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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
4
Rates for Hardin County and nearby areas listed by the newspaper. Outside Hardin and adjoining counties pricing details imply regional circulation scope and membership notes.
A Hardin County March of Dimes campaign opened last Saturday and will run to January 30. Local funds stay to aid polio victims here while half go to the National Foundation for research and care. The notice urges generous contributions to support treatment, care, and polio research, noting polio can strike anywhere and more funding is needed to keep progress going.
Editors from Grundy Register North English Record Harlan Tribune and Kanawha Reporter report a near stable outlook for building costs into the new year with lumber and material prices seen slipping slightly while labor remains flat or eases as unemployment rises. They caution against sudden price drops and urge gradual movement toward normalcy.
The Pravda editorial by V. Cheprukov says American workers suffer and claims Chicago meat trade shifts to horse meat. It argues American statistics are used to prove any point while hammering the idea that life is unbearable in the United States, per The Des Moines Register report.
The Grundy Register notes the Iowa legislature in session must settle unfinished business including the soldier bonus. Immediate action is urged to decide funding from cash surplus, potentially avoiding the 1.96 mill property tax. County treasurers await the decision before issuing tax receipts as cash demands rise.
Seventy years ago the board of supervisors adopted resolutions directing the auditor to collect from several bridge companies a grant or guaranty for constructing an iron bridge across the Iowa River at Hardin City. The move outlines funding and oversight steps for the project.
A compilation of local items spans 140 feet long and 16 feet wide, noting public works, appointments, and industry moves in Hardin City and Tipton township. It recounts 50 to 10 years ago events, including a fatal restaurant shooting, pastor calls, obituaries, and community shifts across Eldora, Iowa Falls, Radcliffe, New Providence, and nearby towns.
A narrator recalls replacing the rug and fixer needs while lamenting loose nails and worn drapes. She fantasizes a handy man, notes chairs in the attic, and muses on the old items dumped over years. A birthday letter to her son recalls shared cake moments and growth.
Anna Reet introduces The Marengo Experiment in Marengo Iowa, presenting Dr Glockler’s layman talks for adult students. The session covers matter extension and weight, elements and compounds, chemical symbols, and the Law of Definite Proportions with examples like carbon and oxygen forming carbon dioxide.
Hubbard and vicinity host several postnuptial and themed showers with gifts and games. Out of town guests attended, plus card parties in the I O O F hall. Local meetings, illnesses, and visits populate the weekly social calendar with numerous family and neighborly acknowledgments.
The text explains that mass remains constant in chemical and physical changes, whether coal burning forms carbon dioxide or is split back into carbon and oxygen. It notes the law’s historical acceptance and hints at Einstein’s theory as the key to atomic energy, with Dr Glockler to explain next week.
State lawmakers return after a long weekend and load the hopper with more than 100 bills. Proposals span road funding, flood control, state building codes, a World War II bonus from surplus, tax relief measures, divorce changes, sales tax tweaks, a state personnel office, and lowering the voting age to 18 amid Beardsley administration aims.
The Iowa legislature weighs paying a state surplus bonus while opposing property tax shifts, debating constitutionality and funding. Retiring Gov Blue and Gov Beardsley urge caution. Lawmakers discuss higher pay for legislators, with a $2,000 salary goal and annual sessions under consideration.
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