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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
2
The ANKER COUNTY JOURNAL lists pricing and postal details: by ORA E. SCALES, two year advance, d months, 8 months, $1.60. It notes second class matter entry date Oct. 13 at Ankler Iowa, under the act of Congress March 8 1879.
A republican primary election will be held Saturday June 2 1908 in Hardin County Iowa to nominate one candidate for multiple county offices including Representative Auditor Clerk of the District Court County Treasurer Recorder Sheriff County Superintendent County Surveyor Coroner County Attorney and two year supervisor seats. Also elected are township committeemen delegates to the county convention June 6 1908 and delegates to state judicial and senatorial conventions. Polls open 2 PM to 7 PM. Committee chairs Tom C Meaper and A Niclows.
The Inter Court Journal notes progressives align with Cummins while standpatters rally railroad and trust interests. Critics accuse Cummins papers of benefiting from money for voter influence as Saubrauviscu restructures and plans saloon reopenings after a disaster.
Amid calls to curb liquor trade after a disaster, the Minneapolis Journal notes saloon closures. Des Moines hotels exclude colored Presbyterian Assembly delegates, provoking uproar as officials cite the first color line in a city hosting the assembly and potential withdrawal of offended delegates.
A communication from a Franklin County candidate pledges support for Governor Cummins alignment and a "square deal" against corporations. He backs a state primary, railroad rate relief, mileage tickets, laws against organized price manipulation in lumber grain and coal, tighter taxpayer oversight, and clerical bidding discretion, while avoiding full county canvassing but inviting voter action at the polls.
Dr A H Tipp writes from Genova Iowa addressing Cummins wing voters. He says he would serve all if elected and would work for the greatest good whether chosen or not. He explains he cannot ask Cummins supporters to back a candidate opposed to their policy.
A collage of editorial notes and commentary from newspapers in Iowa West Virginia and Minnesota discusses Democratic Governor candidates Judge Wade and Cummins, political preferences against “milk and water” leadership, and a push against corporate control. It also contrasts Roosevelt and Bryan on money militarism and bi metallism, with banking and money systems described as driven by checks and bank instruments in the U S economy.
Moody's Magazine notes that most business relies on check money rather than coin or paper, while Cummins era rail and legal debates appear in local press. The Hawpton Chronicle remarks that railway workers favor a square deal under Cummins administration, opposed to owner control.
For week ending May 14, Abnormally low temperatures and heavy frosts on the 7th affected all districts. Western areas saw near normal weekly rain with dry soil in the north. Plowing and planting favored by light showers, corn planting general and advancing. fruit outlook remains fairly good overall with localized frost damage in the Mississippi valley and southern districts.
Iowa Central offers low round trip fares via variable routes for excursions to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Puget Sound points with tickets on sale June 19 to August 18. One fare plus small surcharges apply for travel to Boston Des Moines St Paul Minneapolis Springfield and Tiderville with various sale dates and limited windows. Extensions available for a fee. many fares include one‑way routing through California and special event dates with organizations such as American Medical Association General Assembly Presbyterian Church and other groups.
A Minneapolis man J. B. Massey of 3122 Clinton St. says selatica haunted him for over twenty years until Chamberlinio’s Pain Balin relieved pain and restored sleep after one application and a bottle. The ad urges readers with back pain digestion and other ailments to try a 25 cent bottle and lists retailers J M Nix Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and H N Schultz as sellers.
A Snap Shaye offers a fine quarter acre farm two miles from Buffalo Center Iowa priced at six dollars fifty cents per acre. Approximately twenty thousand dollars of improvements accompany the land. Contact A Dreesman Buffalo Center Iowa to subscribe for the journal.
Rural notice lists a sale of red polled cattle and Quaker Boy No 10 as herd bull at a farm two miles southwest of Abil and mentions miscellaneous texts about health tonics and remedies. Also notes cheap railroad excursion rates on Tuesdays to Minnesota North Dakota and Canada with details for Great Western Railway agents.
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