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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
6
Old article fragment notes voting equipment issues with machines barred on election day. Mentions candidates and inspectors, with references to districts and regards to polling locations. Crowded schools and health notes appear among broader civic concerns.
Archibald contends with his companion Vincent over a vanished prayer book and a new romance. Vincent confesses love for a woman encountered outside town, prompting Archibald to confront a married adventuress and protect the youth from ruin as the tale continues.
The narrator notes Agatha’s grateful recovery after an accident and a shift in Vincent’s interest. Agatha now treats him with touching kindness while Vincent avoids her, leaving the narrator freer to pursue the twenty million mystery. On Sunday they prepare for church with seven women in gowns, the secretary standing apart in plain dress as Vincent admires her.
General order 11 dated March 17 1778 1909 mentions March 17 1778 guards selected from army to join Washington's guard previously 80 Virginians. New members from other states must be Americans born 20 to 30 years old 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 10 sturdy sober. Commandant Capt Caleb Gibbs Rhode Island then William Colfax New Jersey. Motto Conquer or Die Colfax rose to general his grandson Schuyler Colfax.
A late arriving cub reporter in New York, son of a western manufacturer, arrives by auto with dusty attire and a slender cane. He faces a city editor’s sarcasm as he explains he woke late and asks to be clocked in on time. The anecdote contrasts a poor reporter with a privileged start.
An advertisement claims Pompeian Massage Cream improves skin by cleansing and massaging to bring a natural glow. It touts wrinkle reduction and rounded facial lines, sells as a leading face cream, and offers a free quarter ounce sample by mail from The Pompeian Mfg. Co. in Cleveland Ohio.
A Nevada man with extensive mining claims near Carson City recounts a lucky strike last year that spurred a camp. Two owners, an Irishman and a Jew, fought over a name, each pushing their group. Unable to decide, the camp compromised and named the settlement Tippertsalem.
A humorous exchange centers on an uncle’s will where a relative asks if he was remembered. The response notes that being remembered proved the reason for no bequest, implying a wry judgment on the uncle’s memory and intentions.
At a Brisbane royal commission on the pearling industry a witness recalled laying 100000 shells near Friday Island eight years ago. The district court judge ruled pearl shellers are wild animals and thus theft carries no penalty, though oysters are not normally considered savage.
A Wisconsin woman writes that after eight years of using Postum three times daily her dyspepsia bloating and headaches vanished when she switched from coffee. She notes similar relief for her parents and husband who also quit coffee for Postum and improved digestion and well being.
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