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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
5
The Alden Herald outlines local happenings from town growth to court square changes, new enterprises and public entertainments. It cites Mrs. Furry’s forty four years in Alden, upcoming performances at the Bijou, and business expansions by M. H. Towne and J. H. Wintermute, with community services and church benevolence updates.
Comic and social gossip from Hazard area items list residents and visitors. Names include Web Wilson, A J Anderson, B E Lundy, G L Blackmun, J B Hardin, Mrs Frank Hicks, Miss Mabel Collins, Miss Parrott, Frank Tower, A E Ibach, Mrs Lew Collins, Mrs H E Batson, J A Bates, James Bates, Mrs C C Warner, Mr and Mrs C M Barnes, Mayor Grant Tyler, G L Hightower, Mesdames Chapin and Mason, Creary, Victor Nelson, Mason Guy, Geo A Nelson, Father and Mother Nelson, Mrs A W Frazier, Geo Bucher, Representative Welden.
Catherine Macy born August 13 1882 in David son county North Carolina died April 20 1908 at the old homestead after a long Iowa life with her husband Matthew Macy. They lived in Indiana Iowa and near Secor where she helped raise two adopted daughters and remained active in the Eldora Baptist Church. Funeral at the Secor home conducted by Rev. Stanley with interment beside her husband. Card of thanks from the Michael and Craig families followed by local notes on farming, church activities, Decoration Day planning and community visits.
A public meeting of Eldora Lecture Course patrons is scheduled for next Monday evening at the library. The gathering aims to discuss course operations and future programming.
A new lunch room opens first door west of Jepsen's store offering diverse sandwiches coffee tea milk and baked goods including bread dough saute and more.
In New Providence and surrounding areas residents share Easter visits with family members and local social updates. Martha Adams died in Marshall county recently, while young locals enjoyed a moonlit evening with gooseberry bushes causing minor injuries. An Easter offering near ten dollars supported Jamaica work, and a candle service accompanied the hymn The Light of the World is Jesus. A new New Providence Lecture Association forms with five officers to run 1908 09 events, promising shared profits and wide community participation.
Breezy budget items from The Herald report residents moving locations such as Orends Martens from North Dakota to home, Peter Wheeligan to Marshalltown, and C H Hess into a new meat market. Notes on illnesses, visits, and local business include Mrs Waudby, Ray Cartwright, W I S Moore family birth, Stella Hardin visiting Ishdora, Anna Kuhlman with a Grundy county Christian group, and several regional movements and small-town happenings. Easter sale raises about eighty dollars for the M E church bazaar.
J. L. Foster hires Bert Penerick to build an addition to his barn. Ed Bloch of Shiloh township Grundy county aided C. Jordan in town. Jacob DeHaan visited Eldora for dental work. Delia Penning travels to Garner to housekeep for her brother. Prof. S. R. Fitz is reelected Hamp ton superintendent. Eckhoff’s sister caring for child during mother’s Independence treatment. J A Holmes and Miss Margaret Rawson wed near Sheffield and move to Frank Campbell residence.
A Democratic central committee conference will meet in Eldora Iowa in Dr C K Gethmans office at 2 pm on Monday April 27 to place a county ticket on the primaries ballot All committeemen and other Democrats are urged to attend C C GutImann Chairman We still have money to loan on Iowa farms J C Newcomer Company
Notice is given of a special election to be held Friday May 1 1908 in Eldora Town for a councilman in the 7th ward to fill the vacancy from Grant Tyler's resignation. Polls open 8:00 am to 7:00 pm in the grand jury room of the courthouse. Grant Tyler as Mayor. Cole ish L. J. Stour City Clerk. Seed potatoes offered 50 bushels Early Ohio at FPannon's.
Public square auction at 12 20 April 25 lists household goods bedding mats pictures dishes stoves and more Auctioneer A Mason clerk W Murray Mrs M Wes Eldora Produce Co open daily Christian church ladies hold annual Buster sale in Speers building April 25 with dinner and supper Also notes about first aid mis tender and blood bitters and farm loan offers with J B Maryan contact for loans
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