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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
6
Promotes measuring ad spend against gains, urging annual budgeting to boost sales. Claims newspapers can maximize per cent growth and reach local customers, offering an annual contract for advertising space and stressing tangible dollars and cents results.
An elderly narrator recalls a surreal 1907 summer told in 1967, detailing a snow filled cornfield, a limping worm, pepper dropped heat, and odd antics like cows fed vanilla and chocolate to produce sundae milk. A harvest hand suffers sunstroke but recovers on a snowdrift.
In a reminiscence from the speaker at Nylan's Fork, residents recall a snowy picnic two hours upstream with ice skating and sledding while others trudged uphill. A big overhang snow burst, Millie Enright misplaced a fur, later recovered from Jim Harper's coat. June brought ground shifts and sap freezes, trees bore icicles, and a Burlington audience remembers a peculiar year.
Many users report splen did results with Chamberhan's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy though few provide testimonials for publication. The remedy is praised as a home medicine for diarrhoea and bowel trouble and is sold by F. E. Farr & Co.
An older practical note describes using lemon juice on washstands and for dental care to refresh the mouth and whiten skin, plus a home washing fluid recipe. It suggests lemon on the face keeps skin soft, teeth benefit from juice, and breath improves. A storage tip uses pins for fabric scraps. The washing fluid combines borax, potash, washing soda, and ammonia for cleaning with water.
The fading of the pinkey or Chebacco schooner marks an end of an era in New England seas. Once common, these ten to forty ton craft with bluff bows and bush decks defined the Mass coast boat trade for fishing andGrand Banks voyages.
An eleven year old girl in Naples runs a thriving fruit business from her father's stand. She employs twelve men and boys and started at six. Though unable to read or write she signs with an X and plans to be among the wealthiest by fifteen. Several dealers have been fined for attempting to injure her venture.
Emmet W. Casey files in Wayne County District Court a petition claiming absolute ownership of E4 SW4 Sec 33 Twp 68 N Range 23 West. He alleges twenty years of open adverse possession and seeks mortgage cancellation and clear title. Defendants and Unknown Claimants warned to appear by Oct 25, 1907, else default and judgment. Attorneys Lrymvaston & Sox represent Casey.
Notice forbids hunting with dog or gun on our premises. Hunters must govern themselves accordingly. Names listed include Ep. Writians J. GQ APEL H. Writians Moore Bros ALF. SMITH Isaac Paves GHizsxo0RE Bros Sern Price.
James L. Berry offers a nearly new rubber-tired buggy for sale in town. High quality workmanship and reliable performance. Ideal for daily errands or leisurely rides. Contact James L. Berry for details and price.
Local tradesman advertises copper cable lightning rods and spouting services. Claims no joints wear out or break, offering durable roof and house protection.
Mrs F E Karl of Detroit testifies that Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills stop headaches quickly without habit formation or stomach upset. The ad claims pills calm exhausted nerves, contain no narcotics, and are guaranteed by the Miles Medical Co with 23 doses for 25 cents. They are sold by druggists and never in bulk.
Farmers and breeders invited to inspect and insure healthy foals from Mambrina Kirkwood Romulus Columbus Captain Billy Fox Spark Romulus and other sires at Place and Morey stables one fourth mile east of the school house Humeston Phone 144.
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