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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1906
Page
5
A man narrowly escaped death when a 11:14 eastbound train sped toward him at the West Main Street crossing. A passing citizen pulled him off the tracks just before impact as the locomotive approached within feet, the incident saved from a fatal outcome by mere luck.
Minneapolis and Duluth note wheat prices for Sept 7 with bids for No 1 hard and No 1 Northern ranges. On track prices show variations across grades with Dec May delivery and cents per bushel. Flax futures also listed with arrival and on track values.
Democrats of the thirty seventh senatorial district met at Webster City Tuesday and nominated Mayor Edwards for the seat. He is a cattle breeder and head of a Webster City banking institution, and faces Republican opponent Peterson of Wright county amid local party dissatisfaction.
A sequence of record temperatures gripped the area with Monday reaching the season peak. Past days hit 95 degrees while late September 27 observed 89 and 84 on other dates. Excursions to Minneapolis and St Paul offered at $2.00 round trip with return by No. 4 train. Rev Thomas H Sherman of Hampton lecturing at Quavbohic church with a week of topics from faith to marriage.
Porter Claude R Porter, a 86 year old gubernatorial candidate, will address Ackley on September 26 in Sauerkraut Day observance. His visit is non political in object though he is a party nominee. the event aims for a hearty reception regardless of party. Schools open with splendid esprit and Knight prospects noted alongside court proceedings.
The article notes students resume Monday with teachers prepared for the new term. Enrollment nears 400, with families planning college moves. It lists staff names and duties, and cites several students heading to Rush Medical College Chicago Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa City Mt. Veravan. A mix of local notices and oddities follow including a gashed German turbine payment and political campaign snags.
Charles Fawcett of Springdale won first prize and $50 for the best ear of corn shown at the State fair. Two Davenport girls who answered a newspaper ad seeking actresses will return home sadder and wiser. Beloz will spend thousands enlarging his Muscatine property. Des Moines police arrested 116 men in houses of prostitution during August. Henry Martin, Atlantic, received a pension increase of seven cents after legal fees. Governor Cumming gave a large opening campaign speech at Khomersburg on September 31. Charles Rocker of Lyon County faced a second murder trial at Sibley and was found guilty. The State Board of Control saved about $10,000 on four supplies for fourteen state institutions this year. Average price for barrels was $3.30, down from $4 previously. 11,955 barrels contracted for total $29,4516.
Judge Richard, longtime district bench member, formed a partnership with W. T. Coe and will locate in Minneapolis. His rise drew attention as judicial delegates debated nominees. he received a surprisingly large complimentary vote, though not the intended nominee.
Democrats of Hardin County held a large court house convention Wednesday with spirited support for nominees. Jerome D Steere of Iowa Falls opened proceedings and a nominating committee proposed candidates including Geo G Blording Ackley and Charles A Rogers Midora for various offices. Dr A O Gethman and Steere vied for county chair. Gethman won the chair 245 to 15.
Two scholars report districts split by size with crowded and sparse schools. The Suallun district has only two children for instruction while Cleves district exceeds fifty. Theodore Thomas orchestra backers at Waterloo face about 1200 dollars short of funds for a week’s stand, costing 4200 dollars for the week with chorus of 300. First Austinoville core shipment in four years heads to St Louis for local feeders.
With ideal weather fairs in Grundy Center and Franklin Hawpton promise strong attendance. Exhibits include top livestock, fine cattle horses sheep and swine and county women’s handiwork. Attractions feature a balloon ascent at Franklin, a sham battle at Grundy Center, Old Soldiers Day and racing events with several noted races and matches expected. Road excursion rates are offered to both fairs.
Harvey Ogiing a 46 retail merchant at Parkersburg failed for a sum around seven thousand dollars several years ago. He has met with Noandal Gigister at Waterloo where he has run a grocery business for about six years. Liabilities are set at seven thousand with assets around six thousand. He once worked as a clerk in the city and is related by marriage to Mrs. Lockhart, now in Waterloo. Ogiing cites inability to collect accounts and discharge obligations.
George Wells of Grundy County died in Angus leaving an estate near 1.0 million dollars. Inheritance tax will provide 50,000 to the state. He had checks and deposits with banks in Hirst, Wellsburg, Chicago, and Germania totaling over 200,000, plus stock in First Nations Bank and substantial land valued around 150,000. Personal property and mortgage notes add about 70,000. Preparing for winter as rail coal shipments rise while ballast.
The St Paul district of the Triang ecclesiastical church plans a social conference the week of Sept 4 at two nearby churches eight miles north of town. The event will bring together pastors and laity from Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas Washington and Oregon with Rev J C Mayne as presiding elder. Also, Rev J Agena of the Reformed Church near town may accept a Byron Minnesota post affecting his current congregation. Local news notes report on broken dishes a baby girl’s birth and townsfolk planning trips, plus mishaps including a broken arm from a woods accident and a millinery purchase by Mrs B C Beach.
A man attacked during a domestic incident near Raymond and jailed in Waterloo after being captured by a posse. Dodge, Ed Raok’s car case shows vehicle loss and costs. Rockwell paid 400 for salaries on sidewalks, a 1500 bushel grain dispute, and Marshalltown capped legal fees at 27 a day with a 100 bill for two days. A special train will run Hampton to Wav arly to view cabbage and sugar beet fields. A. J. Mavis of the Whiten elevator reported 193,000 bushels of grain in one month.
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