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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
1
The Boyden Public School will present Christmas exercises on Friday December 22. Primary and Intermediate grades perform at the Old Free Methodist Church while other grades perform at the school. The program schedule is published by grade.
A school program features students performing Christmas readings and songs including selections by Florence Dean, Carl Reading, Leena Sabet, and Marie Smith. The program also includes readings of The Christmas Ship and The Other Wise Man with student musicians accompanying on piano and voice.
A school program features multiple recitations and readings. Performers include Floyd Stutzman performing A Song of Xmas, Lewis Dean reciting Silent Night, Nellie Moorman Not Any Less to be Satisfied, G Van Der Harst A Xmas Thought, Gertie Bosman Piccola, Connie Maris The Real Question, Wayre ed ote Will Wilkins The Lookout Man, Minnie Van Der Harst.
Primary and Intermediate grades feature a varied Christmas program with songs and stories. Items include The Girl Who Wanted Xmas Every Day, The Turkey's Lament, The Bells Message, and Santa Claus songs. Multiple authors such as Johanna Bosman Edna Mahoney Lena Van der Hant and Elizabeth Salse appear among pieces.
Miss Doshea Cooper returns home Saturday evening after living with her sister Mrs. Paul Engelman for two months. Several farm sales will be held around Boyden in January. Watch for later announcements.
Local business men of Boyden pledge to close their shops for the entire day on Monday December 25 and Monday January 1. The post office will operate for one hour at noon on both days. Signed by a list including W M Hilton W J Peters Farmers Savings Bank Boyden Bank and others.
The City Meat Market owned by J. P. Wolff and run by O. W. Bartlett was destroyed by a blaze around three o clock Thursday. Firefighters saved nearby buildings by soaking them with water. Origin unknown. Wolff lacked building insurance. Bartlett had stock coverage. Locals contributed funds to support Bartlett’s restart.
The United Presbyterian Church announces Sabbath School at 10, preaching at 11 and 7 30. The morning theme is The Star of Bethlehem. The Sunday School Christmas program will be at the church on Saturday evening December 23, at 7 o clock under SS teachers, all invited.
An odd description notes a jewel like glow in the arple night with a steaming star and a lamp as five points flicker nearby. The scene evokes an unknown object or phenomenon observed near a garden setting as lights shimmer.
With the dawn of Christmas and New Year our wish goes out to you and yours for all good things. May the confidence and business we have shared in the past continue uninterrupted. The Farmers Store Joe Steven Prap.
The A H Dijkstra sale on his farm two miles east and two and a half miles south drew a large crowd. About $1700 was realized as items sold well. Auctioneer C Van Zyl and clerk Will H Eddy supervised the event. Robt Moret plans a second sale on January 2, 1917, with an advertisement forthcoming.
The 1916 Christmas Edition reflects on the Boyden newspaper’s growth since March 3 1916 and thanks readers and advertisers. It urges community cooperation to improve the paper and celebrates Boyden as a small town with a big business, churches and schools, and wishes a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
The contest for district supervisor before John Linnan, Wm Shimp, and W H Eddy ended in a tie after ballots were examined and counted. Emil Hansen, the incumbent, was declared winner following a straw-pull decision amid lengthy and meticulous counting.
Bert Smit and his wife were among the Matlock callers Saturday evening, taking part in the community event.
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