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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
6
A near 3000 attendance marked Steamboat Rock Wednesday night as 734 cars were counted in town. The Eldora German Band performed as a feature act, drawing a large regional crowd and record local turnout.
Mrs. T. Madole recovers from illness and rides to Woaterlon to visit her son Gaylord. Local residents attend gatherings, birthdays, school duties, and county fairs. Frequent updates list neighbors, travels to Hubbard, Ames, Cedar Falls, and Northwood, with church activities, reunions, and property purchases noted.
A blaze at the John Pabst farm two miles northwest of Grundy Center Sunday afternoon destroyed a large barn, a granary, corn crib, and other outbuildings. Fifty five tons of hay, 4700 bushels of oil, and 60 bushels of corn were lost. no livestock died. Insurance estimated at about 4000 dollars, with at least 2600 on the burn.
Mr and Mrs Steve Reed of Iowa fully shared a supper at Lloyd Reid home last Friday evening. Mrs Carl Hick and Mrs L A Taylor helped Mrs C Huffman cook for corn shellers last week Thursday. Mr and Mrs Clyde Sheldon visited Frank Sheldon’s home last Sunday. Mike Mossman and son Warrer went to Ded Moines to see Patt who was injured at the state fair and is in a Des Moines hospital. Mrs Susan Jackson spent last Friday with the Charles Jackson home. Ktoxe Reed of Iowa Falla plans to attend Ownex school. Mrs Herman Teske and Mrs
Last week residents visited friends and relatives around the community. Events included a party at the Clarence Dundy home, hosting by Mrs Wayne Parking, and a Sunday gathering at the Akers home. Lonch’s family and Mrs Phelps, visiting from another neighborhood, joined in. The Hardin County Fair opened Monday with many from the area attending daily. Overall mood remains steady with no low mood effects reported.
A jumble of farm work and social calls across Eldora Council Bluffs and nearby towns. Cable crews cut corn for multiple residents including G RR Bakey William Allen and Joe Detreet Wednesday and Thursday while family and neighbors assisted with silo duties and schooling tasks.
Sunday programs include morning worship with a sermon on the way to a new Tyronhol and evening evangelistic service at 8:00 featuring a young choir male chorus a Virginian Lewin solo and mixed quartet. Sunday school at 10:00. Epworth League meets. no midweek service this week. St Pauls Lutheran reports well attended Sunday with guests from nearby churches and notes next Sundays topic and an October loyalty rally day.
The bureau of agricultural engineering advises converting gullies to woodlots for firewood and small timber. They propose terracing the gully, preparing soil beds, planting fir trees in rows four feet apart on roughly level sites, and cultivating by throwing soil toward the trees to control gullying and promote rapid growth.
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