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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
4
Mae Fr Re Slogat At Ran Wednesday August 4 1920 details appear, with fragmented OCR text indicating a dated event. No clear names, places, or outcomes are readable beyond the date. The readable portion shows August 4, 1920 as a reference point.
A bundled set of notes discusses Canadian coin value versus U S dollars, odd shop practices, and social mischief. It also reports U S farm management studies showing labor days required per acre for crops, horse labor, and dairy cattle care, with figures from Farmer's Bulletin 1139.
Baptist welcome with Bible School at 10 Preaching at 11 Evening worship and weekday prayer and study announced Pastor G Miller. Methodist plans regular services next Sunday Epworth League ice cream fundraiser at Finch's Paint Shop to aid church repairs W F M S meet Tuesday Ladies Aid Thursday C E meetings Sunday School attendance praised Willis Tipferd leads C E Adults urged to attend Congregational notes praise Bible School growth visitors welcomed Aid Society meets Thursday Choir Saturday 7 30 P M Bible School 10 Worship 11 and 8 Soul-saving mission focus T Richardson Gray Pastor.
The Unity Baptist Church reports a Wednesday evening baptism service where youth followers were buried with Christ in the pond amid lantern light and a moonlit water scene as the congregation along the shore sang Shall We Gather at the River. Pastor L. B. Wilkerson invites readers to seek salvation under God’s watchful heart.
The text lists presidents and candidates with their religious denominations, noting Warren G Ilarding as a Baptist who could become the first in that faith to hold the White House. It catalogues Episcopalians, Unitarians, Presbyterians, Reformed, Methodists, Campbellite, and Episcopalian candidates, plus a Missouri visit report for Mrs. Floyd Garrett and family and a brief farm equipment promotion for the Bosch Magneto.
An exchange comment notes a four year old boy in a gang of Gypsies passing through Pella smoking a cigarette, humorously suggesting wartime smoke culture justified lax laws. Mentions of locals Glenn Newell Clarence Blackman M Brewer Rex Rushing, travels to Chicago, Tulsa, Council Bluffs visits, and attendance at the state Democrat convention.
The county records enumerate twenty July births across townships including Union Washington Richman Clay Benton Corydon Walnut Jackson Warren Jefferson Clinton Howard Monroe with names such as Opal May Morris Esther Earleen Street Charles Humeston Jr Bernadine Ione Garton Phyllis Carmine Reuter Leonard Junior Fisher Albert Curl Weaver Keith Springer Opal Marie Niday Marcia Bell Stephenson and others. The notice also contains a poem about baling wire and a discussion of farm product grading and profit observations from the Bureau of Markets.
Adult season Chautauqua tickets are 1.95 dollars while child season tickets are 0.85 dollars. Cemetery owners who have not paid the 1920 care-taking fee for Humeston Cemetery should pay now. The annual charge is 1.59 dollars per lot. Payments are due to Ralph King secretary treasurer of the Cemetery Committee.
A New South Wales farmer trapped a hawk and wired it with gelignite to punish predation on chicks. The hawk refused to fly, then settled on the roof. A fuse exploded with the bird and roof engulfed in flames, destroying house and bird. the farmer fled, vowing to abandon such tricks.
Professor W H Bragg explains the blue sky results from atmospheric bite rays scattering white light. Longer red and yellow waves pass through, while shorter blue waves scatter, creating the sky’s color at most times and the reddening at dawn or dusk. He also discusses wind and sound, noting whirlpools in water and wind effects behind trees and wires.
The piece discusses how moon events shape beliefs and superstitions as people grow older. It muses on lingering beauty despite fear of the new moon over the left shoulder and questions the reasons behind such fears. It contrasts traditions with superstitions and cites Basce line as a possible voice of belief.
The Bay of Fundy shows unusually high tides with 62 feet in the Bay of Wundy and 35 feet in Pas Samagquoddy Bay near New Brunswick. St John records 20 to 27 feet, Moncton sees 3 to 6 feet cresting upriver. Two high tides occur every 24 hours, shifting about an hour later daily.
A letter from John Sims dated October 15 1812 describes living expenses for a family in Uniontown. Board and lodging for two cost 3.50 per week, coal six cents per bushel, chickens 75 cents a dozen, beef 8 to 14 cents per pound, and butter 12 to 14 cents per pound.
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