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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
3
Washington items cover literacy plans for adults at women’s clubs January 11 to 14, crops in France and US grain exports, prohibition celebration praise, gifts of turkeys declined by President Coolidge, naval scrapping gains, and moves of the US consulate in Japan. Also noted are the Vanderbilt residence sale, labor, rail traffic, and political signals from senators and unions.
Mussolini in Rome states Italy has not dropped reparations but expects little chance of payment while rebuilding the country. In Berlin, Heinrich Friedrich Albert is named chancellor by President Ebert, joining the Cuno cabinet’s reshuffle.
Iowa reports rising farm loans on warehouse receipts and notes the skill of corn huskers led by Carl Hoover of Mahaska county with 226 bushels in nine hours. It covers highway law proposals, a Malvern farm sale at 350 per acre, Ottumwa lighting, Red Cross drive success, and library additions in Red Oak plus sugar beet harvests and corn yields across counties. Champion corn husker John Rickelman of Mount Hamill wins 33 bushels in 1 hour 20 minutes at Johnston Station. Ben Grimmins Jr. of Grundy Center takes second.
The piece notes hat room attendants who memorize faces to match them with arriving patrons, a skill lacking any formal system yet effectively tracking 300 hats daily. It then tells of Jones who regrets denying a loan to his wife, causing him a sleepless night as her tones haunt him.
Miss Caroline Nunder of New York City is described as one of America's best known dress designers. At twenty four she reportedly earns about fifty thousand dollars annually from her work. She is noted as a radiant, pretty woman with bobbed hair and hazel eyes and wears every frock she designs, typically at the theater.
A clergyman recalls a humorous wedding moment when the groom, a tall man, awkwardly greets the bride after the vow as he is introduced to his wife. The exchange reveals a shy, comical scene during the ceremony.
A salesman visits a river town with very muddy water and asks a hotel clerk if the locals bathe in it. The clerk replies no, noting the water’s muddy quality has its uses as a mock lesson in realizing one did not need a bath.
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