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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
5
Rates shown for Hardin and adjoining counties with club offers. Town and other states price four dollars and fifty cents, club rate. Iowa Press and National Editorial Associations member rate three dollars and fifty cents, with a four dollar figure also noted.
The Post Office Department under Arthur E. Summerfield adopts decentralization to empower district and regional offices, improve service, and reduce costs. The plan, begun in the St. Louis Region in 1954, emphasizes personal contact, employee benefits, and civil defense, with new rural routes, city deliveries, and staffed stations expanding reach and resilience.
Earl T. Johnson explains how farm work counts for social security credits. Owners lessees and renters earning net $400 or more annually are building toward old age and survivors insurance as self employed farmers. The series will detail farming arrangements that qualify for credits.
A destructive hailstorm swept Pleasant township four miles west of Eldora, starting at Cottage and moving southeast. The day also featured Iowa’s hottest on record with highs of 100 to 105. Local hay field workers struggled as heat took its toll. Other items note memorial plans for General Grant on August 8, business hours cut 1 to 5 p.m., and various local moves and appointments.
A town column notes Kay Setchell's dam project aided by beavers who bridged a water gap with willows and mud. A large tree threatens future fill. Clerk Fred Miller endures a chilly office episode, then Janitor Harry Pagel arrives. Also a humorous foreign-visitor storyline and golf car notes arrive.
40 Years Ago 1915 L J Stout Russell Hodge and Grant Tyler head for Des Moines to attend grand lodge Knights of Pythias. Eldora library heat turned on due to weather discomfort. Funeral for George Myers age 100+ resided in Pleasant township. Senour board elects J Howard Pierce janitor, replacing Ralph Campbell. W Sheakley to move to Minneapolis. once owned Ledger. J W McBride buys drag business. M Martin of New Providence thrashes 71 13 bu per acre on 18 acres of oats. Eldora council buys Luberne fire truck for 4990. Mrs G L Blackmun dies of heart attack. Mabel Howard invited to state association meeting in Cedar Rapids. Christine Brunemeier returns from China visit with parents. Keogh Rush elected Penn College director in Oskaloosa. Scout troops at Wildcat cave camp. F H Herrald and Robert Soper attend plamboree in Washington Do. Dana robs Ackley state bank of about 2500. Dr and Mrs L R Soli proud parents of a son. Union for Andrew Campbell at Gifford. Patricia Wolcott and Keith Van Palter wed July 26 at First Congregational church. Howard Pierce completes 20 years as Eldora public schools janitor. Carl Moline of Marshalltown becomes manager at A P Store.
A heat wave dampens summer projects as a narrator and neighbors watch in a hot day furniture refinishing episode. The writer battles stubborn varnish with remover and tools, notes ill‑timed guidance, and laments waning resolve while family and onlookers comment on progress amid humidity. The scene blends household chores with humorous social chatter and a dash of nostalgia.
The Iowa senators Bourke Hickenlooper and Thomas Martin backed President Eisenhower’s dynamic conservation. Congressional Quarterly lists 40 key Senate roll calls. Hickenlooper 75 percent and Martin 78 percent support, placing them in the top ranks for Eisenhower backing. Republican Report notes voter reassurance.
A guidance note advocates clear news writing with the key facts presented in the first line and paragraph. It emphasizes stating who, what, when, where, and why, plus the score, using short sentences and third person, avoiding editorializing unless signed.
Mr Hl A Lyons, long hearing impaired, has perfected a small, low cost FeatherLite transistor hearing aid with no in ear button. It promises to make voices radio ticking and more audible for a fraction of usual cost. Write D W Egeland 418 Walnut Street Waterloo Iowa for full information with no obligation.
Citizens discuss whether a proposed topic will attract attention and prompt publication. The exchange underscores community engagement and the paper stirs debate on what to print.
Radcliffe in Hardin County Iowa has lacked a regular physician for seven years alongside one elderly in poor health. Townspeople formed an eight member corporation to build a modern tile front office with rooms for consulting and X rays and may furnish it. The move highlights the persistent need for a general practitioner in rural areas as young doctors favor larger towns and specialization.
The Library of Congress uncovers Davy Crockett Almanac materials from around 1835 showing Crockett’s fame as a teller of tall tales rather than a precise grammarian. His stories of training a wolf pack against Indians and riding an alligator over Niagara Falls reflect era humor and bold exaggeration.
The piece blends literary mocks and lyrical imagery with frontier bravado. It cites a chaotic scene of raftsmen and a playful, stormy temperament, while a Marshall Minnesota note endorses diversified industry as a stabilizing economic trend.
Economists note that government supports dampen major low mood, while industry diversifies to stabilize earnings. Many firms now pursue broad, money driven ventures across unrelated fields, such as GM testing a new train type after owning a motion picture company. This trend aims to smooth profits across cycles.
The Marion Sentinel questions where opponents of a proposed three cent federal gas tax stand. The bill would raise the federal tax to three cents, with critics arguing federal road grants divert funds from state and local roads.
Tiptonville Tennessee Banner proposes a parable of time as a bank that credits 86 400 seconds each day and burns unused seconds nightly. It urges living in the present and investing time wisely for health happiness and success, noting no overdraft or carryover but a fresh daily start.
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