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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1926
Page
3
A historical newspaper excerpt blends Christmas gratitude with a radical rail union appeal. It includes a letter urging support for railroads against rising bus and truck competition, plus tariff talk, opinions on labor and gender roles, and a Senate seating dispute.
The piece discusses U S Senatorial maneuvering in Iowa with Brookhart likely to be seated if a Senate vote occurs. It notes Democrats oppose Steck and Republicans avoid wider battles, while Cummins allies prepare a campaign push including a Waterloo meeting to organize county chairs and district leaders. Also referenced are autos, prison? skate rink logistics, and political fencing around Lowden for president.
The Union Star comments on its latest issue with humor and frustration about space in columns. It jokes about editorial burdens, misprints, and crowded pages while noting errors and playful critiques of current events and society.
A hotel man tells a tale where a judge asks the charge for a young woman seen crossing the street in a costume. The policeman replies running across the street costumed like September Morn. The judge retorts Thirty days hath September.
A rustic exchange unfolds as Mandy resists a marriage proposal from Hiram after a claim that Deacon Brown once deceived him in a trade. The dialogue moves toward marriage with playful insistence and a practical, lighthearted tone.
After four days of deliberation the jury grew tired a court attendant asked about meals. The foreman replied with a peculiar demand asking for eleven dinners and a bale of hay instead of the usual twelve.
An after dinner speaker urged husbands duties. A guest buys a bouquet for his wife but returns to tears as she lists misfortunes from the day. Baby teeth, burned pudding, boiler leak, and a drunken husband fuel a tense domestic scene.
A vintage town scene features a battered car with a bold sign on its rear reading I used to belong to a Detroit millionaire. The quirky display sparks local curiosity about forgotten fortunes and automobilia lore in the street.
Public auction to dispose of a herd of milk cows prompted by fatigue and wife’s refusal to milk. The item appears in the Laddonia Missouri Herald with related regional quips and a ventriloquist anecdote about Grant Tyler’s youth.
The Consolidated School District of Whitten Hardin and Grundy counties Iowa offers for sale at 1 PM January 20 1926 at the Whitten Schoolhouse eighty thousand dollars of School Refunding Bonds dated March 1 1926 maturing March 1 in 1927 1931 1932 1936 1937 1940 and 1941 with annual amounts 2000 3000 4000 and 39000 respectively Bonds and attorney s opinion supplied by purchaser Co F Long Secretary Board of Directors
A poem lauds the dairy cow as a foster mother of the nation praising her role in feeding babies and families. It urges proper care with alfalfa corn oats bran soybeans and silage and warns against neglect by selling or harming the cow. The piece is signed I Milkem.
A collection of wit and anecdotes about Viscountess Astor and humorous office pranks. Lady Astor corrects sexism with sharp retorts during a Plymouth election moment. A lumber office gag features Pat the Irish handyman in a telephone prank about knot holes and bung holes used by a brewery.
Iowa State College reports seed corn tests from 17 counties totaling 45 908 cars show only 53 percent germinate strongly while 47 percent are weak or dead. Extension stresses widespread need for individual ear germination tests for next spring. Warren County farmer found 170 of 740 ears fit for seed after a freeze. Bulletin 101 Rag Doll Seed Corn Tester revised. copies available from Ames along with a plan for a seed testing plant.
A quirky report notes how a radio loud speaker can be turned off by a small knob unlike a human loud speaker needing a twist. It mentions girls in chisel attire and their polite suggestions, plus statistics on farm lightning losses in Iowa and cattle tuberculosis testing rising 8 percent from the prior year.
Major Edward A Weed dies while testifying in a high profile trial. Details from the courtroom indicate a sudden collapse during proceedings, with medical responders attending immediately. The incident occurs as prosecutors push forward key testimony amid ongoing organizational investigations.
A Compton figure known as The Old Major Weed is honored for his lifelong activity and cheerful outlook. He toured lodges in Iowa before death, traveled the world by bicycle, and settled in Compton fifty-one years ago after arriving in California by sailing vessel.
Notice from the United States District Court Northern District of Iowa Cedar Rapids Division in re Pauline Ulrich Bankrupt No 1521. Referee N S Carpenter sets January 23 1926 at 10:00 AM in Eldora Hardin County Iowa for creditors to attend prove debts appoint trustee examine bankrupt and conduct related business. The bankrupt Pauline Ulrich of Iowa Falls is required to attend.
Jackson Township honors George Baughman who has lived on one farm or nearby since 1865, after arriving in Hardin County with his parents. He helped found homes, built churches and schools, and sustained farming for sixty years, seeking prosperity in local soil rather than famed western gold.
Fragmentary record notes life insurance figures around 1925, suggesting a wide expansion. Mentions a figure near 1556 billion dollars and compares annual business to an eightfold multiplier. Specific names, dates, and contexts are unclear due to damaged text.
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