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Newspaper
Reporter
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
4
The note announces a weekly Boyden Louisiana publication and postal designation while cynically commenting that the country needs buyers for its goods more than protection. It ridicules ongoing corruption talk as a partisan battle between insiders and outsiders.
The text notes an oversupplied market with many lawyers and doctors while signaling demand for more mechanics and artisans. It emphasizes the need for skilled trades to balance labor supply and stimulate economic activity.
The passage argues that Mr. Sherman remains shrewd and active, swallowing every new policy with the same cunning as in the past. It portrays him as unaffected by aging and retains a sharp political edge.
Heads of city departments provide their subordinates with bicycles. Taxpayers pay for wheels to keep government up to date.
The piece warns against E. V. Debs posing as a modern Moses promising followers a land of milk and honey. It cautions readers that they may face sour grapes and thistles and urges not to be deluded by his scheme.
Attorney General Remley plans a petition for the September term in Polk County District Court against William H. McFarland former state secretary and his bondsmen. The suit seeks to recover sums charged by the investigating committee as wrongfully retained during his term.
Miss Jessie Miller dropped her pocket book on the Sioux City excursion train while shifting cars. At the next stop a telegram led station staff to find the contents scattered along the track for several rods and recover the full amount.
A London firm has ordered the full 800 pounds daily butter produced by the Iowa Agricultural College, one of the two sources of the experimental shipment supported by the agricultural department. Other merchants attest to the successful results in letters.
The advertisement touts Beggs' Cher y Cough Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs colds and consumption. It is presented as a trusted staple kept in stock by M Brink.
Zorne Michelson hurt while preparing a blast on Conrad Jensen’s farm last Saturday. A spark ignited powder as he packed a hole with an iron bolt, severing two middle fingers and a thumb and injuring two other fingers. The bolt narrowly missed his head, tearing the hat rim. Michelson says he has considerable experience in the work.
An explosion during rock blasting injured a worker taken home for treatment. Drs Owens and Shepard dressed the wound but only two fingers could be saved. The community expresses deep sympathy for the conscientious laborer who always sought available tasks.
A Sanborn band of railroad boys marches in crowded lines with leaders and ranks assigned by size and role named among the men. Specific figures include Lew Carroll as a self described Christian, George Klein as file leader, Jim McCormack, Charlie Woodman, Rome McMillin, Bradbury, Mike Burns, John Hughes, Frank Brainard, Andy Salon, John Kinney, Burgess Coleman, Haupt, Jack Gallagher, Kings, Ister, and Charlie Koote in various appointed posts.
Sheriff Schaap passed through Hull on the way to Sheldon and alerted the public to a camp of thieves and disreputable women outside Sheldon in Sioux County. Officials said a raid would occur that night and the encampment was found deserted the next morning.
L B Nichols borrowed E L Grout's bicycle last Saturday and vanished after a strong northeasterly gust carried rider and wheel toward Rock Valley. A warrant was issued for the missing cyclist as authorities seek his whereabouts.
An exchange extols a man who kicks with prodigious ease through a long season. It ponders why some kick because they must and continue to kick even when no cause remains. The writer notes others who kick by accident or principle, keeping up constant motion.
All package coffee priced 18¢ or 2 for 25 at A. Van Den Brink & Co. Also promotes Bege's Hair Renewer with claims of new hair. Tickets to the G A R encampment in Buffalo sold soon with round trip from Sioux City $24. Spirit Lake excursions July 9 to 12 from C P will sell at $2.10 including Chautauqua lectures by Sam Jones and DeWitt Talmage. Beggs Diarrhea Balsam advertised as bowel inflammation relief.
The railroad lists planned excursions including the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville from May 1 to October 1. It also notes Buffalo New York on August 21 and 32 and the National Encampment events at Clear Lake Spirit Lake and Madison during the season. Home Seekers trips to southern and western points run on select Tuesdays each month.
Tickets to Iowa Falls offered under a certificate plan by the Minors Central Railroad Company for the Iowa Baptist Sunday School Assembly from July 27 to August 10. Travel on sale July 26 to August 10, with return valid until the 11th. Describes Iowa Falls as a picturesque camping spot on the Iowa river. For details contact Rev. J. W. Crook, Iowa Falls, or the Manchester, Iowa office.
The notice advertises various products including electric pocket knives scissors and shears from R G Lubbers & Co and Beggs Blood Purifier and Blood Maker claimed to aid digestion and improve vitality. Brink promotes these items as unequaled and convincing.
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