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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
4
The Gorule and Going of People and Thatr Friends-Week's Review highlights local happenings, community changes, and notable days across the region. Readers get quick glimpses of social ties, neighborhood events, and small landmarks shaping daily life.
Rev J W Knoll and J Gardner did business at Ackley Monday. Mrs L G Gimer of New London arrived Saturday to visit father sister and relatives. Many locals visited or traveled to Eldora Beaman Grundy County and Minnesota. A ten pound boy was born to Frank Karl Allen and wife on September lat. Public school enrollment reached 121. A petition seeks a hard surfaced road to Hampton past the Mott farms. Health concerns and family moves tied to Waverly Ames and Sioux City. Strawberry plants advertised with growing tips and replacement guarantee.
Local notices record obituaries, visits, and travels across Hardin County. Thomas Wilson, born 1823 in Pennsylvania, dies after a long life as a soldier and citizen. Other items note relatives visiting in Iowa Falls, Ackley, Geneva, and Williams, with school starts, harvest work, and fair attendance. Wider world items mention opium trade decline at Amoy, whale hunting in Japan, and new forestry and railway safety ideas in the era.
Des Moines reports the Town League of Municipalities will hold the Marshalltown session later this month with a broad program. Topics include city taxation, health, public utilities, deputy school superintendents, and Blue Sky law challenges. Two towns contest station naming. Dallas versus Melcher affects rail and post office designation.
New Haven Conn Sept 6 Coroner Mix reports wholesale robberies from dead bodies at the rail road wreck at North Haven seeking arrests. Witnesses say men cut fingers to take rings and search clothing of injured for money. Detectives alerted and testimonies claim thefts across yards amid foggy signals and near collision incidents involving White Mountain and Bar Harbor expresses.
An old style ad offers one hundred dollars for a dose of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It asserts the remedy works internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Claims about the product and testimonials are included, with 7 cent postage for testimonials and sale by all druggists. The notice also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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