Day For Sentiment On Valentines Day In Peace Time
Day celebrates Valentine customs with men and women exchanging cards. Observers note men favor sentimental rhymes while women prefer humorous cards poking fun at their beloved. Traces of the practice lie in England and Scotland where gentlemen once relied on luck to find a “sweetie” for a year. The piece praises couples honoring the day and the value of romance in work life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrie Old Ingland
Scotland
Reading on soil conservation for Hardin county farms
The piece urges farmers to prioritize soil conservation as land values may rise with restored soil health. It cites a speaker noting soil value declines in Ohio Indiana and Iowa and mentions a North Ames area land value as low. Recommended winter reading is Pleasant Valley by Louis Bromfield detailing soil rebuilding on an Ohio farm to inspire local efforts before spring work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Ames
Pleasant Valley
Louis Bromfield
Unions and the lost arts of modern life
The piece argues that farmers and laborers share fortunes and unions deserve right to organize strike and picket, warns abuse risks loss of privilege, and muses on fading arts such as reading aloud cooking heirloom crafts and editorial writing, urging reflection on societal change.
Moments Chronicle Past: Eldora Area News Gleaned
Yesterday's memories from sixty years back recount marriages, neighborhood visits, sleighing ending, and a post office move in Union. Fifty years ago notes cite a county attorney bid, theater appearances, farm moves, and a new telephone link between towns. Forties to twenties entries cover fires, birthdays, drives for pianos, and local governance milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Williams
Emma Thornton
New Providence
Edward Devine
Mt. Vernon
A. H. Eastman
Eldora Junction
Wood
Union
Martinu-Tucker
James Walker
Brownell
Mother Goose delights a tiny guest at our home
A caregiver enjoys reading nursery rhymes with an eighteen month old visitor. Cynthia Gray argues these age old verses offer sense amid world tensions, citing Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee and Mary Had a Little Lamb as insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spider
Miss Muffet
Jack and
Jill
Tom
Tom the Piper
Georgie Porgie
Cynthia Gray
Mother Goose
Tweedle-dum
Tweedle-dee
Mary
Russia
Kilkenny
Peter
Pumpkin-eater
Hardin County Veterans Letter Box
The Veteran's Letter Box is a weekly Herald Ledger feature for Hardin county veterans. Questions to Post Service Officer John L. Butler Eldora IA cover GI bill timing eligibility certificates. Answers advise apply early for subsistence, present eligibility to registrar, and note credits for military training plus possible PT exemption. Next week covers surplus war property for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald- Ledger
Hardin County
Mroll-Harless
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eldora
Iowa
John L. Butler
Dora
L. We
G. I
AL L. of
B. C. of
Steamboat
A. R
Hubbard
W S C S Meeting Highlights In February Radcliffe
The W S C S of the Radcliffe Methodist church held its regular February meeting on Thursday afternoon in the church parlors. Mrs. Arthur Topp led, Miss Laura Mitchell led the Star of Hope program, and a birthday table honored February celebrants. Local members hosted a lunch after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Arthur Topp
Arthur Thorson
Sesson
Africa
Laura Mitchell
Zoe Rierson
Darlene Chumley
C. L. Liming
Will Topp
Lew Eller
Amy Houck
I. E. Cammack
Ek. D. Cammack
Wilson Now and Musical Sunday at the New Grand
The New Grand theater presents a string of films this week starting with Wilson a six Academy Award winner running 2 hours 84 minutes. The cast includes Alexander Knox Geraldine Fitzgerald and Vincent Price in a sweeping epic of American and world history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Grand Theater
Cedric Hardwicke
Vincent Price
William Eythe
Mary Anderson
Roy Rogers
Gabby Hayes
Idaho
Harvey Girls
Judy Garland
John Hodiak
Ray Bolger
Angela Lansbury
Preston Foster
Virginia O’brien
Kenny Baker
Marjorie Main
Chill” Willes
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Julia Ross
Ning Foch
Dame May Whitty
George Macready
Roland Varno
Federal Man To Aid Taxpayers At Eldora Post Office
A deputy collector of internal revenue will be at the Eldora post office on February 20 and 21 to assist taxpayers with their 1945 income tax returns and 1946 declarations of estimated tax. Bring the forms mailed by the Collector's Office and a copy of the 1944 income tax return plus data for the 1045 return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Eldora Post Office
Memory aids at Monroe County license office
Monroe County Treasurer W M Peterson and staff face requests for last year’s license numbers from buyers who can’t remember. Staff use prior files to fill these requests, easing the process for customers who resist memorizing new numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
W. M. Peterson
Veterson
Chicken House Burns Near Hans Oakland Farm
Firefighters answered a Friday call around 4 pm to a blaze at the Hans Oakland farm north west of town. A chicken house heated by an oil heater to warm water for the hens burned, destroying the building and about 50 hens, while crews kept the fire from spreading to nearby structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Oakland
