Early Week in Midora and Eldora Area
Town reports show numerous visits and errands across Eldora Ackley and nearby towns. Residents Mose Kellum Mrs Griffith Ethel Van Epps Fred Eilers Louie Platts Delia Penning Carrie Campbell and others are listed with sickness visits business calls and social events across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haley
Marshalltown
Ethel van Epps
Hldora
Fred Eilers
Chicago
Louie Platts
Eldora
Henry Finster
Arend Isckhoff
Ackley
Delia Penning
Carrie
Lettie Campbell
Steamboat Rock School Notes Debating Indians and Negroes
Steamboat Rock high school hosts a lively pupil contest with boys versus girls in arithmetic drills and a Friday sleigh ride for losers if weather allows. Miss Payne is ill, grammar room idle, enrollment 36 in intermediate grades, and the first winter term debate is Friday afternoon on whether Indians suffered worse treatment by whites than negroes. affirmative team includes Weller Grieves and Forest Haley. negative includes Fannie Potgeter and Beth Northup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McSwiggen
Payne
Bethel Notices Show Local Visits and Illnesses
Bethel reports Jake Kirkhoffer butchered a beef last Thursday. Fred Ditburner of Hampton was in the neighborhood on business Monday and Tuesday. Mrs Hartley has been poorly but is improving. Joseph Green visited his sister Mrs Hanish and others from Conrad on Monday. John Price and Family enjoyed the company of Fred Brock of Bethany Missouri. Brock is a nephew of Mr Price. Floyd Hartley attended church in Eldora Sunday. Clara Davis visited Miss Ida Hartley Sunday evening. Mrs Brownell and son Charley visited her parents. John Price and family visited Cris Harma home last Sunday. After a vacation of three or
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jome Campbell
J. Quiggle
James Jackson
Lowa Mills
Chas
New Hartford
Denehter
Jonnie Laikens
John Perkins
A. J. Hardin
M. It
Midora
Jake Kirkhoffer
Fred Ditburner
Hampton
Hartley
Joseph Green
Conrad
Hanish
John Price
Fred Brock
Bethany Missouri
Brock
Mr. Price
Floyd Hartley
Eldora
Clara Davis
Ida Hartley
Brownell
Charley
Mrs. Hartley
Cris Harma
Rena Harms Returns to Work for Mrs John Price
Four weeks after a layoff, Rena Harms has resumed work for Mrs John Price. Bethel Church plans preaching next Sunday morning and evening led by the Rev Hann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Harms
John Price
Bethel
Hann
Sermon by Denny in Des Moines Coming Sunday
Denny of Des Moines will preach here Sunday and residents are urged to attend as it will be worth your while. The Christian Aid society will meet in the Hall for dinner Thursday Feb. Mrs. Everybody come. Miss Velrna Wilson and Ina Stotser returned to school at Iowa Falls last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Blopp and Geo Stotser family visited John Simpson’s near Owasa last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FB. Asher
Eldora
John Stevenson
Will Varnes
Hernan Kinser
Lawn City
Lettlerbine
Agho Fiainsten
Woeebershirie
Shefield
Sophit Vorcetter
Noyes
Maryhalltown
Eldon Reeves
Neessen
Stultz
Geo. Haynes
H. Smith
Farmington
Dora Greenjual
L. G. Johnson
Ackley
Lusch
Fayne
Lowa Falls
Chas. Gelhorn
Wellsburg
Chas
R. P. Hughes
Chas. Starr
Chicago
J. Quigele
Lowell
Marks
Iowa Falls
Griffith
Little Pearl
Abbott
Teo
Denny
Des Moines
Christian Aid Society
Velrna Wilson
Ina Stotser
Blopp
Geo. Stotser
John Simpson
Owasa
John Leverton
J. J. Quiggle
Eagle City
Rippp
Jake Rusmires
Ray Strahorn
Mark Bacon
Clyde Huse
Ollie Heard
Local News Briefs Include personnel moves and social notes
CG. OD. Beek of Marshalltown resigns as secretary to Superintendent Kuser for a post with Dr. H. W. Emeny. Mrs. Robert Todd returns from Des Moines hospital stay. mother Mrs. Lettow leaves Radcliffe home. Sixteen play Five Hundred at Wuarthow home. lunch served. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Haynes of Steamboat Rock attend. A large deed in Hardin county transfers 60.66 acres near Union to EH. H. and J. C. Lundy for 56366 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. OD. Beek
