Eldora Memorial Hospital Expansion Fund Seen Vital
Ten years of service have built a strong hospital in Eldora with growing patient demand. A $10,000 gift from former resident Atty BE Burling plus a $15,000 local underwrite will fund a two story five room solarium addition increasing capacity by 25 percent. Citizens urged to donate via Hardin County Savings Bank to complete the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Eldora
Atty
BE. B. Burling
Eldoran
Hardin County
Hardin County Savings Bank
Do You Like Birds A Chronicle Reader Advice
A Pelle’s Chronicle note shares a reader tip for feeding birds during deep snow. It describes setting a simple feeding station near a kitchen window with bread scraps and fruit peels, noting birds’ growing visitations and quarrels. The piece suggests others try the idea in dooryards or hedgerows, even farmers for coveys of quail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelle
Pigs and People Report on Government Pig Survey
The Iowa Falls Citizen notes that farmers plan 10 percent more spring pigs this year than last, yet the pig crop lags behind population growth. From about 75 million people in 1929 to 160 million in 1949, spring pig output rises to only about 65 million head, signaling slower pork production growth than population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Law books to be pruned with sunset dates proposed
The Washington Journal and Express argue for examining and pruning law books before pauses. The Express backs stronger action, proposing expiration dates on all laws with automatic extensions if still good. Bad or unworkable laws would die, preventing clutter and forcing defenders of poor laws to show fortitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Knoxville
Alden votes for incorporation by large margin
Yesterday Alden backed incorporation by a large majority in a vote held last week. C B Kincade has filed a suit against Hardin County for $10,000 in damages for injuries from a fall at the Eldore courthouse, per the Ack Jones Republic Enterprise.
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Alden
C. B. Kincade
Hardin County
Eldore
Ack Jones Reypolda Bes
SS Enterprise
Hiatt
Sixty and Forty Years Ago in Eldora Timeline Snapshots
Historic diary entries recount six decades of local change in Eldora with Allen Meader buying a two story brick building, Pattee, Strother shifting to a Hubbard lumber yard, and Slippery Elm’s brisk stock and ice shipments. Nearby notes capture weather extremes, postal shifts, fire repairs, road work, and civic events across 1950s to earlier decades.
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Allen Meader
George Pattee
R. I. Strother
New York
Hubbard
Shopping in the City with One Boy and Quiet Day
Mrs Katherine Piper recalls a quiet shopping trip with one boy, enduring dull fashion sizes and a crow call joke from lunching men. She notes high prices for suits, a wardrobe snub, and a basement elevator exit before buying a salt at Eldora’s Modern Fashion Shop. The piece also mentions a swing show, a lighthearted theater mood, and anniversary movies.
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Bishop’s
Eldora’s
Modern Fashion Shop
Beardsley surplus plan passes House amid tax debates
The Iowa House approved a $40 million rainy day cushion to bolster the general fund, blocking full bonus payments from surplus. Debate on the Zastrow income tax credit looms as a Senate first debate approaches, with divisions over exemptions and rates.
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William S. Beardsley
House
M. F. Hicklin
Wapella
Senate
Zastrow
Ralph Zastrow
Charles City
The Marengo Experiment Isotopes Talk in Marengo Iowa
The fifth in a series of Layman Learns from Doctor Glockler talks presented to adult evening school students in Marengo Iowa. Professor Glockler heads the State University of Iowa Chemistry and Chemical Engineering departments. The topic is the discovery and nature of isotopes.
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Doctor Glockler
Marengo
Iowa
Glockler
State University of Iowa
Radium and Radioactivity Discoveries in Early Science
A historical overview explains radium as a heavy element 226 times the mass of hydrogen. It notes dangers to scientists, the emission of alpha beta gamma radiation, and how bombardment of nuclei with protons or neutrons can induce disintegration and create new substances such as uranium and neptunium.
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Einsten
Farm Bureau Membership Tops 1,464 in Hardin County
Hardin County Farm Bureau membership for 1949 reached 1,464, with a year quota of 1,644. County fieldman Noel Campbell notes progress despite poor weather, comparing to 1,250 members signed by Jan 31, 1948. Ellis township first to hit quota, top township Harden with 163 members, Eldora 142, Alden 118, Ellis 110. statewide quota is 135,000 with Buena Vista and Keokuk counties already over goal.
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Farm Bureau
Hardin County
Noel Campbell
Campbell
Ellis Township
Russell Roberts
Iowa Falls
Sherman
Alden
Clay
Grant
Pleasant
Etna
Union
Hardin
Eldora Township
Alden Township
Buena Vista
Keokuk
Gifford Women vote funds support local programs
The February meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Mrs. E. F. Steelman’s home drew twenty two attendees. They approved giving twenty two dollars to the Wesley Foundation and twenty dollars to the World Service Program. New officers elected include President Olaf Gunderson, Vice President Gene Steelman, and Secretary-Treasurer Blanche Cox. Numerous committees were named and furniture for the Sunday School room was to be secured. Lunch followed.
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Womens Society of Christian Service
E. F. Steelman
Steelman
Wesley Foundation
World Service Program
Olaf Gunderson
Gene Steelman
Blanche Cox
Evert Lepley
Sam Lepley
Conrad
Tom Lynch
Glenn Fagen
Rochester
Minnesota
Gunderson
Sam Myers
Lyle Callaway
Ray Callaway
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Estherville Daily News
Woodward
Devo
Frazier
Porter
William Beecroft
Greene
Dan
Steve Moser
Once City
N. D
W. S. Porter
Harris
Alexander & Haggin
Coal Bank Hill
Henry Shafer
Henry
Equality Temple No. 62
Royal Temple No. 108
Rathbone Sisters
J. F. Hardin
Des Moines
State Sunday School Association
Electric Light Company
J. R. Maher
Uncle Sam
472Nd Engineers
Lauren Ford
Eldoran High School
Glendale
Calif
Katherine Bolibaugh
Burt
Hardin and
Grundy Counties
H. Bogardus
W. H. Hubbard
Ivester Church of the Brethren
Ames
County American Legion
Elk Run
H. J. Chandler
Pine Lake
Mrs. Katherine Piper
Paul
Mie
Patty VanPatter
Harrison Wolcott
Adulie
State Capitol Newsletter
Iowa Press Association
Ernest L. Humbert
Corning
A. C. Hangon
Inwood
Humbert
Statehouse
House Liquor Committee
Fram Bureau
D. A. Donohue
Tipton
Agriculture Committee
Skelly
Barnes
Kewanee
Caswell
Miss Blanche Cox
Co. S
Wayne Kinney
Florence Rainsbarger
D. F. Chestnut
Nina McFarland
Lake Park
Olive Wilson
Chas Barnes
A. Pippen
Harley
Jody
Marion Moon
Radcliffe
Moon
J. Sheldon
Gordon Hammer
San Antonio
Texas
Verlin Hammer
John Tomb
Barbara
Oxford Junction
Tomb
Mrs.Clark
Edward J. Wiesner
Harmon van Tiger
James Nuckelie
Howard Calfee
Willis K. Bramwell
Robert Brown
Keith Strother
Clark D. Bramwell
D. Dane Bramwell
W. K. Bramwell
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