May Day Breakfast and Road News From Eldora
Local notes report an annual May day breakfast at the M E church on May 2, and a fundraiser at the auxiliary circle. Reports on road making praise the King harrow system while cement sidewalks spread on Hardin street. Eldora business updates include W R Linnell retaking the Eldora Racket Store, and Ezra Nuckolls celebrating forty years in jewelry with a prize for oldest item bought.
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M. E Church
Ezra Nuckolls
C. Hough
Hubbard
Seth Thomas
Ed. Burling
D. G. Meader
Dan
Eldora
Iowa
Buffalo in Iowa debated with old witness tales
Historical letters and local reminiscences argue buffalo inhabited Iowa into the 1850s. Eldora residents cite calf brought from the southwest in 1853 and bones and sightings across Wright Hancock and adjacent counties. Conflicting reports note skulls, bones, and a herd in 1855, while a curator seeks buffalo skulls to settle the matter.
Eldora businessmen pledge funds for road prizes
An impromptu Eldora meeting at J D Newcomer’s office raised 200 for road making prizes on the city approaches. A committee including O S Stauffer Carl Newcomer and Geo Gilman will raise and disburse the money. Roads to be built by King split log drag with farmers pledging participation.
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Eldora
J. D. Newcomer
Messrs
O. S. Stauffer
Business Men‘s Club
Carl
Newcomer
Commercial Club
Geo. Gilman
The County Covered social notes update Union area
New Providence reports Sunday visits from Marling and Alberry and others. E O Bunker wed Miss Grace Rash in Union Tuesday. Local residents welcome visitors from Algona Waterloo Town Falls and Albia. Academy officers elected Mary Wider and Mary Michener named assistants. Five graduates to be announced: Bessie Bernice Belle Ethel and Clara. L V Carter and Marsha Kelloge reappointed school staff.
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Mary Michener
Mary Wider
Albia
Academy
Frank Morris
Butler
Herbert Livingston
Iowa Falls
Bessie Mitchell
Bernice Mitchell
Belle Klinek
Ethel Williams
Clara Lawler
Robertson and neighbors face illness and new birth
Robertson notes Mr Truse remains very ill while local families cope with cold rains and demand warmth. Mrs Katers has a daughter ill with pneumonia and pleurisy. Mr and Mrs Jim Klopp welcome a baby boy. grandparents celebrate. Christian Aid society plans a May 4 meeting at Mrs Squiggle's home. invitation extended. Subscribe for the Semi-Weekly.
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Truse
Katers
Jim Klopp
Christian Aid Society
J.squiggle
Sunday School Convention at Providence M E Church
A Sunday School convention is announced for April 30, 1905 at 2 PM at Providence M E Church. The program includes songs by the congregation, readings by Miss Nellie Worden and Miss Lulu Stubbs, temperance exercises led by Mrs R R Newby, and talks on attention in the class and an ideal teacher. Rev L D Stubbs officiates. Benediction closes. All are invited.
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R. R. Newby
Juariette Rash
Butler
Reece
Mitchell
Nellie Worden
Cora M. Styles
Ross Reece
Aseneth Reece
Nellie Beach
Lulu Stubbs
L. D. Stubbs
Ees
Debt settlement notice at Swayze's drug store
Having sold out we request all who owe us to call at C A Swayze's drug store and settle their accounts. D3tspa Coveny and Lagerquist request prompt payment to balance our books.
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C. A. Swayze
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful Say Eldora Woman
Mrs. D. McGee, wife of a blacksmith on west Hardin Street, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with ending recurring backaches and relief from kidney related pain after cold exposure. She bought from Smith & Reed's, noting rapid improvement and a disappearance of recent attacks. Foster-Kilburn Co. of Buffalo distributes the remedy nationally. Remember the name Doan's.
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Eldora
D. McGee
West Hardin St
Dean
Smith & Eed
Cts
Foster-Kilburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan
A Tried and True Friend Cough Cure Sold by Smith & Reed
A long standing remedy claims to cure coughs colds croup and whooping cough without harmful drugs. Marketed as a trusted friend, the medicine is sold by Smith and Reed.
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Smith & Reed
Easter Offering and Local Visits Reported Across Town
The Easter offering at the church totaled 6.20 dollars. Mrs Tuber Wright and her baby are visiting near Popejoy this week. Robert Sayer visited his sister Mrs Chilton in Grundy county on Sunday. Mrs Williams and daughter Elsie returned from a visit to relatives at Owasa. Drs Clark of Grinnell and Pagel son of Iowa Falls were here Wednesday on professional business. Ella Montgomery of Eldora spent Easter Sunday at the Townsend home and attended services. The decoration day committee will meet at Owasa at the Presbyterian church two o clock Saturday afternoon, all invited. Mrs Mary Huffman’s seventy fourth birthday was celebrated as her children returned home with baskets and tokens.
