Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Semi Weekly Herald in Eldora, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1909

Page

5

Wall Paper Paint Store Ads and Local Notices

A jumble of small town ads and notices. Mentions Dr Purcell at Emergency Hospital Eldora on Apr 18 and 27, Grocer Frank D Lynn confined to home with grip, Spalding Athletic Library Ball Guides at Norris, and various Norris Eldora shops selling wallpaper and paints. Mentions Measured notes on schooling, local church activities, and residents’ daily commercial life with short items about stock shipments and measles in the Walker family.

Dr. Purcell Eldora

Nellie Hudson Named Third Assistant Principal at Eldora High

At an adjourned school board meeting on Monday Miss Nellie Hudson was elected third assistant principal at a salary of 55 dollars per month. She will relieve Professor Cavana of some classes to allow more supervision time. Other actions include teacher appointments for rooms 3 to 5, a janitor salary of 50 dollars, and an engineer salary of 55 dollars as the fall term opening date August 30 was set.

Nellie Hudson E. Cunningham C. C. Polley

Eldora News Highlights 1909 County Funds and Local Affairs

Eldora items report the first county installment of 1909 funds totaling 8994.79, with more in fall, and note cemetery cleanup led by sexton William Polley. Other notes cover a small Civil War coin found in a job site, chicken nuisance complaints, Fred Edgar buying Hussey stock, court orders for liquor permit audits, a Buick delivery to Ben Hayenga, post office notices, and community events including club meetings, a near fire at C M Haas store, and a new Sunday School organized near Radcliffe.

Wright

Personal notes from Eldora and surrounding towns

A compilation of local residents traveling for business, visits, or work. Jurn Larkey spent Sunday at lat hard as Eid Newell traveled with Maxwell passengers. Various names including Hays, VanOrsdel, Reaver, Mossman, Welch, Rider, Pool, Diehl, Kier, Frederick, Gearhart, Weston, Sargent, Tucker, Davis, Burlingame, Cobb, Doan, Greer, Anderson, Strother, Town, Walter, Landis, Duren, Edgington, Vigars, Sheffield, Kuser, Kennedy, Meader, Kimble, Hammond and others appear with trips to Des Moines, Hampton, Waterloo, Oskaloosa, Allen trips, or visits to union, Des Moines, Sioux City, and Salem.

Local Notices on Illness and Storm Damage in Alden

Mrs. Cora Narum and Mia Lulu Huff returned Saturday from Burlington after weeks with their uncle Samuel Divens illness. Chas Doty of Newell spent weekend at W I Shields home in South Alden. Will Pennington died after a daylong illness in Pennington's brother Alden Times. Cliff Clark arrived in Eldora from Cedar Falls and reported a Cedar Falls storm that night. A barn near Cedar Falls was struck by lightning and burned with its contents and twenty two head of horses.

Cora Narum Mia Lulu Huff Burlington Samuel Diven Chas, Doty Newell South Alden Mr. Doty Eldora Alden Pennington Will Pennington Cliff Clark Cedar Falls

Also Mentioned on This Page

Riehanna Cornelian Agate Norris George Gilman Frank D. Lynn Diehl & Hier Smith Spalding’s Athletic Library Bissel D. Wills Geo. Richards Richards’ Paint Store Richards Carpenter’s Restaurant Dr. Horton First National Bank B. D. Robb & Son Robert Modlin Chicago Northwestern Roy Amburn W. T. Brown Gotch James Nuckolls Miss Meader A. Readout Hobart Follett Ladies Aid Society The Congregational Church Spalding's Sporting Goods Norris’ City S. R. Fitz Steamboat Rock Hampton Schools Julia Scurry Scurry Eldora High School State Normal School Eldora Cemetery William Polley Sexton C. S. Edick Fred Edgar C. P. Hussey Mr. Hussey Mr. Edgar Stearns & Foster Court House W. E. Stanley Chereh Gen. Booth Salvation Army Herald Hardin County Ben Hayenga Ackley Journal Fisher Ollie Hall Chas Osborne O. S James Collins Roy Williams Fred Hill David Mitchell Nancy E Selby Mass Maud Camblin Ben Jas. A. Whiteley Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery Co Des Moines C. O. Ryan I. J. Edgar Thos, W. Ferris Osage Cedar Rapids State Electrical Association Albert Tresmer Reinbeck Johnny Carnegie Library Frank Diehl Robert Louis Stevenson A. W. Mitterer Harriet Meader J. B. Mather C. A. Beaver C. M. Haas Dry Goods Raymond Haas J. E. Cruzan Rose Grove Radcliffe E. H. Reed H. U. Kleckner Ella Ryerson Treasuerer J. P. Hanson Mies Mabel Kleckner Ory. Reed Clarence Kleckner M. Lusgomh Migs Ella “Ryerson Mig U ‘Kleckner Han‘gon Marshalltown P. S Davis Newcomer P. F. Brown George A Bode McNeil Thomas ‘Walsh Horton Hadley Mark Mabo Wal Ry Jurn Larkey Eid Newell Maxwell Aymer D. Davis Hampton C. L. Hays Harlan A. C. VanOrsdel Riley C. A. Reaver Ed Calloway Union Elmer Mossman Forest City C. E. Welch West Union Will Rider Garwin C. M. Runkle Miss Minnie Pool Conrad Drs G. E. Dieh G. P. Kier Robert Frederick Ed Gearhart W. S. Weston Webster City C. G. Sargent Waterloo Courier L. B. Tucker Rapid City South Dakota Parker S. Davis T. W. Burlingame Sioux City A. B. Cobb Oceyeduan Krank Doan Iowa Falls Eldora Tile and Pipe Works C. E. Greer Hal A. J. Anderson C. W. Strother Oskaloosa Western Union Telegraph Company Nellie Walter J. A. Landis Duren Hardin County National Bank New Providence Lee Edgington Chariton R. A. Vigars P.M. Sheffield Albia Iowa Central Charles City W. F. Kuser Des Moines Industrial School Edward Kennedy Salem Oregon Minneapolis Jack Kimble W. H. Merritt Elizabeth Hammond Hastings Neb Investor Richelieu and Soarist Ferndell Eaco Eldora, Lowa the Crescent. Lumber Co Eldora, Iowa Chan, Pennington Wife
Search Courier

Search the Semi Weekly Herald Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Semi Weekly Herald?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication