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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
11
Quoted lines extolling laughter as a remedy for worry with a call to keep the world smiling. The piece references spontaneous mirth and a defiant stance against adversity, noting Famed author J. Waterhouse and Success Magazine as sources for the idea of laughter easing life’s burdens.
Uncle Peter and family abandon New York for Montana. Percival stays behind to wind down the fortune and plans, while Mauburn and Psyche reconcile. Miss Milbrey greets Percival in Union Square, hinting at continued westward hopes and new alliances as Uncle Peter departs.
A New York Times correspondent reports a wealthy Adirondacks promoter offering a herd of 25 wild elk to any capable group or person to be released on unfenced Adirondack land with a pledge of post-liberation protection. The piece also notes Great Britain importing vast U.S. and Canadian meat and packing products, highlighting shifts in beef trade and sources.
A reader from Fenner street Cazenovia N Y praises Doan's Kidney Pills recalling relief after fifteen years of back and kidney trouble. He endorses the product for himself his wife and friends and notes it is sold by all dealers at five cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The item section also mentions rifle shooting in schools and other brief notices including Allcock's Plasters and a humorous anecdote about boots.
A campaign in England shows a canvasser bribing a laborer's wife with promises of clothes and coal to sway a vote. The wife reveals she was promised a new pair of trousers by the very promised benefactor, and she accepts a sovereign to disclose who had promised them.
An advertisement-style notice recounts stomach and bowel problems from excess starch and fat in a diet. It touts Grape-Nuts as improving digestion, brain clarity, and nerves, citing a letter from a Wash. state reader who recovered after two months of use and praises Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. The piece ends with the slogan There’s a reason.
The Buffalo Express notes rapid growth in Canada West with 4 174 homestead entries in July, up from 8 571 in 1905. It highlights 1 212 American farmers relocating north, mainly from Dakota and nearby states, who bring capital and practical farming know how. Canada welcomes these settlers, deeming them best suited to develop the prairie provinces.
Dr Fridtjof Nansen Norway's famed Arctic explorer now minister to Great Britain argues sympathy for travelers is misplaced. He says wilderness living appeals to those who go off the beaten path while civilized people cannot grasp nature's spell and defends abstaining from alcohol, noting liquor only offers a brief warmth before dropping lower.
F A Miller of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway visited towns and told of a sleeping car porter found asleep on duty aboard The Pioneer Limited. The porter claimed rough track kept him awake. inspector noted rule violation but he kept his job due to his background with the Cleveland Leader.
A new market for Yarmouth herrings has opened in the Caucasus with an experimental shipment sent by Seocid merchants. The fish are being handled by Prince Louis Napoleon Muret.
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