Nature gives reminders on soil conservation in Eldora Iowa
A feature urges urgent soil conservation after Pine Lakes drained reveal 660000 tons of topsoil lost since 1930s surveys. The upper lake shrank 31.8 percent storage and 176 percent area decline, with 45250 to 70000 tons eroded annually from Pine Creek watershed. Deluge after drainage caused $500000 crop damage. Nature warns of national decline if land not protected.
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Nature
Eldora
Pine Lakes
State Conservation Commission
Pine Creek
Iowa
Trade with Soviet Union Now a Mere Trickle
A New York report says trade between Soviet Russia and the United States has shrunk to a mere trickle. The comment appears in the Sioux City Journal collection of editorials compiled from various papers.
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New York
Russia
United States
Sioux City Journal
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Estherville Daily News
King Farouk
Eld
Davenport
Eldora Area News Recap From 1910 Era Items
Yesterday's events note Ackley’s 43 colored residents Ed Gaines selling groceries to Moir and Ripley. The Cleves depot opens northeast of Abbott on BCR&NR, Abbott gains only a passenger platform. Locals plan lumber yard at Providence station after plat survey. Ellsworth college dedicatory services at Iowa Falls upcoming. Co A Clancy runs Hubbard hotel. Union mill rebuilding feasibility discussed. Court street paving urged. M E parsonage near occupancy. Town aids Texas hurricane victims. raised sum. 1910 hospital work at Industrial school by F X White. tunnels eight feet high, sidewalk atop. Newcomer building expands. Ed Nuckolls files land in North Dakota near Lemon. Mrs J F Hardin describes Passion Play at Oberammergau via sterootican views. Congregational church tied. Rev Roy L Smith returns to Eldora as pastor. 35 girls form Girl Scouts troop. W L Kuser captain, Miss Ney lieutenant. Rev C A Burkhart resigns Christian school pastorate. Eldora census pegs population 3 199 not counting Training School. Thomas Henry Stone died during Rotary talk. former parole agent. J Miss Bernice Grigg to be Hardin county home economist. replacing Miss Freda Carpenter. HL B Moser builds brick residence in Pierce Place. Rev Bernard White to assist Ames church. Rev John J Murtagh to replace Rev Dowling at St Mary’s, Dowling moving to New Hampton. Rev C R Garland to lead Eldora Methodist. F O Hillman reassigned Toledo. Archbishop Beckmen of Dubuque administers confirmation for 62 at St Mary’s.
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Ackley
Ed Gaines
M. W Moir
R. F. Ripley
Abbott
Cleves
Baldwin, Ricker & Lindley
Providence Station
F. X. White
Ed Nuckolls
North Dakota
Lemon
J. F. Hardin
Oberammergau
Ae Congregational Church
Roy Leslie Smith
Eldora
W. L. Kuser
Ney
C. A. Burkhart
Christian School
Thomas Henry Stone
Iowa Falls
T. J. Dowling
St. Mary’s Church
Dowling
New Hampton
Popular Spot by Pine Lake in Eldora Memory Lane
Eldora residents recall a pre Pine Lake era recreation area beside the Iowa river in the city park. The hilltop bath house and the boat house once served swimmers and boaters, with Clarence Fry operating the boat house and Hiram Culver running a small steamboat trip upriver. The beach trail and pier remain visible on the park’s east edge near the high bridge.
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Eldora
Pine Lake
Iowa River
Clarence Fry
Hiram Culver
High Bridge
Eldora readers share thoughts on lake draining and life
The page surveys Eldora residents reactions to the Jake drainage and lake refill after a rainy period. People joke about fish, odors, and the quick refilling. locals recall past visits, aging, and community quirks while noting travel, family visits, and local happenings across towns including Iowa Falls, Des Moines, and St. Louis.
Steamboat Man Moves House Near Wellsburg
Steamboat Peter A Eckhoff living 30 miles east of Steamboat Rock moved his home from his farm to Wellsburg last week. He owned land north of Roger Gast in Steamboat Rock and planned to relocate his house. He bought ground in Wellsburg’s southwest and sold his Steamboat Rock lot to Abbe Peters. The Ray Snittjer crew moved the house for the third time, last moving it from Bucks Grove, Iowa. Mr Belhoff and family have lived on the east farm most of their lives, and this will be the first time leaving the old home farm, now run by his son Arend.
