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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
11
Rev. George B. Van Arsdal of Denver reflects on Jesus as judged by his actions not status. He links the Christmas cradle to daily life and argues the Beatitudes guide moral living, justice, and peace, urging purity, meekness, fraternity, righteousness, mercy, and zeal for right thinking.
The Independent Auto Co sold a 1917 model 75 B Overland to Ross Fulton of Garden Grove on Saturday. The court ruled that when a family uses a car for pleasure and any member drives it regardless of owner presence, the head of the family bears responsibility for all consequences in an accident.
Lafe Ivy and Misses Anderson and Whiteside were returning from a Sunday night joy ride when their Ford lost lights crossing a railroad track one mile east of LeRoy. The car left the road, turned over, and occupants were thrown clear. No injuries, windshield damaged only. Ivy helped right the car and it continued on.
The Ottoman government undertakes a decade long irrigation plan for the Adana plain in Cilicia to regulate the Saihan Shihan and Berdan Shah rivers and irrigate about 494000 acres. Fertilizers machinery and improved crops like cotton sugar cane lemons oranges and olives are expected to boost Turkish output. Some works start within eighteen months, with full operation making Adana the empire’s most favored agricultural area. Transportation via the Baghdad railway and a link to Mersina enhance the region’s prospects.
The piece recounts Samuel Cowper’s lifelong melancholia and a near suicide by river, ending when a cab driver diverted him to his own door. Cowper then penned the famous hymn “God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform.”
Kansas claims the largest irrigated farm at 55,000 acres located in the Shallow Water basin across Finney and Scott counties. The basin is an old lake with inexhaustible water from shallow wells. Three pumps drawing 10,000 gallons per minute can lower the water table only fifteen inches in a day, and the level rebounds within two minutes after pumping ends.
An editorial urges the United States to act quickly to preserve and expand foreign commerce after World War I. It discusses a broader allied trade federation with Britain and its colonies, and possibly Russia, France, Russia, Italy, Serbia, and Japan. It warns that the United States must learn customers’ languages and seize the prize of the Russian empire.
A heated exchange unfolds with taunts about flirting with a neighbor, denying the claim, and calling the accuser mistaken. The exchange centers on perceived impropriety and social tension between residents.
A territorial named Compagon was tried at a Paris court martial for desertion from Bretigny-Magasins in Seine et Oise. He left to dig his potatoes after a request to leave was refused. After finishing, he returned to duty within three days and was sentenced to two months in prison.
H. J. Yates reported at the British Association meeting that substituting gas for coke in furnaces for melting nickel cut fuel cost from 64 to 34 cents per 100 pounds, lowered labor cost to one third, and reduced metal loss to one third compared with coke.
A dialogue fragment features a confrontational line I hurl your assertion in your teeth followed by What do you mean by that? It means I will make you eat your words. The exchange frames a sharpened rebuke and implied consequence.
Miss Cecil Updyke a milliner returns to Downing Missouri from Hum hosed and plans to be back in February. The excerpt notes belief onions build physical strength yet may hurt social standing.
Ximena McGlashan known as the Butterfly Farmerette and Jack Troward married after secretly leaving a dance in Oakland. They drove to the bride’s sister home and to Rev. R C Brooks before the ceremony, with only the sister aware of the nuptials. The bride is a Stanford graduate with a notable butterfly collection.
Dr Percival Lowell denounces the machine ideal of modern civilization mirroring Rabindranath Tagore’s view. He argues unions aid routine work but limit individual genius, asserting great minds act alone. He cites cooperation as a sign of collective mediocrity and compares pack hunting to communal effort.
Artificial leather from linen duck s described among recent British product announcements. The fabric is coated with resin like sarnish and shative mixed with Venetian red, joined by wood tar pitch and rubber in benzol, then pressed between rollers. It suits shoe soles and may replace leather in many uses.
The remark notes hyphens cause repeated problems this year and cites ongoing plumber calls to fix leaks.
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press mocks an old quip about two living as cheaply as one, asking how many years ago the remark was made and who said it. The text reflects lighthearted commentary on historical or famous sayings.
A dialogue snippet from the Boston Evening Transcript features a back and forth about work. One speaker asks about business, the other confirms a current assignment. The exchange captures a small moment of professional activity in a city newspaper page.
Mr and Mrs S S Wright and Ison Kenneth of Corydon were the guests of Mr and Mrs H D Hines on Thanksgiving Day.
F C Ayres of a leading New York life insurance company warns in Kansas City that tuberculosis kills one policy holder every 32 minutes. He leads a nationwide education drive, arguing early detection and prevention can stop the disease. He calls the illness a preventable result of carelessness.
Salvador has the highest population density after Belgium, with six times the U S density. Crowds live near eleven active volcanoes called infernillos. Other dangers include 70 percent legitimacy, poor sanitation, and a heavy burden on women, notes Dan Ward in World Outlook.
A reader laments the difficulty of pronouncing English names and mocks tricky pronunciations of names such as Ber tie, Dilwyn, Belvoir, Feather stonehaugh, Dalzell and Ruthven, suggesting many more examples exist beyond the ones cited.
Aline caption style exchange from the Passing Show recalls a tense meeting with a tiger in a jungle scene. The playful dialogue highlights the dramatic confrontation and the humorous tone of the show.
In the Louisville Courier Journal a humorous aside notes two domestic woes. A suitor laments a rejected courtship while the laundry declines responsibility for washing the suit, reflecting light social commentary on daily life.
Mrs M L Brittin and Mr Charley Hendrick with Mrs Deyo Street visited relatives at Weldon on Wednesday. The outing included time with family members and local residents during the midweek visit.
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