Community Notes From Eldora And Surroundings
Local items recount residents traveling to Eldora and nearby towns for trains and school, birthdays, teaching posts, and visits. A baby girl Fern May Peters was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peters. A surprise party honored Fern Griffith on her thirteenth birthday. Several residents plan moves or travel to Marshalltown Chicago and Boone. A flu outbreak closed the school briefly. dance club organizing and railway work noted.
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Ben Haven
Eldora Galier
Essie Harris
Eldora
Charlie Harris
Willard Hathor ‘Way
Gifford
Marion
Dorothy Miller
Edna Moore
Marshialltown
Ben Peters
Fern May Peters
Eva. Miller
Gilbert
Fern Griffith
Harry Grieves
Marshalltown
Wm, Azcher
Finley Morse
Baby
Alabama
Ben Morse
A. R. Nelson
Mason City
E. T. Cahill
Chapin
A. L. Gardner
Boone
Chicago
Clifford Griffith Af Ackley
Gennie Potgeter
Montivide
Lena Harris
Ana DeVries
Ellora
Miss Lottie Cartwright
Congregational Sunday School Bazaar Planned for Nov 30
The Indies of the Congregational Sunday school announce a bazaar for Saturday November 30 with all invited. A basket supper was held Wednesday evening for the Sunday school benefit. Esther Queen is assisting Mrs. Ben Peters, Martin Cretin aided his family, Harry Platts and children are ill, Mrs. Trende of Robertson visited Mrs. Mary Peters, and section men began work at Abbott Monday.
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Frad’Hass
The
Indies
Congregational
Congregational Sunday School
Esther Queen
Ben Peters
Martin Cretin
Harry Platts
Trende
Robertson
Mary Peters
Abbott
Ladies' underwear collection offered by H W Fannon
Winter undergarments advertised in separate pieces and unions with styles including elbow sleeve Dutch neck long sleeves high neck and ankle length. Claimed unrivaled fit quality and price. Located under H W Fannon line.
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H.W. Fannon
Facts and learning worth more than dollars in youth
A quotation from The American Boy extols a savings account of facts learned before age 15 as more valuable than money, claiming early study yields lasting benefits. It likens the schoolhouse to a factory and suggests a first-class fact could someday earn big rewards.
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Uoe
Jearn
Big Tom
Nella
Tady
Sure Schama and the Wakeful Night Exchange
A dialogue between a young wife seeking wakefulness to learn at night and her husband’s quiet routine. The wife asks for a drug to stay awake but the old wife suggests an alternative, advising to sprinkle the floor with erka to keep awake.
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Schama
Penny Brigade Scouts Aid Liberty Loan Effort
Navona Council of the Bar Site at Boots of Amerita organizes boys into a penny brigade to support the Liberty Loan drive. Postmaster W B Carlile of Chicago urges children to redeem penny banks for dollars and coins, aiding Uncle Sam amid wartime penny shortages. The plan targets pennies spent through butcher, baker, grocer, and landlord channels to boost circulation.
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Navona Council of the Bar
Boots of Amerita
Gaele
Sam
Bia
Liberty Loan
W. B. Carille
Chicago
Changa
Carlile
Uncle Sam
Post Office
Scouts as Loyalist Guardians of Liberty Loans
The Detroit Journal lauds boy scouts for vigilant service during the wartime crowds and Liberty loan drives. It notes their roles policing lines, ushering patriotic meetings, and selflessly hustling for subscriptions, calling for a grand reward for their substantial contributions.
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Berlin
Detroit Journal
Worthness
Scouts Always Make Good In Food Card Distribution
A Birmingham, Alabama citizen lauds Boy Scouts of America taking on distributing food conservation cards. He says scouting brings out the finest qualities in boys and praises their responsibility, dependability, and support for government work, noting scouts never fail to show up.
