Rural School Fight Highlights Local Education Debate
In Hardin county a rural school fights closure amid petitioning to county board, with supporters arguing for community identity and lower costs versus consolidation. Opponents cite education quality and access, noting transportation, tuition, and the shift toward larger districts as transportation and modernization reshape the system.
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Etna Noa
Hardin County
Hye County
Heermatte
Shaey
Cand
Sperch
Aod
Pauling Yesurers Wd
Rumblings Of Your Town Pump
A fragment from a Hardin County scene mentions a deputy wearing two diamonds, a family reunion ribbon system, and a fox-killed hen incident. A skit at a Republican convention ridicules Harry Truman and tax debt while a debate on school reform stresses grass roots changes.
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Hardin County
Don Wilson
Eldora
Harry
Harry Truman
Truman
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A fragmented reminiscence of a two week church convention with clergy, Latvians, and a Miami University gathering. The author recalls Christian fellowship, global missions, and personal encounters from Ohio to Belvidere farms, noting diverse attendees and inspiring moments.
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Easi
Enajor
Gunta
Maida
Gaida
Belvidere
D. Po
Eurcupe
Merica
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
HN McGuffey
Fairfax Community Notices and Family Gatherings Summary
Fairfax residents and families report a series of social visits and reunions. Attendees include Mr and Mrs George Sanders, Mrs Willi Jones, Mr and Mrs Peter Williams, and the Barz family at various homes such as Logsdon Sund, Claude Sanders, Dougherty, and Frank W Knapp. 4-H girls from Jackson Township met with Mary Lou Sanders. Jane Daleske and Ruth Steinfeld visited neighbors. Janet and Karen Lutken vacationed with Henry Tritten.
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Sind M Marx Barr
Bars
Logsdon Sund
Atterdants
Everett Foster
Kester
George Sanders
Iuwa Falls
Claude Sanders
Willi Jones
Hubbard
John Ederson
Guy Clingerman
Julia
Jean
Carol
Peter Williams
Frank W. Knapp
Dougherty
Lloyd Sievert
Jhildren
Cynthia
Diane
Craig
Max Barzhan
Jackson Township
4-H
Mary Lou Sanders
Jane Daleske
Steamboard Reck
Ruth Steinfeld
Eldora
Phillis Foster
Janet
Karen Lutken
Steamboat Rock
Henry Trittien
Humorous Budget Debate and Postal Fine Admonitions
A satirical piece mocks budget proposals likening Trumaind’s plan to a bank loan funded by taxpayers. It contrasts a family’s small earnings with grand government spending while noting a fictional newspaper penalty for postal regulation noncompliance. The Eldora note adds a picnic mishap and postmaster fines echoed by editorials about inspectors and appropriations.
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Herald-Index
J. R. Bahne
Eldora
First Congregational Church Weekly Schedule Unclear
The Rev Ralph B Les pastor conducts services including quiet ness and confidence is our strength theme and a 930 am Pilgrim Fellowship. Sunday school starts at 1000 with a 3 dollar offering. Trustees meet on the 13th.
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First Congregational
Ralph B. Les
Devotional Reading on Exodus 3 18 20
A devotional reading centered on Exodus 3 verses 18 and 20, exploring God’s call to Moses, the signs given, and the promise of deliverance. Reflects on faith, obedience, and divine assurance in a concise biblical meditation.
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Gscqrturee
Moses and the Greatness Seen Across Centuries
A sermon-like meditation on Moses as a model of greatness unseen by contemporaries. The piece argues true stature emerges only from distance, tracing Moses as receiver of the Ten Commandments and revealer of core truths about God, religion, and the path to Christianity. It emphasizes the world owes debt to Moses and to the Old Testament.
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St Paul Lutheran announces summer schedule
J Zimmerman, pastor, lists weekend activities at St Paul Lutheran. Friday to Sunday senent teachers meetings at unspecified time. Sunday school and Bible classes at 10. Divine services at 11. Monday choir rehearsal at 8 pm.
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ST. Paul Lutheran
J. Zimmerman
St Marys Catholic Mass Times Then and Now
St Marys Catholic Church lists Sunday Masses at 3 and 10 am with weekday Masses at 7:30 am and 9 am. Confessions are Saturday 4 to 5 pm conducted by Father L Wy McDonough.
