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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1909
Page
5
Community briefs report hospital visits and illness lists, upcoming stage events Rogers Grilley, ads for Saturday specials in clothing and lace sales, storm weather notes, train delays, and local governance updates. Notable names include Mrs. Allen, Dr. Purcell, Haas, Rogers Grilley, and Sheriff Walsh with references to Iowa Central Railway and Eldora post office notices.
Semi weekly update lists visits by Mrs Geo Richards and Maud Near in Iowa Falls, Parker Davis returning from Pennsylvania, and W B Race visiting Hubbard. Attendees at Chicago auto show include Menars Ibach Stridler and others. E H Lundy attends Grundy Center court while O W Maxwell visits Hampton. Judge Albrook opens court in Hampton. Additional items cover travels to Des Moines and Eldora, injuries at a bakery, and local reflections on home.
Miss Lillie Klinefelter and Clyde Smith united in marriage on December 22 at St. Paul. The wedding remained secret until a shower for the bride last Saturday revealed the marriage certificate. The couple, prominent in the Grundy Center area, plan to settle at the M Pollard farm near Whitten.
Eldora Feb 8 Sol Tyrrell, a local barber, and his wife may become millionaires through a potential inheritance. His wife Bogardus is said to descend from Aneka Jans Bogardus, with claim expected to share in a large estate in New York City and Holland. Friends offer congratulations while the paper notes no verification. Also reported, Farmers Co operative Elevator Co of Owasa held its first quarterly meeting Feb 6, citing a profit of 603.80 and plans for a new store to handle flour, feed, twine, cement.
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