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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
3
Claims show countless letters from grateful women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief of female ailments. Advertises benefits, testimonials, and accusations of avoiding surgery, describing the product as plant based, harmless, and effective for restoring feminine health.
New York Mae C Wood Omaha woman who sued United States Senator Thomas C Platt for divorce was indicted on perjury and forgery charges. She allegedly signed the senator s name to a document stating he acknowledged her as his wife. She is free on 5000 bail and to be arraigned Monday.
Des Moines reports grand jury returns true bills against W J Yim, B F P Loose, and D T Blodgett in a wide range of cases including perjury and assault. The article also covers butter moisture testing by Iowa State, state guard riding match selections, interurban earnings and expansion, and a flood aid proclamation for McGregor. It notes political results and local civic efforts, with various names and places across Des Moines, Iowa.
Graceville dispatch details a Saturday tornado that leveled Clinton a town of 400 in western Minnesota injuring over 60 and killing seven. Thirty three houses were destroyed and 25 ruined leaving 200 homeless. doctors from Graceville and Ortonville treat the injured, while many lack clothing and await outside aid. The deceased include Mrs G W Johnson Fred Stottesberry Thomas Rothwell Kate Mills Mrs Olaf Nicholson and baby Mrs Rebecca Vander Tarek.
Julius Krueger laborer and his family perished in a Sunday blaze at the Taokag plant in Milwaukee. The mother and three children died. the father and one son survived but were badly burned. A watchman Henry Hagan rescued the two survivors from the burning building as firefighters arrived.
In a three hour session the Minnesota Republican convention nominated Madison resident Jacob F. Jacobson for governor by acclamation after opponents withdrew. The party endorsed Chicago convention policies and pledged to continue railway regulation work in Minnesota.
Louisiana will be a high license state for at least two years after the senate approved the Shattuck Garriguer bill by 23 to 4. The measure, already passed by the house and awaiting the governor's signature, establishes minimum parish licenses at 500 dollars and statewide minimums at 200 dollars, with individual licenses reaching several thousand dollars. Wilbur F. Parker, a prominent St. Louis real estate man, was found dead in his home, with a bottle of carbolic acid beside him, in a probable suicide.
The Idaho State Board of Pardons commuted Harry Orchard’s death sentence for the murder of ex Governor Frank Stuenenberg to life in prison. Orchard had been sentenced to hang. The decision was announced on Wednesday in Boise.
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