Will and family welcomed as Milwaukee agent in Boyden
The community greets Mr and Mrs H W Will and two children moving to Boyden. Will becomes the new Milwaukee agent after previously working in Belvidere South Dakota, with Delmont South Dakota as his original home. Eid. Donkershoot wounded in action. Another Dickevers new depot.
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Boyden
H.W. Will
Will
Milwaukee
Belvidere
S. Dakota
Delmont
Feeds High Prices Spur Farmer Co operative Solution
Postwar push favors a farmer owned co operative model to combat high costs from big commercial feed and fertilizer firms. The Big 4 Co operative Processing Co in Sheldon Iowa would expand to produce feed and enter fertilizer, creating local employment and inter community service.
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Big 4 Co-operative Processing Co
Sheldon
Iowa
Sheldon Institution
Diekevers Assigned to Camp Walters Texas
Pvt Marvin A Diekevers son of Mr and Mrs Ed Diekevers is stationed at Camp Walters Texas His posted address is No 3777 9272 Co B 58th I T Bn, providing a formal mail directory entry for the serviceman.
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Marvin A. Diekevers
Ed Diekevers
Camp Walters
Texas
Co. B
I. T. Bn
Card of Thanks and Local Notices from 1948
Expressions of gratitude for sympathy cards wreaths and kindness after the Meyners loss. Notices of visits gatherings army physicals furloughs and training plus local social and service group events and a World War II wounded confirmation.
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Legion
Ferdinand H. Meyners
Henry Meyners
Rosalie
Frieda
Gladys
Lavonne Ooldenkamp
Ossianic Poems and the 1760 Translation Sensation
James Macpherson a Scottish schoolmaster published the Ossianic Poems in 1760 claiming an ancient Gaelic epic. The works sparked fame and debate as scholars pressed for the original text and the author admitted the poetry originated as a joke.
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James Macpherson
English Dumb Waiters and Their 18th Century Use
Dumb waiters were an English invention of the eighteenth century with tiers of trays fixed to a central support on a tripod base. They sat diagonally at dining table corners for self-service after servants departed, with Chippendale listing two mahogany dumb waiters on castors supplied to Kensington Palace.
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Chippendale
Kensington Palace
Soldier Vernon Vagts Killed in Action in France
Lt. Vernon Vagts son of Mr and Mrs Wm Vagts from north of Boyden was killed in action in France on November 18. The notice records the family’s loss and confirms his military service and death date.
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L. Vernon Vagts
France
Vernon Vagts
Wm. Vagts
Boyden
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