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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1950
Page
5
The county home houses about 100 hogs annually, 125 hens, and 6 to 7 milk cows. Dr. W. H. Van Tiger of Eldora serves as the institution’s physician. Per capita inmate cost rose from 15.72 dollars per month in 1947 to 63 dollars in 1948 due to drainage improvements. 1949 figures are not yet available.
Lawrence Kness and Ruth Wickham, both of Iowa Falls, obtained marriage licenses.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lyon were held with burial in Eldora cemetery. She is survived by her husband Kenneth I Lyon, two daughters Rosemary Ky Lyon and Elizabeth Fulen, and her parents and two brothers, plus several in-laws and extended relatives across Iowa and neighboring states.
Union hosts open house honoring Mr and Mrs Arthur Reece on Sunday June 29 from 2 to 5 pm in the Community church social room. The Reeces married 50 years ago and have lived in Union for about 47 years in Yadkinville North Carolina.
The county repairs road stretches south of Iowa Falls using earth and rock excavated by Highway Lumber Company in preparation for building operations.
The Blackwood Brothers quartet has been scheduled for a program in the school gymnasium at Hubbard on Tuesday February 28.
Local notes record travel plans of Mr and Mrs Bud Svendsen visiting Illinois Missouri and Nebraska with stops in Kentucky Oklahoma and Iowa. Community events include a rural women meeting, a polio drive donation, a Child Study club, a Hamlet play outing, illness notes, and visits among neighbors in Eldora Iowa Falls and New Providence.
Samuel Kinsey Weaver died at his Whitefish Montana home on January 10 1950 Born August 24 1877 in Sidera he lived in Eldora Superior Campbell County Wyoming Oregon and finally Whitefish He was survived by his wife three sons three daughters a son-in-law a sister two grandchildren and two great grandchildren Also notes a letter of thanks from President Truman and a car fire incident involving Louie Otto near Manning
Congressman H R Gross reports letters from Iowa farmers laborers and workers criticizing President Truman s State of the Union address citing the $1 40 average hourly wage claim and questioning farm price supports and labor calculations with local examples from Howard and surrounding counties.
Richard H. Roger, 23, of Liscomb pleaded guilty to issuing a false check before Fred Marshall at Union and serves seven days in county jail after declining a $25 fine. George R. Jackson near Union was fined $25 plus costs in a fraudulent check case in front of C. W. Haase.
Several Eldora firemen plan to attend a county meeting at Ackley Thursday evening where dry chemical extinguishers will be demonstrated.
The record charges that Truman misrepresented budget figures and failed to offer economy, citing the 1949 Agricultural Act changes and Democratic Senate leader Scott Lucas as responsible for opposing mandatory egg price supports. It claims the 1950 budget totals reach 50.8 billion dollars with 38 billion revenue, predicting a near 10 billion deficit for 1950 and a ongoing six billion annual shortfall plus interest, noting no plan to implement Hoover Commission reforms.
A sharp critique on government waste and extravagance, arguing that persistent silence signals continued insane domestic and overseas spending likely leading to national bankruptcy. The piece frames fiscal folly as a looming crisis and calls for scrutiny of continuous, unchecked expenditures.
Bedford Times Press visitors last week viewed a three-pound Boriderosa lemon brought from Florida by John Von Oesen. The single fruit was estimated sufficient for 12 lemon pies.
A sequence of property deeds lists transfers by W. D. Peet and others to Arthur Gunderson, Luany Hamilton et al to Neck Bailey, Leonard Exec to Kermit Spilde, Earl Wickham to Dewey Wickham, Sophie Ulfers to Henry Saathoff, H W Frey to Irvin Hartrum, and Meryle Hellwig Celal to Teresa Davidson. Transactions cover parcels in Eldora Lawn Falls Estes Place and nearby blocks with dates from 1949 to 1950 and partial lot and block identifiers.
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