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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists businesses near the south entrance including Dentiet over Millinery Store, Dr Williams Hemilton Osteopath, and a reference to First National Bank. The readable items suggest a street-side notice listing local establishments in a storefront area.
Local and personal items recount residents’ comings and goings. Mrs E H Stevens spent Thursday in Marshalltown. Nell Nutting returned from Omaha. A W Crossan and daughter return from California. Mr and Mrs Dan Munson and Mr and Mrs James Nehring visited John Wasson. Harriet Meader heads East for war work. Mrs Win Blairied dies at Hubbard. Wm Mulford receives Minnesota papers on forest fires.
Huffman and Son undertaker in Eldora Iowa reports operations and people, Idaho trip by Porter, Trubbard visitor Chas Merrill, lost pin notice, Hazel Nichols enlists as ambulance driver, Dr Purcell set for October 29 in Waterloo, Clara Penderick Dora Peirce and Steamboat Rock mother shopped in town, Chas McMillan ill with flu, Miss Hoffman staying with Win Eckles, influenza kills a local resident, Four Minute Men talks postponed due to quarantine, two Eldora teachers chose Jake Stuler, fruit pits used for gas mask charcoal, Miss Ethel Ryan home from Coe College, school closed for influenza epidemic, Mrs Albert Snapp and children visit Mason City, state health board urges staying home and avoiding meetings, Lot Tyrell to operate new restaurant in Moulton, Mrs Sherman Needham and children return from West trip, Major John Conger returns to Camp Taylor Louisville KY, Conger an Eldora native rising in Army, health ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promises relief.
Congress will not extend daylight saving time beyond October 27 with clocks set back one hour as planned after a conference including leaders and Baruch of the War Industries Board. Railroad ties will no longer be burned and may be used personally or traded to neighboring farmers for plowing safeguards.
The Emma Steffen home in Ackley was totally destroyed by a fire at 3 o clock Friday morning. The family escaped, but the house filled with smoke and only a single suit of men’s clothing was saved. Mrs Steffen carried $1000 of insurance covering only a small portion of the loss.
Mrs Titagh advertises French lessons for soldiers at her home in Indianapolis. Classes run Thursday and Monday evenings from eight to ten, with no charge and no English spoken. Soldiers in Uncle Sam’s uniform welcomed to learn plain French under her guidance.
An account tells of a homeless Mexican boy taken to the United States who later studies law in Mexico and becomes a multilingual adviser. He works in Cleveland for three years, then returns to Mexico and rises to a cabinet post as secretary of war.
In a busy Indianapolis scene a suburban housekeeper laments the lack of a washerwoman and makes many calls to find laundry help. She asks a prior washer Mary to come by next week offering two dollars for the service while noting recent washloads and transportation issues.
Probate notice warns that a forged instrument purporting to be Frank D. Weaver's last will has been opened and read. The preceding summary notes a contention about Dr Cameron Knight and an attempted bequest to a nurse, with the court ruling the will void for having only one subscribing witness.
In a domestic wartime drama Cornelia explains Mrs Gordon shuns relief talk yet hosts a lavish party with costly prizes and an orchestra while questioning long runs of Red Cross aid. Gordon's disdain for suffering exposes class tension as neighbors debate true patriotism and duty.
Local items list visits and news from Eldora and nearby towns. H E Bateson undertaker activity, rent notices, and sale ads appear alongside travelers, visits, and family news. Clerical job training ads, census of influenza remarks, and a financial report on Ackley draw community interest amid wartime civic life.
Thach of Baltimore Missouri arrived Saturday to visit his brother B H Thach. Mrs O A Larson and son Teving returned from Alden after a few days. Miss Ruth Hager, a Chicago nurse from Alden, home on sick leave for influenza, will stay a few days. Subscribe for The Ledger.
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