Marshalltown
Kuser
H. W. Emeny
Beek
Robert Todd
Des Moines
Lettow
Todd
Radcliffe
Chas
J. Wuarthow
Geo. Haynes
Steamboat Rock
Hardin County
Union
EH. H
J. C. Lundy
H. J. Benson
Smugglers, sermons, and a Glasgow curtain joke
A Cornish coastal smuggling tale cites Rev Hawker admitting past sins and coastal folk’s life, while Arthur Roberts in Black Eyed Susan at Glasgow turns a mishap into a hit. He quips that audiences in Glasgow always “bring down the house” when they visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Roberts
Captain Crosstree
Glasgow
Crosstree
Roberts
Caime
The Generous Barber
A London Tatler snippet shows a barber scolding a customer for cuts and joking about deducting a ha penny from a winnings fourpence. The exchange highlights humor over mishaps in a shop setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Tatler
Might Be on One's Nose Gumboil Confounds Optimist
A humorous dialogue features an optimist urging cheerfulness while a gumboil sufferer laments the lack of a hopeful angle. The exchange plays on facial ailment woes and the contrast between optimism and resignation.
Boxing Demonstration Night At Wisner Opera House
Billy Heller heavyweight and Ed Ikerman Eldora youth will display boxing Saturday at Wisner opera house with two prelim wrestling matches. Proceeds donated by Dr. Emegy to the baseball association. Heller, Chicago heavyweight champion, to meet Dr. Roller in the south next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Heller
Ed Ikerman
Eldora
Squared Circle
Wisner Opera House
Fead
Dr. Emegy
Baseball Association
Billy Weller
Chicago
Sherman
U. S. Navy
Heller
Dr. Roller
South
Jeffrice-Gotch
E R Talley Optometrist Sets One Day Visit
E R Talley, optometrist, announces a one day appearance in Eldora at Dr Whitney's office on Friday February 4. He notes years of practice in Hampton and Franklin county with many patrons in Hardin and adjoining counties and invites local residents to seek eye service during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Whitney
Hardin County
Hampton
Franklin County
Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Health in Eldora
A testimonial from Eldora Iowa credits Doan's Kidney Pills with lasting relief from kidney trouble caused by hard work and stooping. The user says the pills stopped back pain and restored kidney function, with no recurrence over time. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Eldora
W. J. McCall
S. Jefferson St
Iowa
Smith & Reed
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Steamboat Rock Department
Will Scott
Hidora
Mose Kellum
Mrs. Griffith
Mrs. Oy. Campbell
A.W. Gast
Suekeye
Anko Janssen
Peter Eckholm
Jesse Willaby
Robertson
Stock Island
Robertson and
Cleves
Allen Williamson
Popejoy
Blue ‘Marth
Minn
Mary Pence
H. H. Pitman
Congregational Church
University Hospital
Iowa City
Pitman
Fred Bilers
Frank Nelson
McCallaburg
Ole Mathison
Roland
Laura Oden
Little Jon
M. FE
John Luikens
Cedar Rapids
Fred Passmore
J. W. Bass and Company
Palmer
Jessie Green
Mr. Palmer
Henry Friesler
Epworth League
Stella Carpenter
Curtis
Roy
Fay Kluger
Swea City
Saalu
Rachel Burres
Mrs. Lampreehs
Henry Eilers
Clamey
Steamboat Rock School Notes
Cornwall
England
Dhuleet
RS. Hawker
Bieck
Sint
Boxing
Ikerman and Heller
Wisner
Rexall
Geo. F. Smith
Doan
Eldora Iowa
E. J. Skerman
U. S. Marines
Billy” Heller
VEC
H. H. Frazeee, Inc
Will Dunlay and
Lillian Lyon
W. H. Thompson
Louise Auber
Alec Francis
Louis Phillbrook
Sam Rose
Joe Evans
J. G. Williamson
Challenge Beauty Chorus
Hough, Adams & Howard
Cinderilla
Hte
Geo. F. Smith’s
Arizona Desert
Carpenter's
D. C. King
Eldora, Lowa
Herbert A. Huff
Mist Door
Winchester Hote Eldora
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