut rooster spurs and avoid keeping unnecessary males. Extra hens can lay more. soft dirt aids leg development. Do not wash eggs.
An excerpted poem describes the comfort and warmth of a friendly touch on the shoulder. It portrays how a simple act brings curiosity, tears, and fluttering emotion, reflecting on life's mixed sweetness and bitterness and affirming faith in a benevolent world.
Advice suggests youthfulness comes from seeking new experiences and avoiding old routines. Both men and women age when they cling to past thoughts and ways, while looking ahead and embracing change is a key to staying young. Constant variety and fresh outlooks are claimed as secrets of youth.
A century shift sees New York supplant London as the world center for luxury goods. Customs records indicate dramatic growth in the luxury class, especially precious stones and works of art. The excerpt notes a spike in American auto imports of crude rubber totaling over 31 million dollars last year.
A fragmentary historical note recounts Sir Alexander Mackenzie as the first white man to cross the continent by a route north of Mexico. It covers his 1793 inland journey from Peace River to the Pacific, his expedition diary mark on a rock, and mentions subsequent Life of Mackenzie by Rev George Bryce in the Makers of series alongside notes on Lord Selkirk and Sir George Simpson.
An American Magazine excerpt argues that quick decision making yields greater rewards than hesitation. It claims decisiveness provides a running start, though risks exist if choices are wrong, and asserts bold decision makers gain larger profits while timid rivals earn less.
Mayoral proclamation sets September 12 1918 election in Ackley Iowa to decide extending the corporate limits to include parts of Franklin Hardin and Grundy counties. Polls open 8 am to 5 pm at the Weber Building Main Street. The proposition outlines boundary changes and legal descriptions of the expanded town limits.
The text suggests creating a nurturing playroom for children with a well chosen library calm lamps positioned to protect eyesight and a window seat for games. It cites women’s home companion advice and notes fashionable color pairings mustard and green as season’s smart contrast choices.
A farm listing offers a well improved property for rent among 160 acres in the South Franklin region. For further particulars inquire at the Toy World office in Bowe.
John Wessels offers a four room house with four iota good outbuildings and a well with splendid water at the east edge of Ackley. Properties to be sold at moderate price as he plans to move from Ackley next spring.
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