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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
1
A catalog style list features Texas seedless grapefruit Florida juice oranges per dozen California navals medium sizes California Pascal celery large stalks and Delicious and Winesap apples advertised with limited readable quantities.
The article notes a legend behind the Adam's apple name saying a piece of the forbidden fruit Eve gave Adam stuck in his throat. It references the World Book encyclopedia as noting this etymology.
Pop Levis and his wife Lil reminisce about a past plan to marry Jed Hafey for money and the immediate New Year Eve plans. Lil recalls Jed’s early scheming and a proposed divorce from Edda Stout, while Pop vows to attend a key opening and to keep Jed jealous. Maw warns against drunkenness after the celebration.
An overstock announcement offers 20 percent off all car, pickup, truck and tractor tires until January 1. The item list includes several farm implements and machinery like balers, towables, saws, loaders, shakers, and corn equipment alongside miscellaneous hardware.
The note mentions winter as a peak milking period with cows in full production and cheaper milk from tall freshening cows. It also notes the French Foreign Legion formed in 1831 with four German battalions plus Polish Italian and Spanish units.
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