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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
2
Harness racing at the Iowa State Fair on August 24 will showcase three leading pacers Single G, Margaret Dillon, and Sir Roch in a Blahecla match race with $6,000 added. If rain delays, the event shifts to Monday, August 2, with officials predicting a record crowd.
A real pedigreed dog show will be held this summer in connection with the 7th anniversary State Fair from August 20 to 29. Entries have come from premier kennels in New York Chicago and Philadelphia and other breeding centers. Several hundred prize animals will be shown plus daily exhibitions by trick dogs and police dogs. A champion Pekingese is entered in the fair.
Experts hail the Iowa State Fair grounds as the model in America. The land exposition, owned by the people of Iowa, is valued at over 2 million dollars. About 400000 visitors are expected this summer for the Iowa State Fair. The event also marks the 70th anniversary Jubilee of the fair's founding.
Miss Jeannette Cammack and others spent part of their vacation in Des Moines and Hubbard visits. families travel to Lake Okoboji and Okobogi. Ringling Bros Circus attendance. hotel sale completed to J. B. Crawford of Des Moines. many residents visit Des Moines Ames and Dumont. births, newspaper press upgrades, and a Signal building foundation project mark community activity.
Miss Helen Bottom returns from Calendar while Miss Maxine Wildman heads to Chicago for a month long visit with an aunt. Families from Radcliffe to Town Falls travel for conventions, visits, and vacations in Des Moines, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and beyond. Various youths undergo tonsil removals, scouts organize locally, and several couples announce births and relocations amid community gatherings and church events.
Mrs Rosa Hoelscher of Ames spent the weekend with Herman Hilker. Prof Moore and family from Lake Park visit Ames summer school. Mis Henrietta Dros accompanies them for a week. Prof Bond filled in at a pulpit in Hidora for Rev Smith. Mrs Henry Granzow and child visit Edmond Oklahoma relatives. Maxine McIntire arrives for indefinite stay with grandmother Eliza Knowles. Several families travel to Conrad, Nevada, and Lyons for visits and work. Zion Laches Aid meets. Kings Heralds plan gathering. various residents visit Rockwell City and Down.
Thursday allocations listed as Mrs Henry Rashs Sunday Sehayl lass had no party at Walter Rodgers home. Families travel for ten day Kansas vacation camping on the wy. Mrs De Lawyer and Miss della Barnes manage telephone office in their absence. Mes AHalitown visitors include Mr Unley and Mrs Rubottom. Vern Martin of Alden visiting Helen Andrews. Lois attends summers school at Penn College. Walter Hull begins work in Rashs store. Roy Wilson sidelined last week. Locals attend event at Iowa Falls. Henry Howard and James Howard called on. Norman family returns from Ill with Walter Stickney visit. Thornton family to Iowa Falls for Sunday with D J Thornton. Leah Terrill Skoltock Ames and Carrie Serovig Radcliffe visit L K Reese, attend church. Serovig taught at brick academy, now caring for aged parents in Radcliffe. Lol and Lucile Hosking Des Moines visit Emily Faris. L K Reese visits CG Rash in Newton. Women’s Club Music and Drama dep meets Friday with Mrs Carter for Indian music studies. H A Andrews to Oskaloosa with sister Emma Ferisho.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Y. Carter return from Des Moines where Carter attended a legislative session. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wright of Audubon visit for a week, Mrs Wright is Mr Andrews sister. Sunday, Mrs Andrews joins the Wrights in Union to visit relatives. Miss Laughline of Cherokee, and Mr and Mrs Trueblood host. R. Q. Reece’s sisters Mabel and Ruth spend Tuesday evening with EF Clampitt.
David Dickinson and family attended a reunion at Iowa Falls while A B Cobb and family visited Alden relatives Sunday. J H Whitwood and son George spent Sunday at the Dan Taber home near Union. Jim Davidson and family attended a Grundy Center reunion. Thuie Preed joined her parents to State Center. George Davis and wife visited the J H Whitwood home. Lyle and Gibson Barnard from Boone and Marshalltown respectively spent Sunday with sister Bula Cobb. Tiny Gretchen stayed a month with her aunt. Rev and Mrs Franklin, from meetings at Union, stayed Tuesday night with Nouwh Clay. The Country Club met at Lena Muley’s. next meeting with Jessie Caster on August 6. Vivien Norris returned to Galt after a week with friend Gene Megan. Farm Bureau dinner at Union drew many township residents. program praised. Mrs Orville Vigars visited Whitwood’s Friday afternoon. Mildred Collins Ira and Avanelle Whitwood attended the Sny Pow-wow near Albion Sunday. Clairve Rhodes of Marshalltown visited aunt Mrs Wayne Gastar the past week.
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