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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1923
Page
10
Eldora Iowa weekly newspaper listing membership and subscription details. Publication notes include Thursday edition and mail rates for Hardin County residents. This short notice confirms entry at Eldora post office and a printed price of $1.50 per year.
Steamboat Rock items describe visits by Conrad Abels and others, Christmas travel and family gatherings, school events including basketball games against Wellsburg with a girls win 20 to 10 while boys forfeited, injuries, lectures, and funeral notices for Mrs. Van Dornum. Also mentions church programs, local visits to Marshalltown and Eldora, and a 70th birthday celebration.
Hughes notes Christmas Day as the peak for thoughtful preparation and tokens of love. The piece contrasts humble home cheer with the deeper warmth of shared hospitality and human kindness during the holiday season.
Evergreen news reports about 350 men working on a barn project Saturday with inside work remaining. It notes holiday visits by Paul Pickford and dinner guests Herman Hake Walter Hake and Rudolph Eller, a Christmas Eve program at the church, Thelma Eller closing her district school for a week, and locals traveling the two miles south of the church on road work.
Farm notes profile multiple local farmers around Iowa Falls listing farm sizes from 92 to 2700 acres. Reports include corn yields from 40 to 66 acres per farm and oats harvests, hog numbers ranging up to 120 head, and poultry counts over 200 chickens. Names include B I Ridout O J Axtell C R Wilke BE Swart A Riley Frank Anderson F O Rorke Lois Bloomquist and Dieble, with locations on Sunnyside and Route roads and proximity to Iowa Falls.
Fair View notes show Mr and Mrs Jim Barnes and Mr and Mrs Jody Steelman shopping in Eldora with several area residents making calls in New Providence Liberty and Union. The piece highlights school Christmas program decorations and a large family gathering with meals and visits across multiple households.
Friends gathered at Ernest Reed's home in Owasa on Thursday night December 20 to surprise him for his twenty first birthday. The crowd filled the yard and house with neighbors from all parts, enjoyed an impromptu games program and refreshments, and presented a necktie and heart gift. Clarke Wheeler, Community Club secretary at Iowa Falls, called in Owasa Thursday.
On Wednesday night January 2 a boys basketball game will be held between a Boys Scout team from Iowa Falla and the local high school. Admission is free. A basket social and pie supper followed a Berlin school Christmas program, drawing a large crowd and raising a substantial amount of money. Teachers at Owasa planned Christmas at home trips, with staff assignments to Davenport, Pella, Cedar Falls, DeWitt, Alden and Harlan. Two Christmas trees decorated the schools, and pupils enjoyed programs and a tree ceremony in the nasium.
Mr and Mrs L J Haaland and daughter visited the G B Haaland home Sunday. Harry Harris spent Sunday at the Ole Harris home. J K Towley H Anderson and Dan Munson marketed hogs at Bucle eye Saturday.
Whitten Hazel Thompson visits from Toma for two weeks. L. L. Long visits relatives in Waterloo. Lyon family and Mrs J H Lyon travel to Marshalltown. Supt and Mrs James Mabee visit relatives near Union. High school boys beat Industrial School Eldora. Eva Marion Curless and others return from Ames and Des Moines for holidays. Several families visit Eldora and Des Moines for Christmas. Christmas services held at Methodist and Christian churches. Community Club hosts annual banquet and farewell. Will Topp’s barn burns with livestock saved except one horse and calf. silo damaged. cause unknown.
The Needle Work Club met with Mrs L Mabie. a covered dish dinner was served.
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