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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
2
Local residents report visits among Steamboat Rock families including Mrs Albert Ross and daughter Angeline at Cleven, Mrs Etta Weatherby in Minneapolis staying with Aunt Mrs Jane Green, and Mrs Chas Sentman visiting Waterloo. Various community events include church services, school activities, birthdays, and sports updates such as basketball loss to Wellsburg and a note on ice harvest beginning.
Ninth grade shifts to citizenship in general science replacement. home economics moves from cooking to sewing next semester. Junior class moves arithmetic to grammar in second semester. Juniors and seniors study social problems after completing American history. Junior class to stage a play soon to fund the Junior-Senior banquet. Declamatory contest slated for early March with county contest at Alden on March 20. A second shipment of Iowa Library Commission books arrived, loaned to schools with transportation paid by Dea Maines. Basketball schedule lists Eldora Training School in Eldora and New Providenes here this week.
OWASA residents report visits and gatherings with friends in Eldora and nearby towns. Local trips include P Farrington, Misses Madson Bakkie Van Meulen, and Miss Marie Tresmer visiting Eldora or Alden. The community notes sleigh riding,Farewell parties, Needlecraft Club, and weekend visits among neighbors and relatives.
Mrs Hanah Meeker and son Robert were Hubbard callers Tuesday. Peter Doty and family visited the William Danger home near Chapel. Glyde Knowles and sister Hannalyn were Hubbard visitors Friday. Herman Rudolph busy with disensing in Tipton townento. Mrs Herman Tackinburg recovering from pneumonia. Mrs Geo Clatterbuck returned home near Owasa. Sister Mrs Omer Hubbard has been visiting. Mr and Mrs Hel Pierce were Eldora visitors Friday. Mrs B S Whitey Sunday guest in Clyde Knowles home. Mike Mosaman was a Hubbard caller Saturday. Langford and Miss Opal were business callers in Iowa Falls Tuesday. Guy and Clyde Knowles were Hubbard callers Saturday. Henry Puttcommer and family and Claude Miller attended Henry Jr wedding in Alden. They stayed at daughter Mrs John Brandt’s rest of week. John L Sheldon, formerly in Eldora Hospital, returned home. Clark Whitey home hosted Sunday by Guy Whitney and Lee Whitney. George Snovel and family, Claude Miller and family, Paul Sumner and Roy Snovel and Arthur Snovel visited Henry Puttcommer. George Cole was a Hubbard visitor Friday.
A garbled item from Fairview notes rash incidents involving children and a family home in Dar. The accessible fragments mention a teacher and Providence school but provide no clear event or outcome.
Wednesday includes good luck wishes for residents moving year ahead. Jack Crescm visited in Claude Kirk home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Glenn Rubottam visited C A Rubottam home Sunday afternoon. Mrs G A Rubottam improving slowly but mostly confined. Mrs Maggie Recco, operated on at Marshalltown hospital a week ago, passed away Sunday. She was a good woman and will be sadly missed by her family and many friends.
New Providence notes report Supt. Whitley attended the yearly meeting Monday. Mrs. Clifford Knight aided Miss Pemberton. Rep L V Carter was home over Sunday. Margie Reese died Sunday. funeral held Tuesday at Honey Creek church. Several residents visited, cared for ill relatives, and a local basketball game against Radcliffe is mentioned.
New Providence boys won 26 to JL in a noted game while Jens Broer visited M D Mills home late in the week.
Miss Helen Kangley of Owasa Consolidated school outlines why farmers struggle with books. She argues for simple, correctly interpreted records focusing on real estate, labor paid in cash, and clear yearly surplus as farmer compensation to avoid cash-item confusion.
The passage stresses separating household use from farm sales in cash accounts, and outlines keeping aims before recording. It highlights inventories as essential, detailing land, buildings, equipment, livestock, products, debts, and cash. It advises clear, simple yet comprehensive records to determine yearly profit or loss, advising readers to read the Want Ad Section.
An engineering note from Studebaker states annual engineering costs of $500000 equating to $3.33 per mile. It outlines the use of 35 steel formulas, bonuses to steel makers, and full surface machining of crank shafts as done on Liberty airplane motors, highlighting the high manufacturing costs to achieve quality.
Studebaker leads in quality with 125 researchers and 500000 tests yearly. 1000 workers ensure 12000 inspections per car to maintain standards. Timken bearings boost value under 5600 dollars, with luxury finishes and durable service records including a 475000 mile 1916 model.
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