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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1924
Page
8
The Board of Trustees announces a 1924 order requiring all Canadian thistles in Sheridan township to be destroyed and the ground kept black. Do not sow or plant crops on affected parcels during 1924. Clerk Henry Schloetje signs the notice.
Sheldon shoppers F A Peters D Benson Mesdames J A Huibregtse host O A O Social Club. F F A Peters shipped three car loads of stock to Chicago. John Snider and John Huitregtse shopped in Sioux City. Mrs D Benson and others socialized at Mrs Geo Kammlade’s. Several children kept home with colds and measles.
A censor halts a new play insisting it corrupts youths, citing a scene where a minister and reformer leave a hotel after dining without paying. The author protests, while a jab about women leading armies follows in the dialogue snippet from Stray Stories.
In Clapboard Springs a resident warns a persistent suitor to stay away or face fatal consequences. The lovelorn speaker vows to shoot if the young man returns, after the daughter rejects the marriage proposal.
Frank Nelson of the Civil Service Commission has announced an exam on March 29 for the George postmaster position in Lyon County to replace Dorothy Parden whose term ends June 5. The office is third class and pays 1800 dollars annually. Parden has served since the first Wilson administration. Vacancies also exist at Ashton 1500 Hull 1800 and Primghar 2100 to be filled by exams in Sibley Orange City and Sheldon.
Frances Mahoney has been moved to her home in Marshalltown Iowa and shows some improvement. Peritonitis after the operation delayed her recovery but doctors hope for no further complications and a return to her usual health soon.
Vernon Wayne Turner infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Turner died Saturday morning March 8 after a week of illness. Born May 4, 1923 he was 9 months and 4 days old. He was baptized at St. Pauls Lutheran Church on July 8. A private funeral conducted by Rev. H Flentie was held at the Turner home 13 miles west of the city on Tuesday afternoon. The child was the couple’s only offspring and his loss grieves the family deeply.
Mr J C Landhuis and Miss Til lie Aardeman were over Sunday visitors in the parental home at Doon Iowa Mrs Landhuis remains at Doon for an extended visit Mr and Mrs Will Rouwenhorst and children of Hospers were Sunday visitors in the Mrs K Rowwenhorst home
C U meeting at 6 45 preaching at 7 30 morning theme An Unrealized Vision evening theme A Wise Decision WMS meets with Mrs Dr Kuy per Thursday PM March 27th
The Boyden clinic held last Friday by the Sheppard-Towner program drew many mothers and babies to receive services from the doctor and nursing staff. Mrs. T. J. Strentjes led the local effort for the W. C. T. U.
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