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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
2
A narrator riffs on smoking habits and saving money with humorous anecdotes. Willie Brock references a Harpers piece The Solar Machine. Biddle recalls Bil Dee and a frugal week buying ten cents of tripe and smoking cigars that curb appetite.
A widow from Upper French River, Maine, recounts a 15 year battle with rheumatic sores on her husband’s legs. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for three weeks the sores dried up and the burning pains ceased. She asserts the husband recovered fully in three months and offers proof of the testimonial.
A wounded sinner pleads for a supreme test of repentance after declaring sins. A seasoned Stranger replies with a plan to endure extreme suffering by living in a housing setting, offering a stark, allegorical path to salvation.
A stockman recalls heavy coffee use for years and subsequent nervous trouble. After two years on Postum he reports better sleep, fewer nervous spells, improved digestion, and weight gain. He credits Postum with his overall health recovery and endorses the product with the slogan There’s a Reason.
On a Canada bound voyage Elizabeth Gabrielle and Elise recount a voyage story begun on deck. A man’s reckless chair tossing and a stolen shopping bag spark fear as the trio discovers their picture in a stranger’s possession and a tense night awaits aboard.
A fatigued passenger pleads with a fellow traveler to share the spare berth, while a stewardess nudges discretion. The pale woman under the heat of electric lights appears worn and heartbroken, her sobered demeanor hinting at deeper hardship as the narrator considers helping.
The piece extols a serene mind in close communion with the divine, contrasting inner calm with external beauty. It notes observatories on mountaintops for pure vision and urges rising above distractions. T P O'Connor received a portrait from the Irish League of Great Britain, presented by John E Redmond, with John Dillon praising him as a steady guiding figure.
The Epworth Memorial Methodist church in Cleveland will appoint a full time business manager to handle finances benevolences dues and subscriptions while serving as secretary of standing committees. The pastor can focus on pulpit duties as the church, with the largest Protestant membership in the city, continues extensive charity work handling over 25000 in contributions yearly. District supervisor Dr G K Morris endorses the plan calling it an ideal form of church government and expects adoption elsewhere.
The Texas State Journal of Medicine argues that people will pay large sums to lawyers to avoid prison while shaming doctors for high fees to keep souls from hell. It defends doctors who work around the clock for those in need, condemning support for ongoing rascality, drunkenness, and laziness.
A brief, fragmented note shows locals reacting with mixed tones as visitors announce plans to stop by farms. The playful chatter hints at expectations of balloons or dynamite being considered for the visit, reflecting rural humor and curiosity.
Henry Ward Beecher contends that cannibalism exists in modern society, arguing that removing the social support for consuming others would leave New York with thousands of empty mats tomorrow, claiming more cannibals in the city than in Pacific isles. He frames savagery as a civilizational issue and urges acknowledgment of pervasive appetite.
In a brief exchange a parent defends a late arrival by noting a sick friend kept their son up. The response cites a family precedent as justification for the excuse, reflecting a parenting rationale from a previous generation.
A mother speaks of women in lonely homes longing for happiness and the chance to express motherhood. The text asserts that organic derangement denies this happiness and promises that preparation for healthy maternity follows from a cited remedy or treatment.
Letters from readers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health and enabling motherhood. The ad cites 30 years of use for female ailments including displacements, inflammation, irregularities, and pain, inviting women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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