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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
3
Edith Nugent hosts a charming cousin Edmond Marsh during a storm. A newspaper reports the Conway jewelry store robbery suspect captured on the 12 20 train, matching a description that unsettles Edith. Edmond writes from Chicago promising a future visit to Will Durgan and neighbors.
The passage muses on the early use of magnification devices in opera and antiquity, noting ancient magnifying tools and early telescopes. It mentions ships formed by sun rays and observers of celestial bodies, but many details are unclear or lost to history.
A humorous vignette follows Harold Burns from an anxious office boy to a confident employee after donning Uncle Sam’s khaki. The piece traces his changing voice and morale as he adapts, ends with his farewell and a call for a new boy to fill the post. It shifts to a second item about Allen, known as the MIT Jonotré Kid, in a San Francisco police court, boasting of a fortune and discussing plans for a lavish life and burial.
The fragment quotes a doctor urging people to wear light undergarments to aid the body’s heat and notes interest in gauze sleeves and thermometers. It reads like a stray era observation or quote column with unusual phrasing and uncertain context.
Edith and Jim confront their past as she seeks forgiveness for their divorce. He reveals he has remarried and raised a son, calling for a change in their lives. The couple debates love, home, and a possible future amid moonlight and memory.
A long list of named individuals in Eldora's honor roll across multiple military branches. Includes infantry names such asGeo L Smith Robert Garles Joseph M Tyler and many others across Marines Aviation Field Artillery Coast Artillery Engineers and more with ranks and roles. The compilation lists musicians, electricians, medics, engineers, and staff from various units, reflecting a broad community tribute.
List of Harold Ibach Lieutenant Charles Merrick Moore Tower Harold Race Martin Dunn Smith Greet Wehrman Jensen Robarts Howley Care Tyter Whorrall Petty Rudolph Atgelius Mossow Cowell Wilder Tylor Curtis DeGroft Reece Williamson Kennedy McCoy Shafer Shafer Houghton Quartermaster Corps D. Howell Vegulp Ibach Baker Protheroe H Brownell Marine Corps Owen Megan Crockett Ordnance Depart Fines aralke Jerry Teske Albert Brown Robert Peisen Ralph Speers Music Raymond Speers Music Diehl Medical Department Welch Doane Ammunition Truck Wakeling Lamer White Lamprecht Speers Red Cross Rousseau Fire cost and coal deposits noted with Nigeria references and a garbled list of names and places.
George Arnold Richard Eggle ston and Dewey Stavenson motored to Cedar Falls Sunday Mrs C J Hopkins and children spent Tuesday in Radcliffe at home of her parents Mr and Mrs Byron Schryver daughter moved to Edge farm two miles northeast of Whitten Monday Mr Schryver will work for John Kelly next year Lottie Shore spent Sunday with Lucila Essig Ed Mabie and children shopped in Marshalltown Saturday Rev C S Barnard of Walker former pastor preached at the church Sunday evening He had charge of funeral services for Amos Perril at Hauser cemetery Monday morning Mr Perril formerly lived here but has resided at Oskaloosa recent years Mr and Mrs D M Price and daughter and Mrs F B Weaver spent Saturday in Marshalltown Ora Thorn called to Manly last week for his brother's death body brought to Marshalltown Saturday for burial Grace Nordquist returned to Iowa Falls Monday after home visit for two weeks Alva Vinton home from Great Lakes training station on twelve day furlough Hattie Smith of Eldora visited relatives over Sunday Death of Sam Melick reported Sunday morning pneumonia resident of
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