26 Jan 1928
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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1928
Page
1
A column mixes verse and news notes from Grantland Rice to a U S political season. It discusses Al Smith and Hoover forecasts from Iowa sources, League of Nations calendar ideas, district safe seats, Santa Fe editorial replies, and regional notes on peddler laws, Nevada Sunday shows, Goethals, basketball, and ethnic demographics in Chicago.
Fragmentary clipping reports advocates split over an equalization fee for farm relief and hints at a substitute approach. Amid stray quotes and aphorisms, the passage notes cautious sentiment toward fixing policy and cautions about trusting advice while stressing the need for accuracy.
Mrs. Hortense Reynolds traveled to Des Moines for a West Des Moines High School reunion, recalling 16 years on the faculty and her role in starting music programs. The piece also notes local events, student performances, a Grundy Center visit, and memories from past winters and town life.
W H Thompson declars he will not seek Republican nomination for Hardin County Sheriff in Towa at the June 4 1928 primary. Jasper W Thompson announces candidacy for Hardin County county attorney nomination subject to Republican primary on June 4 1928. A pharmacist recalls a child humorously asking liniment and cement for her hit pa with a pitcher in a one way street joke.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Tie Grantow but poor roads kept many away. Next meeting February 1 with Mrs. C Huffman, an all day event. Edwin Sanders suffered a painful thumb injury from a buzz saw last Tuesday. Floyd, Bert Trickey and Bob Cummings unloaded coal for the schoolhouse earlier in the week. Hatch Mrs. Jobe Stewart of Lawn Hall helps care for her daughter Mrs. Frank Lyman who is sick. Lyman is improving. Ed Ward returned home after a week in Waterloo. Miss Garnet Jackson and Helen Kangley shopped in Waterloo Monday. Winners of the declamatory contest were Maxine Moore, Eloise Puller, Wilma Ward. The triangular contest will be Thursday at Owasa schoolhouse with speakers from New Providence, Alden and Owasa. Mr. and Mrs. Brugger spent Sunday with her parents in Belmond. her father remains ill. Eve Nelson visited Frank Genders and Lee Guenne in Belmond. Dorothy Costello injured her foot badly in a practice basketball game Thursday. two small bones were broken and the foot torn.
Local residents report visits, travels, and events around Owasa and nearby Town Falls. Highlights include church attendance, stock shipments, basketball games between Owasa and Ellsworth and later Union, school staff movements, hospitalizations, and cemetery association elections in Jackson township.
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