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Reporter Boyden

Location

Boyden, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1911

Page

5

Cash Only Note Appears in Local Market Sign

A fragment shows the sign reading cash only in a small local market. The phrase appears in a doorway alongside partial text and handwritten marks. No dates or names are legible in the available reading.

Local News Bits From Boyden Area

Advertisements invite at home butchering and sale of second hand base burner while jewelry shop showcases windgy hair comb sets. Local updates note John Morris visiting Chicago with his daughter Mrs Wahlbridge, a December birth for Heitretter family, and Thanksgiving at P. B. Peters home. Mrs Csrootenhuis visits Hospers and Boyden friends.

Monster Bros Boyden R. G. Lukbers John Morris Chicago John Wahlbridge Chamberlain C. F. Sarset Fred Heitretter W. J. Peters P. B. Peters Sheldon W. Csrootenhuis of Hospers Langstraat

Card of Thanks and Local Notices for sale and events

Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness after the illness and death of Lor anze King. Local ads list A. V. B. & Co. promotions, Poland China pigs for sale, heat via Wm Grooters, potato trade terms, Chamberlains Tablets sale by C. F. Sarnet, and a description of Mr. Bennett with a Boyden Opera House appearance on Thursday evening December 14.

Poland China Grooters

Work family notes progress and local happenings

Mr and Mrs C E Work returned from Slayton Minnesota where they visited Mr Work’s brother Wm who is improving. Evert Karsten came back from Chicago after an arm operation and has decent use of his arm. An expert started the engine and dynamo for the new electric light plant and the switch board is due soon. John Jongewaard Orange City present county recorder visited and announced another run for the office. Jake Vandiepek and T J Stintjes traveled to Forting South Dakota to buy Chester White hogs and plan a high quality herd.

C. E. Work Slayton Minn John Jongewaard Orange City County Recorder Jake Vandiepek T. J. Stinties Forthing S. Dak Mr. Stientges Lought Jake

Torture by Water in Louis XIV Sorcery Trials

A historical note traces the use of the question ordinary and the question extraordinary in Louis XIV era sorcery cases. Ten to twenty pints of water forced into a bound prisoner caused swelling and pain to coerce confessions, with rest periods between measures. A second segment recounts Chloe the cook joking about marriage risks after multiple divorces.

Louis XIV G. Duval Paris Chloe Washington Star

The Lawyer's Paint of View

A Boston Post quip notes that divorce costs more than marriage, with a prominent Bostonian remark about price and value. The lawyer accepts a large check and echoes the sentiment as a humorous reflection on legal costs and marriage.

Boston Post

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Loranze King J. King C. F. Sarnet Mr. Bennett Boyden Opera House
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