Left to Write by H. A. Grantham
The piece traces July 1 as the peak of Republican control over major state departments and notes ongoing patronage pressures. It outlines efforts to streamline agencies, curb excess payrolls, and align Liquor Control Commission operations with Republican goals amid broader fiscal pressure.
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Weather Bureau
George A. Wilson
Senate
Highway Commission
Tax Commission
Liquor Control Commission
Wilson Laboratory
Commission
M. L. Curtis
Sioux County Cow Testing Association to Picnic in Sheldon Park
Sioux County Cow Testing Association board met at Peter Moret’s home in Boyden on July 17. Officers named, with Aug 15 scheduled for the Sheldon Park annual picnic if threshing allows. A judging contest with prizes and free Dairy Cattle Congress transportation will open the program, followed by a picnic dinner and ice cream at four o’clock.
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Sioux County
Used Merchandise at Gamble Stores Sheldon Iowa
Secondhand items include 2 Balloon-Tired Bikes in good shape. South Bend Malleable Cook Stove for 10 dollars. Four 700-20 Truck Tires and 12 Electric Radios. Universal Cook Stove 20 dollars. Majestic Cook Stove 20 dollars. Maytag Power Washer 44.50. Briggs & Stratton engine 10 dollars. 43 ft Kelvinator refrigerator. Used lawn mower. Special hay rope odds and ends.
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South Bend
Universal
Majestic
Maytag
Briggs & Stratton
Gamble
Sheldon
Iowa
Boyden Reporter July 27 1939 Subscription Notice
The Boyden Reporter announces subscription rates of 1.75 per year and 2.00 per year when lapsing. Subscriptions are open accounts and remain in force until official notice. Receipts are given for payments and should be kept on file. Notify the Reporter if mailing address date line is incorrect.
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Boyden
U. S. Postal Department
The mongoose and its uneasy spread across lands
The mongoose, an 18 inch member of the weasel family, kills snakes and preys on rats. In India it terrifies cobras though it can be bitten by their poison. Jamaicans released mongooses to curb rats but the creatures turned on birds, so they are rarely welcomed outside their native range.
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India
Jamaica
Washington Faces Pitted Skin From 19 Year Old Smallpox
At nineteen, George Washington traveled with his half brother Lawrence to Barbados where he contracted smallpox. The illness left his face permanently pitted, a lasting mark from early life.
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George Washington
Lawrence
Barbados
Ice Cream Pricing and Delivery Note from Farmers Co op
Farmers Co op Creamery Assn in Hull Iowa lists ice cream price 80 cents per gallon for five gallons or more and 85 cents for less than five. No extra charge for Flayers. Delivery available within reasonable distances. Phone 135.
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Farmers Co-op
Creamery Ass
Hull
Iowa
Baydens Weekly Chronology Entries by Date
A chronological list of notable events with dates from July 28 to August 8 in history. Includes first mail car 1862, 14th Amendment proclaimation 1863, first U.S. patent 1790, Plattsburg captured 1814, first national census 1790, Germany invades Belgium 1914, and Columbus’s first voyage 1492. Names of individuals associated with each entry accompany the events.
Radio Station Schedule Listings
Radio times show daily programs on WMT at 6 80 A M and 9 30 A M with Sunday intervals at 7 30 A M and 4 30 P M Bible Broadcasters WHO Sundays at 8 A M Radio Revival KTHS 1060 on Sundays at 8 P M WMT and WNAX air Sunday night at 10 P M WMT on 600 kilocycles.
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WMT
KTHS
WNAX
Church Notes U P Church Service Times
Rev. J. S. Pollock conducts Bible School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship at 7:30 p.m. Young Peoples Society also at 7:30 p.m.
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J. S. Pollock
Young Peoples Society
St John’s Lutheran Shifts to English Services
Pastor A Hein announces English sermons on the second and fourth Sundays, with remaining services conducted in German at St John’s Lutheran Church.
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ST. John’s
Reformed Church Schedule for Brink in Holland
Rev J W Brink conducts services at 9 30 a m in Dutch, 1 30 p m in English and 3 00 p m Sunday School. Evening C E meeting scheduled at 7 30 p m.
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Reformed Church
J. W. Brink
Holland
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H. A. Grantham
Liquor Control
Great Britain
America
U. S. Senate
Coolidge
G. A
Sioux C.T.A
Sheldon Park
Coleman
Boyden Hardware Store
John Rensink, Sr
Boyden, Iowa
Eae
Ace High Service
Fender
Br.w. Meyer
Murray Bldg
H.R. Cochran
Chelsea
Lincoln Park
Wrigley Field
Chicago Cubs
Aragon
JT Brennan
Wilson Ave
Sheridan
Wilson Ae
Willis G. Vanderburg
Washington
Will VanZanten
G.B. Winch
H. Paul Bolks
Hull, Iowa
D. G. Vander Wilt
Overbaugh
Baydens Weekly
Roy Ivan Rosenboom
Robert Green
Henry Rensink
Ivan Dale Tesselink
Herman Korselman
Abe Vande Gaarde
Chris van Schepen
Gerrit Veen
Louise Smith
John C. Hollander, Jr
U.S
Jake Hoogland
Priscilla de Groot
Henry A. Hubbers
Ella Hartsuiker
Stephen de Vries
Shirley Kuyper
Elmer Saarloos
John Ver Meer
Wayne Vanden Bosch
Vernon Kooiker
Plattsburg
Fred de Jong
Lucille Kwikkel
George Haspels
Andrew Moret
Peter L. Rons
Harm Harms
Melvin van Schepen
Jennie Zuiers
Frances Meyn
Harold Bouma
Russell Meyer
Harvey van Rooyen
William Gorzeman, Jr
Marie Tiedeman
Ralph Bouma
Germany
Belgium
Kenneth van Diepen
Lambert Rens
Gertrude Neli
Aug. Sohl
Alma Joyce Sneller
Edward VerMeer
Columbus
Marion Brouwer
Gerrit van Engen
Howard Houtsma
James DeJong
John Oostenink
Jake DeZeeuw
U. P. Church
G. Bartels
Jeweleree
C. A. de Valois
D.V.M
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