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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
2
A jumble of notes reports on Paris horses slaughter, electric carpets with heating mesh, sewer workers health, and odd rural anecdotes. It mentions 34 000 horses slaughtered yearly, 360 pounds meat per horse, sewers healthy, and a wedding mishap where a cow with a frightened bride causes a crash, all in brisk, stray phrases.
The article contrasts criminal ingenuity with detective science, noting that criminals now use improved techniques such as chloroform and opiates, while modern forensics employ photography, chemical tests, and blood stain analysis. It highlights Marseille bank safe cracking with a new device and outlines procedures to reveal forged writings, burned documents, and human blood using specific serums.
A clergyman recounts several bribe attempts from an advertising manager who offered 100 dollars to praise health food from the pulpit, a widow offering 50 dollars to praise a husband in a funeral sermon, and other temptations. He resisted by securing the money for the mission and avoiding health food talk in church.
The tale follows Barnes forced to Corsica to locate Marina and rescue her from danger as Marina aids the search. En route, encounters with bandits, a hermitage discovery of Tomasso, and perilous plots unfold. Edwin, trapped in a tower, discovers Emory the detective as more intrigue erupts around Cipriano Danella and Marina.
Marina and Edwin survive a perilous tower siege as Corsican bandits, a deadly fuse, and a dramatic explosion unfold. Enid reappears, Barnes pursues his bride, and truth surfaces about disguise, narcotics, and betrayals in a ruined fortress by the sea.
The article notes no racial difference between wild European and domesticated bees in the United States. It traces origins of German black, Italian, and hybrid bees, dating German introduction to the 17th century and Italian import in 1860, with wild bees present west of the Mississippi only later.
A Washington girl asked for Schubert's Serenade to be played by a hotel orchestra. She wrote a note to the leader on an envelope but the waiter delivered it to the bar, misunderstanding the instruction and joke. The miscommunication ends with the orchestra leader laughing at the mix up.
David Meekison reports using several gallons of Peruna and feels greatly helped by the remedy. He expresses optimism that a short continued course will eradicate a thirty year disease of the head.
A sunburned New Yorker recalls hunting etiquette in Florida where rules are looser. On a Jacksonville train a German hunter shows off a string of ducks and admits shooting them on the wing and in the feet and head, everywhere.
A mother reports her three month old son suffered persistent itching sores that spread despite treatment. After using Cutienra Soap and Ointment three times, the sores began to heal and left no scars. She claims no recurrence or bad blood and recommends the remedies highly.
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