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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
13
In a festive 1919 Christmas issue the Boyden Reporter reflects on the year’s local progress and growing town, praising loyal business support, rising home construction, property values, and population growth. The publisher notes upcoming changes to the paper and invites readers to contribute news each week.
Notices urge payment to Farmers Co-Operative Association and return of gasoline barrels. Lost horse blanket to be returned. Henry Bodewitz requests. Ads list prices for meat and sausage grinding, hides pricing call, new barber shop over Stutzman Drug Co, Kruse celebrating 75th birthday in Sheldon with local family names, ash wood for sale, reporter subscription plea, and stationery request.
The article urges home ownership as the path to stability and prosperity. It promotes saving through War Savings stamps and Treasury Savings certificates, detailing costs and maturities toward a $1000–$1500 home fund, with 4 percent interest and flexible redemption for aspiring buyers.
Two hundred War Savings stamps bought this year will be worth 1000 in 1924 for repairs equipment a car a course or education. One hundred stamps now will be 500 later and 50 will be 250. Fix your mark and invest via the W S S route. War Savings pay more than 4 percent and are safe and convenient.
Hull notices report Rock Valley power plant will run only from 10 a m to 11 p m due to coal shortages. Residents are urged to avoid electrical use outside these hours. Also included are local social notes on a Ladies Aid sale, sleigh party visits, family illnesses, surgeries, a possible upcoming wedding, and students returning home from Ames and Des Moines due to coal impacts.
Gulab promotes advance orders for Christmas cakes cookies pies and a full line of groceries including vegetables fruits and three flours Pillsburys Best Prairie Queen and Graham. Neer beer ginger ale and Pop are offered for Xmas with beverages for the Christmas company.
Mrs. Kate Mulder assisting at the Henry Korthals home in Rock Valley returned home last Friday after a brief stay. She came with her sister Minnie Korthals who will assist there for a time. Martin Gritters son of Ed Gritters of Perkins is recovering from pneumonia. Stuart Sipma drove to Melvin to visit cousins, accompanied by H. Sawyer from Sheldon.
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