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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
3
Names and travels fill the Marshalltown scene with relatives visiting Grinnell Ma town Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Chicago. Births include a baby girl on February 11. Local services tout auto repair and drapery sales at Hass Store.
Mrs Bessie Porter and Webb Wilson attended the funeral of Clinton Wilson at Union yesterday. St Paul visitors Prof. J. A. Bloomauist family came to spend days with Mrs. H. W. Empeny. Henry Shafer plans to live with his son in Waterloo to recover. Hortense Reynolds, Phi Beta sorority house mother, visiting here returns to Amos. A forty cent Congregational Church luncheon was held. Harold Hall and R. A. Shover plan a trip from Los Angeles to Iowa Falls next week. Gil Wisner and son returning from Los Angeles plan auto trip home next week. Dolph Pickering and family moved to Henry Schwarck farm. Schwarck family moved into new Edgington Ave home. Gil Frazier recovering from shoulder injury. drives taxi with substitute. Mrs. Friedman returned from Clinton visit. granddaughter Selma Glasset stayed with Frank Oldenberg home. Tama Indian flood fears noted. no January thaw and February flood chance considered. Double X Towels sale advertised by Haas Co with 25x46 towels at 33c each or 6 for 1.85.
Eldora and nearby communities see a flurry of activity as residents travel to Des Moines and Waterloo for events and visits. Highlights include government officials, social visits, business ads, and a forthcoming Hardin county farm directory with farmer names and addresses.
The article notes heavy snow Sunday night leaving the ground newly covered and several inches more accumulating, with drifting north of Hampton delaying morning travel. Monday brought rain and sleet, and Tuesday added five more inches, signaling a large water supply from melt later this winter.
Eldora church notices detail Methodist Lutheran and Church of Christ services for Sunday and midweek events. Sermons include Where Are We A Far County and Beggars with special music, Bible classes, and junior senior B P A. Also references lent services and local reading picks. Mayor Ryan ill at home with tonsillitis.
A group of 25 Town Falls youths presented their religious play at the Eldora Methodist church Sunday evening. The visitors were welcomed by Eldora folks, with hot chocolate and wafers served after the service. Both towns showed sportsmanship in church activities and in sports.
March 4 will mark the largest radio hookup for the Hoover inauguration with fifty eight NBC stations and forty two CBS stations to air the program and possibly short wave to foreign countries. The Eldora open house invites all to listen from 9:36 am with the President's address around 11 am at the Methodist church. A Oklahoma girl’s quest for a husband ends with a meeting after a long wait in a courthouse rest room.
A northbound M and St L double-header freight at Ackley claimed a tramp’s life Friday forenoon when his foot slipped and he was ground beneath the cars. The body was found about 200 feet south of the station, about 60 years old with no identifying clues. Coroner Fred Wehrman and Deputy Sheriff L J Stout ordered the body interred at Ackley. Two companions were present. one disappeared after the accident.
Ira Nichols explains the daily pressure on newspaper offices as the paper runs on a time schedule like a train. He warns late submissions risk missing the home paper, mail delays, and readers disappointed, noting deadlines at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon where late items are likely omitted.
The Ackley World Journal corrects misstatements about local posts. It clarifies L J Stout served as deputy sheriff and deputy treasurer long ago, notes Lenover was city clerk for years, and confirms Miss Julia Mulford is deputy recorder, not Mrs Mulford.
The Haas Store offers new spring dresses at 5.90 9.90 12.75 17.50 and 19.75 dollars. The ad promises stylish good looking dresses at popular prices with notable quality.
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