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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1904
Page
4
The Herald declares it offers Hardin county advertisers the largest bons fide yearly subscription list for buy or contract. The list is open to advertiser inspection, encouraging them to investigate first and then contract if satisfied.
A delegate convention for Iowa's Third congressional district will be held in Waterloo on May 4 at 11:00 am to nominate a congressional candidate and select two delegates plus two alternates for the Chicago Republican National Convention set for June 2. Representation bases include counties and votes for Cummins in 1903. Secretary T. W. Puree.
The Republican primary in Hardin Iowa will be held Saturday April 24 1901 to select township delegates for the county convention in Eldora on April 2 at 11 a.m. and for the state convention in Des Moines May 18 1904 and the congressional convention in Waterloo May 9 2004. Delegates are apportioned by township votes with wards listed, polls open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The call is issued by the Republican County Central Committee with C Mrapun as chairman and secretary AW.
An Iowa item urges all Republicans to vote in the 2 to 7 pm primary to select delegates for the county convention. It notes possible congressional adjournment by April 28 and discusses party dynamics while praising local papers and urging support for home merchants and labor. The piece cites The Cedar Rapids Republican and The Sioux City Journal in a broader press critique.
The Union Star speculates on who will be picked for the state convention delegation. The piece suggests likely neither option and posits a mixed delegation including a Republican Roosevelt Allison Dolliver Cummins and Blythe. The overall tone reads as a cautious tease about early selections.
Ellsworth Hlardin and Gillette Buchanan county appear likely as Third district delegates by acclamation at the Waterloo convention on May 4. The piece notes Democratic overtones and hints at broader party strategy, while Iowa Supreme Court Justice Weaver fixes Beeman vs Bee mad, requiring one third of a husband’s fortune since the decree be paid to the wife. The item also covers spring duck hunting, Minnesota prohibition, and journalists lamenting travel costs for World’s Fair tickets.
W R Williams of Radcliffe withdraws from the Republican primary field for county attorney as Geo W Ward decides to run. The contest may narrow to Ward and E R Seaton of Hubbard unless Iowa Falls candidates stay in, but details remain uncertain.
The piece argues against reciprocity in competitive products, endorsing protection for American enterprise and fair foreign trade. It praises Geo D. Perkins and the Sioux City Journal on its 34th anniversary, noting the paper's editorial influence and the editor’s long, strong tenure.
If you are a dyspeptic you owe it to yourself and your friends to get well. Dyspepsia annoys the dyspeptic's friends because his disease sours his disposition as well as his stomach. Kudo Dyspepsia Cure will not only cure dyspepsia indigestion and sour stomach but this palatable reconstructive tonic digestant strengthens the whole digestive apparatus and sweetens the life as well as the stomach. When you take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure the food you eat is enjoyed. It is digested assimilated and its nutrient properties appropriated by the blood and tissues. Health is the fealt. Sold by Smith & Reed.
The letter discusses William Jennings Bryan hiring a hall in Chicago and paying for it himself to show earnest effort. It questions his ability to gain states and suggests potential alignment with Hearst. It notes conservative Democrats’ control in the East and hopes to regain party control by 1904 with sights on 1908.
In a letter to manufacturers, E N Scholsser of Allright II forwards 5.40 and requests six dozen Harts Honey and Horehound 2d5e-size. He praises its efficacy for coughs colds croup and throat and lung ailments. Sold by Wilson Drug Co Eldora Town, a temperance drug store.
Looking for a mercantile location or professional practice site or manufacturing space? Contact W J Reed industrial agent at 604 Endicott Building St Paul to learn about opportunities along the Chicago Great Western Railway. Maps and leaflets mailed on request.
The Best Family Salve DeWitt's Witch Hazel offers instant relief from burns and cures cuts bruises sores eczema tetter and all skin abrasions. Buyers should ensure the genuine DeWitt's as counterfeits are common and may be dangerous. Sold by Smith & ee.
On the first and third Tuesdays each month round trip excursion tickets are sold to western and southern points at one fare plus two dollars with a return limit of 21 days. Stopovers allowed. On those dates special one way settlers tickets are available at a little more than half the regular fares. The Town Central operates sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. Contact agents for details or address A B Cutts GP&TA Minneapolis Minn.
One of the most important requirements in medicine for small children is pleasant taste. Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup is praised as a cure for dyspepsia constipation and biliousness. Sold by Wilson Drug Co Eldora Iowa, successor to Hillsworth Drug Co, a temperance drug store.
The Iowa Central Ry will sell daily during March and April one way excursion tickets to Portland Tacoma Seattle Spokane Helena Butte and other Northwest points at extremely low rates. Through trains to St Paul and Minneapolis daily with direct connections in Union Depot and only one car change. Rates and full particulars from agents or A B Cutts GP & TA Minneapolis Minn.
A rail fare of one fare plus 82 for round trips via Chicago Great Western to Idaho Montana Oregon Washington British Columbia Assiniboia Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Tickets go on sale March 16 and April 6 and 19. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Eimer GPA Chicago.
A compilation of rural advice on frugality and efficiency. It covers saving a first dollar, grain and butter prices, grain wagon safety, farm equipment costs, fence quality, neighborly relations, thanking rural carriers, seed corn shipping, and holding farm meetings year round. It also condemns cruel horse whipping, urging humane treatment and justified discipline.
An advertiser touts Dr Kay's Renovator as a universal remedy to tone the stomach purify the blood invigorate nerves and banish disease from kidneys liver and lungs. Letters from readers praise its effects with price options and a personal offer to advise by mail from Dr B J Kay of Saratoga Springs New York.
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