Years Ago 1903 Eldora notes marriage licenses and events
Marriage licenses issued this week include Thos Bensholf and Maude Piopper Jon Kosanke and Therén Baselér Ben C Weaver with Jennie Hall Jon L Thompson and Anna Brown Fred A Burlingame and Caroline Sparks The Town Falls Chautauqua opens August 1 to 14 with lectures and events Eldora prepares for city mail delivery and post office move Several accidents and local incidents noted including a foot crush a gun accident and a house rebuild The Eldora Ledger Enterprise consolidates local papers and schooling changes noted with superintendent election and 400 salary overview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Bensholf
Maude Piopper
Jon Kosanke
Hardin County Normal Institute
Eldora
Southland
Sociable
iCashier L. W. Harris
Gitzeris Bank
Grandpa
Lem
Sheakley
Aylesworth
Towne
Whitney
John Frisbie
Henry Wheeler
S. Thompson
Crockett Farm
Town
Peter Biska
Northwestern Railway
Hubbard
Paul C. Woods
Fourth Ward
Mr. Wood
Ledger
Eldora Enterprise
Ledger Enterprise
Texas
Sheldon
A.E. Veline Hartley
Halder C. Hanson
Anna E. Anderson
W. A. ‘Keening
Susanna J. Barnhall
Charles E. Foster
Anna V. Willard
James 3. Kenyon
May Belle Daniels
Roy Clack obituary and local notices from Eldora era
Rumblings recalls Roy Clack 82 a Grundy Center newsman who helped publish early issues of the Index and the 1963 Eldora Herald Ledger 100th anniversary. Nox Reece shines in local baseball as a star who home runs and window crime. Civilian Defense delivers June 8 and volunteers urged. Eldora school bond of 70000 aims to expand high school with library and classrooms. voters urged to approve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Clack
Grundy Center
Roy
Roy Clark
Jack
Grundy Register
Herald Ledger
Eldora
Nox Reece
New Providence Oldsters
Noa
Paul Williams
Reece
Remembering Palo Alto Church and Childhood
A reminiscence of visiting Palo Alto United Presbyterian Church founded in 1870. The writer recalls familiar faces, the church’s rooms, and Sunday routines, describing the calm of memory, the close-knit community, and changes looming as nearby areas modernize into suburbia.
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Palo Alto
Newton
Wild Cat Grove
Walter Reports on the 80th General Assembly
Representative Paul M. Walter reviews Iowa's 80th General Assembly session. He notes controversy over time spent on bills, highlights major enacted measures such as reapportionment, eradication programs for brucellosis and cattle, public employee retirement, public utilities regulation, liquor by the drink, Kerr Mills medical aid, vending machine rules, truck speed limits, mental health bills, scabies control, farm product utilization funding, probate law revision, and credit card fraud. The piece also covers session length, bill counts, and the defeated property tax relief measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
House
Senate
Hardin County
Bible Utilities
Kerr-Mills
Board of ‘Control
Towa
Iowa Development Commission
Im Vich
Hughes
Major livestock sale exceeds record headcount at Eldora sale
The Eldora sale on May 27 drew about 2062 head, including hogs, sows, sheep and cattle. Hogs topped at 16.80 for barrows, sows at 15.10 cwt, sheep fat lambs to 23.00 cwt, cattle calves to 29.10, and heifers to 26.10 cwt with other cattle weaker. Nearly 1,000 feeding hogs sold, with hogs 150 plus pounds hitting up to 17.78. Consign your stock for the next auction at Eldora Livestock Sales under USDA Packers and Stockyards Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Livestock Sales
Packers and Stockyards Act
USDA
Market Sale Planned For Sheep Hogs And Cattle
Monday the 3rd sheei start selling at 11:30. m followed by hogs and cattle. An unusually large run of livestock expected including 65 lb cross pigs 400 choice black faced feeding lambs and 500 light weight cattle.
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York
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Hardin County Index
Wnard
Leldoha
Iowa
Meen Peanie
Lash chaTian
George KR. Stattffacher
Allyn J. Schafer
Doyle 1
Felton
Myrim Mullins
Society
Beulah Jelske
Katharine Piper
Marcella Parker
E. A. Krofo
Din Ruby
Gene Peshla
Maurice Lants
Ernest Anderson
Paul Mason
Eldira Herald Ledger
Rete
States
Eldora Candy Co
John Leonard
George Forgeter
Gwendolyn Martin
Helen Gethman
Audrey Burns
Bernice Bradfield
Elmér Rambo
Hobard Beman
Washington
Ither
Denver
Apple
Oregon
Vroman
Rad
Cliffe
Security Savings Bank
Kramer
Winchester
Fred W. Horton
United Laborers of
Link
Iowa Falls
R. A. Scott
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Hardin
Franklin
Iowal Falls
Fear Training School
Garden City
New Providence
Orville Vigars
4-H
Ida Babcock
Walter B. Eyre
Eyre
Kiwanis Club
Aldrin ‘Paul
Eltora
Sat
Don Brown
Harold Little
Eldora School
Aibrary
C. G
Anny McCartiey
Bonnet
I McCarthey
Rep
Walter
80Th General Assembly
Paul M. Walter
Union
Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
Public Employees
Public Utilities Commission
Lyavree
Jung
Butre
Reisinger, Heltibrlale & Dobson
Ervice
Consumer Loan Department
Hardin County Savings Banic
Namdin
Triday
Mary
Howe Roeske
Iilla Smith Suniay
Sarton
Saree
Sabien
Midwest
Seman Gmteye
Franzenburg
van Camp
California
Eldora, Iowa
Food Center
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