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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1942
Page
6
Illinois Central employees have surpassed 90 percent in payroll war bond purchases with 93 percent of its 37 256 workers subscribed by mid July. Monthly payroll deductions total 283 671 dollars and yearly purchases sum 3 404 052 dollars plus cash buys 1 788 924 dollars, totaling 5 192 976 dollars.
The Lyon County Co operative Burial Association relocates all equipment and caskets to a modern funeral home in George. Funeral director Evan Vozeaar runs living quarters on the upper floor and offers complete services at nominal cost with the same benefits as pricier homes. The setup includes a garage hearse and welcomes visitors from Sioux and Lyon counties.
A wartime service pack includes a bright new shovel priced at 68 cents and a carrier at 39 cents, totaling $1.07 for the set. The trenching tool supports Marines in camp by digging, entangling wire, and other duties, encouraging purchase of War Bonds and stamps with savings of at least ten percent each pay period.
A temperance view converts national liquor spending into a list of household purchases. The analysis argues that three million American families would gain daily bread and milk, meat, fruit, rent, clothing, and utilities if beer and spirits were avoided, leaving millions for miscellaneous items, while shopkeepers and service providers bear the loss.
A Des Moines Iowa judge reviewed grand jury evidence and ruled the amount of liquor that can influence a man is one cocktail or one highball or two bottles of beer.
A wartime appeal asks housewives to save bacon fats greases and other fats and deliver them to the meat market for government use in making gun powder. The Boyden creamery cooperates by diverting butter fat previously discarded.
Funeral services were conducted in Hull for Joseph Wesley Horn aged 81 who died after living one month and four days. He and his wife settled on a farm southwest of Boyden in 1886 and he was a highly esteemed pioneer resident. Interment was in Shellian township cemetery. A full obituary will appear in the Reporter next fall.
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