Local society notes and shop ads blend in nondescript column
Dr A W Adama dentist office over Atlantic and Pacific Tex Co. phone 89. Miss Ruth Whaley spent Sunday with her parents at Austinville. Miss Ida Moyer went to Newton to spend days with sister Mrs Sayre. Miss Clara Keck went to Whitten to visit relatives. Landis Hat Shop promotes lingerie line. Sheree escapes in Lundy Bateson law office visited Loyd Town. Miss Faye Wood went to Oskaloosa to visit Ken Rash in hospital. Mrs H H Williams visiting daughter Mrs M E Olson at Mason. Irma Treskow returning to Hampton hospital after nurse training in Iowa City. Mrss D C Phillips of Grinnell and Mrs T H Griffith of Richland attended grade operetta and visited Miss Clara Philips. Work clothes for men cheap overalls and shirts. Oshkosh B Gosh gear carried. Enoch Larson, Clothier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Whaley
Austinville
Ida Moyer
Newton
Mrs. Sayre
Clara Keck
Whitten
Landis
Sheree Escapes
Lundy & Bateson
Lloyd, Town
Faye Wood
Oska
Ken Rash
H. H. Williams
M. E. Olson
Mason
Sity
Irma Treskow
Iowa City
Dilsaraly Hospital
Hampton Hospital
D. C. Phillips
Grinnell
T. H. Griffith
Richland
Misa Clara Philpe
Local and Personal Notes from Marshalltown Area
Local items record Harold Tyndway's near miss between trains in Marshalltown and visits by several residents from Mason City Waterloo Sully Des Moines Hubbard and Sheffield. Also notes shopping ads for Landis Hat Shoppe lingerie, a seven pound baby girl birth to Mr and Mrs Horn, and sale promotions on dresses coats and suits with March pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Wright
Marshalltown
John King
Mason City
H. G. Martin
Onning
O. J. King
Harry Pagel
James Smith
Ed Stebe
Marie Jones
Waterloo
John Thompson
Des Moines
J. E. Wasson
M. E. Wasson
Ed Thompson
Sully
Iowa
J. B. Was- Bor
Landis
W. C. Horn
M. M. Mulford
Sheffield
Nathan
S. Mulford
Hobart Follett
S. H. Nazett
Margaret Campbell
Hubbard
Local notes from Eldora and surrounding areas
Local citizens visit relatives and move addresses from Eldora and nearby towns. Residents include Mrs Agnes Todd-Alexaunder Conrad. Mr and Mrs Henderson Jr and son at O M Barnes home. Clarence Bundy returning to Jaack son Township. August Kruger visiting George Steinberg. Clay Reed moving to Eldora. Carl Reed visiting from Mans on then Des Moines fire station work. Mrs Chas Norris visits Marshalltown. Edna Sauer travels to Chanute Kansas. Mildred Ayres completes hospital treatment in Marshalltown. Hugo Nissan returns from Hampton. Wisner estate sells Eldora Motor property to Warnecke Bros Webster City in exchange for a Minnesota farm. Carrie Lightfield returns from Dows. John Minton and spouse plan Oklahoma City move. Mrs M F Hoover ill. D A R convention in Des Moines. multiple local moves and visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Todd-Alexaunder
Conrad
Sunday Register
BE. M. Henderson Jr
O. M. Barnes
Clarence Bundy
Eldora
Jaackson Lownship
August Kruger
Shakopee
Minn
George Steinberg
Clay Reed
St. Anthony
C. H. Speers
Carl Reed
Manson
Des Moines
Chas. A. Norris
Yes
Marshalltown
Charles
Edna Sauer
Chanute
Kansas
LU. H. Klein
Mildred Ayres
Hopital
Hugo Nissan
Hampton
Nissen
Wisner
Eldora Motor Company
Warnecke Bros
Webster City
Minnesota
Carrie Lightfield
Dows
Geo. Trowbridge
Chas. O. Ryan
John Minton
Oklahoma City
Okla
Minton
FE. Hoover
Carl P. Johnson
Omaha
H. E. Trimble
Marion
Thomas A. Stanbro
Misa Verna Witoby
Iona Falla
Caroline Newcomer
Lone Tres
Russel
Des Moines Register
Janet
R. W. Haas
Waterloo
Finey Wood
Lawrence Yore
Jones
Piney Woods
Otego
Kan
A. H. Doud
Buria
Doud
Jackson Township
Hardin County
Ancient Writing Methods Across Civilizations Revealed
A fragment from T F's Weekly notes long ago records how early cultures inscribed on bricks stone and metal tablets. It cites Sargon library, Sibyl prophecies on leaves, Bibles on pilin leaves, and Greek tablets rolled as cylinders, showing diverse archival practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggyrans
Beabylonians
Norspased
Sargon
Agnede
Bnelvedleige Works
Pilin Lelves
Joh
Moses
Hlesiod
Angling With Volts Sparks German Electrocution Idea
An inventor proposes using electric currents in fishing to stun fish before capture and release. The concept involves passing a current through a brook to paralyze large and small fish, enabling anglers to select and return others. Critics fear harm to even hardy fish and damage to juvenile nervous systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taal Walle
Garman
Esme
Animal mascots and eye color charm beliefs discussed
The article describes mascots by profession such as actors, airmen, gardeners, and fishermen, claiming certain animals bring luck or misfortune. It also links eye color to preferred mascots and warns against wearing snakes for fair-haired people and mice for those who rush.