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ST. Marys Catholic
L. WY. McDonough
Eldora area notes span picnics marriages and anniversaries
A digest from Eldora area highlights a Congregational Sunday school picnic at town Falls with a 20 cent round trip. It notes weddings including Joseph Boody and Luella Lyn at the bride’s Pleasant Township home, and a July 4 celebration with orator M. D. O'Donnel as Lt. George Ward read the Declaration. Library board appointments, church dedications, and various local obituaries and anniversaries across decades are summarized with names and places such as Drake University, Gillette, and Dubuque, along with mentions of school principals and depot fire losses.
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Town Falls
Joseph Boody
Luella Lyn
Pleasant
Eldora Junction
Antes
James Brown
Mamie Alden
Dunbar
Deys
Judge O'Donnell
Dubuque
Woodward
Eldora
Christian Church
Dean Haggard
Drake University
Stanley
H. C. Stuart
C. & D. Railway
Gillespie
Ephraim Adams
Waterloo
Adams
Congregational
Charles Norris
American Express Co
Chicago
Ethel
Winifred Ward
Edward Shater
Daniel Stroll
Lizzzie Eckles
William Eckles
Julia Bowers
F. E.murphy
A. L. Gardner
Abbott
H. E. Hoffington
Steamboat Rock
J. S. Mills
Popejoy
Cleves
Hardin County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Harriet McBride
William Kline
Grinnell
Iowa Falls
Fossler’s
Iowa River
Robert D. Kinney
Poseyville
Bottema Ankrum Wedding In Marshalltown
Miss Esther Darlene Bottema and Darrell D. Ankrum were married June 29 in Marshalltown at the M E church with Rev Art Kindred officiating. The couple, who will reside at 309 West Linn, left for a Rochester Minn honeymoon and are introduced by their relatives Claude Sanders and family. Other items note social visits and family gatherings in Marshalltown.
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Esther Darlene Bottema
John J. Bottema
Whitten
Darrell D. Ankrum
Marshalltown
M. E
Art
Claude Sanders
Rochester
Minn
West Linn. St
Sunshine Bunch Meets With Birthday Shower
The Sunshine Bunch met with Mrs. Ralph Slifer on Wednesday June 28 with 16 members, four guests and several children present. Mrs. Dan Turner of Marshalltown, a guest and former member, was honored with a birthday shower of cards and handkerchiefs. The hostess served refreshments including a decorated birthday cake.
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Marshalltown
Frank Sholler
Millard Moats
Gene
Minnesota
John Callaway
Hutte
Terry Brink
Robert Brink
Waterloo
Sunshine Bunch
Ralph Slifer
Dan Turner
Ivester
Chapel By Mrs. Maude Knowles
Miss Shirley Hoyt visited Wyola and Naomi Hagen and Howard Mikkelson stayed with his parents in Greenfield. The Chapel Cemetery society plans its annual picnic at Eldora city park on July 13 at noon. Families should bring table service sandwiches and a covered dish. Bertha and Bettie Lytle visited Arthur Knowles. Six July birthdays were celebrated at Chapel with Rev. John A Deedrick Bernard Trout Edward Mikkelson C E Daggs.
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Shirley Hoyt
Wyola
Naomi Hagen
Howard Mikkelson
Greenfield
Edward Mikkelson
Raymond Haynes
Arling
Texas
Vernon Walker
Walker
Chapel Cemetery Society
Eldora
C. E. Daggs
C. Doud
Allie Palmer
Chapel
Bertha
Bettle Lytle
Arthur Knowles
John A. Deedrick
Bernard Trout
Birthday cake and church notes at Eldera gathering
Robert Sayer Gra Morland and Glen Morland with Mrs Bernard Traut made the birthday cake. Tables adorned with garden flowers Rev Deedrick preached from the Bank of Acts in the afternoon. Mrs Deedrick ill and the Penebrick alsters of Eldera sent a bouquet to her. LaVerne Wabben of Steamboat Rock returned home after a week with the Edward Mikkelson household.
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Robert Sayer
Gra Morland
Glen Morland
Bernard Traut
Blood Poverty Promises New Life With CERTA-VIN
An Eldora advertisement touts CERTA-VIN as a 12-herb plus Vitamin B and Iron remedy to improve digestion, boost blood energy, and reduce gas. It claims faster digestion, stronger nerves, and noticeable health changes in a few days at a "few cents a day" price from MARKS DRUG Co.
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Eldora
Marks Drug Co
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