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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1903
Page
1
The Eldora area notes a busy local field coverage with items on Arbor Day April 30, a Grundy Center meeting, recent property deals, building rock shipments to New Sharon and Lisbon, a brick and tile factory proposal, and multiple church events. Roy McFarland, Dewey prize money, and a food ad invite readers to Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil.
G R Malone assistant state superintendent of the Iowa Anti-Saloon League speaks at meetings in Eldora urging strict enforcement of liquor laws by county and local officials backed by temperance sentiment. Pastors met to organize and plan further temperance work as the movement takes root in Hardin county.
E, ET. Noe offers discounts on shorts and bran by removing it from ear in half ton or larger lots, aiming to reduce stock and attract buyers.
Jacob Snyder an early Tama County resident died at his home southeast of Garwin last Friday morning at age 104. Funeral services were held Sunday at his home with Rev. E Gunther of Eldora delivering the sermon. He leaves two children, seventeen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Born in Baden Germany April 5 1821, he emigrated in 1828 with his parents to America, first settling in Shoe Neck Pennsylvania then Fairfield County before moving to Tama County.
Oscar Wheeler visited the high school on Monday after leaving duties in the tenth grade. Juniors chose sunflower for their class flower and maize and dark blue for colors. A quartet sang Friday morning. Senior pins arrived and class stationery was decided Friday. 12th grade arithmetic and 9th grade algebra had tests Friday morning. A ball game Friday between New Providence Academy and Eldora Kids ended 4 to 3 in favor of New Providence, with a return game set for Wednesday at New Providence. Miss Susie Reynolds covers for Miss Thompson who is ill but improving.
The advertisement touts a harmless cough remedy for children claiming immediate relief from coughs croup and lagrippe. It asserts the medicine acts at the source of inflammation easing breathing and aiding permanent cure by improving lung function and blood oxygen.
Eldora women clubs, with support from the Eldora Commercial Club, plan to organize a Village Improvement society. Mrs Maria C Bibbs of Boone, state secretary of the Ladies Federation for Iowa, will address the meeting at Congregational Church Friday at 8:15 p.m. Citizens are invited to attend and anticipate an active club for Eldora’s future.
The Greenfield paper profiles Rev Dr Lyman Whiting of East Carlemont Mass now 85, famed minister father of Mrs C McKeen Duren Eldora. It covers his lifelong gospel calling, political detours during the Know Nothing era in Reading, and his enduring vigor, cheerful outlook, and urging youth to grow old with him.
The narrative covers Dr. Whiting weighing a political path during the rise of the Republican era and Nathaniel P. Banks role in 1854. It details Whiting's surprise at a congressional nomination, his decision to decline, letters urging a political career, and reflections on how his choice influenced national events amid Kansas Nebraska tensions and sectional strain. It also notes Whiting's scholarly pursuits, teaching offers, and his family.
A Monday meeting at the Methodist church launched a vigorous campaign to enforce liquor laws through pastor involvement and county organizing. Rev. J P Clyde chairs, Rev. J F Black secretary, and G R Malone outlines county officers, literature outreach, and a May 20th goal for county conventions and widespread church addresses.
Suffered tortures. Dean's Ointment took away the burning and itching instantly and quickly effected a permanent cure. C W Lenhart, Bowling Green, O.
A Times-Republican reprint notes Hardin County has 54 insane wards at Independence and three and six inebriates at Mount Pleasant. Auditor Newcomer cites first quarter costs at 81844.40, about 400 higher than last year. Inebriates cost 12 dollars monthly each and rise with increasing numbers, signaling a statewide burden nearing 8000 dollars yearly for the county and possibly 800000 statewide. The issue is framed as a live, long term financial challenge.
The Nickel Plate Road promotes its short line from Chicago to the East with three through daily express trains, vestibuled sleeping cars, and American Club meals in dining cars priced 35c to $1. City ticket offices are at 111 Adams St and Auditorium Annex, Chicago. General agent John Y Calahan at 113 Adams St room 298.
The M E and T Ry part of the Colonization agency of the Southwest plans a free monthly paper with authentic southwest info. It seeks names and addresses of farmers east of the Mississippi and asks agents to work with commercial clubs to compile mailing lists. James Barker, General Passenger and Ticket agent, St Louis, Mo.
A Kentucky reader from White Plains credits Kodol Dyspepsia Care with restoring health and appetite after years of indigestion. The advert promises digestion of what you eat and a return to weight and strength.
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