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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
4
Local items mention Dave Ulm traveling to Memphis and furniture sales at reduced prices. Notes include for sale listings of livestock and fowl, church events, Scout meetings, and residents visiting relatives in Kellerton and Wayland. Alva Jameston suffers blood poisoning but was up yesterday. Floyd Bernard returns home from Humphrey poultry.
Local items report Christmas visits in Humeston and Milo, a lamder auction at Mrs Mallette home on Jan 3, and family trips to Kansas City. Princess theatre features show three nights weekly with ads for O Cedar products and Hutchinson promotions.
The Thanhouser three reel feature Message to Headquarters will run at the Princess Thursday evening. Extra attraction Ernst I Barbour, a humorist impersonator, appears. Prices 10 and 20 cents.
The Hen article argues the hen deserves support for hatchery and farming duties. It asserts the bird is diligent, democratic in nature, and reliable in labor whether products cost ten cents or thirty cents a dozen. It urges readers to stop complaints and keep hens and homes clean.
The Burlington real estate and industrial department plans to lease land along both sides of the tracks to farmers for alfalfa sowing at a nominal rental. Agriculturist John B Tamson will negotiate leases for all available right of way space at five dollars per adjacent acre.
Estimated 25 000 acres will be opened for land use to grow alfalfa along the railroad right of way. Plan seeks to reduce locomotive damage from fres, improve scenery for passengers, and provide financial gain to farmers. NOTICE Proof of Will. Mary J. Finch last will as filed in Wayne County Iowa District Court. Hearing set for January 21 1914. signature of Clerk WF. Seapy.
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