20 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
1
A clipped, era‑tinged ad style note extols a wedding ring as a woman’s selfless pledge and a husband’s duty to gift enduring tokens. It promises “first water” quality and urges buyers to return for future birthdays anniversaries and friends’ gifts, all from our store.
A fragmentary Ledger column laments pretension and debt, mocks local vanity, and recalls a hardened editor, a sugar sign, and a coast down the sidewalk nuisance. It criticizes divorce motives and a chautauqua era domestic imbalance, ending with a pointed jab at Jubilee Singers and idle wives.
A hen works to revive her chicks after being found cold and exhausted. She tended them for hours until they regained strength, then proudly returned to the farm just in time for the noon feeding, proving remarkable motherly care.
Popular Science Monthly notes how humans can learn to use toes like fingers, unlike many primates. The piece explains anatomy differences, with thumbs limited in monkeys while humans adapt feet for writing. It suggests trying the exercise to see foot dexterity improve with practice.
This obituary outlines Joe Faris of the Navel Providence vicinity, married Delancey Reece on September 28, 1888, and fathered three daughters Nyna Hilda and Emily. It notes his cheerful nature and wide community friendships, his final illness, and his readiness to depart, with funeral services held at the church Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by Pastor Fred Smith.
In a Missouri town a doctor’s class on nerve ends in chaos as two college rivals fire shots outside the basement library. The room’s 80 female students flee to safety, believing the tirade was a staged demonstration. the assailants are wounded and vanish across the street.
The text extols opening hearts to children and sharing hopes to strengthen the home. It argues a loving, trusting atmosphere creates a magnetic bond that keeps children close, assuring they will return to a content, protected home amid worldly temptations.
An obscure fragment notes withdrawal of tobacco related measure with unclear phrasing. The readable text mentions impairment of a calculation and a reference to "nineral" as a stray term. No clear dates or entities can be confirmed from the fragment.
A dense list of service members from Eldora appears across branches including Infantry Navy Marines and Aviation. Names span ranks from Lieutenant to Captain with dozens of individuals such as John S Conger I Jay Houghton and Harold Strother among the listed. The roster also notes specialized units like Dental Reserves Artillery Coast Artillery and Ordnance with personnel including Lieut Chas Beck Lieut Harry Moser and Elmer Lamer.
The Ledger lists multiple property transactions including Ackley parcel 10 ft by land in 28 89 21 changed hands for 4000, and land exchanges involving Tr M Lockwood EB Chapin and Jenn pin in 22 86 19. Additional transfers include Foster’s Add Town aud valued at 6800, Fayant to F M Williams in Block 26 Town Falls, James Pierce to Julius H Bender Lot 12 Block D Pierce Place Eldora for 1850, and Chas D Ryan to James A Marshman in 83 87 21 for 8000.
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