Early Week County Seat Newspaper Subscription Rates
Subscriptions listed for Hardin and adjoining counties and states. Special club offer promotes Herald County Index within the trade area. Advertisements credit George R. as publisher and note Max Van Derveer as editor with office staff named. rates shown for ledger and hardin subscriptions, and higher rates for extended areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yar Hardin
Herald County Index
Hai
Iowa
Iowa Press
No Great Change In Extension Program in Hardin County
Hardin County expects no major change to its Extension Program under the proposed Farm Bureau law. A county council will replace the local Farm Bureau as sponsor, with members elected from townships and at large. Local funding will come from county taxes, about 12 400 this year, plus 13 600 in federal funds administered by Iowa State College.
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Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Board
Extension Council
Hardin County
Iowa State College
Hardin County Farm Bureau
Eldora Post Office
Eldora Firms Highlight Local Business Growth in 1890s
Century old Eldora scene notes Spencer Silver Mining Co grows as a leading corporation with 2 million capital. President C Gilman and secretary W H Pollard head state pension funds aid church school projects, while town merchants O Nea and Smith open ventures. Local clubs, postmaster changes, school planning, and March of Dimes fundraising mark period.
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Spencer Silver Mining Co
Eldora
C. Gilman
W. H. Pollard
R. A. McBride
Reform School
William P. Clark
New Providence Academy
Frank Smith
Miller’s
North
Washington Street
West Side
Thomas O'Neal
Eldora Community Club elects Jones as secretary
A 40 member delegation traveled to Iowa Falls by C I D train to hear Sousa band and view a new opera house. Community club directors elected Guy W. Jones deputy county treasurer as secretary. Rotary club formation urged and Eldora committee to pursue a post office building. Several local residents visited, hosted dinners, and a Sunday funeral was noted alongside a farm move and personnel changes.
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Iowa Falls
Sousa
New Opera House
L. H. Hall
New Providence
C. W. Greene
S. M. Hadley
Guy W. Jones
Eldora Community Club
Elra
Nina Hushew Shhaumburg
Berkeley
Calif
T. ©. Mossman
Merrill Clark
Harley Bahr
Marshalltown
H. E. Dreier
Town
Wm. Dreier
F. C. Dreier
Paul Sla
Hubbard
B. L. Clark
Caging
Robert Quick
Eldora
Otto Bahr Weer
A’glock
Jand
Wm. Kulow Fh Hubbard
Jacquelin Wood
Vicki
Kathy Marshall
Waterloo
Dean
Myles Miller
Merlin
Clarence Gibbon
Dale
Maynard Cobb
Carroll and Merrill
Rol
Southeset
Blue roses and color conflicts in garden musings
A reader laments blue roses and other colored flowers, arguing roses should be red and questioning blue marigolds and yellow petunias. The note mentions memory triggers and a preference for old garden varieties despite new, supposedly better cultivars.
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Somcore
Spring Musings and Local News From Monticello Express
A Monticello Express column reflects on spring flowers and personal notes, plus local items including a sheriff’s lecture for improper conduct, Sen Putney’s traffic summons, and Iowa pond fish surviving winter. The piece blends light seasonal reflections with brief local notices and a zoologist’s take on fish in Iowa waterways.
Clipped Comment From Other Editors
A reader voices opposition to a proposed 3 percent sales tax and a 2 percent services tax in Iowa, urging instead income tax expansion to fund roads schools and services. The letter highlights border county hardship, argues for fairer revenue, and cites general state economy. Also notes residents’ visits and local social events in Eldora and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa House
State Senate
Northwood
Respect Judgment Of These Men In Immunity Case
Three Iowa legislators have enjoyed "immunity" since the current session began. Marshall County Attorney Charles King sums up the issue by saying immunity from arrest is not immunity from a crime. In January Rep Albert R. Cormick of New London spent about 20 minutes in Des Moines city...
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Iowa
Marshall County
Charles King
Albert R. Cormick
New London
Des Moines
Editor Debates Iowa Liquor Problem and Costs
Denison Bulletin argues about liquor revenue and state costs in Iowa. It estimates 1954 payrolls for the liquor commission at about 3.06 million dollars, with nearly a thousand workers affected. The piece questions liquor by the drink and notes potential tax consequences and job shifts while urging support for the Youth Building Fund.
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State of
Iowa
Liquor Commission
Hoegh
Ma- Yor Commission
Denison Bulletin
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Eldora Herald - Ledger
George R
Mgr
Max van Derveer
Katharine Piper
Linotypes
Dale Peshia
Emmet Fahnle
Paul Mason
Staal
Facket
McMillen Society
Grace Protheroe
Marcella Parker
Jim Ruby
Gene Peshin
Ledger
Hardin
M. C. Crittenden
Humboldt County
Second Brigade
John Trevarthen
Whitten
Hadley & Stauffer
Stauffer
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Carroll Rubew
P. &. Hobson
D. W. Peisen
H. W. Storiebrook
Elvin J. Ryan
Study Club
Progressive Club
Laverns
Raymond
Bud) Smith
Pine Lake Saddle Club
Dunn's
Super Valu
National Foundation For
Point Pleasant
Mes
Dean Eggleston
Gerald Brown
Third Avenue
Bidora
Ivan McCusker
Wesley Emmert
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Carl Willig
Farm Bureau Automobile Insurance Agency
Paul Wiechmann
Beecher Crosley
Grandmother's
Albert Barnhart
Cormick
Hep
van Liste
Clarinda
Lisle
A S Sherift
Lawrence Putney
Gladbrook
Monticello Express
Ken Carlander
Marlene McMillen
Elmer Bunte
Otto Bahr
Louis Ziesman
Arnold Ziesman
Harald Cable
Leroy
Wayne Eggleston
David
Melvin Nehring
Clair Clingerman
Betty
Karen
Mest
The
Shell Oil Company
Vilmont Furniture
Amana
Jkemeler Hardware
Prooone
Sarasota Terrace
Florida
West Coast
Lide Beach
Bobby Jones
Cerrare
Sarasota
Serasote
Ringling Brothers
P.O
Pla
Laldora Aerald-Ledger Thedday
Sabisbury Spring
Minneapolis
NG Te Aa
Andrle & Creps Furniture
Phillips 66
Phillips Petroleum Company
U. S
Furre-Fuer
Eldora Ll Company
Inger
Ord
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