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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
1
The Citizens Savings Bank promotes savings as a foundation for future business success. It invites accounts from men, women, and children starting at $1.00 with 4 percent interest, urging parents to encourage regular deposits.
Town and county readers receive a weekly digest of local events. An oratorical medal event, fair, church picnics, and the Ringling Bros. car report highlight village life. Hospital surgeries, horse races, and theatre plans share space with rail surveys and a new tax light posting.
The adjourned board of supervisors awarded the tile laying contract to R A Elzye and Co of Marshalltown as the lowest bidder. No. 5 costs 4650 dollars and No. 6 costs 3250 dollars. Hubbard Monitor notes Miss Manora Boylan arrives from Chautauqua New York and will stay until mid September before returning to Denton Texas. Dispatches report 126 of 166 cows at Independence state farm tested positive for tuberculosis and were sent to Cedar Rapids for processing into fertilizer. The writer questions milk from diseased cows used at the state hospital and urges the state dairy control to prevent further spread. The piece closes with concerns about dairy safety and tuberculosis in other herds.
A weekly record notes visits and travels of Eldora residents and guests. Postmaster Wood and others visit from Waterloo and Union. extended stays, courtships, and trips to Des Moines, St Paul, Chicago, and Houston appear, with several families hosting relatives and attending events. Local business mentions and upcoming events close the list.
Charles A. Norris resigns his position as American Express agent at Cedar Falls and will retire once a successor is named. He formerly lived in Eldora and learned the express business there. He arrived yesterday for a brief visit with family before likely entering a drug partnership elsewhere. The Franklin County Fair and local visitors are noted among other items.
Sunday services listed for PRESBYTERIAN BIBLE SCHOOL at 12 15 Universalist at 1 am Wednesdays 8 pm Reading room hours Baptists minister preaching both services Christian E W Bowers to speak at Christian church morning and evening The Ministry of Angels First and Second Adam Sabbath School 10 am C E 6 30 pm sermon 7 30 Methodists usual services Congregational no services Sabbath school and youth meetings as usual
Thomas Irwin McChesney a Hardin County pioneer and central Iowa figure died August 13 1908 at his home in Iowa Falls after a long cancer battle. Born Warren County Ohio 1828 he helped start a Cedar Falls to Ft Dodge stage line before settling near town later moving to Iowa Falls. He married Maria F. Martin in 1861 and leaving two daughters Mary and Mabel with son Irwin survived by his wife two brothers Robert A. and John D and a sister. Funeral services were conducted by Rev Stall at the Baptist church and he was buried in Union Cemetery.
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