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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
7
Dickens set forth vivid scenes from the life of Christ as depicted on a Christmas tree. Images include angels, shepherds, wise travelers, a guiding star, the nativity, Jesus teaching in the temple, miracles like raising a girl, healing the sick, and calming a storm, ending with the crucifixion and the plea for forgiveness.
The Bethlehem valley where shepherds watched their flocks during Mary’s birth is described. An angelic proclamation breaks the night with divine glory and a globe of light reveals cherubim and seraphim. The music of the heavenly host surges as Milton’s lines echo the morning song of creation.
UTO TOMS Contractors Brown and Crum report progress on the Doze Motor Co garage with the roof done and about half the cement floor laid. Doze Motor Co lists several Ford sales from various towns. P. G. Nateliffe of Humeston Auto Co attended the Iowa Auto Trade association convention in Des Moines, where 150 dealers gathered and Secretary of State W. S. Allen spoke. The year 1916 saw a net increase of 50,000 automobiles in Iowa, bringing total cars in use to about 200,000 and suggesting further growth next year as more farmers may own machines.
Hutchinson and Son linoleum work offered. Several residents visited from Des Moines Leon Corydon Humeston Ellaton Burlington Garden Grove. Town farmers marketed about 121 million eggs last year earning around 29.6 million dollars. Eggs are a growing wealth factor for Iowa farmers, a small issue with big impact.
Holiday shopping runs lively in Humeston as shoppers flock to town on Saturday. Road conditions are reported as excellent and many machines filled with customers helped boost business at multiple stores amid optimistic expectations for a strong Christmas season.
Letters remaining uncalled for in the post office at Humeston Iowa for the week ending December 13 1916 include Mrs Hattie Drow Jack Swan D A Moore O Hubler Herman Wood Eld Parks H Sleton Sam Shaw Ava Humestas and P M
J G Moser is in the market for feeders and asks anyone with cattle for sale to see him. He promises to pay the top price.
The piece warns that modern nurseries and schools push hurry and distraction, with toys and quick lessons breaking attention. It urges parental example and deliberate games to train focus, advising steady reading discussion and structured play over impulsive, varied stimuli.
A dialogue snippet shows two speakers debating travel arrangements, one stressing smooth passage through Ife and the other linking the trip to the choice of motor car. The exchange hints at social or economic undertones in transportation preferences.
In New York City a small rural block along Broadway between One Twenty Second and One Twenty Third Streets in Morningside Heights hosts chickens horses and a vegetable garden. The owner Mr Duthwaite has lived there fifty years. city life surrounds the wooden shanties and subway trains rumble nearby.
A brief quip from Pearson's Weekly notes Casey facing strife with his partner as she seeks to dominate the relationship, reflecting a humorous social observation from the period. The line captures a domestic dynamic framed as a joke suitable for a compact newspaper brief.
A confusing incident reports Ruley Il2 mistaking a taxi for a jitney, prompting scrutiny of taxi operations by Duckmore-What authorities. Patterson involved party questions the error and seeks clarification on transportation classification.
A trimmed reading notes a line about the moon reaching its last quarter, implying a shared misfortune affecting many, as reported in the Baltimore American. The brief quotation underscores a reflective mood rather than a concrete event.
A brief social exchange notes how a young English nobleman is the focus of girls, calling him a “regular glass of fashion” and others agreeing it is “a peer glass.” The snippet captures fashionable slang and courtly gossip of the era.
A brief exchange shows misidentification as one man mentions seeing a wife and the other questions the wife’s existence. The punchline reveals the first speaker confused the other man for someone else, highlighting a comedic case of mistaken identity.
Tony Jumparnick, thirteen, lost his left arm at seven yet does eighth grade work and aims for high school by June. He is a pitcher, swimmer, paper carrier, and bank account holder with a $65 cornet bought from his school band bank. He reads music well and plays with notable skill despite hardship.
In a playful exchange, a speaker remarks about buds growing into peaches, while the other retorts that the speaker was a bud once. The quip showcases lighthearted banter and a humorous tone.
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