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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1926
Page
2
Local and personal items list visitors and callers to Marshalltown and nearby areas. Names include Patt Lund Henry Biersborn Chas Sampson Raymond Follett Mrs S E Bales Mrs J G Hand and others. Advertisements note Hood Tires Seed Corn Seed Potatoes Soy Beans from Stauffer Van Avery Co and Manshu soybeans.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Madole were Marshalltown callers Saturday evening. Art Dullivan of Fairfield Ind visited friends here early week. Seed potatoes for sale at Stout. Mr and Mrs Robi Kinney spent Sunday at Yarmouth Iowa where he gave two addresses. Mrs Char Warthow weekend with daughter Lorraine at Town City. Orville Erickson of Ames and Pat Hinez of Nevada were town visitors Sunday. Dr I I Herrald went to Des Moines Monday for State Dental Convention. For sale Minnesota seed potatoes. Stauffer Van Avery. Dr and Mrs Fareby and Mr Shiver of Humboldt spent Sunday at Jay Boyd home. City Council met Monday. routine business only. Miss Minnie Berninghausen, teaching at Hampton, spent Saturday here with her mother Mrs Pred Berninghausen.
Ambitious welding shop slogan line reads You Break and Bond We Weld and Mend promising repairs. It lists C. Bdick's Welding Plast with an apparent address 18 we2. The ad emphasizes versatility while humorously noting limits like a broken heart and the crack of doom. It echoes classic small business ad cadence.
Hardin County Iowa Board of Supervisors announces a special election on June 1926 at standard precinct polling places. Voters decide if the county may spend up to 37000 dollars to build a County Home on the County Home Farm in Section 26 Township 88 Range 20 West. Budget funded from available coins and any additional levy. Eldora Iowa dated April 25 1926.
Week end visitors include Miss Marion McMahon of Algona with Miss Helen McMahon. Des Moines callers attend to furnishings and baby born at Earl Henning home. Various local residents travel to Marshalltown Cedar Falls and beyond. Alden township bonds pass by 22 to 6 for a school house project.
Owasa School notes recount a Sophomore initiation for freshmen at the gym, with aprons and overalls attire and playful stunts. The Junior Senior Banquet at the M E church featured a formal menu and toasts from students and faculty, led by Everett Halliday as toastmaster, followed by the Senior Class play Ted Drops In on May 8th with tickets 25 and 50 cents.
Local notice reports a roof fire at the Roy Leake Smith residence in Independence, similar in nature to a prior Eldora blaze. The item lists various regional social notes including district meetings, travel to funerals, family visits, a new business opening by Alden resident John Fromm, and seed corn for sale in Eldora with contact details.
Hubbard Mr and Mrs Gus Schnormeier plan to move into the Hollenberg property and live there until fall when they will build their house. Mrs RR Swallam visits son Dr Troy Swallam and family at Sioux Rapids. Mrs Carl Hanson of Holstein visits aunt Mrs T P Guenther and family. Mrs Fred Horeecka recovering after a serious abdominal operation in Hampton. T P Guenther and family and Mrs Carl Hanson visit in Ames. Mrs L M Shade and son Donald travel to Boone to visit George Rockwell then return with Mr Shade. Hollie Bethke and family in Marshalltown Saturday. H C Mauck and family of Boone also noted.
Sunday evening the Eastern Star lodge initiated Mrs Henry Granner and Miss Agnes Liebbenstein. Hubbard train schedule shifted Monday from 10 05 a m arrival to Eltham with east freight at 10 30 improving mail and rural service. Residents visiting and returning include Mrs D E Byam Mrs Glenn Whitney Elvira Ming Anne Zivinke from Cedar Falls, and Mr and Mrs H C Boeke with daughter Myra from Pasadena. Several locals and guests visited, with hospital stays noted for Mrs Ida Mendel Thelma and others. Dr Pierce drives a new Chevrolet from Eldora. Odd Fellows initiated Gus Miller and two sons Carroll and Leland. Birthday Club celebrated Mrs G A Nissen and Simon Boeke. Helen Culver visits from Chicago. A H Bogardus exits Hubbard harness shop to hit the road.
The community details a decision to build a new brick parsonage at Honey Creek with a building committee to be named at the next monthly meeting. The church, nine years old, is described as a pretty country church. Various local residents are noted for purchases, visits, and health, including Mrs Iida McFarland and Mrs Milly Mills.
Eldora residents rally for spring beautification featuring calls to turn Eldora into a more beautiful city. Citizens emphasize cooperation to defend Eldora’s title as The City Beautiful and urge selling the town’s appeal to visitors amid a push for local pride.
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