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Taylor
Steamboat Rock
B.J. Eilers
Robert Tidman
Iown Falls
George Paddock
St. Louis
John Gast
Fannie Potgeter
C. J. ‘Rowan
Martha Potegeter
University of Cannelicut
New York City
Washington, D. C
H. A. Eekhoff
Des Moines
J. C. Haymaker
Montgomery
Ala
Fred Haymaker
Mercer
Herman
J. C. Gast
Maurice
Roger Gast
Melvin Hoffman
Eldora
Warren &. Starr
Iowa City
Chas
E. Starr
Wellsburg
Warren
Veterans’ Hospital
Buckeye
John Schwans
Dwane Klunder
Emery, S. D
Schwans
Harm Kruse
Mary Olsen
Ames
Albert Kruse
Peter A. Eckhoff
Mr. Eckhoff
Abbe Peters
Ray Snittjer
Bucks Grove
Iowa
Hay Ride by Sophomore Class Members in Ackley
Twenty one members of the sophomore class and sponsor David Hermann enjoyed a hay ride to Ackley Tuesday evening. They had lunch at the shelter house by the dam after returning. Abe H. Jaspers furnished the tractor and hayrack driven by Arald Jaspers. Progress club met at Mrs. Herman Primus in Wellsburg on Thursday Sept 21 and calendar for the year was presented. Attendees included Mrs. Lloyd Simester and others. Next meeting set for Thursday afternoon October at Mrs. Mable Caldwell’s home. Mrs. L. A. Taylor hosted relatives at her home last Wednesday including Mrs. Bessie Hoffman, Mrs. Sam Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene Manson and daughter Irene, Mrs. Vail Hess, and Mrs. Ray.
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David Hermann
Ackley
Abe H. Jaspers
Arald Jaspers
Progress Club
Herman Primus
Wellsburg
Lloyd Simester
Paul Tempel
Russell Karstens
Fern Amsberry
Willard Hartman
Russell Holmes
Alfred Janssen
Ben Jaspers
Claus B. Primus
Merle Johns
John Jaspers
Arthur Cooper
L. A. Taylor
Bessie Hoffman
Sam Hoffman
Town Falls
Eugene Manscan
Irene
Milwaukee, Wise
Vail Hess
Grundy Center
Ray
Steamboat Students Admitted to Radio Choir
Mr and Mrs Arthur Cooper and Mr and Mrs Henry B Primus announce their daughter Donna Jean Cooper and son John Henry Primus, Calvin College freshmen, have joined the radio choir on the Back to God hour sponsored by the Christian Reformed church. The program airs on Mutual stations Sundays.
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Arthur Cooper
Henry B. ‘Primus
Donna Jean Cooper
John
Henry Primus
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Michigan
The
Christian Reformed Church
Mutual
Hauser Ackley Residents Share Weekend, Travel Plans
Whitten Mrs. Clifford Hauser Ackley spent Friday with the former's mother Mrs. Harm Kruse. Mrs. Johnson will spend three weeks in California visiting relatives while the McKillips tour Arizona and New Mexico. Birth announced for Carol Blayne Johnson in Denver. Cemetery group plans work day and picnic October 16. Local moves include the Bowens and Eagleston family, with Drake pep band member Gordon Fouts.
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Ackley
Harm Kruse
Paul Tempel
El[dor Ravens
Wm. Berends
Bedies
Berlin
L. G. Johnson
Bob McKillip
Wolcott
Ind
Los Angeles
Calif
Johnson
California
Billy
Oskaloosa
Harry Eagleston
Row+en
Conrad
Clarence Thomas
San Francisco
Herby Thomas
John Koch
Thomas
Dorothy
Sherry
Paul
Bob Sutherland
Albion
Howard Hauser
Excelsior Springs
Hauser
Ennos Fouts
Gordon
Drake
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Eldora Herald-Ledger
Midora
Herald-Index Publishing Co
Advancs
Hardin
Adjoining Counties
Ellsworth College
Co. A. Clancy
Hubbard
Union
M.E
Robb
Gothman
Texas
C. R. Garland
Eldora Methodist Church
F. O. Hillman
Toledo
Leo F. Wolcott
American Legion
Lise
Roy Whorrall
Rachel Wheeler
Howard Modlin
Archbishop Beckmen of
Dubuque
St. Mary's Church
Pine
Jake
Dennis Chesnut
Bill Trampe
Falls
Grandmsa
Moses
South Pacific
Donna Brownfield
Anita Tribune
Marie Eilers
Steamboat
Pine Lake Motor CO
Pontiac Sales and Service
Eldora, Iowa
Hauser Cemetery Society
Theresa Coxlin
Mabel Spurlin
Bill Bowen
Fred Fuller
Poland
China
Fuller
Eldora Livestock Sales
Traveler
Yor
Onse Ul
Buick
Eldora MI
Stter Automobiles
Will Bull
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