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Newspaper
Eldora Enterprise
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1898
Page
5
Community notices report reserved seating for a Bishop Vincent lecture and local social notes. Also listed are residents visiting Hubbard, Steamboat Rock rentals, a tailor’s report from Chicago, and church and general interest items including a DeLome affair update and a lamp camphor tip.
In Upper Tipton area activity stays high with Evergreen meetings yielding twenty three converts. Local business notes include Carl Vandra Jeft heading to Mandola Illinois for the season and William Luttschwager selling a fine span of horses. Rev Ricker led Evangelical church services. quarterly meeting set for next Sunday with preparations beginning Friday. Ella Winans visits from Cleveland as Rev McKay preaches to a large crowd. Liberals host next Sunday at 2:20 PM with a Gospel meeting series starting Tuesday led by Ballard Crooks and Sigler.
Declamation and music offer quick relief claims by Foley's Honey and Tar. George Fisk ships ice to Grinnell aiding laborers. Charley Whaley visits from Whitten while clerking at a local store. Oyster supper at Mrs Hollenbeck's draws good attendance. Lumber yards expand, creating jobs. Rev Wright preaches in Owasa Berlin and Steamboat Rock. Christian Endeavor social at Dr Caldwell's planned. T J Dickey runs new lumber yard. Gellhorn lunch counter busy. Miss Nason shops Eldora. Miss Stella Hartman heads to Freeport. J Marks improving. Rube Wright visits sister in Washington. Lawyer Carpenter in Eldora. About a dozen tramps in town. Curt Cable returns from Lumsey. Foley's Kidney Cure praised. coal buyers sought. Foley's Honey and Tur also promoted for consumptives. Dr Marsh treats eye ear nose.
The piece highlights the challenge women face in hanging Windsor curtains and argues for professional draping, praising dainty snowy muslin curtains with full frills. It recommends two full curtains, long enough to tie up without brushing the floor, and suggests a decorative cross-at-the-top knot tie for thin materials.
A timely friend, Salvation Oil, praised for curing rheumatism, neuralgia, and pains when others fail. Testimonial from Jno M Hall of Ashland Virginia cites ankle rheumatism relief and reduced swelling. Also notice: one Anderson radiator or drum for stove pipe pews, inquire at the office.
A collection of excerpts on women’s roles in marriage and work, arguing that the ideal remains wife and mother though professional life adds practicality. It cites W G H, notes fashion trends with tinsel in dress goods, mentions a luminous textile powder rumor, and honors Anna Eliot Ticknor’s home study movement and library commission work.
The York World notes Helen Keller, despite the loss of hearing sight smell and taste, has gained extraordinary knowledge. If she lives many more years she may become one of the world’s best educated women, a model of pluck and patience overcoming impossible odds.
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