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Newspaper
Enterprise
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1893
Page
7
A chaotic list of performances, names, sales pitches, and local notices fills a page. It mentions Miss Gaines and Mrs Reynolds, a band concert, admission details, various stores, and stray notices about burglaries, travel plans, and upcoming events in Ellsworth and nearby towns.
Eldora welcomes Iowa traveling men and families for a grand picnic with 420 guests, a parade, speeches by F B Flaley and town officials, a ball game Eldora 12 Oskaloosa 10, and a day of concerts, souvenirs, and civic pride. The crowd enjoyed coffee, a Feasting, and a warm reception at the Central depot and Marshalltown band concert.
Filghést describes Leavening Power in eastern Osevola county near Like Park and Oobeyedan, promoting local investment. It notes one general store post office depot and several buildings, with a hotel and hardware, bank, grain buyer, and harness business potential. The land features rolling prairie and improving farms suitable for grain and grasses, urging investors to contact G Merril in Eldova, Iowa. A cyclone along the Atlantic coast from Key West to Boston devastates towns, killing hundreds and wrecking property.
March 1 1893 Eldora notice lists sales at Wisner opera house building for Fannie W Wisner with goods from crockery glassware and din ner sets. Also mentions local births marriages and a frontier wedding involving Joseph A Sawyer and Ella M Hamilton with a 16 year old bride.
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