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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
8
A Grudge tavern keeper recounts Luther K. Linkenhooper’s odd fixation with three second hand Hootin Nanny cars. He dismantled them into one flawed machine, went mad with it, and now sometimes roams free, joking he is a Hootin Nanny.
A St Thomas Virgin Islands correspondent notes US Marines in new possessions puzzled by native fashion. Natives beg for cast-off clothing though temperatures rise above 100. Islanders parade in heavy garments and even wear cow horns as head adornment during holidays.
The Visitation sisters who lived forty years in a secluded DC convent on Connecticut Avenue and L Street Northwest have emerged from their cells. They walked the streets for the first time in decades after the building and site were recently sold for a large sum.
In 1916 the Rockefeller foundation sent a sanitary commission to Ecuador to arrange government cooperation for eradicating yellow fever from Guayaquil. The proposal was accepted June 10 1918 when a celebrated bacteriologist arrived to begin work. He discovered the germ that causes yellow fever and his research promised a preventive and a cure.
A Kansas City ad promotes a rupture cure device with an 80 day trial and no expense. Readers are asked to send name to receive a copyrighted rupture book and measurement blank, then test the appliance for 30 days before deciding on return.
Miss Lillian McConnell daughter of Dr and Mrs W T McConnell arrives in Boyden from India after fifteen years as a missionary. She spent furlough in New York Bible School Rose Valley Sanatorium and visiting relatives. She will stay until August then attend the Missionary Convention in New Wilmington PA and sail for India in September.
Ben Heemstra was on the sick list a few days last week. Mr Chas Leonard of Lake Wilson is visiting the O D Leonard home. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Vander Werff on June 19. Mr and Mrs Paul Schreuder and daughter visited Sioux City last Friday. Mr and Mrs Will Winter on Monday June 14. 18 acres of slough class for sale by Peter Barendregt 73. Rev and Mrs Jacob Heemstra of Pella Iowa to visit Benj Heemstra. For sale a 6 foot Deering binder in good condition cheap if taken at once Paul Schreuder. 27-2
The speaker urges action on a playful line about buying the product mispronounced as leavened with strong local color. The tone mimics a rustic market pitch.
Mike Steven sold his Overland touring car to R Hartsuiker recently and bought a house from Charles Frohwein. The Ellerbrook Stock farm was sold at public auction for 460 dollars per acre. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Weilinga on June 17. Farmers Co-op asks for return of a borrowed Post Auger. Real estate and farm ads include threshing outfit for sale and a six room house for rent.
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