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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1903
Page
1
A local store promotes its large Wayne county selection of wall paper and paints. It touts cheap ungrounded whites to high end tapestries, a wider color range and lower prices than competitors, urging customers to see them before buying paint and related supplies.
A report highlights idle workers in New York tied to strikes and wasted output, with a $550 million capital at a standstill. It notes government graft allegations in a mail box fastener contract, discusses earth crust theory from a French scientist, and surveys Denmark’s rail system profits and mergers. It also mentions a forearm injury treated with Berry's Barb Beater.
A diverse roundup notes a Russian opera singer winning 50000 for dental loss on a Transcaucasian train voyage, Carnegie library contracts and gifts, the Elks’ Des Moines club plan at 75000, and a Chicago strike of 8000 workers with wage and revenue demands. It highlights young mayors in Wheaton and Ravenna, ambitions for Kansas City flats, a Philadelphia gambling machine seizure valued at 125000, Ames College drowning of A E Meighen, and President Taft’s June 2 visit. Also coverage of old age pensions plea by Edmond Everett Hale, and rising pneumonia deaths in Chicago and New York.
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