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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1930
Page
4
Community excerpts list visits and family gatherings around Eldora and nearby towns. Names include Mr C A Ru Voener Mrs Wesley Hobson Ruth Helen Conday and Jude Adams. A teeth extraction trip and a planned Wednesday sale hint at local happenings.
A returning tourist collapses, kissing the pavement of his native city in a moment of emotion. The humor follows when onlookers note the mishap caused by a banana skin as he rises.
A Western newspaper teaching a young man about dating. The dialogue frames a father asking if nice girls cuddle, guiding the son through the double standards of morals and the value of self-respect. It argues petting and courting as natural but warns against coercive or shallow advances.
A short, comic clipping notes Dangers of Slang Tho village choir boys forming a cricket team and naming a junior honorary secretary. A letter to the curate asks to borrow bats from his bellys, with a joking, antiquated tone about humorists and a con man with corns.
Caroline and Nan watch airmen return, meet Captain Browne, a hero from France, amid a field gathering. Browne offers to fly Nan and Caroline to the race finish, reuniting with Caroline after years apart and leading to a celebratory landing at Aunt Beesie’s farm.
Mrs Luella is recovering steadily after a stay at Deaconess Hospital and is expected to return home late in the week. Rev DeWitt Foster and Rev Hadley with others are in attendance.
Owaba residents Mr and Mrs Harry Leath of Manson and Miss Vivian Campbell of Buckeye called on Miss Orpin in the R Welsh home Tuesday evening before moving to Colorado next week. Several townspeople visited, attended Evangeline in Town Falls, and celebrating Mrs Louis Latch’s upcoming move to Iowa Falls. Our basketball team beat Steamboat Rock and Alden in a tournament, with other townsfolk visiting, traveling, and sickness affecting local work. The column lists numerous callers and community happenings through the week with travel, farm updates, and church notes.
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