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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1906
Page
15
Christmas shows unfold at Methodist Presbyterian and First Evangelical churches with multiple recitations, songs, and tableaux. Students and teachers present the season’s pageants, ending with a distribution of gifts and a benediction as Santa Claus appears in the program.
Christmas morning at St. Mary's Church will feature a first mass at 7 90 m with two follow ups and choral music by a trained choir. The Presbyterian church plans special Christmas organ and choir music with a morning and evening program and a musical lineup including Mozart Gounod and Durant pieces. Rehearing for Blydenburg case in Hardin County Prisoner serving life may lead to a new trial as the Supreme Court reopens the case, though a retrial is not guaranteed.
A seasonal plea urges kindness to rural mail carriers. The piece notes winter winds rattle travelers on country roads and encourages motorists to refrain from leaving pennies in mailboxes. Instead the reader is urged to offer goodwill and avoid stocking the postal system with small coins.
Round About Us reports a flurry of local happenings around Ackley and nearby towns. See visits by Mrs Warring and others, church events, weddings near Holland and Freeport, and a busy holiday social season with bazaars and a Christmas program.
Former Robertson Christian church pastor Rev Fred Sheets preached Sunday and will speak several evenings this week. An oyster supper at Eagle City M E church Saturday funds meetings from the past two weeks. A Christmas program at the Christian church is planned for Monday evening. The Flower Club meets at Dore Shaner's on Tuesday. Local pastors bade farewell at Mr Nager's sale near Berlin.
Rev Willan and wife returned from Ottumwa South Dakota where they proved up a 160 acre claim and report good land but few buildings. A town has grown with stores a newspaper and promising land sales. Farmers raise quality corn wheat and potatoes with large yield samples. A map shows planted wheat acreage and experiments. The Abbott Farmers Elevator Company prepares for business with over 3 000 subscriptions and officers elected. articles of incorporation underway and next meeting set.
Will Younker remains ill while Mae Caton visited Mattin Meyer on Sunday. Charley Spengler harvested 1000 bushels of corn on Tuesday. Klaas Brasa of Buffalo Center visited his parents in Freeport area. Catherine Ryan returned home after a week with the John Herry family in Livermore. Mrs Clark Miller travels to Iowa for an extended visit with daughter Mrs P J Kiley and friends. Rosie Kinninger, guest of Nettie Penny in Acklay, returns home. Lillian Oppold heads to Freeport Illinois for the winter with relatives and friends. John Lequiuu of Mountain Lake Minnesota arrived to look after matters.
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