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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
3
Dr A W Adama dentist operates above Eldora Candy Store as part of a local health services push with First National Bank and Ostenpath. The note lists W. Elliott and the bank in connection with the venture.
Numerous short items note visits and travels of local residents. Derr family leaves for Austin Minnesota to visit relatives. Mrs Ye W Peisen and son George stay at Iowa Falls. Verna Hill-Sterling visits Mira Fern Rew. Anna Whitwood visits her sister Ann Todd. the Boyd and Bowen families attend funerals. McClaskey and daughter Violet hosted by Cros son. Edna Wilson visits from Chicago. Ruth Van Krog returns from university. Sarah Near returns from wintering with daughter. W G Horn and daughter Helen return home. Gaura Taggart visits between trains. Rowen family attends Blanche Rowen funeral. piano tuner Renkck makes regular trips. Dora Lucas and Lilian visit in North Dakota. Mrs. Spiltle hosts in-bar, Mrs. J. Hardin visiting Chicago. Etta Frederick visits in Jacksonvill. Miriam Von Krog returns from Delweis teaching home economics. Statten plans extended visits to Hampton, Sheffield, Waterloo. June Special Hass Co offers an 18x86 inch extra heavy two thread Bleached Soft Spun Turkish Towel for 20¢ each.
Rural lives and community updates fill town chatter with visits from Indianola and Des Moines travelers. Students Conan Pelson and Donald Reed return from Iowa City. Moffett and other locals head to university events and summer plans. Local businesses send shipments. Rotary convention trips and county board elections feature in daily life.
Church notices list schedules for Eldora faiths. Lutheran Rev Trevkow holds English services first and third Sundays at 8 60 p m and last Sunday at 12 0 a m with Sunday School 10 00 a m. St Mary’s Father Dowling services 8 am and 12 am on 1st and 3rd Sundays, 10 am other Sundays. Western listings note Catholic encyclopedia in Public Library cited by London Times. Methodist Roy V Porter leads Sunday School at 10:00 and worship at 10:30 a m and 8:00 p m with Manarth League devotional midweek prayer meeting Thursday. Church of Christ Thomas E Morton preaches at 10:00 a m Bible School and 11:00 a m Worship with 7:00 p m Christian Endeavor. Congregational Albert R Rice 10:00 a m Sunday School, 12:00 p m Worship, 7:00 p m Evening Service. Nazarenes Cyril A Cronk coordinates Sunday School 10:00 a m, preaching 11:00 a m, evening worship 8:pm, Wednesday prayer 7:00 p m.
Community notes from Alden and surrounding areas report JHE Baptist Church events led by Pastor Robt D Kinney including Bible School, Young People's groups, and gospel meetings. Local incidents cover two-vehicle dust storm near Alden, injuries from a ride and farm equipment, a hand injury from an electric washer, and ongoing weather shifts with a recent cold wave.
A fragmentary column records varied notes from Lynn Callgway, travel impressions in Manila and Hong Kong, New Year customs, and social events. It mentions Philippine independence debates, Manila homes, Manila missionary work, Hong Kong’s colonial life, ricksha labor, fireworks, and a Lake concert by the Legion band, with local social chatter about dances and gatherings.
A bulletin from Pasadena Methodist Episcopal Church prints a letter by Mrs Merle Smith describing a world tour with Dr Smith. The missive notes prior stops at Ackley and Marshalltown and Eldora speaking by Dr Smith. It recounts hotel conditions in England and Manila and mentions experiences with servants, language barriers, and impressions of hotels during the journey.
Local column compiles a flood of social updates. Names such as Mrs John A Johnston Otto Wagner and Mary Purdy appear alongside travels to Iowa City Grinnell and Des Moines with relatives and graduates. Visitors at the Miler Sayer home and the van Krog residence contrast with teaching moves in Clinton Norwood and Emmetaburg.
Mrs. Drawe Ifpinterson of Seaterki visits the Harren home while Mrs. Pavis and children spend time with their grandparents. Several families from Whitehall, State Center, Hastings, and Marshalltown gather for summer plans, teaching posts end, with trips to Los Angeles and Canada. A boy named Billy Hawkins undergoes surgery for drainage of pleural cavity due to pneumonia.
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