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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
5
The first glass maker in Wemys Cove was George Hay who used a peculiarly formed cave to set up a furnace on the coast. He wore a Prince Albert frock coat, a symbol of statesmanship, while a beard marked maturity and substance among most United States senators.
Voters in Missouri will decide next November on whether to repeal or endorse the 1 cent gasoline tax increase passed last spring after 163000 citizens signed a referendum petition. The effort is led by Matt Morse of the Auto Club of Missouri, arguing against higher fuel taxes and broader tax burdens. In related tragedy, Mrs. George Thiele died from injuries after a New Year’s Eve car crash near Sibley, Iowa, marking Iowa’s first highway fatality of 1938.
The Sioux County Red Cross chapter reports record donations as it exceeds its clothing quota. Members are urged to attend the annual meeting set for Tuesday January 25 at 2:00 PM in Orange City City Hall.
Jenny Lind the Swedish nightingale is buried in Malvern England. The brief notice notes her gravesite and burial location in a historical context.
Leon Press reports Donall Aardema, second son of Mr and Mrs Sy Aardema, stumbled running in the yard Sunday afternoon and sustained a deep forehead cut that required two stitches.
The 4 H western lamb feeding project climax will be the show and sale at the Sioux City stock yards on February 3 and 4. Sioux County club members listed will enter lambs with prizes for the top ten pens and top ten individuals. Auction to follow the show.
C J Heald's Packard sport model coupe burst into flames while traveling toward Sioux City on highway No 12 near Akron. Heald escaped unharmed though clothing was scorched and rode with a passerby to Sioux City, returning home by night train.
The ashes of Mrs. Robert H. Forrester were sprinkled on Flagstaff Mountain near Boulder, Colorado, in a ceremony by Rev. Forrester per her prior request. She had died in Sioux City on November 17 and had taught in Colorado, where the couple spent early married years and where Rev. Forrester once pastored.
Sheriff Edw Leemkuil nabbed Lews Klingman Friday 342 miles north of Primghar on highway 59 for parking a truck without flares. Klingman appeared before Justice Mrs Pick on Tuesday afternoon, fined $50 and costs, and remains in the county jail likely to forfeit his fine.
A lone bandit enters a LeMars Naple grocery at 8 15 p m asks for coffee and shoots the clerk with a gun taking 90 dollars in cash a 10 dollar check and leaving 35 dollars in currency. He also robbed a Fred Davis oil station at Sutherland for 32 dollars and another filing station at Laurens and Sioux Rapids likely by the same man.
Amariah Chandler, 100, father of Mrs Lutman, died Sunday morning. Rev. and Mrs Thomas Lutman left Alden, Iowa, Tuesday for Popejoy where funeral services were held Wednesday at the Methodist church with Rev Lutman assisting.
The Alton Cement Works drilled a deep well for Mrs Rozeboom on the Henry Harskamp farm west of Sioux Center. The well reaches 441 feet with 200 feet of water. The report notes that forty feet was once seen as deep and twenty feet as yielding water.
Mrs. Chris Westergard of Washington Township injured her right index finger when a needle was driven into the bone while cleaning the sink. A physician was needed to extract the needle from her finger.
Chas. J. De Vries was appointed chairman of the Sioux County Red Cross chapter to fill the vacancy left by the death of Olin G. Reinger Jr. A Cold War veteran, De Vries is described as well qualified and the chapter expresses gratitude for his service to the county.
In Sioux County marriage licenses fell from 299 in 1938 to 202 in 1936 and 184 in 1987 amid economic stress. A farmer notes high costs hinder young adults from marrying as hog prices influence family plans and life choices.
The Christian Reformed church at Doon has extended a call to Rev. C. Feenstra of Waupun Wisconsin. Feenstra preached in Doon last Sunday to meet the congregation and assess the field.
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