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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1906
Page
1
Stutz man and Connor have placed the matter with attorneys and will let Hull Index decide if the $90 load of hogs was paid. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Henry Van Hof last Saturday morning with Dr Brink in attendance. The family has three daughters and now a son, sparking elation and congratulations.
The Tribune notes Republican Currents with Cummins opposed by Hepburn Dolliver and Young who align with the president. Brick claims Cummins is with the president but is rebuffed in multiple speeches and messages to Congress. A separate vignette shows a salesman boasting of selling 150 copies of a worthless book in a single building, prompting a wary desk clerk’s challenge.
Local column recounts the B and T Club annual banquet at the Conner home with about twenty attendees and comments on the Harness shop opening by Claud Williams. Ole Oleson in Spirit Land performed at the Boyden Opera House followed by Ivory Carving in China and Japan and a brief notes section on Independence Day and civic memory.
A Worcester bishop, alighting at Paddington, asks a porter to check his bags. “How many articles?” the porter asks. The bishop responds “Thirty nine” but the porter finds only two. The nugget appears in London Sporting Times. The second anecdote recalls a manager quipping about a tramlet impersonation and an actor’s rejection.
The Burmese mile equals two English miles and is defined by a word meaning to sit as the distance a man talks before he deems it necessary to sit down.
A Chicago Tribune joke features Uncle Ephraim asked what he does for a living. He answers he preaches and grows pumpkins. The punchline: he earns more from pumpkins yet makes up the difference with preaching.
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt Mr. Pompus praises the common people and plain everyday folk who cannot become great, while Pepprey counters calling it egotism. The exchange captures a sharp clash of character and ambition.
Poem excerpt featuring old carols on Christmas with lines about peace on earth and good will toward men. The lines echo Longfellow’s cadence and theme of universal harmony during the holiday season.
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