The New Era Humeston, Wayne co. Iowa February 25, 1886 John Freer, of Des Moines, was sentenced last week to fifteen days in jail for grand larceny. He stole a watch from his mother. The Atlantic Telegraph says that a hog belonging to John Steinmates, near Anita, was discovered in a snow drift, "alive but some what reduced in flesh," after having lain there forty-two days with nothing to eat. Geo. Connor, of Muscatine, a well known turfman, died at his home on Muscatine Island last week. He was a soldier in Company B, Iowa First, and was the author of the song, "Hard Tack Come Again Some More," which became so popular through the Army. Senator Stephens, of Creston, has introduced a bill in the Senate to prevent the intermarriage of white and colored persons. The bill makes the marriage of a full-blooded white and a colored person a crime punishable by a fine of $100 or imprisonment for three months. O.W. Van Slyke, of Anita, has a ten dollar bill of the old continental currency that has been in the family ever since the payment of the troops in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Van Slyke's great-grandfather was one of the patriots of those times and received it as part of his pay for services in the war. It was issued in 1776. Jacob Mann, who has lived where he does in Linn Grove, Linn county, for more than forty years, came into Burler's bank at Springfield last week, with $800 in old series, first issue, of government greenbacks. The money was sewed up in an old bootleg with whang leather, and had not seen the light for twenty years. It was exchanged for gold. David W. Blackburn died at Keokuk last week. He was a conductor on the first road built north of Keokuk, now owned by the Burlington route, from 1858 to 1881. At the latter date he was elected County Treasurer, and at the end of his second term an examination ofhis books showed that he was short about $15,000. A suit, pending ever since, has been continued on account of Blackburn's bad health, the last continuance being last week. The Iowa Senate on the 16th passed a bill to provide a home for 150 veterans of the Union army now being housed on county farms. John Eckstrom, a swede, who has been working on the H.&S. as a section hand, was taken to Corydon last week to be examined by the commissioners of insanity. He has been at this place for the past four years and was always supposed to be sane until some two or three months ago, when he returned from a visit to Sweden. But since that time his actions has been such that his rationality has been questioned. We have not learned the result of the examination. M.A. Shuster, the school teacher at the Shuster school house some two and a half miles this side of Cambria, was arrested last Wednesday, on a warrant sworn out by A.J. Black, for assault and battery, for whipping Willy, son of Wm. Black's who was one of his scholars. The case came up before Esquire Sutton but on change of venue by the defendant, to Mayor Thomas, who after a careful hearing of the evidence discharged the defendant. Town and County. -Mrs. J.R. Cassity is reported very sick. -Miss Nellie Galvin visited in Weldon, last week. -Sheriff Jared was a Humeston visitor last Saturday. -Robert Middlebrook paid Corydon a visit this week. -W.L. Livingston made a trip to Des Moines this week. -John Beal left for Garden City, Kansas, Tuesday morning. -J.W. Hollandsworth has located at Monroe City, Missouri, near Hanibal. -J.L. Washburn, of LeRoy, was a pleasant caller last Saturday. -Dr. Fortney says he has traded off his gray filley for a two-year-old heifer. -Joe Wells informed us that Alf Smith's large barn will be completed this week. -Mrs. Eugene Shepard is visiting relatives and friends in Chariton this week. -F.P. Moore went to Keokuk this week to visit and attend the conductors ball. -Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bean, Elmer and Miss Clara Markley attended the conductors ball at Keokuk, this week. -Miss Mim Corbet, of Chariton, visited her cousin, Mrs. James Druce, this week. -Little Cora, daughter of H.M. Blair, has been very sick with croup, but is now reported convalescent. -John Minahan, conductor on the H.&S. is taking a three weeks rest and will visit among his host of friends. -J.H. Coffman has his resturant now opened, and is prepared to furnish meals at regular hours and coffee and lunch at all hours. Give him a call. -H.P. Sayles says his injured finger that was mashed off at Clearfield last week, is getting along splendid and he hopes to soon be able for duty. ----- Oxnard Courier Oxnard, California February 25, 1910 Mrs. M.E. Turrill, Mr. N.P. Stilsen and Mr. J.C. Hartman and son, Elmer, were among those who went from Camarillo to attend the annual Iowa picnic at Eastlake Park in Los Angeles February 22. ----- Ruthven Free Press Ruthven, Palo Alto co. Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1931 Interesting News in Nearby Towns Rev. Walter Rothwell of Lake city, has accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian churches of Plover and Pocohontas. Clay county has filed action to recover $12,815.86 from a Massachusetts bonding company for moneys which the late county auditor, A.W. chamberlain, had taken from the county funds for his own use. Arthur Filer and Miss Nellie Brown of Armstrong were arrested last week for forging checks in southern Minnesota. Flier was sentenced to a six-year term in the Minnesota prison and the girl was committed to the reform school. Three Iowa young men are now facing prison terms for robbing a bank at Steamboat Rock about a week ago. The leader, kenneth Eldred, was captured by two members of a vigilance committee after long automobile chase in which he was wounded twice by gun fire. Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/