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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
5
Alden C G Sargent and family will not move to Waterloo in two weeks nor two months. No definite arrangements have been made to move anywhere. Mrs Sargent's home bakery will continue to do business in Eldora.
Raymond P. Ward, 23, an Iowa Central employee for a year, fell from freight car No. 73 at 3:20 AM Wednesday. He was crushed by the wheels and died instantly. Son of Rev A G Ward and Mrs Ward of Union, his parents were away visiting when notified. An inquest was held Wednesday to determine the cause.
The Wisner opera house announces a week of entertainment starting Wednesday September 2 with Ralph Riggs and a 14 member troupe performing It’s All on the Quiet. The act includes twelve new songs and dances, followed by The College Boy on Thursday and The Bachelor and the Maid on Friday with Rose Stillman as the maid.
An old advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble with user testimonials from near Bidora town and a price listing. It urges readers to remember the name Doan's and to buy from Ester-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York, sole U S agents, offering a year-long Des Moines Daily Capital subscription for one dollar.
Four young Hindoos and a Christian convert arrive at India House to pursue courses at American universities under the Society For the Advancement of India. They stress learning American arts to empower India, critique British rule, and foresee developing native executive capacity to build Indian railroads and industries. Marcos resists famine-stage Christianity and praises self-reliance. Rashid and Gossain plan electrical engineering studies. Day awaits a chosen university.
A group of incorporators forms The Hardin County Savings Bank at Eldora Hardin County Iowa under Chapter IX of the Code. Authorized capital is 25000 dollars, shares of 300 each, business to begin when the Secretary of State issues the certificate, for twenty years. Directors named Megan Newcomer Melven Davis Gilman Larson and others with officers to be elected later. First publication August 2.
The Daily Des Moines Register and Leader offers new readers a limited time deal through November 6, 1908. Subscriptions include daily and Sunday issues at $1.50, with AP reports, Ding’s cartoons, and hard hitting editorials featured in its pages.
An Iowa newspaper advertisement urges readers to subscribe to the Register and Leader. It touts extensive distribution to post offices and rural routes and promises timely delivery with no extra charge for forwarding remittances to Des Moines.
Tickets on sale for a round trip from Des Moines to Desa Moine via the North Western Railway. Inquiries about train service and sale dates should go to ticket agents of the C. and N. W. Ry. The ad notes available loans on Iowa farms by J. D. Newcomer Company.
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