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Newspaper

Humeston New Era

Location

Humeston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1908

Page

6

Humeston Iowa real estate offerings attract buyers

J E Doze Real Estate Humeston Iowa lists numerous farms and properties for sale in Wayne and nearby counties. Entries describe farm sizes from 10 to 200+ acres with houses, barns, windmills, fences, and fruit groves. Prices range around 30 to 85 dollars per acre with financing options and town access via main roads and rail lines.

Wisemill Fiveroom Rouse Ameston Lows Hum Bameston Garden Grove E.ura Cloveraway Humeston Iowa Good House of & O Hemeston Amyone Burlington Taucase Ing Fari

District Conference Program for Chariton District

The sixty-ninth semi annual Chariton district conference program lists sessions on October 27 and 28 with devotional periods, business meetings, sermons, revival planning, papers on temperance and benevolent campaigns, discussions on church papers, and a love feast. A Sumner Gazette note reports Cass farm milking machines processing up to sixty cows, with potential expansion to one hundred. Also a promotional Get-Busy cure advertisement appears.

Chariton District Sumner Gazette Cass

Cambria Residents Visit Friends and Attend Denial Work

Mrs. J. H. Aden of Cambria visited friends Thursday while Mrs. J. J. Moore of Cambria was in town for denial work.

J. H. Aden Cambria J. J. Moore

Local News and Notices from Grinnell Herald

D R Blaver attended the Charl ton Old Settlers last week and is a former Lucas county resident. The paper notes advertisements and various announcements and mentions Mr and Mrs John Smith moving from Harvard to Humeston to live with their son Dr Smith. Grace Downs Bessie Lopata and Rhinche Richard are referenced in social items. Grinnell Herald reports Mr Rinard managing a meat market at Eli City Oklahoma and returning home after the election period.

D. R. Blaver Chariton Old Settlers Lucas County New Era Printery John Smith Harvard Humeston Dr. Smith Rhinche Richard Cursdon Grace Downs Bessie Ed RE Rinard Eli City Oklahoma

Diplomats and their child spark a famed immunity tale

A Washington patrolman relates a humorous encounter in Dupont Circle with a nine year old who claimed diplomatic immunity as the son of an envoy and a minister plenipotentiary. The boy challenged arrest for picking a bush, prompting the officer to threaten taking him to his father for immunity verification.

Washington Dupont Circle Wiel Apa Legation Washington Cor Chicago Tribune

Oldest British Peer Lord Gwrdyr Reflects Longevity

The Kansas City Journal notes Lord Gwrdyr as the oldest British peer at ninety seven. He recalls being five at Waterloo and possibly the only living person to witness four coronations. He served as a page when the crown was placed on George IV and observed the royal barge procession from Gusds Whitehall to Westminster.

Lord Gwrdyr Waterloo Gusds Whitehall Westminster Westminster Abbey George IV Lord Gwydyt Kansas City Journal

Granite Tomahawks Highlight Vermont Granite Relics

Major James Tandy F'ls found a granite tomahawk on his farm. He notes granite occurs only in Vermont and suggests Kentucky’s tribal hunters were familiar with Vermont areas. He adds Carroll County has the most Indian relics of any U.S. county, per Carrollton Democrat.

James Tandy Vermont Kentucky Carroll County United States Carrollton

His Own Jailor in Brown County Indiana

Wash Fisher recalls Brown County Indiana as the most old fashioned in the Union. After a horse theft arrest, officials offered a man the role of jailer in exchange for ownership of the jail. He took the job and locked himself in each evening for three months. When his term ended, he demanded payment as jailer and extra for cleaning and sweeping. Milwaukee Sentinel notes the odd arrangement and its fallout.

Milwaukee Sentinel

Burmese Sacred Cattle Arrive in Texas Ranches

A herd of Burmese sacred cattle imported by Tom O Conmor of Goliad Texas has thrived and is expected on southwest Texas ranches. Cattlemen A F P Borden of Pierce and others studied them in India, noting immunity to lick fever and promising beef quality. They fatten easily and crossbreeding may improve weight and other traits according to the Kansas City Star.

Texas Tom O'Conmor Goliad Tex India A. F P. Borden Pierce Gulf Coast Kansas City Star

Boy Calls Father Pop in Lorraine Case Sparks Fine

In Lorraine Germany a 12 year old boy and his father were at a rail depot when the boy called his father pop. The station master reported them to court and the father was fined 60 cents while the boy served three days in jail for being too familiar. The Brooklyn Citizen notes the contrast with harsher terms used by American youths.

Pop Lorraine Germany Brooklyn

Gompers Quarrels at Chicago Civic Federation Meeting

Samuel Gompers clashed with a banker at a National Civic Federation convention in Chicago. The exchange included a retort about saying a good word for any state of affairs and a quip recalling a Syracuse chophouse guest remark about a menu with soiled bill of fare samples.

Samuel Gompers National Civic Federation Chicago

Reason For High Prices

A comic exchange between a professor and his wife laments rising vegetable costs. He muses on the idea of rare, worm-filled apples as his wife complains about two dollars per bushel. The professor jokes about scarce heirs on his shin ing head.

Searchem

Antiquities Sign Reveals Dealer's True Trade

A New York Press item notes a Fifth Avenue antiques shop that unintentionally betrays its fake wares with a sign claiming antiques made or repaired. The piece warns dealers in imitations and reveals how signs can expose illegitimate wares.

Fifth Atenue New York Presa

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