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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1920
Page
1
The county fair is underway featuring heightened premiums and amusements, acrobats, clowns, and a fireworks display nightly. Stock judging runs daily with races, band entertainment, and a packed schedule through Friday including grand cavalcade and multiple pace and trot events.
A. D. McGuire of Kansas City showed a large Progress issue of the Poland China Journal. The catalog sized volume, selling for a dollar, weighs about six pounds with 1,026 presses and extensive reading for hog raisers and Poland China breeders.
The August term of Wayne County court opened yesterday with Judge Homer A. Fuller presiding and Mrs. L. J Camp as court reporter. Trial jurors arrive September 7. Equity, defaults, and nonjury matters will fill the interim. Thirteen state cases include the Wood and Bentley sale of stock in Associated Packing Company of Des Moines to Wayne county residents. Many civil, divorce, and probate cases also await.
Beginning tomorrow railroad fares to destinations outside the state rise by 20 percent. Intra Iowa trips remain unchanged. The Des Moines round trip during the state fair carries a fare of one and a half times the one way rate.
Walter Phillips 22 of Princeton Mo fell from a freight car on a Central railroad near Corydon Wayne County at midnight Sunday his left leg cut off just below the knee. Accompanied by Walter Spurgeon Phillips notified the crew and the train stopped for surgical care by Dr. Ben S Walker before Phillips was sent home.
Ladies are reminded that the regular meeting of the Woman's Civic Club will be held Friday night. attendance is requested to ensure full participation and coverage of club activities.
Pupils of Mrs Court R Carter will participate in a recital Friday evening at 8 o clock in the Christian church. The program is expected to be varied and of interest, reflecting a large class.
The Leonard Players, performing at the Derby Fair, will start a week long program here next Monday night for patrons to remember. The company has appeared here before in the opera house and the list of plays is on another page.
The state fair starts with expected attendance near a half million despite a streetcar strike. Admission scales 25 cents on prep days, 50-75 cents on peak days. autos 50 cents. Events include Auto Races, Legion and Des Moines Day, Music Day, Old Soldier's Day, and a Dardanelles spectacle in the amphi theater. Aviators Art Wilson and Ruth Law will appear daily, with fireworks finales.
The Marion Ohio Star editor urges reporters to seek truth and balance, cover both sides, and avoid sensationalism. It emphasizes accuracy over speed, fairness to all parties, reverence in religious matters, and clean, decent reporting suitable for all homes.
Miss Cora Louise Kunkel and Mr. Joseph Brown Clyde were married at the bride’s parents home in Carthage Illinois on Wednesday August 18 1920 at eight o clock P M Both are known to Humeston readers as former local high school instructors and will reside at Lake City Iowa after September 15 where Prof Clyde serves as superintendent of schools Congratulations and best wishes are extended
The Campbell Bailey Hutchinson Combined Circus Wild West and Menagerie will visit Humeston on Monday August 30 with a noon street parade and two performances at 2 and 8 pm The show promises clean modern acts and animal performances and aims to attract a large local crowd for the day’s entertainment.
The Salvation Army forms county Advisory Boards led by local citizens such as Wayne County chairman Dr. B S Walker to study poverty unemployment delinquency and related issues. A Divisional officer will act on board suggestions. Boards connect with institutions and service bureaus to address major Army activities and provide remedies and advice to local cases.
The Osceola ball team opens the reunion on Thursday with Chariton and Humeston teams visiting for three days. N E B Kendall of Albia a Republican candidate for Iowa governor will speak in the park on Saturday Sept ll. The Humeston Band, Princess theatre attractions, and other entertainments are planned with a fuller notice next week.
A large picnic dinner was held Sunday August 22 at the George Palmer home in Sayle Montana in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middlebrook and Myrtle. The gathering included H W Reed and two daughters Oren Palmer Idianola Mrs Snowden and son Orvis Davis and six children Leroy and many Palmer and Reed family members with baskets loaded and a noon table full of food.
A large family reunion was held at Mr. and Mrs. Robert Decker's home on Sunday August 22 with thirty seven attendees at dinner and over fifty for cake and ice cream in the afternoon. Relatives traveled from Nebraska Iowa Illinois Kansas Idaho and Oklahoma, including Frank Decker of Waverly and Emma Bowman of Hameston plus Rev Harned and Manly Henry. Several kin could not attend.
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