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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1900
Page
8
A Philadelphia Record item recounts a hoax funeral in which a revived corpse surprised mourners, followed by notes on ancient shadow observation and sundial origins. The piece blends a ribbing anecdote with reflections on early scientific methods and the use of shadows to study solar angles.
The article notes the first national convention was by the Anti Masonic party in Baltimore in September 1881 with delegates from each state, nominating a president and vice president and adopting a platform. It contrasts this with the Democratic National Convention held in Baltimore in May 1882 with 318 delegates and a contested vice presidency, while Henry Clay is referenced among opponents. The piece emphasizes that nominating conventions became the rule thereafter, as observed by the New York Sun.
A fragmented passage recalls Rufud Choate overwork harming his health and Edward Hverett cautioning him while joking that the constitution was destroyed long ago. It also mentions Ashing grounds of the great lakes in the Georgian Bay district and a note on Warner’s White Wine as a cough remedy priced at six cents.
An excerpt from Cassier's Magazine describes the suffocating conditions aboard early ironclad warships during battles. It details air shortages, the introduction of artificial ventilation via rotary steam blowers, and the emergence and disappearance of an ironclad fever linked to poor ventilation.
The article assesses Scotland's shooting industry, noting Perthshire has about 405 shoots, with most let to tenants and yielding around £150,000 annually. It estimates roughly 4,000 shoots across Scotland, each needing keepers and gillies, employing many workers and absorbing significant wages, with larger forests supporting multiple staff.
The fragment discusses dead letters and marked returns with phrases like Return if not delivered and If not called for in five days, return to sender. It mentions names such as Hermann Kemper and Jan Jansen, references a miners’ boarding house, Mrs. Baumgarten, and suggests letters often bore extra stamps to attract attention, reflecting postal practices and lack of clear locality cues.
The passage argues that fear of punishment is instinctual from infancy and shapes moral development. It asserts a universal sense of righteousness and the inevitability of retribution, suggesting suffering follows sin and appeals to fear are legitimate within human nature. North American Review.
Dialogue shows Mr Wigwag celebrating a carpet delivery while Mrs Wigwag questions the remark and jokes about packing, ending with a humorous reference to the Philadelphia Record in a humorous exchange.
The excerpt recalls Nast's sharp cartoons printed rather than published to amuse friends and public figures. It also notes Conkling's jab at Curtis, calling The Weekly the Piper of Nast. The Atlantic piece by Harriet Monroe describes the Grand Canyon's primeval landscapes and the perilous gold rush hunt, with miners and burros at the canyon rim and copper ore near the cliff edge.
In Holt county Oregon Missouri for years a telegraph and telephone gap existed making Jake Foster a well known hack driver between Oregon and Forest City. One night Robert Montgomery asked Jake to fetch Forest’s correct time after his watch stopped. Jake returned, showed a dirty note with Forest’s time, and declared it the correct time from Forest.
A remarkable longevity report centers on an Englishman born in 1483 who doctor’s believed would die early. The tale claims he survived to 1051 at age 169, witnessing ten kings, with a chest only 57 centimeters around. He reportedly married five times and fathered 49 children, with strange aging quirks noted at various ages.
A San Francisco Argonaut tale recalls Hall McAlister entertaining a visiting scientist at the Union club before its Pacific alliance. Amid foggy chatter Madge quips fog conducts sound, provoking the scientist’s challenge. McAllister replies with a quip about bearing and not bearing fog. In another note a Columbus Bigte Journal vignette asks why a ribbon is priced, with a clerk misreading eight dollars a week as donation and 25 cents a yard.
In a clipped Detroit Free Press style note, Mrs. Darley asks about singing while at the piano. Mr. Darley, described as brute, replies with a stubborn refusal to sing if love is involved, framing a domestic moment with humor.
A humorously earnest court scene features a young barrister unable to remove a juror as the judge emphasizes a clerical technicality. The column then shifts to brisk literary notes about Liszt memory feats and Latin cadence, followed by obituaries, dispatches, court actions, and brief medical ad copy for De Witts products.
W A Hines of Manchester Iowa recounts a near death escape from measles linked lung trouble and hemorrhages. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with his full recovery and claims hundreds using it on his advice. He urges readers to try the remedy for throat chest and lung troubles. Branders Drug Store offers 50 cent and one dollar sizes with free trial bottles.
J Q Hood of Crosby Mississippi testifies that One Minute Cough Cure relieves a stubborn cough in a first dose and benefits his entire family. The ad claims cures for coughs colds croup grippe bronchitis asthma and throat and lung troubles, with prices 25 and 60 cents. Other notes mention Rocky Mountain tea beauty products and Bucklen’s Azalea salve with a testimonial of transformation and the claim of being the least harmful salve.
A mixed 19th century item notes Relon Gaston aged 90 in Beloit Wis since 1844, William A Paulson bank figure convicted of embezzlement, 380 vagrants jailed in Johannesburg, Lacey act bird trade rules, Sioux City floods, New York cigarmakers strike, baking powder act ruling, Indianapolis chosen for party HQ, several notable deaths including Colonel Henry McCormick and Judge W H Washington, and a DC population bulletin. Also mentions Porto Rico land survey limits, divorce custody in Baltimore, and socialite connections of Mrs Swan and Francis Dyer’s role in 1897 Waldorf ball.
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