What Alex Boyd Was Selling

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In February 1919, Alex Boyd was going to sell a lot of things on the Boyd farm. Did he intend to quit farming? — I have no idea.

Even more interesting was what he was going to sell off the Boyd farm:


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At the end of the month, Trustee Boyd set March 22 as the date when he would take bids for the construction and furnishing of the new school.

Apparently we have here the inception of the brick school building still standing on State Road 51. I did not expect it to be built quite so early — but perhaps these plans will be delayed.


Sources:
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 28 Feb. 1919.
♦ "New Schoolhouse for Ainsworth." Hobart Gazette 7 Feb. 1919.
♦ "Public Sale." Hobart Gazette 7 Feb. 1919.
♦ "Public Sale." Hobart News 6 Feb. 1919.