Reforms urged at Hardin County Fair rally in Iowa
Speakers at the Hardin County Fair urged reforms across Iowa. Herschel Loveless pressed road improvements and school revenue realignment while Attorney General Robert L. Larson called for honesty in government and a fight against corruption. He warned of expediency in public affairs and urged voters to support uncompromising leadership to restore integrity locally and nationally.
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Hardin County Fair
Herschel Loveless
Loveless
Robert L. Larson
Larson
Iowa
Midwest
Washington, D. C
Underworld
Blackstone
Picnic and travel week with the Howell Boyds in Hubbard Park
A week of picnics dinners and revisiting old ties unfolds from Sunday through Sunday. Inez Boyd notes wildflowers and outdoor beauty while G. Monday brings changes in Iowa weather. France Gittinger visits from Oklahoma and Pine Lake drives recast a quiet landscape. The diary recalls laughter, family bonds, and a march through towns like West Bend and Fort Dodge with memories, graves, and youth inspiring present effort.
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Howell Boyds
Hubbard Park
J. S. Russell
Old Settlers
Inez Boyd
Co. G
Pine Lake Stark
Eldora
Hamihend
Susy
Wild Cat Grove
Jasper County
Fair crowd thins as speakers set record for short talks
At the county fair on Monday political speakers set an all time record for brief remarks with Love less speaking four minutes and Larson fifteen. Janssen and Wolcott apologized for empty seating as both party chairs toured exhibits and livestock barns. A visitor lamented that a crowd would fix the fair, while local businessmen like Eldora leaders Gould Wood and Leverin recall childhood days in Conrad. Ed Potgeter’s pen of Spots caused debate as the barrow show judge kept a pig he initially rejected. Potgeter ultimately won the pen class though one pig was eliminated after discussion.
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Loveless
Larson
Janssen
Wolcott
Ed Potgeter
Potgeter
Fifty Years Ago and Earlier News Snippets
A collage of brief notes from 1902 1912 and 1922 covering warm days and Carnegie library progress in Eldora farm and industry updates automobile accidents and racing notes Lundy buys Eldora Electric Light Co race results and weather spared event plans a Marshalltown wedding and a pending school dissolusion plus Reece lease on Huff land reflecting local history snapshots.
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Carnagie Library
White
Eldora
D. C. Meader
E. H. Lundy
Eldora Electric Light Co
Ferris Brothers
Fair Ground
Old Sol
Ray Boody
Arnold
Marshalltown
Thomas Protheroe
Vivian Strickler
J. S. Newcomber
Minneapolis
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Dells
Bessie Stienberg
Eldora Consolidated School
Reece Company
Huff Land
Hardin County Index August 22 1952 Eldora town news
Friday report from Hardin County notes boilers and machinery work to pump water from the hole and hoist coal. Plans indicate coal in ground with proof to warrant mining. expected extraction by week’s end. Also recalls 1932 runaway horse at the Hardin County Fair and Lorentz Newgaard’s self made automobile at 15. The 1942 items mention rationing effort by local board car ride pooling and Eldora post office basement bomb shelter with fortification specs.
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Eldora
Hardin County Fair
Hubbard
Lorentz Newgaard
Fred Wherman
Pine Lake
Eldora Community Club
Eldora Post Office
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National Editorial Association
Hardin County Inder
Eldora’s Picture Newspaper
Eldora, Iowa
Iowa Press Association
Hardin
Herald-Ledger
Fort Dodge
Rose
Kerr
Herkimer
Bacon
Snider’s
Catsup, Lge
Bot. de
Buster Brand
Virginia
Diamond Matches
Quakers
Spry
Everywoman’s Magazine
Kraft
Betty Crocker
Crustquik
Woodbury’s Tender Soap
Winnipeg
Theo Swas
Ted
Colin Gould
Johnnie Wood
Dick Leverin
Conrad
Eldora Business Men
Sunday’s Register
Woolworth Company
N. Y
John Starr
Howard Caffee
Harold Creps
P. L
Herald-Index
Rad
Carlson
Carlson Fields
Vinton Produce
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