Birthday Celebrations and Local News in Radcliffe
Mrs. B W Benson enjoys an 83rd birthday with family visiting at the Francis Mason home. Jan 30 was her birthday, and stormy weather kept some children away. Guests included Bert Benson Alden and Ray Wood Town Falls families, among others. Several notes on local visits, moves, and club meetings fill the Radcliffe community page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Benson
Francis Mason
C. A. Winterfield
D. Winterfield
Mary Della
Patty
Burt Larson
Selma Swenson
Geo. Johnson
Geo. Sherwood
Iowa Falls
Rey
C. L. Liming
Nan Winterfield
W. J. Schwendemann
Aplington
Laura Mitchell
Winterfield
Ackley
Radcliffe
Schwen
Miss Joan Conklin Receives Nurses Cap in Des Moines
Miss Joan Conklin of Radcliffe, a 1948 class nurse in training at Town Methodist Hospital Des Moines, received her cap in a capping ceremony at First Methodist Church on Friday February 8 at 7 30 p.m. A tea followed at the south nurses home for the class and relatives, with Mrs Francis Mason mother of Miss Conklin as an overnight guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Olson
Town Lake
Vernon Larson
Cecil Swires
Iowa Falls
Larson
Iowa City
Jesse Hegland
Joan
Iver Thorsheim
R. Thorsheim
Elmer
Goldfield
G. Knutson
Knutson
T. O. Mossman
Merle, Orlan and
Russell
Hubbard
Nellie Myers
Forrest Sheldon
Eldora
Lucy Jones
Lulu
Donald Grooters and Sons
Pueblo
Colo
Grooter
Geo. Sheldon
Grooters
Chicago
Joan Conklin
Radcliffe
Town Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
South Nurses’ Home
Francis Mason
Conklin
Return Home of James Ryan Bank Cashier
James Ryan, former cashier of the Security State bank, returned home near Jewell last week from Hines Veterans Hospital in Chicago where he had been a patient for several weeks after a period at the Des Moines veterans’ hospital. He is improved but must remain cautious and quiet for some time. with care, he is expected to recover to his usual health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Rogers
Gifford
C. J. Greef
Chicago
Col. D. Drake
Iowa Industrial School
Herald
J. H. Hadley
L. J. Spurgin
Aldora Odd Fellows
Hardin County
W. J. Moir
Odd Fellows
Mr. Moir
Board of Supervisors
N.S. Carpenter
George Hierding
Chris Wiemer
BK. Moffett
Des Moines
Town Press Association
Arthur Buishine
Mien
Ray Lewis
Seymour Hardy
Herald Office
Hortense Reynolds
C.F. Hall
Henry Ord
W. A. Sentman
Steamboat Rock
C. H. Elzig
H. W. Emeny
Patt Mossman
New Zealand
Australia
Carl DeBaggio
William Satchell
J. Cameron
Hardin County Bar Association
F. J. McGreevy
R. R. Bateson
Ida Modlin
Carroll Drake
Texas
New Mexico
New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Thomas James
Dale Rierson
Belle Plaine
Eugene Reisetter
Clarion
Rierson
Reisetter
Francis Mason
A. I. Conklin
Lorna
Ohio
Andy Whitney
Conklin Place
Mason
Clarence Teig
Lewis Bjerkestrand
Martin Olson
Near Town Lake
Vernon Larson
Joan Swires
Olson
Larson
Swires
Cecil Swires
Iowa Falls
University Hospital
Iowa City
Ladies Aid Society of the Federated Church
Jewell
Harley Kuhfus
J. C. Mossman Farm
Fred Kuhfus
Sherman
Alfred Simpson
Mossman Place
Duane Larson
Don Winterfield Place
Simpsons
Winterfield
L. C. Reisetter
Hendrick Anderson
Sam Varland
A. B. Narland Weer
Ladies Aid Society of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
James Ryan
Security State Bank
Hines Veterans’ Hospital
Veterans’ Hospital
Meeting of United Service Women Attended by County Historian
Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, county historian, attended a Mason City meeting of the United Service Women on Tuesday. A 1 o'clock luncheon was hosted by Mrs. ena Lilly, president of the third district, with state president and officers present along with unit chairmen and representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Johnson
United Service Women
Mason City
Ena Lilly
Third District
Lilly
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. GC. Wells
Wendell Phillips
Phillips
China
H. L. Huff
Paul Tupper Wilkes
London
New York
Voers
Robert Frederick
Grundy County
Silk
Emmet
Kidora
Wellsburg
Herald Ledger
Hardin County Veterans
Radcliffe and Vicinity
Charles Cramer
Claude Drake
Chicao
Cramer
H. A. Drake
Claude
Fort Dodge
O. A. Coffman
Wayne
Carl Bales
Gerald Bales
Joan of Hubbard
M. R. Ferguson
Leo Hanson
Navy
Han Hanson
Leo
Richard
Ernest Houck
Hubert Hanson
Arnie Thompson
Blairsburg
Ole Valland
Orlan
Grace Wierson
Willie Wierson
Grave
Maxine
Janet
Wallace
Robert Elwick
Bert Cleveland
Erma Mae Hinderaker
Oli Reisetter
Orlan Valland
Leroy Bossard
Maryland
Wilson
Wm. Schuneman
Donny
Erwin Gast
Bill
Walter Raska
Wayne Varnum
Eldora Hospital
Emil Wierson
Kernel Osmundson
Ed Amundson
Albert Amundson
Wierson
Grundy Center
Wayne Rierson
Barbara Jean
Donald Grooters
Noah Reece
Ernie Weatherman
Alden
Reece
Warren Mossman
D.V.V
N. M., Johnson
B. Mason
John Erbes
Martyn Mossman
B. C. Barstad
Boone
Barstad
Iver I. Larson
Radcliffe Needle Circle
Hardin County Savings Bank
W. _K. Bramwell
Chi
Howard Caffee
D. Dana Bramwell
Willis K. Bramwell
Eastman Nouckolls
T. L. Greenleaf
Frank Jackson
Asat
James Nuckolls
Tom W. Jones
Keith Strother
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