Eldora Junction Guests and Family News
Eldora residents share domestic updates as Mrs SH LL Cartwright visits Eldora relatives. Miss Elsie Moore and her parents spend a weekend with kin. Mrs Wlis Lighter returns home after three weeks with sister Mrs Cobb. Mrs Adams and daughter return from Alexandria with two Adams nieces remaining for the summer. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised for spring tiredness at 35 cents.
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Alexandria
Missouri
A Business Man’s Views On Sunday School Impact
The superintendent J. T. McCulloch of S. District cites a factory president praising the American Sunday School Union. He says cities grow wealthy from the society’s work and attract country youth, while untrained rural youths drift to vice. He urges city readers to fund and spread the society’s mission.
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American Sunday School Union
J. T. McCulloch
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Endorsed by Amherst Reader
A reader from Amherst Minnesota praises Kodol for indigestion and stomach troubles noting it digests what you eat and cures sour stomach belching heartburn and dyspepsia. The advertisement claims great care in preparation and lists Smith Reed as seller. Also included is a testimonial for Deans Ointment curing a leg sore with instant relief and permanent cure attributed to the product.
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E. L. Babcock
Amherst
Minn
Smith & Reed
Herald Offers Successful Farming To Subscribers
The Herald has arranged with Successful Farming of Des Moines to deliver the 24 page farm journal to its subscribers at 10 cents per year. It is a high class neatly printed family journal with Prof. Holden, the Amescorn judge, as a regular editor or contributor.
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Des Moines
W. A. Lancelot
Ackley
Laura Graves
The
Herald
Prof
Holden
Amescorn
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the Herald
G. A. Stewart
Wartchow’s
M. BE
Harvey Patterson
Starr Drug Store
George Brooks
Warthhow
A. Riley
Bucher & Tower
F. B. Wilson
W. H. Merritt
Whist Club
Henry Frantz
Texas
Hardin County
Good Roads
Ellis McDonald
Union
W. Zeiger
Frank Walker
Fourth Ward
C. J. Warthow
Ladies of the Cemetery Society
Odebolt
Annals of Iowa
Thos. B. Knapp
F, Walker
William Walker
Myron Wilcox
Rebecca Edgington
J.S. Shafer
L. F. Wehrman
Shafer & Noack
W. O. Reed
Hubbard Public Schools
Sioux Rapids
Geo. Miller
Geo. BR
MEB
Eldora Post Office
Wm. Atkinson
Frank Hammer
Ray Haspard
Emanual Lep-rey
Nellie Swee
O. C. Warner
New Providence
Anti-Saloon League
Mr. C. EB. Petty
Sol Tyrrell
Robi
Todd
Harry Norton
Riley
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Starr Drug Co
Geo. A. Glenny
Norway
Benton County
Hubbard Schools
State Normal School
Percy Doud
Josephine Cobb
Geo. H. Cobb
Cobb
4Th Ward
Hardin
Clinton Street
Iowa Central
Chas. Grantow
CG. & N. W. Railway Company
Harrow
Hardin Street
Peterson
Northwood
George Houghton
W. 4. Moir
Geo. Richards
D. Doll
Linnell
Maures
Ledger
Capital City Lumber Company
Marion Register
Dubuque
Col
D. B. Henderson
Henderson
Jonathan Edgington
Jnck Conger
Confer
S. Whited
Marshalltown
T.R
Aldrich
Ames
Lowa
Belmond
Wright County
Lowa River
Loone
Trancock County
N. N. Crapper
Goldfield
Hancock County
J. D. Newcomen
Hardin County Commissioners
Institution For
Independence
Minta Foster
Foster
Tidorn Township
Parks
M. Lockwood
Methodist Church
Mr. and
Mrs. Marling
Didora
E. O. Bunker
Grace Rash
Frank Alberry
B. R. Wood
Nora Monigan
Tenry Howard
Mary Stubbs
Lulu
Waterloo
Town Falls
L. V. Carter
Marsha Kelloge
Robertson
Providence M. E. Church
Avice L. Miteneln
Epna Woon
Sec’y
Bertin
Robert Sayer
Mrs. Chilton
Grundy County
Eldora Junction
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Edgar
Jewelry and
Music House
Near’s
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Norve
Leo Marks
Harry Williams
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