21 Oct 1926
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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1926
Page
1
A long poem and humorous snippets recall a tall fearless musician, a secret past, and a playful warning to forget a skeleton in a closet. Woven with wartime nostalgia, it blends jokes about babies, public notices, corn borers, and a campaign for Geo. W. Hayney as Hardin County treasurer, plus assorted anecdotes and editorials from a historical paper.
Observations on arrests across Iowa counties show stricter penalties for out of season pheasant hunting and hunting of females. The piece notes celebratory fines and law enforcement actions, while contrasting with rising cigarette tax receipts of September. Treasury report lists Cigaret tax at 67625147 and compares to prior months August 1926 and September prior year.
A $3 advertisement for a husband led an Oklahoma girl to marry quickly and gain an $11,000 life insurance policy after the husband died. A satirical item questions the value of advertising for wives rights and gender roles. A separate anecdote recalls a child’s breakfast wash by his father and a teacher’s bemused remark about cleanliness.
Glenwood notes delayed from last week as rain persisted. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walthall and Milo attended the funeral of Malinda Hunt Williams at the Friends church. Milo and his mother visited relatives in New Sharon. The community showed at the Town Falls Fair with several prize winners. Warren Williams and family visited relatives and spent time with siblings over the weekend and on Monday afternoon with son Ilo.
Margret Scollins, running on the Independent ticket for Hardin County treasurer, asks voters to elect her on November 2, 1926. The piece notes crop warnings from the Crop Bureau due to September freeze, with potatoes scarce and needs for careful digging, drying, and storage amid high prices expected before the next crop.
Ames Abe defends a man choosing his own wife against friends who judge her looks and cooking. He argues the opinions of others matter little if the groom bears the consequences of toast burning and gravy spills in his own home.
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