Steamboat Rock Rifle Club Formed in 1947
The Steamboat Rock Rifle and Pistol Club organized in 1947 after NRA sponsored small arms training from 1942 to 1944. Founders include Joe Cervetti and John Harms with Harold Luiken as secretary. The club, affiliated with NRA and ISRA, built an outdoor range near Pine Lake in 1951 and competes in the Iowa League with over 80 teams.
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Steamboat Rock Rifle and Pistol Club
National Rifle Association
Iowa Falls Rifle Club
Harold H. Luiken
Robert Ruppelt
Otto Wibrandt
Steamboat Ck
Steamboat Rock
Joe G. Cervetti
John Harms
Leo Daleske
Lewis Crosser
Otto Filbrandt
Russell van Darnum
Earl Havens
Pine Lake
Middle West
Iowa
Illinois
Benson Cemetery Society Sits For Tuesday Meeting
Benson Cemetery Society gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Wayne Kinny s home with Edna Gunderson and Evelyn Callaway assisting. President Lucile Long led the session and Blanch Hathaway recorded minutes. After a brief business portion, lunch was served by hostesses.
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Benson Cemetery Society
Wayne Kinny
Edna Gunderson
Evelyn Callaway
Lucile Long
Blanch Hathaway
Neva Horton
Des Moines
Kola Humphrey
Christian Church
Mary Jane Saint
Waterloo
Whitten
Bavander
Lee Olmstead
Mary Jane
Miss Saint
Earl Montz
Eldora Hospital
Montz
Union-Whitten Defeats Eldora In Junior Legion Contest
Union-Whitten won 10 to 1 over Eldora in a Sunday junior Legion game at Union. Winning pitcher Gary Hadley allowed three hits, while Kapparos took the loss. Roger Yordy homered for Union-Whitten. Line score shows Union-Whitten 002 832 000 and Eldora 000 100 000. The site quotes Otis Durant Duncan on soil conservation.
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Union-Whitten
Eldora
Union
Gary Hadley
Kapparos
Roger Yordy
RHI Union-Whitten
Weed and pest control chemistries offered for gardens and crops
The article lists various chemical sprays and insecticides including 2 4 D derivatives, Dalapon, and D D T recommendations for corn borers. It notes timely applications for corn second-season planting, with warnings that delays reduce effectiveness. Also offered are arsenate products, Bordeaux mixtures, and other garden chemicals for pest control.
Food pairing and local mining history noted
The article discusses nutrition, detailing complete and incomplete proteins and how cereals pair with animal proteins to form high quality meals. It also describes regional mining sites near Eldora including kilns, coal mines, shale dumps, and the origin of the M. and St. L. Railroad linked to Steamboat Rock and Coal Bank Hill.
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Sen G. Sherman
Iowa River
Hock
Elora
Falling Rock
Ansel
Eldora Railroad and Coal Company
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Sioux City
Ackley
M. & St. L. Railroad
Perkins’ Hill
Early Steamboat Rock Used Coal Brick Lime Resources
The Steamboat Rock area early settlers sought timber springs river power and mineral resources. Local buildingstone from quarries and grout masonry shaped western Grundy County around 1915. Brick kilns and lime kilns show local brick and plaster production, with notable grout two story buildings and stone masons like Jensen and Grieves.
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Steamboat Rock
Grundy County
Sam Jensen
Mile Crossing
Jonathan Dickenson
Harry Grieves
CCC
Pine Lake
James McConchie
Jerome Seabury
Junior Legion Team Heads to Ackley Sunday
The GO TO ACKLEY team will travel to Ackley Sunday afternoon for their first meeting of the year with the opponent. The local Legion nine lost 12 to 3 at home Tuesday afternoon to Steamboat Rock in their season opener.
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Ackley
Legion Nine
Steamboat Rock
Local farmer to represent major feed firm in three counties
A Hardin Grundy and Marshall counties sales assignment has named a well known local farmer to represent a large feed company. Territories nationwide open with strong growth potential and extensive opportunity for dealers in the Eldora area.
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Hardin
Grundy
Marshall Counties
Excellent Territories Open
Unlimited Opportunities
Rite Box 38
Care Eldora Newspapers
H-2be
Hatchery Poultry Sale Announced By Mettarthy Hatchery
ILAST CITORS We have in bath teries these chix May 16 hatch 260 T C pullets 350 White Leghorn pullets May 23 300 T C Pullets 400 White Leg horn pullets 340 Red Leg pullets Mettarthy Hatchery H 24¢
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Bath
For Sale Hay Balers and Garden Tractor Ad
FOR SALE A New Holland hay baler in good condition phone 706 Black Benton Choate Eldora Iowa. WANTED Hay baling jobs and racks furnished Harvey Freed phone 736 Red Eldora 1-20. FOR SALE M W Garden tractor and sickle mower reasonable Dick Jackson at Bob Hess farm H 24. A conservation quote from Roosevelt and others follows in the clipping.
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Benton Choate
Eldora
Towa
Harvey Freed
M. W
Dick Jackson
Bob Hess Farm
Salt Conservation Aims to Boost County Land Output
A brief note from Jardin County outlines salt conservation measures to boost land productivity and sustain satisfactory yields. The plan emphasizes practical steps and ongoing efforts to improve farming results in the region.
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Jardin County
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Mrs. Millard Hathaway
Otis Durant Duncan
Crosley Farm Store News
Sas
Eldora, Jow
Holland
Purina
Tower Rock
Calamus Pond
Bannigan’s
Elk Creek
D. A
Abbe Peters
Chevrolet
Reuben Wright
Rao
Herald - Index
Cheyney Tr
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jor
Neynd
Rexford
Rath
Blackhawk
Jay Tall
U. S
Chuck Roast
Wieners
Pionte Sweotal Il
Kraft
U.S
Valencia
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