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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
5
Local brief notes list items for sale and community happenings including song books to request, corset covers 25¢ to 1.50, fresh oranges, workwear and gloves at F C Lsreal, and Quick Meal fuel options at McCulloch Hyde. Also mentions auctions by J C Isreal and Farr & Co, church aid society meetings, visits, and road/ school notices with scattered local figures and places.
Lewisburg notes Mr and Mrs Caldwell Currydon visitors last week. Nick and Sylvia Caldwell visited at the parental home over Sunday. D C Beck and wife of Alierton visited in our neighborhood last week. B A Helt and families and Geo Helt and families dined with Tom Guinn Sunday. Elsie Surhaugh and Merriam Caldwell, previously ill, are much better. The debating society will discuss should music be taught in public schools Thursday April 30. Miss Olive Gibbs closed a successful term of school here. School resumes Monday the 27th with Mr Boyd Morgan of Allerton as teacher.
Cambria notes multiple visitors from Corydon and Humeston and reports Myrle Stevens with measles and Mrs Liman Chapman ill with pneumonia. Several residents, including Grover Pollard and Miss Effie MacDaniels, are mentioned with family ties, church, and Easter visits. A new baby boy arrived near Cambria and San Moser Bros. seek butcher supplies.
Maple Grove reports R P Abel ill for two weeks while Mr and Mrs M J Evans visited B S Evans. Easter exercises occurred at Maple Grove with success. Oris Hughes and Mrs Hughes spent Sunday with Fred Fisher’s family. Desta Fisher, Des Moines College student, visited home for Easter. Rev Brown and wife of Cambria visited. Middlebrook home hosted mature evening. Local youths attended Easter services in Cambria. Attorney F H Baltimore and family from Corydon were guests at RP Mek’s home.
Gran Carn per bushel new 50 to Oats per bushel 38 to 40 Hay per ton 5.00 to 8.00 Hogs 5.00 to 5.20 Cattle cows 14 234 st 4.00, heifers 3.50 Timothy seed 1.60 to 1.40 Rye 20
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