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Eldora Herald Ledger in Eldora, Iowa

27 Jun 1972

Page 8

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Eldora Herald Ledger

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Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

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Jun 27, 1972

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8

First Union Township Postmasters and Mail Routes History

Thomas N. Hauser served as Union township's first postmaster in 1855 from his home south of Hauser Cemetery. The narrative lists postmasters, early mail transport methods, the 1900 rural delivery trials, routes in Union, and carriers such as Errol Herron and Charles Schryver, with final note that Harold Williams was postmaster.

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Thomas N. Hauser Union Township Hauser Cemetery Hauser Jennie Abraham Lincoln Daniel Dillon Marietta Eldora H. G. Ward Squire Lockwood Union Farwell Barnes Barnes J. O. Adams ISS Sorensen Hardin County Bangor Star A. D. Wood D. A. Valentine Errol Herron Herb Carson Hubbard Herron Charles Schryver George Sorensen Schryver Jim Kaisand Harold Williams Union Post Office
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Telephone Lines Bring Union Into the Modern Age

The article traces early telephone arrival in Union from 1869 along the Central Railroad to Marshalltown, notes 1881 line by Iowa and Minnesota Telephone Company, and details a 1890 DIY setup between Milton V. Sayre and J. B. Castor. It covers franchise grants, expansions to Union Mills, switchboards, and 1900s interconnections with Hardin County, Northwest lines, and Bell telephone talks.

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Union Central Marshalltown Iowa and Minnesota Telephone Company Milton V. Sayre J. B. Castor Union Mutual Telephone Company Union Mills Benson Mill H. C. Chapin Citizens Bank Hardin County Telephone and Telegraph System Union Mutual Company Northwest Telephone Company Eldora Corfe Brothers Drug Store H. L. Cartwright Bell Telephone Company
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T.n.hauser Union Two Preston Hinderks Ralph Hilsabeck L. L. Bates Edwin Biersborn Harold Vaux Bates H-I Dave Dave Gunderson George Hammer Solar Union, Iowa
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