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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1906
Page
4
A Farmers Exchange notice offers one cent per word advertising with 100 free words annually for paid Reporter subscribers. Readers are urged to use this column to buy sell or trade and are promised surprising results.
Several agricultural and household items advertised for sale or trade. Includes a thoroughbred short horn and a Durham bull for cash or trade, harness, lumber wagon, a Fly Shuttle Eureka Loom, and honey. Contacts include A Kuyper, J Morris, P De Boer, John Grooters, Mrs Minnie Smith, and Mrs W M Edes.
A dated timetable lists passenger freight and mixed train numbers with times such as 11:22 A M and 7:35 P M. The note indicates daily operation with Sunday off for most trains, signed FP B Cong Agent.
A shop has opened at the old stand featuring new furniture and fixtures and announces readiness to supply the demand for those seeking tomes and enl? work.
List of letters remain uncalled for at the Boyden Post office Mrs Guy Tipton. A one cent fee is charged for each advertised letter. When calling for the above letters please say Advertised. Office hours from 8 to 8 J C Pryde P M
A manufacturer explains how straight toothbrushes use thigh bone cores and hog bristle to form brushes. He notes bone length affects blank cuts and bristle length starts at three inches before trimming, with choice of soft or hard bristle depending on user taste.
A South American diplomat in Paris endures salary delays due to home revolutions. He sells nearly all furniture except a bed table and chairs, shares a single room with his aide, and greets visitors while cleaning boots. He jokes that his country is in crisis but promises to return and stage a personal revolution and presidency.
A London News item reports an old family servant and her gardener husband separating over trivial differences. The quarrel began when he insisted on inverted glasses on the sideboard and anti macassars on dining chairs, leading to an amicable but final separation.
In a Brooklyn Life item, Sle as a serious minded boy travels to his grandmother to break the news of Aunt Maria's death. He is told to be gentle and considerate, yet he delivers the message with gravity and a hint of self importance.
In a Plumtown setting Amos Niee encounters Mr Riggs who teases a stern mate about his identity. Riggs jokes about a casino in Canacy and admits he plans to meet the stranger by asking for names during travel, highlighting traveler curiosity and casual humor on the trip.
The passage notes that a cyclone’s approach can be signaled far from its center as tides rise and trees bend. Tidal gauges detect sea level changes caused by atmospheric pressure, revealing a distant forewarning of dangerous hurricane activity.
The text traces the word green from early use for vegetation around 700, noting its semantic drift from growth to color and its lack of early use for sea hues. It discusses etymology linking green to roots meaning to grow and to the concept of greening.
A fragment discusses color words for vegetables and egg yolk origins. It mentions roots like Aryan, terms such as chahr or green and yellow, and questions about waxed or grown vegetables. The text is incoherent and lacks clear dates or places.
In Salem Massachusetts Lookout Hill hosts a historic July fourth rite. Two tall fire piles blaze as midnight tolls ring, the Lookout pile rising to fifty feet with 2 000 barrels and sleepers forming the core. Gallows Hill fires, taller and older, draw crowds from Salem and nearby towns with band concerts and fireworks.
The notice states a farm sale on Friday February 16 1906 at 10 o'clock sharp near the county line with Maryland like details. It lists livestock 5 horses 46 cattle 25 sows 1 boar 18 dozen chickens plus farm machinery and household goods including McCormack Binder Deering binder Wood five foot mower and other gear. Terms are usual. C Van Zyl Auctioneer John P DeNeu Clerk Hermann Meyer.
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