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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
1
Rev. Wm Striepe presides with 8 15 p m English service each Sunday and on festival days. Luther League gathers 8 00 p m first Sunday for Devotional and third Sunday for Social. Brotherhood meets second Thursday. Ladies Aid meets first Wednesday. Dorcas Society meets third Wednesday.
United Presbyterian Church and Reformed Church schedules listed with ministers and service times. Local residents’ travel, family visits, and medical updates included. Mrs J W Vanderburg visiting Cleveland. Mildred Mahoney and family returned from Marshalltown. Starkweather family home from Mobridge. oil change ad from Boyden Service Station.
August 18 to 24 entries list local residents by date with several names. Notable items include a group returning to Redlands California from the Kooiman home and farewell calls by Gr Peters, C Peters, J Grooters, Mrs De Vries, W Vanderburg and J Vanderburg on Thursday evening.
The War Labor Board resolved a prior contradiction by declaring Sears, Roebuck & Company a war business after earlier stating Montgomery Ward & Company was war. The change aligns Sears with the government's wartime measures and avoids public embarrassment to the New Deal.
The two senators dismiss the gap between 15 million and 15.25 million as inconsequential arguing that truth on Latin American spending is hindered by the New Deal era.
The War Manpower Commission led by Paul McNutt is criticized for poor coordination with other bureaus. Businesses and veterans supported hiring furloughed servicemen for short-term work, but the General Accounting Office called the practice incompatible and objectionable, hindering agencies with manpower shortages.
A narrator recalls a Chicago outskirts traffic accident where a grocer’s car injures a boy and a furious father berates the child. The piece argues that steady jobs come from liberal, considerate employers and thriving small enterprises, warning that mass job scarcity follows if small business founders fail. It predicts next week’s outline of steps to secure employment.
For sale 820 acres in George Sheldon area with modern house and outbuildings near a school and low taxes. Other items include a Quick Meal Range, Moeller & Moeller piano, Cook Stove, Good UWeatrola Stove, and various farm tires. Also nursing home beds and a short half-section farm for $225 per acre near Hartley. Tulip bulbs and Raisin Cinnamon Bread promo at local stores.
Minnesota brand paint sale at Boyden Hardware store. For sale items include a 3 burner stove with built in oven, iron bed, dresser, dressing table, two end tables, and a tricycle. Wanted old iron metals and old horses. Lost rear bumper guards for a Buick near the railroad north of Boyden Service Station. Reward offered by Mrs Mishter in Des Moines.
Rates as low as 4 percent with no commission and prompt service advertised by Farmers Savings Bank in Boyden Iowa. The notice also invites customers to bring in window screens and doors and mentions a hardware stock at Boyden Hardware Store of pre war galvanized screen.
Announcements promote printed or engraved wedding notices with varied styles and quality. The Reporter offers engraved or printed keepsakes and invites readers to select from many options.
Knowledge, theories and ideas are described as among life’s most valuable tools. The piece notes their role in problem solving and personal growth, highlighting the power of understanding and curiosity.
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