The Westward Echoes of Eldora Daily Talk
A collage of local musings touching on service stations and coal politics, the share of women in bobber clubs, weather and lake weekends, rising rents and flat hunts, golf interests, and a sharp wink at editors. It notes Coach Nelson, farming threshing, corn versus frost, fall hats, and campus interest in colleges. The piece ends with a humorous scene about a father and a late night greeting, plus a boast about stubborn wooden soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suops
Eldora
Folke
Nelson
Henry Janssen
Jim Cameron
Winnebarn County
American ideals rally in defense of the Constitution
President Coolidge defends the Constitution urging Americans to back liberty and ordered government. He warns against limiting domestic court jurisdiction as it risks the balance of powers and could erode savings and homes. The column blends praise for American resolve with reflections on world affairs and local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
America
Uncle Sam
Iowa
Darius Green
Telephone progress and civic duty in Iowa
A 1923 city life reflection notes the vast daily telephone calls and the efficiency of operators, praising the role of young women on exchanges. It discusses a forthcoming Republican campaign, county party duties, and the Community Club finishing a year of service while shaping next year’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Reputitesn
Ahjeet Central Committee
Hardin County
Huff
Des Moines
Bryson
Iowa
Des Moines Political Squares and Ringside Notes
A column notes how a budget booster challenges eight hour day norms at Des Moines offices and mocks farmers seeking reliable returns after seasons. It mentions a planned boxing match between two pugilists, one colored and one South American, with steps to stop the fight and deport the foreign fighter. A Lincoln speech by Dawes draws a friendly visit from Bryan, and candidate Davis shows plans for a Des Moines rally on September 17 with county by county reservations for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget River Howe
State House
Des Moines
Sori
Davis
Ackley Presbyterians to entertain and civic updates
Ackley Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society will be entertained by Mrs. William Bush and Mrs. Henry Whiteside in church parlors on Thursday September 11. Community notes cover Meints family reunion, visits from Mrs. William Young, Mrs. Mary Davis, and several Ackley visitors including Fred Dauffenbach and daughter, Daniel Corney, Reuben Meetland party, and travel of Mayor Trainer and council for power plant refit. Hay fever relief trip, trips of Rev H W Engelke, and teaching assignments of Abbie and Minnis Deneuf. Catherine O Neill returns to Ventura for primary teaching year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
William Bush
Henry Whiteside
Meints
Mike Meints
South Ackley
William Young
Glen Dahn
Downey
Calif
Mary Davis
Albia
Dan Lynth
D. O’hearn
Fred Dauffenbach
Fort Dodge
Ackley
Daniel Corney
Mitchell
Reuben Heetland
Sibley
Meetland
Trainer
Martin, Stein
H. W. Engelke
Milwaukee
Wis
Abbie
Minnis Deneuf
Shelby
Iowa
Webster City
Catherin O'Neill
Ventura
Eldora Township Social Visits Chronicle
Mrs Leo Marks and daughter Cleo of Des Moines visit Orville Vigars home. Mr and Mrs Victor Nelson and son George of Mason City spend Saturday night with Hendrick Whitwood. Families visit Florence Nelson in Eldora. Cleve Lepley of Greene visits sister Mrs Clayt Baker. Peter Lepley Marion Upton and Fred Upton families join for Sunday. Hiram Andrews of New Providence and George Mathies of Whitten visit Amos Cobb. Barnard family returns home after several pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo. Marks
Cleo
Des Moines
Orville Vigars
Victor Nelson
George
Mason City
Hendrick Whitwood
Florence Nelson
Eldora
Cleve Lepley
Greene
Clayt. Baker
Peter Lepley
Marion Upton
Wheat, transport and tragedy in a memory column
The column links bullish markets with future transportation, the Dawes Plan, and bold projections. It highlights May wheat above 1.40, corn prices, a Texas to Ohio flight in a machine named Aloustre, and a grim case of a mother who hanged her two children before attempting suicide, ending with reflections on life's troubles and despair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Calvin Coolidge
Donald Phillips
Texas
Ohio
Aloustre
New York
Lindsey
Ontario
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Black
Hardin County Ledger
Eldora and
Sherman W. Needham
Jess
Tife
Prince of Wales
Prince’ of Wales
Bill Booster
Dawes
Lincoln
Chas, Bryan
Tey
Eldora Township
Xuter
John W. Davis
Robert M. la Follette
Higley
Fred Thompson
Harold D. Akers
Arthur
Brisbane
Germany
Panama Canal
Helen Stein
Nathan Straus
P. R. K. Chemical
Ford
P. R. K. Paint Shop
West 18Th Ave
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