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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
4
A series of soil survey meetings will be held March 13 to 16 across Wardin County to discuss soil survey methods, farm value, and crop rotation. Attendees will learn how surveys are made and the benefits to farmers. multiple local sites and times listed for participation.
Chris Abbas, a former Ackley resident now working at the Ford garage in Town Falls, announces for the sheriff’s office this week in the Ledger. He expects strong support in Ackley and vows to win the job.
Eldora area church notices announce morning worship at the Church of Christ Bible School with a 10:00 service and 11:00 topic Confession, youth activities, and an evening 7:30 service. Congregational and Methodist churches feature sermons by Miss Lulu Golisch on China and a Standard Bearer program with solos and a costumed play. Sunday School and Epworth League meet at regular hours, with midweek service Thursday at 7:15.
Avonelle Johnson of Union goes home. Misa Dorn Barz and Mrs Henry Bowers enter and leave hospitals. Misa Edith Ward has tonsil surgery. The Hoover Ackers family plans a seven room bungalow and hog house on the W BR Ackers farm near Eldora. Dog license penalties rise after April 1 2928. Eldora library hours change with new daily schedule. Odd Fellows hold a joint meeting with nearby lodges. Des Moines licenses grant marriages for Clarence Whitehead Agnes Rose and Bernard Hadley Norma Whitehead. Fire department responds quickly to Dr Herralds home fire. Various local notes on improvements and repairs.
A compilation of reader remittances and greetings from across the country to The Ledger. Correspondents include Orville Daggett who is recovering from a broken knee cap and expects to run again, W. J. Murray from California, Bill Naden in Webster City schools, and Myra Powell in Marshalltown. Messages of thanks, hometown ties, and requests for yearly subscriptions mingle with local notices and ads. The column also records a Des Moines business trip by county officials, plus assorted notices and classified items from Eldora and nearby towns.
Hardin county records show numerous land transactions from sellers including L Bloomquist and J Cassel to various buyers across Ackley Eldora Radcliffe Whitten and Hubbard. followed by district court judgments in Garden City and Eldora and new cases including notes and accounts. The fragment notes transfers by lot and block numbers, associated trusteeships, and monetary figures such as 4000, 9200, 5050, plus references to farm and garden city districts and specific legal actions.
Third district delegates elected were George E. Lizhty from Black Hawk county and C. O. Van Devere from Bremer county. Alternates include W. Byrrell of Wright county and Sherm Rath of Hardin county. Nominating committee member Ray Eggert of Black Hawk county. Rules committee member Don Donnan of Buchanan county. Credentials member Me. T. G. Efferding of Dubuque county.
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