Liming Industry Provides Employment in Hardin
Limestone deposits in Hardin county support Eldora Union and Alden townships with large scale quarrying and crushing for road and agricultural use. WPA labor under county engineer and soil erosion service crews store and apply thousands of tons, with 75 farms already receiving limestone at 55 to 110 cents per ton. Iowa Limestone Co. quarry at Alden produces finely ground limestone flour for livestock feed and land.
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Des Moines Sunday Register
Hardin County
Eldora
Union
Alden
WPA
Union Township
Gifford
Pearce
Vigars
Eldova Township
Soil Erosion Service
Eldora CCC
Iowa Limestone Co
Ackley marshal joins Union army march to the sea hero
George W. Dart, longtime Ackley marshal, served in the Thirteenth Iowa Regiment from Clinton county and joined General Sherman’s Army. He accompanied the march to the sea and helped raise the Stars and Stripes over Columbia's state capitol dome, earning lasting military fame noted in army records. The Army of the Tennessee honors his daring deed.
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Hardin County
Sherman
George W. Dart
Ackley
Clinton County
Columbia
Army of the Tennessee
Hardin pione ers note Indian incidents and county history
Hardin County's sparse Indian depredations are recounted, noting frightened women during visits and a neighbor warning of smallpox. The piece then outlines Hardin County Agricultural Society origins in 1856 led by George Mossman, the first fair in Eldora, and early Friends church activities in Iowa Falls New Providence and Hubbard with listed founders and ministers.
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Hardin County
Agricultural Society
Hardin County Agricultural Society
George Mossman
Pleasant Township
Eldora
A. M. Mulford
Providence
J. E. Simonds
L. W. Southard
Steamboat Rock
The
Friends Society
Iowa Falls
Friends Church
Rockingham
Benjamin I. Talbott
Rockaylvania
Lindley M. Hoag
B. I. Talbott
Edwin Ferris
Henry Macy
John Airy
James Adamson
Nathan Townsend
Moses Roberts
New Providence
Honey Creek
E. C. Jessup
Mary A. Jessup
John
Edna Andrews
William F
Mary. D. Andrews
Eleazer
Catherine Andrews
William E
Mary E. Andrews
Samuel
Mary Dillon
Nathan
Margaret J. McConnell
Albert
Elizabeth McConnell
Stephen Wilson
David
Sarah Ann Hunt
Stephen
Rachel Southwick
Peter
Miriam C. Bedell
Rachel Bedell
G. C. Bedell
John Baldwin
David Hunt
Eli Jessup
Mary B. Andrews
John §. Bond
Elias Jessup
Seneca Wildman
New Providence Friends
Hubbard Friends Church
B. G. Newell
Salem
S . Hammer
J. T. Marshall
Z. T. Martin
Irvin Millis
Pliny Fry
T. J.trout
Horecka
Glen Horecka
Hubbard
Bob Randall
Waterloo
Laverne Clay
Conrad
Schraefel Sisters
Edwin
Harry Matthews
North Carolina
William Shoemaker
Margie Leckbee
Cedar Falls
Ernest Crosser
Chester
Robert Klatt
Jean Grantow
Alden
George Bunnell
Toledo
Cloyd Cannon
Wallie Ridout
Junior Kurykendall
Charlie Ferguson
Robert Connor
Jerry Noble
Crowded Buckner family visits and local gatherings
Buckner residents share a busy week with visits to Alden and Eldora relatives. The Walters and Daleske family host dinner in Eldora while Lepley, North, Holcomb and Hall families hold Sunday meals. Thelma Huehn from Seattle spends the summer with her Huehn parents Gus and Thelma. Clayton Baker and children Louise and John join in.
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Wilbur Baker
Leo Priske
Hubert Holcomb
Russell Finster
Sadie Kirkdoffer
Ivester
Wilbur Hudson
Fred Fuller
Janice
Near Town Falls
Ruth Saint
Eldora
Frank Balvant
Raymond Hauser
Vernon
Leonard Pierce
Near Ivester
Belle Plaine
Dale North
Larry
Walter Swearinger
Marshalltown
Verena Huehn
Nevada
Gus Huehn
Don Mathews
Hardin City
Raymond Bucklew
Radcliffe
Des Moines
Buck
Hinis
Wallace Norris
Marjorie
Hubbard
Guy Norris
Lewis Maroni
Herbert Maroni
Henry Frerichs
Wm. Rose
Steamboat Rock Epepk
William Schuneman
Martin Balvant
Ernest
Louis
Henry Aswegen
Alden
Charlie Walters
Albert Daleske
Everet Lepley
Henry North
Charlie North
Iowa Falls
Mis
Charlie Hall
Thelma Huehn
Seattle
Wash
Clayton Baker
Louise
John
For Sale and Rent Ad from Schaa Produce Co and Lewis and Stebe
For sale semi solid buttermilk in bulk. Bring your own containers. Schaa Produce Co. Also available for rent a store room and upstairs apartment from Lewis and Stebe. Public notice date 27.
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Schaa Produce Co
Lewis and
Stebe
21 Cows In J N Martin Herd Made Ten Butterfat Records
The South Hardin Cow Testing Association report notes 21 cows in J N Martin's New Providence herd set ten butterfat records. Pogis 99th's Ace Victoria, born September 1 1923, produced 7104 pounds butterfat in lifetime and 8880 pounds butterfat total butter.
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South Hardin
Iowa
Pogis
J. N. Martin
New Providence
Iowa State College
Pegis 99Th
Pogis 99Th
Ace Victoria
Fourth of July Celebration Highlights and Junior Baseball Results
The address defended free speech for preserving the nation and praised American Legion efforts, including junior baseball tied to the celebration and Boys' State. Three five inning games saw Alden beat Eldora 4 3 Union over Hubbard 7 4, Eldora Merchants defeating Union 5 1 with Schwebke strong for Eldora and Spurlin scoring on a walk and triple.
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Sieverding
American Legion
the Legion
Legion
Alden
Eldora
Union
Hubbard
Eldora Merchants
Merchants
Schwebke
Spurlin
Kramer
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Hardin
Cee
Shia On
Thin
Jimmy
Claudette
Ecko
Olbert Stewart
Frances Kibbee - Pendleton
Cae
Oomeestil
Winkler
CIAL
Ana
Algee
Tull & Probasco
J. W. McBride
Hardin Co
F. K. Schmidt
Ne High School
Gifford Ladies
Eldora Epworth League
Eldora Boy Scouts
Lake al Pine Lake
L. F. Reed
State Ark
Hogsback
Ethel Mune Nelson
Gedar Falls
Thelma Hanson
D. M. Nyquist
Eldora Hospital
Buckner
Farmers Market Sale
Eldora, Iowa
J. H. Kramer & Sons
J. H. Kramer 1& Son
North Side Square
Men’s Union
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