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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1903
Page
4
An Eldora dominated January district court juror list prompts scrutiny of Iowa code and drawing procedure. The Town Falls Sentinel explains county officers draw names from sealed boxes with slips from each precinct, noting jurors may cluster from Eldora despite random selection and urging cautious interpretation over alleged conspiracies.
A list of Sunday services across denominations includes Rev C B Cross at Presbyterian church and Point Pleasant, Rev C C Warner at Congregational, Pastor W E Stanley at Baptist services, and Methodist Christmas Eve programs with a tree. Disciples pastor Hodkinson returns for morning and evening, with Christmas exercises at the Christian church on December 23 and planned trees and treats for children at all churches on Christmas Eve.
Mrs Jennie Allen will run a first class news stand at her candy store opposite the opera house offering magazines, periodicals and daily papers with guaranteed order fulfillment. A full supply of periodicals will arrive by Sunday and patrons may place orders for special publications. also one carload of Late Rose and Minnesota potatoes is available at the New Store.
Berlin residents mention Charlie Bender at Iowa Falls and many sick with colds. Geo Frisbie travels to South Dakota to visit parents. Addie Hayden caring for sister Minnie Perkins near Eldora. Ladies' Aid in Berlin nets 4.60. church windows arriving. and Rev. Risman plans Minnesota move in spring. Local happenings include schooling, entertainment, funerals, bazaars, and visits in Alden, Iowa Falls, Des Moines, Waterloo, and Steamboat Rock.
A comprehensive listing details mileage, value per mile, and total value for numerous mutual and independent telephone companies across Hardin Hardin and surrounding townships including Eldora Alden Alden Alden Union and more. The data covers Eldora Center Mutual Eldora & Fairfax Mutual Tel. Co. and others with district, road, school, and township allocations, concluding with a note on the 1903 rural route performance and volume nationwide.
Fairview reports multiple illness notes including Otis Rash and Mrs Peter Lepley on sick lists. Pleasant Hill holds meetings, and Grace Spence owns a Rew organ. Hogs sold last week and flu unit activities mentioned. Sam Hutchen visits Bangor resident Will Adams who is sick with consumption. Arthur Hutchen and wife visit relatives in northern state. An 80 cent want ad hints at selling a 100 acre farm in The Herald.
The excerpt lauds Shore Acres as a New England pastoral play of enduring value. It highlights the drama's realism, the praised acting company led by James T. Galloway and Atkins Lawrence, and its ongoing success in Wisner on December 21. The piece references broader praise from Hall Caine and echoes from poets Riley and Field.
J. Hardin, president of Eldora Iowa bank, notes time deposits and farm loans with low interest and reliable abstracts of title.
The board of supervisors invites sealed bids for a 60 foot steel bridge to be built one and a half miles south of New Providence on the section line between sections 15 and 16. Bids due noon January 4, 1904. Plans available after December 12, 1903. The board may reject any or all bids. Jay Newcomer county auditor 1404 Wa County Auditor.
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