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Boy Scouts of America
Birmingham
Ala
One Boy Scout Prayer Letter to the Herald
Beout A Page of Chicago writes to the Chicago Herald sharing a kindergarten morning prayer. The verse mocks Kaiser Wilhelm and urges divine aid to defeat him. The letter uses playful slang and scornful humor about war and digestion of the world.
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Beout A. Page
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Scouts Thrift Club Organizes Milwaukee Troop 82 Bank
Boy Scout Troop No 82 formed a savings club for Milwaukee area scouts to foster thrift. Only scouts may deposit. a passbook is issued for deposits of 60 cents or more. Accounts bear 8 percent interest through National Exchange Bank.
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Boy Scouts Saving Club
Boy Scout
Milwaukee
Savings Clu
National Rechange Bank
Scouts Find Whisky Cache During Hike Near Padford
A scouting party on a hike near Padford Washington found a stash of whisky and called police. Capt George Miles of Spokane ordered the boys to stay put while officers were en route. A police dog led detectives to the cache where over 100 bottles were found in sacks and taken to the station.
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Padford
Waah
George Miles
Spokane
Greyhound
Detectiven
Thirty Pound Billy and the Rochester Child
Nella cares for and weighs babies at the settlement house. She rescues a toddler from traffic and reports neglect. Billy’s father seeks help. Nella offers him a home with a chance at a steady life while she contemplates her feelings. The story follows bonds formed, a caregiver’s duty, and a growing commitment.
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Nella
Billy
Mart
Fin Olance
Bella
Tye
Berg
First Boy Scout Court Exam Impresses Judge Hale
The first session of the Boy Scouts of Minanpolis examined 30 scouts from various troops in signaling first aid compass thrift and mature study. Judge Hale noted tests do not make experts and observers praised the scouts for passing 64 tests with no failures.
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Boy Scouts of
Minanpolis
Hale
Edward L. Welto
Swenson
Dalog Tha
H Dr. & M. Ronn
Lietti
George A. Treadwell
A. S. Nu
A. A. Mickelson
William Esterley
Scoutmasters Praise Boy Scout Creep Tactics In Training
Sir Robert Baden-Powell notes British soldiers learn stealth and creeping via boy scout methods. An instructor and scouts demonstrate crawling, stiff body posture, and inch by inch movement. Frontline officers say disciplined scouts prove especially useful in trench warfare for blending into darkness.
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Robert Baden-Powe
Erelish
Good Turns by Boy Scouts in Diverse Cities
Boy Scouts from Ashburnhwim Afnas Rockport St Albany and other communities performed good deeds in their areas. They organized funds for a hospital ward cleaned streets planted gardens and gathered waste paper for sale. A St Phillips Catholic church troop aided a struck pedestrian in San Francisco and assisted bystanders. The Cranston troop prepared crops for a community project.
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Ashburnhwim
Afnas
Noultry
Bronce
Boy Scouts of
Rockport
St. Albany
Holyoke
Mass
San Prancisco
Jack Foley
Boy Scouts
St. Phillips Catholic Church
Boy Scouta
Gornfield
Narragansett
Cranston
Echoes of Duty and Love in a Village Household
In a country town Mollie, Martha, and their grandmother face toil and tension as Martha bears the burden while Mollie’s charm and the curate’s sympathy stir a quiet conflict. The sisters’ rivalry, mothers’ warnings, and the looming need to support the family drive a fragile balance between duty and affection as a sick relative tests loyalties.
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Garion
Ture
Tha Eldar
Rolde
Mary
Martha
Taning
Mollie
Maretha
Mol Ite
Motiie
Jo Martha
Molite
Grandmother
Aha
Gindahl
Bho
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H. S. Stoner Knowles & Gogerty
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D, E, Byam
Scouts
the McClure Nowapa- Por
National Council
Scout Signal Tower
Wysh
Mazer
South Fifth
Philadelphia
Iowa Falls
Iowa Rendering Works
Chas. P. T
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Wilbert Shale
Key Ts Winchertey
Eldorea
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Tie
Dieta
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