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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
8
Borax promoted as a preventive cleanser for drains and homes. Claims include sterilizing pipes, whitening linen, cleaning kitchen items, and skin care. Advertises a free children’s book and a method using two tablespoons per gallon of hot water. Pacific Coast Borax Co. Chicago.
State officials discuss primary rules and November voting, with emphasis on party primary participation and voter eligibility. Iowa potato purchases reach about 18,000 bushels for state institutions, Cherokee and other counties supplying. Reports cover school law revisions, teacher tenure, and secretaries as part of broader reform, plus Des Moines Parents Day and local health department inspections starting early November.
A fragmentary report estimates large hoards of precious metals and personal ornaments in India totaling around 1.5 billion dollars in gold and possibly silver. The text discusses potential economic and social impacts on life in England’s eastern empire if such concealed wealth were revealed.
A reader recounts improved digestion and appetite after trying Grape-Nuts with cream and Postum. The letter claims acidity eased within a week and digestion cleared by two weeks, ending with renewed health and appetite. The Postum Co. in Battle Creek is cited and a prompt to read The Road to Well? is added.
Detroit and Chicago division details of the World Series 1908 baseball title. Chicago defeated Detroit 2 to 0 to retain the championship with overall better hitting and pitching. Attendance numbers, gate receipts, and player shares are outlined, noting Chicago players earned 27 665 and Detroit 18 446, owners 19 681 each, and the national commission 9 437. Tschaikovsky to Be Released is a separate brief note about the Russian revolutionary figure facing bail.
Detroit based Mid-Baseball writers from leading daily papers of major league cities except Brooklyn gathered Wednesday and formed the Baseball Writers Association of America to organize and represent journalists in baseball coverage.
The twelfth annual convention of the National Grain Dealers association opened in St Louis for a three day session. About a thousand delegates attend the meeting.
Paris reports an approaching international conference likely to focus on private settlements among Turkey and the powers. expected actions include recognizing Bulgarian independence, annexations of Basnie and Herseenrine, Crete’s transfer to Greece, opening the Dardanelles, and reducing Austro-Hungarian tutelage over Montenegro. Britain may favor Dardanelles opening, with Smyrna and Rhodes deployments to monitor Levant tensions.
Charles Ward forced entry into the Bobbli brothers home at Ingall Crossing Oswego NY after rapping failed. He found John and Peter Bobbli dead with multiple gunshot wounds and blunt force trauma, ax nearby. The scene showed robbery as motive. pockets rifled, wallet empty, truck upstairs, suggesting break in and robbery occurred after a fierce struggle.
Henry Stending Bear a Sioux and Carlisle alumni was arraigned on bigamy charges. Hazel Moran of St Louis testified she married him in May and found Bear already wed with a Sioux wife and three children in Pine Tree South Dakota. Bear is held on bail for a Monday hearing.
A duel between George Kohick and George Lanieret over a young woman ends fatally for one fighter and injures others. Both men were taken to county hospital after the knife fight. Seconds Alexander Pearcheck and Joseph Busherman fled but were later arrested.
Brayton Ives of New York was elected president at the Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company annual meeting in Minneapolis. He succeeds Albert C. Loring of Minneapolis who has led the company since 1899.
W. F. Rink of Montello Wisconsin and Gies Ford du Lat Wisconsin died Tuesday after a long illness. Rink was quartermaster of the Third battalion Second regiment Wisconsin National Guard.
A 1907 Essex England case describes severe eczema spreading from chest to back and head. After trials with two doctors, Cul ture Soap Ointment and Pills allegedly halted the disease in three quarters of the ointment. The ad-like fragment ends with Pettit's Eye Salve and a money quote about money's allure.
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