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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1931
Page
3
Dr. T. J. Kelley of Marathon Buena Vista county was fined 325 after arrest by a deputy game warden for slaughtering 40 to 60 birds, mostly robins, claiming the fruit from his trees was being stolen. The case notes he was not a governor candidate and involved local factory trimming details.
One hundred seventeen Boeke family members gathered Sunday at Hubbard for the annual reunion. A cafeteria style dinner followed a program including Welcome, readings, poems, talks, and the initiation of four new Tocke members. Officers elected were August Boeke as president, 8 H Boeke as vice president, and Alvina Gildemeister as secretary treasurer. Out of town guests joined relatives from Ames Des Moines Eldora Radcliffe Marshalltown and Denver Colorado among others.
A clutter of social items lists Gandhi preparations in Bombay for a London conference garb, weekend visits by Miss Ann Ziemke and others, dinner hosts the Lohrs in Port Dodge, prizes won at Ping Lake club dance in Eldora, club committees, teaching assignments, family picnics in Webster City, and trips to Cedar Falls, Des Moines, Minnesota and Chicago. Also mentions church society events and local visits, with numerous residents attending reunions and vacations.
A town event advertises a party in the park on August 18 with ice cream and cake for all ages, everyone pays as many cents as their years old, and the Alden members will be split into twelve birthday groups each staging a stunt. Local social notes report numerous visits and gatherings including a large wedding anniversary dinner, family visits, and travel to Des Moines, Sioux City, and Rosalie. Spiced cherry recipe and Popejoy Bank closure are also noted.
The county uses in home aid rather than county home care to reduce relief costs. In 1980 about 2707 for relief spreading to 26,000. 980, 410 families received services with only 200 requiring relief. Services include employment help, medical care, legal aid, relatives' help, and external aid. County home costs high due to large land and building investments and yearly expenses. Supervisors favor letting married couples stay together in the county home. Earlier, over 2000 was spent outside the county home for the aged. A larger county home population lowers per capita cost. Spirit Lake fire dept acquires new truck. rural fires handled with a new policy paying per run.
Legal notices show transfers of property in townships and blocks with names like Kennedy Gardner Co Rock Island and Steamboat Rock plus $1 to $1,000 payments. Judgments include Burgess versus Iaydoeck for $85 and multiple foreclosures and divorces. Cases name State Bank of Alden, Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank, and Bankers Life Co. among others with mortgage foreclosures and writs of replevin.
The article estimates a million and a half bushels of wheat grown in the Onawa area with shipments to Minneapolis Milwaukee and Chicago. The crop netted farmers about half a million dollars, barely covering harvesting costs. Elevator operator Mark Murphy predicts bottom lands may yield over two and a half million bushels of corn, matching the 1907 bumper crop.
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