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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1925
Page
4
Steamboat Rock residents share visits with relatives and travels. Local events include a concert by the Legion Band on August 2 and many residents visiting family in Iowa Falls Nevada and Hampton. Several births, funerals, and travels are noted along with sports results and community activities.
Delayed from last week, a birthday dinner was held at Orville Johnson home on Sunday for their daughter Gladys. Guests included Vern Fuller, Paul Cross, and the Reillys who celebrated with a three course meal and gifts. Several local families announced new babies and attended dances and concerts in Marshalltown and nearby towns.
East Ellis column reports Mrs Herbert Dick and family and Mrs John Booth of Milwaukee Wisconsin visiting at Sam Hurtman home Tuesday Event includes Karlene Jackson visiting Henry Costelo home Lydia Tessendorf Hubbard caller Wednesday and Mr and Mrs Sam Huffman nearby residents making social rounds
In the home of their daughter and sister Mrs. C Cronk near Hampton Wednesday Mr and Mrs Fred Stislow and daughter who have been visiting in the George Jackson home left for Griewold Tuesday Velma Beecher was on the sick list Wednesday Mrs Sam Huffman is staying at the Joss Clinton home taking care of her daughter and baby last week Miss Filsie Steinfeldt of Eldora visited friends Mesd…
Sylvanus Moon returns to Denver after a month with his brother D Moon as Marshalltown gatherings honor old classmates. The column lists visits, birthday party for Lynn Witmer, a Union gathering, shopping trips, family dinners, and a weekend wind and hail storm causing garden and windmill damage across the area.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple parcel references in Alden Iowa including lots and blocks with distances. Mentions L. M. Rieste, A. G. Dayton, J. Ongood, R. J. Fernand and various tract descriptions but details are garbled and dates missing. The item resembles a local property transfer notice with incomplete names and measurements.
The speaker reflects on how praise varies by recipient and notes shifts in home routines. Mother rushes chores to attend evening movies, while others show concern for where one lives over how they live, revealing changing domestic habits and priorities.
Des Moines coverage details for the Stata Fair and National Livestock Show set Aug 28 to Sept 4. Five million dollars in exhibits and entertainment, 24 acres for educational and agricultural displays, continuous day and night programs for eight days, and over 127000 in cash prizes. National Livestock Show features 7000 head, 40 acres for farm machinery, large auto show, radio show, horse events, grain contests, fruit and flavor show, band contests, and thousands of participants. Five days of horse racing, auto races, top bands, fireworks, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah with 300 chorus voices. Reduced rail rates and 60 cent general admission aim to boost attendance beyond previous records.
Des Moines special reports the annual Iowa horseshoe pitching championship at the state fair and livestock show with 375 dollars in prizes. The contest runs Monday August 31 for three days, drawing large crowds as another top pitcher looks to claim the title.
The town fair will host a fiddling bee to crown the champion old fashioned fiddler of the middlewest during Aug 26 to Sep 4. Entrants must be over 60 and the contest takes place on Sept 1 with a $26 prize for the champion and seven prizes from $20 to $6. public may watch during the event. Only old fashioned tunes will be played.
The state wide school band contest will be part of the Lone State Fair from August 26 to September 4 with the contest on August 28. Several hundred dollars in prizes will be awarded to winning bands from a dozen or more of the state’s top musical groups. Competition is expected to be unusually keen and the event will be free for spectators.
Des Moines railroads announce special round trip fares for Iowa visitors and Missouri border counties to the Iowa State Fair. Traffic officials say fares will be one third and admission remains 50 cents, making the trip an affordable vacation option in the middle west.
The National Dog Show at the Iowa State Fair and National Livestock Show runs Aug 26 to Sept 4. Prizes total 1000 dollars with top dogs from across the Midwest and several foreign entries, under American Kennel Club license, featuring fifty breeds.
Lawn Hill residents share supper visits at Miss Genevieve Clark home and attend tent shows, with many local callers and family visits. Gospel Team from Marshalltown brings song and praise to services at Lawn Hill, amid threshing and social outings. Services planned for Sunday include Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11, with Christian Endeavor at 7. Everyone invited.
Miss Eulah Huffman visits sister near Steamboat while Ella Hiserodt spends days with sister near Eldora. Numerous calls and visits describe El Dora area residents including Hiserodt Bolar Doyle Kadolph and Megan families with friends, fishing trips and work arrangements. ends with a quip about dating and life.
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