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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1952
Page
1
The Post Office expanded bulk mail hauling from rail to highway with 285 T routes by June and plans for 200 more, pushing truck-mail income toward 10 million dollars. Director Leslie C. Boles aims to speed service, cut costs, and replace pony express era rail reliance with trucking power.
Yesterday lightning struck a house near the Central depot injuring several occupants including Mrs. Jess. Other items cover a grand sarcophagus plan for Mr. Copp’s grave, a successful water strike by E. S. Burnham, storm damage to barns and windmills, local building contracts, a baseball result, and legislative and civic notes, with 1917 and 1937 retrospective items and local events such as a golf and archery interest.
Evelyn Corrie Birkby writes from Shenandoah Sentinel sharing a quirky field note about chasing undersized cattails in roadside ditches for winter bouquets. The piece contrasts rural family life with a reflective scene of a child filled yard, irises, hollyhocks, and an Indian tepee in the center, ending with a call against anonymous writing.
WN Mrs. Floyd Beasley hosts and visits, with Herb Ziebell and Jessie Balcom related arrivals. Several residents travel to Des Moines Ames Eldora and Jersey City for family, care, and social calls. Attendees include Deedrick, Stevenson, Clatterbuck, Blair, Balcom, and Cross families amid a Cash Award Day event in Eldora.
Jerry Freeman from Mason City visited his grandmother Mrs Emma Freeman and relatives in Eldora and Moline. Eldora hosts included Crosser and Platts families with Montanan guests, plus visits from Hansen Pryor Jack son and Rogers households. Katherine Grulch of Eldora also stayed with grandparents the past week.
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