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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
6
The piece argues that contrary to male stereotype, many women are skilled in economy and money management. It contends women restrain husbands’ lavishness, improve thrift, and demonstrate precise handling of small expenditures, challenging the view that women are ignorant about money. It notes public opinion labels women penurious or prodigal, yet highlights practical frugality.
The Brockton Times argues that national celebrations should be inclusive with government backing. It cites free performances at Paris theaters and extensive public displays funded by the state, suggesting American municipalities should adopt a similar approach to national holidays.
Prof Walter A Wickoff, author of The Workers, died recently. He wrote from his own year and a half of laboring in fields, ditches, and mining camps. His work reflects real hardship and a fair, money-free approach to reporting the lives of the laboring man.
The author argues that men of sincere faith often persuade better than flamboyant clerics, as they speak to the lived experiences of sinners. Yet religious exhortation requires good taste, plainness, and directness, avoiding vulgarity and crowding slang.
The piece notes a shift in era when talk moves from coast to coast and inventors and scientists speak confidently of telephone communication spanning the country. It reflects optimism about rapid technological progress and distant connection.
Vienna authorities seek control of Moravian coal mines to secure steady supply and curb high coal costs for the city’s gas and electric plants. The move targets ensuring municipal energy security amid fluctuating markets.
The Burlington Civic Federation presses for full enforcement of the mulet law with saloons ordered to comply by August 20. Facing court rulings on partial decrees, the federation grants a grace period until October 1 for certain provisions and notes saloons already paid the mulet tax. Some outlets reportedly opened Sunday, exploiting the supreme court ruling that voided partial decrees.
One hundred thirty four residents of Des Moines who sought divorces never secured decrees because their attainer fees and court costs were unpaid. Courts dismissed these cases as records were not properly fled or journaled. Lawyers often delayed decrees to collect fees, leaving many clients misinformed about finalized divorces while some remarried.
Clinton crews install overhead to underground wires across the area. Workers swap poles and wiring to main lines, preparing a citywide underground feed. Alarm systems upgraded as structures modernize during the project.
In Clinton the long stalled bridge project reaches completion as a mammoth $24 million investment is finalized, marking a significant milestone for the aging structure and local infrastructure. Officials celebrate the milestone and set plans for future maintenance and safety upgrades.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an engineer in Keokuk involved with a boat and cleaning tasks. The text is garbled, mentioning a deer and a counter or ledger, with unclear actions or individuals. No clear event timeline or outcomes emerge from the fragment.
Mrs. Herbert B. Dickinson filed for divorce in district court citing addiction to liquor, habitual absence, threats to kill, and vile language. She alleges husband’s cruelty, recent intoxication sprees at East Court Avenue taverns, and estrangement since their La Salle marriage. The petition lists three children and names attorney W. T. Maxey.
Ottumwa officials report Albia resident Ottumwa Fay was bound over by United States Commissioner Hunter to the federal grand jury under $2,000 bond on counterfeiting charges. Two counterfeit five-cent pieces were allegedly taken from Fay by Jennie Stubbs, who alerted police. Fay claimed the money and dies were for a moving picture show about counterfeiting, and he was sent to Davenport jail to await grand jury action. The case prompted notes about local jail security for federal prisoners.
Richards, an elderly farmer from Ohio who moved to Iowa, died from injuries after a haystack fall. The accident occurred while he was working on a Taylor County farm, leaving a widow in the county. The obituary notes his long residence on the farm and his age of four, with unclear details due to text damage.
A Black man known as acetal Genry is held after a verdict process following a fatal assault by Hugh Brown, who is also described as colored. The case involves a jury impanement and ongoing legal action surrounding the passing.
In downtown a fire warning emerged when smoke from a cigarette near baby held by Mrs. Walford Lindgren ignited a blaze. A passing man’s cigarette nearly caused disaster before the mother pulled the infant from the danger in time.
Tulsa residents pursued Clay Harris after he shot his wife and her infant in their yard and wounded expressman Walter Vann who chased him. Harris, who forced his wife to sell Indian land and fled toward Claremore, escaped during a midnight confrontation and remains at large with a $509 reward offered by Illinois authorities.
In LaPorte Indiana authorities investigate a badly decomposed well dressed man about ten years old found in a half dug grave on Dr Bowell's farm near Rolling Prairie. Coroner Mack reports a head wound from a gunshot and the clothing appears nearly new with a Grand Rapids purchase. A Minneapolis farm paper is the sole item found in the clothing. Identification by facial recognition is unlikely.
Canada faces a major railway stoppage as nine thousand to seventeen thousand workers quit across the system. The Canadian Pacific railway shops are idle with Montreal and Montreal area workers among the largest groups departed. Between Fort William and Vancouver about two thousand men followed suit, all in line with union executives seeking pensions, marking the most complete strike in railway shop history.
Constantinople reports the grand vizier and the cabinet have resigned. The sultan accepted the resignations and invited Jemayedin Effendi and Kiamil Pasha to form a new government. Mehmed Ali Ber in the United States service is said to be relieved. A palace official allegedly stabbed the sultan, but his mail garment blocked the weapon.
Two young farmers from Corning Arkansas, George Gallagher and Ben Cmumd, were taken ill after swallowing poison Sunday near their homes. Authorities report the episode caused a personal crisis and prompted a local investigation into the incident.
Pougins, once of the Stiles Alvord gang that roamed southern Arizona, was killed Wednesday in his Wilcox saloon by Arizona Ranger William Speed. The incident marks a violent end for a noted member of the outlaw era in the Southwest.
Mrs. Alexander Sutherland confessed in Buffalo that she fatally shot her husband early Tuesday, admitting the act was accidental. She was arrested following the confession and ongoing investigation.
Dubuque obit reports Senator William B. Allison died at his Locust street home after a rapid decline from heart weakness and prostat ic enlargement. He had served for decades in Congress, with relatives and physicians detailing months of illness and a final coma before death on Tuesday afternoon.
Havana region shows no districts examined yet but party leaders project General Zayas a Liberal lead for Havana governorship. Julio de Gardenas, Conservative, favored for Havana mayor. Across the island conservatives lead in three of six provinces.
A maid in Bologna named Mathilda Orlande killed herself after learning a lover’s curls were not natural and he used curling-tongs. The report notes German schoolchildren show 1.15 percent death by own action between 1963 and 1986, with boys outnumbering girls four to one under fifteen and forty eight to one above.
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