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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
2
Mrs W F Griess of Clay Center Nebraska recounts severe scalp itch and dandruff ending after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes hair regrowth within two months, reaching five years ago to waist length, with a healthy scalp and no other remedies proving effective.
A writer argues against overloading girls with advanced subjects and multiple disciplines. Highlighting a misleading advertisement seeking a college graduate governess, the piece urges focus on reading writing arithmetic and clear English. It warns that excessive study harms character and practicality, urging restraint and virtue.
An instructional piece on crafting baby birth cards describing engraving details, placement of names, dates, and addresses, and the use of ribbons and colors. It notes that the phrase At home on rainy days may appear, birth date may be omitted, and references to girl or boy cards with gendered color schemes.
The report warns that loyalty of troops under Nicholas II will shape the dynasty’s fate amid unrest. Army ranks recruit from distressed classes, officers from gentry, creating instability. A pivotal moment could trigger armed revolution unless strong leadership acts. The accidental grapeshot omen is noted as caution.
A report notes attempts by Methodist Protestants to merge with the United Brethren under a new name. It details church finances and missions, the push to send missionaries to China and Japan, and a desire for a united Methodist presence in Japan. Two joint commissions in the United States and Canada have met, but policy disagreements prevent acceptance of a proposed basis for union.
M Robert Galler, once a noted Princeton lacrosse player in the 80s, has spent a decade directing YMCA rooms in Canton China housed in a former mandarins palace with 100 apartments. He lectures on electricity astronomy and geography using a large slope for demonstrations. He argues for scientific understanding of eclipses and education over myth. The YMCA, funded largely by American supporters, aims to overcome isolation in the Celestial Empire and expand its reach beyond traditional missionary schools.
A dispatch reports on a communal giving rivalry in the New Hebrides among Paama villages for a church fund. Teachers note contributions, including £4 2s 1d from Luli, and a village-wide effort encouraging even infants to donate. The piece closes with a moral on grace and faith, from United Presbyterian quotes, and mentions a Gospel Mission need with Nevada as context.
James Wurison, secretary of agriculture, discusses an old farming belief as a farmer claimed a frog could predict weather. During a walk, a frog croaked and rain followed for 24 hours, proving the claim faulty. The farmer blamed the weather itself, not the omen, in a humorous exchange.
Advice on bedroom habits suggests warm covers a light meals and avoiding cold rooms and drafts. The piece mentions Australian military authorities promoting import shelter tents like those used in Japan, describing their steel water-resist fabric, modular bivouac use, and how sheets form wind and rain shelters for soldiers.
A minister recalls a severe illness described as La Grape leaving him a wasted skeleton and near hermitage. After using Grape-Nuts the preacher regained weight, appetite, and energy, and regained former vitality. He urges others to try the food and its recipe book.
A reader from Rocslyn Washington praises Peruna in a letter to Dr Hartman declaring she feels much better after four years and credits Peruna for enabling daily work at home. She says other medicines failed and praises the doctor’s famed remedy highly.
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