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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
3
Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, is described as highly cosmopolitan with significant European influence. The city blends varied contemporary architectural styles, plans beautification prizes, and offers tax exemptions for favored facades, giving it a finish reminiscent of Paris or Berlin.
Swiss policy treats jobless men as undeserving and truncates relief. District authorities force labor at low pay with penal workhouses available for offenders. Legitimate workers carry papers showing their employment history while “relief in kind” stations aid only the actively seeking, last-resort loafers barred by police.
A Detroit News recounts how General Andrew Jackson earned his nickname Old Hickory. During the Creek War his troops lacked tents in freezing sleet. Captain William Allen and his brother felled a hickory tree to shelter Jackson, who barely slept under the barked cover. A drunken intruder toppled the shelter, shouting Old Hickory as Jackson emerged seeking a drink.
A famed language scholar travels to Berlin to study the word juggins. He sends a mattress to a warehouse and is informed it contains moths and was destroyed to protect others. He replies that his mattress “had moth to it” but insists he also had an 'e' in it.
A clipped dialogue about hats and forfeit follows chatter between Miss Mabel and others. The scene shifts to a mention of a hotel, a white Me, and “color pling” as a thematic turn.
A farm auction near Boyden 2 miles west and 4 miles east of Hull on December 1 1909 starts at 11 am. Items include 6 horses 36 cattle 24 hogs and farm machinery such as a Deering binder a Rock Island plow and a Canton corn planter. Terms cash under 10 and one year on larger notes at 8 percent. C Van Zyl G Bomgaars auctioneers J W McCrum clerk.
Ready Nov 15 1909 a splendid year book on astronomy and meteorology with Hicks Weather Forecasts. 35c by mail post paid 30c on stands. One free with a year subscription to Word and Works Monthly Magazine. publishers offer discounts for almanacs and seek agents. Local address 2201 Locust St St Louis MO.
A detailed ad lists numerous South Dakota parcels in Turner and McCook counties for sale via C A Morris of Boyden Iowa. Properties range from 40 to 320 acres with plowable land, fences, buildings, wells, and windmills. Prices vary from 55 to 80 dollars per acre with cash and 6 percent notes.
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