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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
2
A fragmentary series of quips on vanity, justice, and daily misfortune. A joke about a judge issuing restraining orders against women and a cheeky line about slipping on the sidewalk. The piece closes noting faith hope and charity crowd the stage, edging gratitude aside.
An advertisement urges women to dye fabrics using Diamond Dyes claiming easy directions for reviving garments draperies and coverings with fade resistant colors. It also mentions plans for North Dakota historical parks and trails with plaques and plots featuring native crops animals and fabrics as part of conservation efforts.
An ex-soldier notes the long silence after months of battle while an orator recalls the former shelling and machine gun fire. He adds that peace-time celebrations and cork pops disturb the quiet less than the prior bombardment did.
In a wry exchange, a man quips to a judge about his spouse’s voice, declaring she never gave him a reason to doubt her silence. The remark highlights tensions in a domestic dispute airing in the local court.
A fat couple boarded a New York Pennsylvania Station sleeping car. the woman took the lower berth and the man the upper. The man needed help to reach the berth and the car quieted, but later the train halted near hogs in a neighboring car. The hog noises woke the sleeper and sparked mockery from other passengers.
The excerpt shows a sharp exchange about perception and affection. A woman recalls a time he liked her in anything, while he notes a rage past he did not see. The London Answers line adds a wry social observation about love and age.
Chihuahua City, capital of the state, is in rebel hands, Gen. P. Elias Calles reports. Gen. Ignacio Enriquez leads 4,500 militia toward Chihuahua to reinforce Gen Eugenio Martinez and Col Francisco Del Arco, with 6,000 to 7,000 rebels claimed in the area. Juarez and Casas Grandes resist as Carranza troops mass near Sonora. Telecommunication links connect Chihuahua City with Hermosillo and other rebel headquarters.
Sugar valued at 136500 dollars stored in Nogales warehouses under bond for eventual sale in the United States. The lot comprises 7000 sacks at 1950 dollars each, shipped from Sinaloa to Nogales, Somora, and transported here by mule drawn wagons.
Ira E. Eaton, arrested on Santa Cruz island, claims a Los Angeles branch of learning operates on San Nicolas Island seventy five miles off the coast. The statement ties the so called moonshine school to the offshore locale near Los Angeles County.
The piece notes an incubator for hatching cooties and a selen tive study on pests prominent during the war. It mentions human blood feeding lice with volunteers, claims injections of 4,000 fed on one forearm, and notes diseases such as Serbian typhus fever carried by cooties. It also quotes a school interaction about a tooth extraction and a nose twitch.
A neighbor explains a plan to remove joy from life by using a device to block others on a party line. The speaker notes a harsh lodger and describes attempting an invention to prevent subscribers from listening during shared telephone lines.
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