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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1955
Page
1
The American Farm Bureau urges exempting non highway used gasoline from the federal tax as Congress prepares debates tied to highway bills. AFBF president Charles B. Shuman cites state exemptions and argues the change corrects a discriminatory tax, aiding agriculture amid price declines.
A compilation of local notes from 1880 records A. L. Rickard becomes Hardin City postmaster C C Hiller resigns Dr Kallmerten builds in Cottage J G Moorman plans a new Tipton branch store Masitille and Waterloo Des Moines railroad project Iowa Falls votes waterworks but rejects bonding Minnie Wild elected assistant principal Winchester hotel seeks lease plans gasoline lamps light town F A Haas from Alvin Texas visits sister Mrs Gethman Ernest Johnson to Cedar Rapids business college J W Ackley dies at Canton IL noted early Hardin County figure Park Dam company gains franchise Union mourns loss of Hon Q O B Chapin about 45 automobiles at fair J F Hardin speaks on Holy Land visit at Congregational church Local election Steamboat Rock votes consolidation opposed Alonzo Meeks dies from wagon accident Mason hotel moved to Rogers farm Water Layer post wins Legion service award Radcliffe auto shop planned White’s Institute to move north of Lawn Hill Four H club selects Frances Gast of Steamboat Rock for state exhibit Ralph Eller Hubbard wins Farm Bureau events Stauffer and Van Avery close out business Eldora Ideal Laundry moves to new building Carnation dairy driver Jerry Harless earns four year safe driving award
A reader reflects on Carlyle’s view that religion is the core fact of a person or nation. He then suggests a Sunday pastime: ride in a family car with no destination, avoiding highways, to observe overlooked countryside and small towns Kilgore promotes a reflective, meditative outing.
If you plan to spend your vacation at home there’s no need for early rising or driving. The holiday passes unhurriedly, like a plodding horse, with time to drink in the quiet and peacefulness when there is no schedule. It may seem lazy to let the day run out, but for rest it’s the best approach, writes Byron Hess of Sioux Center.
The Wallace’s Farmer survey shows rural shoppers vary by day with Friday at 18 percent visiting town, Wednesday and Saturday at 2 percent, and Monday Tuesday and Thursday at 1 percent. The piece notes shifts in Friday versus Saturday night store hours and suggests Saturday shopping has declined.
Rural readers are urged to avoid always bidding the lowest price. The essay by Dale Kramer, now in Sigourney Town, describes how teenage gangs in cities threaten rural youth, urging readers to recognize real dangers and seek balanced solutions. The book Violent Streets is praised as eye opening and timely for Iowa communities.
A reflective sketch recalling autumn drives off main highways around Eldora LeGrand and nearby spots. The narrator notes antique collections at Burnese Bean Irecalves and crinoids from LeGrand quarry, a watermelon's flaw, and a long subscription record by John A Luiken of Steamboat Rock.
Health experts declare pain strikes the body at its weakest point yet, urging a view that headaches may be less a personal nuisance and more a signal of underlying vulnerability amid broader reflections on public life.
A Reinbeck Courier line notes socialism's flaw as running out of rich people to tax and turning to ordinary citizens. It recalls a Mason City Globe Gazette rule that publicity is what insiders seek to publish while real news is what they attempt to keep out of print.
The Waverly Democrat notes Salt Lake City widened downtown streets to 132 feet with eight lanes and side angle parking yet still faces congestion. Former traffic engineer S S Taylor says wide roads slow crosswalks and traffic, as pedestrians take 23 seconds to cross and drivers back out into trailing lanes. Widening draws cars from other highways, so the remedy is not universal.
Francis A. Kutish of Iowa State College notes slower sales of stackers and feeders than last year as west conditions run near 1951 highs. Ranchers seek higher gains while price talk for fall lags, feeder prices hold near a year ago, and fat cattle remain weak amid ample feed supply across Colorado and Texas sorghum and a bumper barley crop.
The piece notes a drouth reducing western Corn Belt corn yields while eastern Belt farmers expect good harvests. Ku Kutish emphasizes cattle feeding dynamics, urging precise fall budgeting by comparing feed costs and potential gains, warning against expecting higher fat cattle prices next year.
The quote explains that buyers must first decide required profit to cover efforts, then estimate affordable feeder cattle price. Only after this calculation should bidding commence, according to Kutish.
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