04 Aug 1892
Page 5
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Newspaper
Eldora Weekly Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1892
Page
5
A vintage ad jingles Castoria as a remedy for babies and children. It cites repeated consumer lines showing trust in Castoria for infants and youths, with a then familiar marketing cadence across life stages.
A jumble of local ads lists Castoria for children and remedies, drug store and bakery mentions, real estate inquiries in Gilman's addition, Eldora flour praise, orders with post office, Early Risers promotions, and loan offers. Local agents Finn Drake and Burlingame advertise money to loan on real estate in Eldora Iowa with 6 and 7 percent terms.
Local ad from Eldora Iowa offers money on hand and low interest reliable abstracts and insurance under F Hardin. Additional notices promote Dr White's Pulmonaria cough remedy with trial bottles, patent solicitors O A Snow & Co at Washington offering patent services, and English Spavin Liniment for horse blemishes with substantial savings.
An assortment of town notices and ads for Eldora Iowa including grain and fertilizer suppliers, paint and glass, a Vienna bakery and restaurant, a cattle and poultry supplier, a druggist offering Woolford’s Lotion, real estate prospects in Gilman’s addition, a home with at least two lots, and a family horse for sale. The notices mention world fairs, post office orders, and local streets like Washington Street as a coming thoroughfare.
A scattered notice offers improvised and unimproved land for sale in South Dakota within the Missouri River Valley near the Capitol. The item includes fragmentation of locations and a finder’s reward request for a forgotten wool shawl. An advertisement touts De Witt’s Sarsaparilla as a cure for health.
The Illinois Central Railway offers three harvest excursions south at low round trip fares for twenty days. Dates August 80, September 27, and October 25 visit Jackson Tenn Jolly Springs Yazoo City Greenwood Greenville Vicksburg Natchez McComb City Magnolia Durant Aber-Geen and other Mississippi and Louisiana points. Promote farm and industrial opportunities with access to prime lands and markets. for details contact Land Commissioner E P Skene in Chicago or the Manchester area office.
The notice lists the Barber Shop relocation near J. D. Hunter's music store and promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, low rates to Independence for August races, and various local services. It includes eye care by Edward W. Nuckolls, Pulmonaria remedies, and unrelated medical testimonials, plus rail fare details for trips to Denver and Independence with dates in August 1882.
A compilation of short notes covers a Republican group on the Sisseton Reservation, a 30 day jail sentence in Marshalltown for three men over circus day violations, an August 20 traveling men’s picnic in Eldora with about 700 members, endorsements for Chamberlain’s remedy in Winchester Pharmacy ads, a juvenile case tied to the Industrial School, a speaking engagement by Rev Tourtelot in Idora, a travel memory of diarrhoea relief by a VA resident, sale ads for farm engines and equipment by Brown Bros in Eldora, and a stolen team found tied in a grove near Lee township with the owner worried about its whereabouts.
A birth announces a son to Mr and Mrs Bent on Edgington last week. A notice urges a Peoples Party convention at the court house in Edota on April 9 at 11 oclock to select six delegates to the state convention at Des Moines and six to the 3rd district congressional convention. time and place to be announced at the county convention. Also reported is Il Merrick badly injured by a hay tedder accident, with a horse kicking the tongue and Merrick sliding under the wheel. he held the team and continued work after the incident.
Comrades of the Union County Veteran Association will hold their annual reunion at Union on Wednesday and Thursday August 24 and 25. An old soldier is expected to attend with blankets and two days rations. sugar to be furnished by Union citizens. Friends of Our Boys are invited to attend with families. entertainment for ladies arranged. Adjacent counties urged to join. special efforts to ensure a pleasant gathering. By order of Lt. Col. Commanding Landin Go Vet. Asso. J.D. Lunpy Adgt.
A report details a letter to W. L. Barnes in Eldora from a man named Franklin seeking help to locate a missing team west of Geneva and between Iowa Falls and Tulimer. The note promises to cover all expenses and mentions a wife, Mrs. O. J. Justin, who confessed to being married but later denied it. The woman, described as very young and distressed, is given sympathy in the account.
A married woman, among strangers, distant from relatives, remains jailed on a serious charge. Regardless of guilt or innocence, she deserves sympathy as she appears more sinned against than sinning, a plight highlighted by the harsh separation from her social circle.
An advertisement offers Dr White s Domission Alterative as a certain gate remedy for blood poisoning liver impairment and skin issues causing sallowness and pimples. It promotes Dandelion as a non cathartic liver aid relieving constipation and biliousness. Pint bottles cost one dollar and are warranted by Etisworth & Son 3112.
Fred Boucher living near Town Falla found a top buggy by a willow hedge and a missing team hitched and watered. A pamphlet titled Life's Hidden Secret revealed a note to an Eldora man. After a chain of sightings and a local inquiry, Deyo reclaimed the team with help from neighbors and Billy Burgess. The episode ends with thanks to those who aided in the search and recovery.
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