Whistler Retorts Over Address Wig Peat Die
A London club secretary receives a flippant reply from James Whistler about his arrangement in gold and silver. The anecdote notes the sitter who praised Whistler’s portrait but failed to appreciate the work, prompting Whistler to quip that neither he nor the critic could claim greatness in art or nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whistler
Mec
Kansas City ‘Mines
Planned City of Refuge In Wtowiden Proposal
Mordecai M. Noah, editor and prominent political writer, proposed creating a refuge city in Grand Island along the Niagara River to establish a large city named Ararat where oppressed foreign nationals could be emancipated. The plan faced repeated failures and never developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wtowiden
Mordecai M. Noah
City of New York
National Advocate
Grand Island
Niagara Eiver
Oattone
Ararat
Biter
Bia
Meanest man you ever heard of in Portland tale
A reader recounts a tangled street tale from the Portland Evening Express about a driver offering a ride on Congrass street and losing an umbrella when the passenger alights, leaving the umbrella behind as the narrator monitors the odd moment in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towasay
Portland
Uxprons
Vituperation Had Big Part in Old Campaign
In early U.S. presidential campaigns vile attacks shaped the race. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams faced hostile pamphlets and editorials. Rumors accused Adams of scandal and misuse of funds, while supporters framed Adams as unworthy, driving public anger and shaping political discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mn Oman
United States
Beaveon
Andrew Dockson
John Quincy Adan
Adama Tat
Diana
Adama
Trossta
White House
Mobile
New Orleans
Merida
Fromp
Ninaus City
Personality Ties In Tennessee Politics And Craft
A story about Andrew Johnson and W W Pepper reveals cordial friendship despite political rifts. Pepper, a Springfield judge and former Whig, sent a shovel memento after visiting Johnson while governor. Johnson reciprocated with a beaver cloth coat made by hand, a notable act of personal craft and mutual respect amid differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Andrew Johnson
Lincoln
Johnson
Tensenfee
Tennessee
W. W. Pepper
Springfeld
Pepper
Travel and humility across nations as self praise wanes
The piece argues travel reveals that no country holds sole virtue and that self praise is unbecoming. It urges recognizing others’ strengths rather than boastfully admiring our own. It notes travel shows common homely virtues endure in any soil and cautions against national arrogance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fa Cuve Vo
Mule Trade on the Texas Frontier
A rider offers a mule for sale in a camp, naming a hundred dollars. A bystander bids five dollars, provoking a sharp retort from the rider who refuses to undersell the mule. The exchange underscores frontier roughness and stubborn pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Yourn
North Carolina’s Capitals Through History
The state has hosted at least ten capitals, including Bath Edenton Bronawick Wilmington Newberry Hillaboro Southfield Fayette and Raleigh. Pre 1701 governors residence and assembly meetings moved the seat. In 1781 Raleigh was founded on one square mile for the permanent government seat and today the city spans four square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Bath
Edenton
Bronawick
Wilmington
Newberry
Hillaboro
Southfield
Fayette
Raleigh
Ancient giant egg rumored at University museum
A distorted passage claims an ancient giant osteleh egg sits in the Natural History museum at the University of Wales. It speculates on daily egg use by a husband wife and family, and notes a five week consumption estimate for the egg contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winals
