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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1925
Page
8
The Blue Valley Creamery Institute reports dairy products dominate the food dollar. Americans consume about 50 gallons of milk per person yearly, with butter and cheese making up smaller shares and condensed milk rising to 12.69 quarts per person.
A Blue Valley Creamery survey cites USDA data placing U S farm chickens at 474 million on January 1 1924. The rise from 1923 plus 82 percent since 1920 forecast oversupply though spring conditions and rising prices reduced market arrivals. By December 1 1924 dressed poultry holdings exceeded the previous year by 16 million pounds.
A Blue Valley Creamery Institute review shows 1924 started with a record 474 million chickens nationwide up 32 percent since 1920. Despite forecasts of oversupply and low prices, egg receipts for 1924 fell to 14,644,583 cases from 15,837,529 in 1923, marking the first drop in four years.
Burt Blurt of Petunia recalls a chaotic ride from a union depot in a taxicab where steering failed twice causing the car to flip. He describes the driver and helpers lifting the car off him, leaving his neck twisted and back skinned, and vows not to pay the bystanders until reaching the hotel.
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian argues in favor of an ancient allegorical view of earth as life’s mother and the sun as father. He asserts life is not an accident and evolution is inherent to the earth, driven by chemistry physics and dynamics plus solar and universal stimuli.
A widow recalls her husband dying suddenly after a brief illness. She said she had told him she did not want an expensive season, and he never regained consciousness. The remarks reflect a somber domestic hearing.
Mr. George Frid and Miss Ann Hubbard wed in Sittingbourne England after 54 years apart. Frid left Rainham Kent for Canada in 1870 and married a Canadian woman whose death led to a reunion when he visited his old home last summer.
A man in northern England tested a new steel name punch by stamping his own name on a penny. He later forgot and spent the altered coin. Twenty years later his son, in London, found the same penny among change paid for a light refreshment.
An Austrian scientist experiments with files to reduce their numbers. He claims results show some files have weak temperaments, others are assertive or aggressive. Aggressive and assertive files resist disease in direct proportion to their truculence.
A roast ostrich measuring three feet long and weighing about 380 pounds was featured as part of the renewals. The unusual culinary item drew attention for its size and novelty in the event coverage.
An Australian hosts a dinner in London serving an ostrich sent from Australia in a block of ice. The bird was cooked on a spit over an open hearth for guests.
A laborer testified in a London police court that he is a rag gatherer and can make fortunes in the trade. He said he has earned as much as 60 pounds a week, about $260.
LeMars residents Matlock and Mrs John Schroeder transacted business Thursday while Ed DeVries of Hollandale Minn visited local friends. Lo ng spent Sunday with Rock Rapids family. Several locals traveled to Sioux Falls Tuesday for business. Honeymoon trip returnees and birthday party highlights mark a community week with gatherings hosted by Schroeder and Draayom families. The Jesse Vanden Brink sale drew $560, with the Nash truck sold for $170 to Vander Schaaf and Vander Stouws of Hull.
The Sioux Center event on February 18 featured a full programs and local talent. 1038 members paid for 1924 and a $5000 county balance was reported with refunds completed. Ralph Bartels was elected president and L C Opdahl vice president with James Balkema secretary and G J Slobe treasurer.
Prizes at the Home Bakery went to Gerrit Vander Bosch for Radio, Mrs H. Jackson for a sack of sugar, William Wargowsky for a sack of flour, and H. Hundt for a box of candy. Henry H. Winter sale grossed 3252.38 with brisk bidding and full houses. Alex Drenth rents a farm near Ellsworth Minnesota and buys equipment to begin farming.
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