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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
6
Pottawattamle County Supervisors engage in road work after a rain washed dust from highways. Road drags smoothed holes and ruts, aided by prompt use of machinery. Drivers reported exceptionally good conditions. nearly all supervisors acted quickly under the law, improving county roads over the previous year.
Anthon residents including Mayor Charles Schreipfer face a temporary injunction for alleged illegal liquor sales. Notices served to twelve well known locals as the county remains dry after last fall. County Anti-Saloon League, with Anthon citizens, supports the action.
Miss Sylvia Parrott a telephone operator in Clarinda Iowa was found unconscious fourteen miles from home after lying down with her brother at dusk. She reached home about 11 PM exhausted after a day’s work and cannot recall how she came to the roadside. She remains semi conscious in a drunk or drugged state as investigators probe the night’s events.
Terre Haute Ind September 16 President Frank A Hanley of Franklin College and family to testify on an alleged assault by Hanley on his father Calvin Hanley of Middletown. Reconciliation at the father’s home followed by a joint embrace and a plan to tell the grand jury. Officers view outcome as possibly closing the incident.
Fort Madison Iowa September 19 Iverl Hammer town marshal and Louis Hohi a Franklin township farmer were indicted for the murder of Arthur Hirschler a Donnellaon hardware dealer The alleged crime followed Hirachler s arrest for loud talking at Franklin Aug 23 He was struck in the head and died days later The case drew strong feeling in Franklin and Donnellson The prisoners were arraigned in district court andpled not guilty.
One hundred Americans including women and children refugees from Torreon are reported in rebel hands while traveling to Saltillo. Saltillo authorities refuse to send rescue, fearing possible atrocities. An official Saltillo source cites unconfirmed reports, while the American embassy asks Mexican forces to investigate and aid if true. Foreign Minister Gumbaa cites U S neutrality policy as hindering action.
In Mexico City on September 15 reports claim 500 killed in the clash near Maytorena Sonora. About 300 federals and 200 rebels died as General Ojeda advanced on Hermosillo. The government calls it a federal victory after rebels retreated from a stubborn stand. Protection for all foreigners urged by Washington as consular officers to offer refuge and reduce intervention grounds. The transport Buford, along the Pacific coast, ordered to accommodate all foreigners.
From Harrison county farm, Missouri Valley, 75000 bushels of wheat have been received by Valley Milling company since July 10. This compares with the prior year showing a higher intake this season by 20000 bushels, while Dubuque reports on September 15 that Sternwell farm personal property tied to a quadruple murder scene sold for first class prices. Proceeds from crops and stock exceed 4000 dollars.
Mrs. Joseph Gurr of Vernal Utah wed Frederick Wade in Grand Junction Colorado. Three weeks earlier Wade shot and killed her husband. In a clash between US soldiers and Mexican smugglers at Carrizo Springs Texas one Mexican was killed six wounded and Tourteant captured. Ot tumwa Commercial association voted to hire injunctions against the county auditor to stop taxing capital grounds extension across Wapello county. Goldfield Nevada streets flooded by noon bars and a severe electrical storm drowned two people, wrecked houses and shut down the power plant.
Mrs Labian Wakefeld of LaCrosse Wisconsin sister of item 1 Cooper builder of the Kaohkuk dam recently died in Sheffield Massachusetts from cancer.
The Christian convention chose Colfax as the 1914 site. Plans are under way to build a permanent convention hall at Colfax and to broaden facilities for the event.
In New York and Altoona notes from a stream of charges Mrs Blaine Mabel Martin accuses Samuel G Martin a Colorado mining magnate of hiring detectives to trap her providing clothes for two women threatening to send her to an insane asylum and forcing her to sleep in the Central Park subway He seeks $260 monthly alimony and $1600 counsel fees Justice Delaney reserved ruling plus other domestic disputes noted.
In St Louis Miss Marie Blakewell, from an old aristocratic family, abandons society to work as a wallpaper saleswoman in a department store. She aims to show society that a debutante can benefit the world by earning her own living rather than lingering in aristocratic privilege.
An English builder secured the contract for turbine drums for the battleship No. 39 at just over one third the price of the lowest American bid. The case features lower costs abroad and ties to wartime production.
A machine mishap left a pilot fatally burned after an aircraft crashed and a gasoline tank exploded. Three Chicago girls from the Illinois state home at Ganava were found dead in a straw-constructed cell, tended by three men from Geneva. Cook County Hospital faces crowding as officials clash over admission policies. In Los Angeles, Willard and 11 others are bound over for murder in the Willard Young fight case, with bonds set and a debate over whether a fatal KO caused the death or a surgeon’s wound.
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