Advertising and census notes in Penns Grove paper
Babson urges advertising to spur circulation and money in the economy. The piece argues mass advertising boosts retail and factory demand while noting census figures showing Iowa districts and congressional reapportionment. A wary editorial ends with a warning against radical foreign influence and the need to stay vigilant.
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Roger W. Babson
Penns Grove
New Jersey
Iowa
Census Bureau
Farmers with no experience flood Wisconsin farms study
A Federal Reserve survey in a Wisconsin region hardest hit by bank failures shows that 61 percent of men moving to farming had no prior agricultural experience, 30 percent had no starting capital, and they pursued 63 different occupations. The piece critiques the belief that farming is easy for those abandoning other trades.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Wisconsin
Ledger marks sixty six years in Eldora
The Ledger recalls its Civil War era origin in Eldora as Hardin county’s oldest paper. It notes community coverage through births, deaths, crimes, and good times, aiming to stay fresh for sixty more years while commenting on political letters, newspaper ethics, and national figures with period voice.
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the Ledger
Eldora
Hardin County
Robert Schafer
John Schafer
John -Binn
January 1931 diary notes and town life reflections
The author recalls paying subscribers, local travel by electric bus to Grinnell and Marshalltown, and weather diary notes by Dr Horton. He reflects on rail fares, bank stability, radio and modern conveniences, and community charities. The piece honors neighbors who passed and laments changing times while praising Eldora’s 1980 community spirit and local institutions.
If I knew you and you knew me
A reflective verse contemplates inner sight and mutual understanding. The speaker muses that shared heart meaning would lessen differences and foster friendly hands clasped in friendship if both parties truly understood one another.
Eldora Junction social notes for New Year era
Mrs Cleve Lepley hosted guests for New Year Day including Peter Lepley and family Clayton Baker Blair Zeltman and Lucille Balyant. Baker family hospital visit in Marshalltown. Eldora area visitors from Ottumwa Rockwell City and Marshalltown. Baker eye operation, numerous Sunday visits to Cobb McDonald Vigars Richards Caster Arnold Eggleston and Barnard households.
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Cleve Lepley
Lepley
Peter Lepley
Clayton Baker
Leonard Blair
Will Zeltman
Lucille Balyant
Zeltman
Baker
Marshalltown
Fred Barnard
Lee Barrows
Devere
Laverna_ Hawkins
Bert Moore
Erio Cobb Ome
Willard Cobb
Rockwell City
Charles Ibach
Ottumwa
Wilbur Barnard
Allan
Enlo
Enlo Cobb
Hardy Home
Eldora
Amos Cobb
Frank Cobb
Orville Vigars
Abe Richards
Gene McDonald
Wayne Caster
Dick Eggleston
Walter Arnold
Mr. Baker
Local Farm Bureau and Rural Social Notes Chronicle Last Tuesday
The Ladies Farm Bureau met, neighbors visited at the county home, and many residents from Eldora Owasa McCallsburg and Ackley linked through social calls. The board of supervisors and county officers began the annual inventory, with multiple families hosting guests and church attendance noted. A few light quips end the column reflecting small town humor.
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Rev. Moser
Eldora
Wm. Allen
Henry Wheeler
Bailey
Edna Plum
W. O. Chaney
Frank Schafer
James Lawless
William Allen
A. M. Doud
Lee Reed
Dewey Lamprecht
Maxine
Wilson Chaney
Friend
Ackley
Board of Supervisors
Ira Boddy
Wm. Chantril
C. D. Martin
Guy Bridgens
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Hardin County Ledger
Eldora and
Sherman W. Needham
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Maurice Cahill
Cedar Rapids
Committee On
Des Moines
Ellsworth
House
Senate
Mickie
Gudzess
McFarlane
Illinois Central Railroad
Lewis
Arch
Baer
Daily Press
Des Moines Register
Hoover
White House
Cal Coolidge
Sherm
Ab Stout
T. J. Smith
Charley Barnes
Charley
Grinnell
Old Man Winter
Doc
Jules Verne
Will Rogers
Norris
Charles Schwab
J. P. Sloan
Tom Lamont
J. P. Morgan
Morrow
Harry Fosdick
Dean Peisen
Father Coughlin
Little Flower Mission
Detroit
Central Broadcasting
Malcom
Davenport
Tom Larson
Tom
F. J. McGreevy
Privary Road
Old Hardin
Miss. Williamson
Davinon
Californie
Duces
Eldora Junction
The
Sherm's
Eldora, Iowa
Hughes
Business and Professional Directory
Tive Creamery
Pine Lake
E. H. Lundy
Eureka Candy. Co
DE. A. W. Adams
A. & P. Grovery
Bateson Building
Elvin J. Ryan
Bateson Bldg
James Collins, JR
Beauty
Black Maude Scurry
W. & B. Chevrolet, Co
Pine Lake Produce Company
R. B. Bateson
Conrad E. Larson
First National Bank Building
Eldora Hospital
Nyquist
Riley W. Lewis
Iowa Farm Loans
B. E. Purcell
Iowa Falls
E. E. McFarland
J. BR. Winnett
Post Office
Molgard, D. V. M
Kramer
W. H. Wilmont Furniture and Undertaking
W. H. Longenecker
Eldora, Jons
DE H. W. Stonebrook
Doctors
W. Haase
Investment Securities Pythian Building
Pheae
Green
Edgar - Kunath
Norman Kunath
Optometrist
H. W. Emeny
Osteopathic Physician
Wisner
Eldora Greenhouses
M. H. Smith
Purcell Optical Shop
Toks
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