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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
2
The Boyden Reporter announces subscription at 1.00 per year in advance or 1.50 for year end. No paper will be discontinued until arrears are paid. Advertising rates include locals 5c per line, display 7c per running inch on pages 2 3 4, 8c on page 1, cards of thanks 50c, and charitable ads at half price if there is an admission or financial gain.
The narrator recounts a ritual seizure of a king’s power by Pa and the cowboy who depose the old ruler, seize the palace, and host a wild feast with the king’s wives. Pa asserts control, plans to govern, and dreams of riches while plotting a swift escape with diamonds and valuables.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a husband is out of sorts after attending a stag affair last night where the sole entertainment was a male quartet. The column hints at a domestic distraction stemming from the social event.
A comic exchange features a dog or cat remarking on fruit size as a character boasts Oregon apples. The zinger about peaches plays on rural pride and humorous regional rivalry.
In a historic claim, Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio is touted as a constitutional remedy for catarrh. The ad asserts the medicine works through the blood and mucous membranes, with a $100 cure promise and details dosing. it also promotes accompanying Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
A New Yorker notes a sailor's distinctive walk observed outside the Flatiron Building. He and a friend discuss how a seaman keeps hands back and palms forward, contrasting with landsmen who swing arms toward the body. No clear explanation is given.
The article describes a spider’s spinneret under the abdomen with six small tubes. Four tubes hold countless openings that secrete a viscous fluid hardening in air. The 4,000 silk threads form a single line so fine that 4,000,000 threads would still be slimmer than a human hair. The text emphasizes the extreme fineness of each thread and the incomprehensible scale.
Lord Kelvin showed a relentless faith in figures by suspending a cannon ball over his lecture platform to prove a solved math problem. He calculated the exact wire strength needed to support the weight, then kept the ball poised above him for weeks to validate his conclusion.
The piece discusses the origin of the phrase to die in the last ditch. It cites De Witt and William of Orange as symbols of courage and resolve. It notes the exchange with the Duke of Buckingham at The Hague and frames the quip as a call to steadfast resistance.
A humorous vignette notes a cook recounting a beau who kept calling on her until he married someone else. The cook explains that after he tied the knot, he stopped visiting, and the listener realizes the cook was the one he married.
A Salvation Army captain asks a London waif about work to earn food and the boy replies with a seasonal tally of work. He says I pick strawberries in summer I pick hops in autumn I pick pockets in winter and oakum for the rest of the year.
A playful quarrel unfolds as one character challenges another over a hat and a claimed forfeit. The scene hints at social tension with implications of observation from nearby hotel guests.
Property listing offers seven to eight acres of land north of Pleasant Street in Boyden Iowa. Described as pasture land with good building ground and favorable prices. Sold by K Rouwenhorst who invites interested buyers to call and inspect.
Notice to all residents to vacate fenced streets or alleys forthwith in Boyden Iowa. By order of the Town Council. W H Eddy mayor and H O Tuttle clerk sign. Sioux County. Dated June 4 1909.
The exchange features Miss Mamie and Gus discussing amateur theatricals. Mamie concedes the performance was not well done, while Gus notes it as a rather rare entertainment. Published in Harper's Bazar.
A terse reflection on how growing wealth amplifies avarice. The adage suggests that accumulating gold and riches tends to intensify desire for more, shaping behavior and ethics.
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