Quip from a 1900s shopfront humor scene
A comic snippet from Sherm's Shop features a barber customer banter about hair trimming and a shouted line about a woman's coins. A caption mentions A-Job Printing at Sherm's Shop as context for the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Robinson heads to Pampa for new post in Texas
A compiled local notes list several moves and visits. Towa Falls changes hands as John A. Johnson sells to Farmers Co-Operative Co. Esther Kusserow returns from Iowa City treatments. Families in Davenport and Toledo explore foster homes for orphans, emphasizing trial placements without adoption. County Attorney J. L. Cameron spoke at the Community club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Robinson
Pampa
Texas
Betty Russell
Miss
Kersey
Virgil Brownell
California
Neil Burnett
I. C. Aikens
Nora Springs
Geo, Lamb and Son
Tener
Chas
Townsend
George
W. H. Azeltine
B. R. Wood
New Providence
Rowan
Towa Falls
Cameron
Town Falls
Iowa Walls
E. A. Bloomquist
Minneapolis
Minn
W. ©. Balvanece
Theodore Balvanee
Vidora
Lewis Lawler
Everett Lawler
Wilbur Wooten
Union
Everett Rogers
Harold Balzar
Eldora
James Car- Providence
John Carter
New Newvidence
Abner White
Mary E. Dougan
Des Moines
Eth Eldora
Davenport
Toledo
Expert Piano Tuning and a Jiggs Dinner Notice
Expert Piano Tuning offers a new scientific method to tune pianos in Eldora March 12 13 with a price of 8 60. contact The Ledger Office. Karl Brandinburg Waterloo Ia formerly of Berlin Germany. A Jiggs Dinner at Methodist church Monday March 12 from 6 to 7 pm served by Men Sunday School Class and Ladles Auxiliary Circle. Menu includes corned beef cabbage meat loaf mashed potatoes perfection salad corn bread rolls jelly pumpkin pie coffee. Dinner 60c. children under 1926¢. Committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Karl Brandinburg
Waterloo
Berlin
Germany
Ladlea
Methodist Church
Local People Visit Relatives and Attend Funeral
Mr and Mrs Otto Wagner visited in the Miles Sayer home with baby Conrad. Miss Katherine Peterson spent time with relatives at Marshalltown. Mrs Frances Middleton returned to Conrad from New Providencr after visiting her daughter Harold Andrews. Bud Smith traveled from Oklahoma City to attend his mother Mrs M H Smiths serious illness. Mr and Mrs Chas Clarke attended the funeral of his sister Ella Clark DeWitt at Pursel Chapel with burial at Eldora comets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Wagner
Conrad
Miles Sayer
Katherine Peterson
Marshalltown
Frances Middleton
Harold Andrews
New Providencr
Bud Smith
Oklahoma City
M. H. Smith
Chas. Clarke
Ella Clark-DeWitt
Pursel Chapel
Eldora ¢Ometers
Overalls and Jackets Offered by Enoch Larson Clother
For you men who do not use an extra heavy overall we are selling a good 220 weight plain blue over all in all sizes at $1.16. Blue 2 grey work Shirts full cut at 76¢c. We Gosh Ovalls and Jackets, Enoch Larson, Clother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Larson
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U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank
First Trust and Savings
Eldora, Iowa
Comptroller's Gall
F Rathbone
W. OT. Murray
A. W. Crosann
Pf, R. Privet, M. Ramos
W. O. Guenther
Vier
Www
BK. Rathbone
F. Stouffer
H, S. Hammond
G. L. Marks
W, J. Murray
A. W. Crossan
A. W. Mitterer
C. M. Barnes
A. W. Adama
Atlantic & Pacific Tex Co
H. W. Stonebrook
Doctora
Harold Tynd
Marshalltown Walley
Haas Co
F. H. Herrald
Hardin County National Bank
Chevrolet
Ford
S. & B. Auto Co
Lucky Animale
Whistler Stories
H. W. Emeny
Wisner Building
Dora
Hell
Leslie
Poeta
L. R. Soli
Nac'l Baal Bidghone
L. Res
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