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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
2
Georgia Hamilton endorses organic phosphate to treat nervous weakness and underweight. The ad claims bitro phosphate nourishes nerves and body cells, helping gain weight and improve health, warning users not seeking flesh gain.
Senate and house conferees fix the average size of the 1920 army at 3265 000 officers and men, 76 000 below the senate plan but 25 000 above the house. For nine months to June 30 1920 the force will be 225 000, with 325 000 total. Other items cut include barracks funds and signal corps, while Fort Sill gains a school status.
Washington reports say anarchists planned to assassinate King Alfonso of Spain during the Cortes reopening procession. The threat prompted shifting the ceremony from the chamber of deputies to the senate house near the palace, with the plan to strike as the king traveled between sites.
The judiciary committee transferred prohibition enforcement to the house without guarantee of quick action. A general enforcement measure covering war time and constitutional prohibition was reported out 17 to 2 after the panel refused to split it. The vote did not reflect committee mood.
French soldiers will carry flags of regiments that aided the American Revolution in a Fourth of July parade here. Marshal Foch Gen Pershing and Rear Admiral Harry S Knapp will participate. Special games at Pershing stadium and a dinner with guests of honor at the Hotel De Ville are planned for July.
A Vienna dispatch reports Italian, German and Austrian communists met in southern Tyrol to organize a revolution in Italy. They fixed the uprising for the middle of July.
Iowa notes list civil projects and local news from various towns. Stratford will pave and gutter forty five blocks this summer while Spencer sees a main street land sale at 680 per front foot. Marshalltown weighs a $35000 city hall and Cedar Rapids revokes a contractor’s citizenship papers on a loyalty charge.
The department of agriculture has begun extensive observations of volcanoes within the United States and its territories and has taken charge of the Kilauea observatory in Hawaii. Prof. T. A. Jaggar Jr. remains director, with studies funded since 1912 by MIT and since 1913 by the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association.
A child resists facial hygiene saying she will have her face dry cleaned. Her grandmother asks why and the girl explains her plan with confident humor. The anecdote highlights a playful misunderstanding of laundry terms.
A wartime interview style exchange shows a mother asking about dinner and a returned soldier declining macaroni, saying it is too hard to mobilize. The dialogue juxtaposes home life with military strain and discipline.
A concise line reflects the principle that wages secure work only if the employer earns trust. It emphasizes that payment buys effort but not loyalty without fair treatment and mutual respect.
A Youth's Companion note uses a tale of Andrew Jackson and Jim Brown to illustrate resilience. The story explains that success comes from not quitting after being beaten, but from staying in the fight until the opponent tires and quits first. It frames perseverance as the key to achievement.
A character named McAnleigh appears as a quiet, ordinary man whose strange behavior unsettles collectors for charity. The text notes clergymen are generally poor due to preaching without notes, while humor suggests McAnleigh acts like a bear because he is foxy.
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