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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1952
Page
6
The Hawkeye state faces a toll road proposal to fund one east–west and one north–south express highway. Governor Beardsley creates a 12 member committee to study the plan, with final legislative approval later. Local feedback notes potential city-adjacent concerns and a need to upgrade hard surfaced roads.
Local notes report police activity in Marshalltown involving a William F. Hardin and a briefing from city officials about potential pickups at City Hall. Eldora may gain a skating rink run by Kenneth Fox at the county fairgrounds, amid talk of a county community building. Shad Bark trees near the Iowa River are identified, and Doyle Felton becomes president of the Newton Coffee Club, with Eldora celebrated as the Pony Capital of the World through a car plate gift.
A reflective piece blends love of home and nature with travels from Missouri to Illinois. It recalls Osage orange hedges, prairie fences, and Lincoln country in southeastern Illinois near the Indiana line. The essay details Tom Lincoln’s farm memorial, the old cabin replica, and Sarah Bush Lincoln, noting Abe Lincoln’s visits after his presidential election.
A 1902s era report outlines Marshalltown city council’s campaign against wooden awnings amid storm damage in Jackson township. Eldora High School’s baseball team faced rain disruptions. multiple marriage licenses issued. postmasters’ salaries increased. and local notes on new sidewalks and a Stanley Steamer’s courthouse climb plus community events.
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