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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1938
Page
4
Rev. J. A. Kettle, pastor of Rock Valley's Methodist church, attends a large delegated council in Chicago at the Stevens hotel. Bishops editors secretaries college presidents pastors and laymen discuss the future of the Christian church amid moral social and spiritual challenges.
Bonaparte urged a school of young men that every hour lost now is a chance of future misfortune. He framed the message as an urging to seize chances to improve opportunities in life.
The Hull Index last week carried a tractor advertisement boasting a road speed of 30 mph or more. The note ponders whether such a machine counts as a motor vehicle needing head and tail lights rear mirror license tag or if it can operate without these requirements.
The text defines a good neighbor as one entitled to receive kindness and expected to render kindness. It also states a good neighbor fulfills corresponding obligations within the community.
Sioux supervisors at a 1938 session re-engaged all county employees. Gladys Newendop was named stenographer for county attorney and grand jury clerk at 15 dollars per month. The County Home steward P Blom got a five dollar raise to 95 dollars monthly. C VanWechel, assistant in the county engineer's office, saw a five dollar raise to 100 dollars per month.
Patrica Langenhorst daughter of Ed Langenhorst fell the full length of the basement steps at their home Tuesday evening. She suffered cuts and bruises and will miss school for the present. Joe Wolfswinkel, north of Sioux Center, shipped 129 April pigs averaging 305 pounds each, a top-grade shipment with hogs in the cornfield since last fall.
A skeptical note on flashy schemes and crowd hype versus solid business plans. The author warns against trusting sensational promises and elixirs claiming to cure all, urging readers to demand real results over dazzling stories.
A critical, satirical letter condemns self serving leaders who promise easy gains and grand reforms. The writer mocks sanctimonious fundraisers, expensive living, and inflated rhetoric while warning that genuine progress requires scrutiny of costly campaigns and hollow slogans. Jo Serra signs off.
Orange City reports a busy day at the county treasurer's office as 331 auto registrations were logged raising 1988 totals to 5,005. Trailers require Des Moines licenses after filing at the treasurer's office, a process noted as more involved than car registration.
Henry P. Lowenstein writes in the Kansas City Star about faith amid doubt. He links glimpses of a rainbow and a rose to a reaffirmation of belief despite betrayal, loss, and scorn.
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