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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1926
Page
6
A roundup of visits, calls, and social events in Eldora and surrounding towns. Residents travel to Iowa City, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines. chautauqua attendance. Needlework Club picnic at Pine Lake. church notes cover Bible study, union services, and ladies groups. many local families host or visit relatives this week.
Local residents from OWASA South Mra Philip to Herman Radolph and nearby families hosted and visited across several Sunday dinners and evenings. The list includes Doyle, Lucyle, Ruth, Kaldolphs, Hutchins, Florence Northup, Schafer of Gidora, and Huffman families with Irvin Huffawn of Vinton also noted. The passages recount past week social visits at the Graner and Radolph homes and nearby areas.
Long list of neighborhood visits and gatherings from the past week includes Mr. Phil Reilly hosting at Bayle’s, Miss Laenta Johnson with Miss Mrody Unteska, and Misses Donny Jarkann and Jedith Ward visiting from Iowa Falls for weekend home talks. A band concert drew a large local crowd and multiple families were seen at various homes around town.
Cleon Vieman aided Wilbur Clarke with corn on Tuesday and shelled corn at the Vieman residence. Nir and Mrs Lib Cockerham and son Leater visited the Nereis Cockerham home. Orval Lehman stayed with his sister Mrs Merrin Cockerham for a few days. Mrs Costello and daughter Dorothy Emera Nerzog were subbard callers Tuesday afternoon. Miss Elsie Gildmaster assisted Mrs Cleon Wieman Cook with corn chores.
A compact listing of church texts in Eldora with service times for English, Mass, and Sunday School across multiple denominations. Includes Lutheran, Catholic, Methodist Episcopal, Church of Christ, Congregational, Church of the Nazarene, and Baptist churches with pastor names and weekly schedule details.
A series of neighborhood visits and gatherings are recorded with multiple names. Harriet Brunes and Elnora Herzog shared time with Milas Grace Mallpop while Marie Cockerham and Grace Halfpop visited various homes. Other notes mention the Cockerham and Herzog families, plus several Sunday get togethers and relatives visiting across St Anthony area homes.
A notice proclaims that a will and testament of William P F Lettow deceased has been filed and opened for proof in Hardin County Iowa federal district court. The document was read and scheduled for hearing at the courthouse in Reinhead Ridera on August 6 1926 with Clerk Mabel A Howard recording July 9 1926.
Mr George Jackson helped Elmer Vossler shell corn Tuesday with neighbors joining in. Mr and Mrs Charles Riske and daughter Hazel called in the John Riske home Tuesday evening. Miss Garnet Jackson returned to work at Nevada Wednesday afternoon. Community revival meetings were held at Owgua last week drawing local attendance. Several residents attended Hasel Casa show in Lowes Fall. Bert Bescher and family were in town Saturday for visits. Mrs Wil Voigt and son visited, and a note of local chatter fills the page with fleeting names and places.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a Florida incident involving a delay in aid for people resulting from a gate and a hedge of sedans. No clear names, dates, or places are readable. The text shows confusion but suggests an emergency response context.
A garbled ad text touts a product line claiming to ease sore tired feet with lines about corns blisters and acids. It promises rapid relief and dancing feet, urging readers to buy Tix at drug stores and department stores for smaller shoes and happy feet.
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