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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
7
Clerks report of district court probate and miscellaneous fees shows 104.15 for district court fees 104.58 for probate fees 39.54 miscellaneous fees 22.15 12.00 for sheriff fees and ? for court reporter and jury fees with unclear OCR text.
Auditor's report notes fees for the quarter ending 1916 include deeds transferred and bonds recorded. It references school loan activity and a net figure for conveying changes. The fragment indicates auditing of financial items, with emphasis on deeds, bonds, and loan movements during the period.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Bair on Saturday, with Alfee Williams listed as a birth acknowledgment on Wednesday.
A string of holiday visits and travels are noted across Humeston and nearby towns. J L Yates of Leon calls on locals, Frank E McCulloch and others visit family, and several residents from Hannibal Des Moines Milo Center ville Goodwin and Rockwell City spend Christmas with relatives. Families welcome relatives from Nevada and Des Moines during the holiday.
Miss Loie Batt a state university student is home for the holiday vacation. Many local residents attend Hasbrouck sale Dec 29 including twenty two summer shoots horses cattle and implements. School closes for holiday vacation and a basketball game with alumni is planned at Bijou rink.
Detroit reports Ford Motor Company will suspend production for seven days starting today to ease railroad congestion and move food and fuel shipments. The halt will cut production by about 2,500 cars daily, with coal use reduced to keep facilities above freezing. About 42,000 workers will be idle, costing roughly 1.4 million dollars for the week.
Centerville reports the death of eighteen year old Harry Roach after a hunting accident yesterday. While chasing a rabbit, his companion William Davis fired when a rabbit emerged from brush. The shot struck Roach in the leg and he later died from exposure and loss of blood in a local hospital.
C. E. Kyner of Mason City visited his former home briefly for urgent business at his parents F. D. Kyner home. Col J J Hasbrouck won a hundred pound dressed pig at a Saturday giveaway by C L Blevins. pig valued at 10 dollars. Mrs Della Barnes received the dressed goose and J G Moser the dollar roast. The ten day contest was a success.
The I O O F lodge will host a box supper and entertainment at their Cambria hall next Saturday evening. The drill will be exemplified for the public. Ladies are asked to bring boxes and all are invited. the affair is promised to be a big success.
Walter C. Lewis bought two lots in the south part of town from O. E. Mendenhall on Saturday for a consideration of 60 dollars.
Christmas exercises drew a large crowd at The Pulpit and Pew Methodist Episcopal Church as gifts were passed and three souls pledged to God during a recent evangelistic campaign. Congregational services outline Bible school, sermons, and New Year plans with speakers from Drakesville invited. various meetings and social events noted.
The January term of the Wayne county district court meets at Corydon Monday with Judge H. K. Evans presiding. The bar docket was issued yesterday by County Clerk A. T. Dotts.
Letters uncalled for at Humeston Iowa for the week ending December 18 1916 include Mr and Mrs B A Roberts and Frederick Louis Ava Humeston P M J A Ellis and family have moved to Riverton
Corrected by Geo Gardner and Co prices for butter eggs potatoes live stock and grain from A Humeston & Sons include butter 20 to 30 cents per lb eggs 34 per doz potatoes 2.00 live stock hogs 8.50 to 89.00 cattle cows 154 to 5.00 steers 75 to 75.0 heifers 4.00 to 7.00 wheat 0.85 to 1.50 millet 0.10 rye 1.00 oats 0.45 to 0.50 hay 5.00 to 7.00 per ton corn 0.63 to 0.70 per bu.
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