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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1924
Page
8
The author attends a Thanksgiving ceremony at Lunalilo Home. Observations include the cloth of tie leaves, poi from taro, roast pig cooked in stone ovens, and seaweed with korkoni nuts. Attendees, many elderly or disabled, receive leis and partake with traditional etiquette as bowls are cleaned and repurposed.
In a short time the area was cleared with debris carted away and the scene left absolutely clean, leaving no vestige of the disturbance behind.
An observer recalls a native celebration where an elder bursts into ecstatic chants called meles or Ollol as a child reacts to the rhythmic snapping of fingers and waving arms. The scene emphasizes the intense emotion and cultural performance surrounding the event.
In Bradford's Footsteps before this year President Pierce, a New Hampshire native, issued the last prior proclamation from a president born in New England, marking a historical presidential tie to regional origins.
W M Jardine of the American Bankers Association warns against increasing wheat acreage. He notes that a three million acre rise, if paired with normal conditions abroad, could flood the 1925 market and push prices to ruinously low levels.
Senator Lafollette recounts a childhood incident in which honesty earned him money. He recalls meeting old friends across the Northwest and a North Dakota farmer who once gave a boy a quarter after finding a lost pocketbook in a school area near a Rockhill cheese factory. The quarter remains with the family.
The High School defeated Archer teams 22 to 5 in girls and 35 to 10 in boys with all players seeing action. Big games against Hull are set for Wednesday, Boyden aims to beat Hull on their floor, and a large crowd boosted spirits and finances. Thanksgiving vacaction closes the week as Ionian Society elects new officers.
Robbers pried doors at Harris post office and depot last Tuesday night and stole small cash amounts and stamps totaling about 150 to 200 dollars. Sheriff Lowry investigated and suspects local talent, noting “hard-looking floaters” in the area and warning of further depredations.
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