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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1910
Page
3
A popular astronomy piece notes Earth as a third rate planet and the sun dwells below the salt. Canopus and Aldebaran dwarf our sun, with stars like Rigel Sirius Betelgeuse far larger. Twain joke used to illustrate Earth’s small place in a vast cosmos.
A tale about Professor Bunsen and his wife showing how she suggested locking the door from outside and tossing the key to him from the window. The professor later recalls the humorous oversight and the missing correct key when they returned home.
A neighbor notes Uncle Ephraim finds his two razorback hogs missing from a rear pen. He suspects they escaped by lifting on a ridge and squeezing through a crack, despite no signs of theft or attempted climb.
The text recalls Pascal's perfect recall of experiences, Avicenna reciting the Koran by age ten, Francis Suarez memorizing St Augustine, Scanger memorizing the Iliad and Odyssey in three weeks, and Justus Lipsius promising to recite Tacitus Histories without error under threat of death.
A teacher tests youngsters with adage questions. One boy quickly answers birds of a feather do what. The exchange moves to admiration for a grandfather, the boy claiming he could do things no one else could and that he punished his father when he felt like it.
A collage of short items includes a quarrel over vocal classifications with a joke about basso relievo, a Yun nan opium smuggling anecdote, ivy on walls and its effects, a primitive clock from Celebes, a playwright's marketing ploy, occult club banter, a Chicago tale of a cow in a past life, a glass breaking when shouted at, and other miscellany from various sources.
A lengthy South Dakota land sale list offers farms in Turner and McCook counties, 70 to 80 miles west of Boyden Iowa. Properties range 160 to 320 acres near Marion Monroe Parker and Canistota with varied tillable acreage, buildings, and town access. Prices from 35 to 100 per acre with cash and 6 percent financing options.
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