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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1903
Page
5
The Herald appeals to subscribers to settle long overdue balances. The office notes hundreds of dollars are owed and asks those in arrears to remit at their earliest convenience. The message stresses it is not a dun but a needed request to keep the publication moving.
The Prisoner of Zenda was staged at the Wisner to enthusiastic crowds led by Thomas B. Alexander. Critics noted strong supporting roles by L. C. Reeves Cyril Raymond and William Colvin though others lacked energy, especially the female cast. Col. Bain’s Vidora lecture earned praise and the Cedar Valley Co. sale to Commonwealth was announced. Davis and Moser pitch storm sash. Dr. W. B. Whitney and wife depart for Chicago for another post graduate course.
Eldora residents debate the Des Moines to Eldora interurban project. Some trust its two year completion, noting surveys two years old and prior focus on other lines. Rail steel shortages slowed progress, but optimism grows that the Eldora road will advance within two years and a significant electric railway expansion is expected in Iowa this year.
Special fares to California and Arizona offered via Chicago Great Western Railway. Tickets on sale daily from February 15 to April 30. Available in tourist sleeping cars. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer GPA Chicago Tl A30.
Members with cards of E. C. Buckner Post G No 154 IA are asked to visit James Walker's residence for a thorough eye examination and one free pair of lenses. M PeytonQuartermaster urges not to miss the glasses offer. E E Noe at Iowa Central elevator offers pure Pennsylvania buckwheat flour with hulls removed, every pound guaranteed.
The piece promoting rapid farming advancement in the Indian Territory contrasts it with Oklahoma, urging readers to contact James Bayker Gen'l Pass for details and to subscribe to the American Farmer via the Herald offer. It also touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, claiming stomach regulation and toned digestion.
Revival meetings draw interest as townsfolk recount visits and comings and goings. Fred Harms is reported ill at home. Nat Spencer of Algona visited Alden. Henry Snider sold a farm south of Alden for about 880 per acre. Rink sold over 100 cords of wood from a land purchase from Bigelow. Social calls include grandpa Groner and family at Dows, and Jim Aylward visiting home folks. A youth play Uncle Rube delighted a full house. Mrs. Swift from Topeka visits sister Mrs. Alley. The Royal Neighbors visited a sister lodge at Town Falls. A young group spent an evening at Georgie Stringer’s west of town. Sam Stotenberg returned from Oklahoma after accompanying his mother’s remains to Steam Boat Rock. One Minute Cough Cure touted for quick relief and lung support. Eldora Junction notes include Miller visiting Marshalltown, and Miss Mac Perkins from Midora visiting. Henry Foster of Radcliffe visits Chas Foster. Valentine party at OC Miller home. Diggins, Mrs. Lighter, and Mrs. Cobb return home after two weeks visiting relatives in the area.
Fred Sayes and wife of Eldora visited over Sunday. The Rathbone Sisters postponed their apron bazaar. Ben Rash and wife traveled to Eldora on business. Clark Rolley is critically ill. Mr. Scott of Keokuk succeeds A Readout as owner of furniture and undertaking. A club sociable occurred at Mrs Lameston and Mrs Link Rogers homes. Lottie Valentine returned home after visiting relatives. Miller schoolhouse meetings produced sixteen converts. The Dpworth League and Endeavor groups united Sunday evening at 6:50 then attended union gospel services at the Congregational church.
An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as the sole positive cure for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles and all skin abrasions. It claims purity and condemns counterfeits, naming Smith & Reed as the sellers.
Lesta Miller and Mrs. Horine are quite ill. Miss Haley of Oskaloosa visited T Helen Fostenson. O B Miller and C E Butler went to Ackley to support Butler’s supervisor bid. The Midland Concert Co will perform next Sat. Ophthalmologist Dr O L Yeoman will visit Feb 20 and 21 1903, his only February stop. Fred Thornton family to occupy Will Smith place March 1, Mrs Woodward to move into Thornton home. Academy entertainment Friday drew a large crowd. supper baskets sold at 50 cents. program praised and receipts exceeded 35 dollars.
Farm loans at low rates with reliable abstract titles promoted by J. I. Lardin, president, Eldora Iowa. The advertisement emphasizes time deposits and dependable title abstracts.
String Town reports Mrs. Isaac Albery ill and Guy Beckner staying with J D Turners. Mrs. Sid Dean and Mrs. Maggie Dingman sick with pneumonia and visiting relatives. Mrs. Cora Grant visiting parents here. Miss Estella Morris closes a term of school. Lucy Bretts of Hubbard visiting A Quigley. Quigley family improving. Rodgers loses part of a finger on a buzz saw. J D Lundy had a sale Thursday. Plans to move to Oklahoma to improve farm prospects.
I. E. Batury advertises daily delivery of oil and gasoline to any part of the city at market price with mutual phone service. Terms cash.
Fairview and Rev. Hickman of Standford conduct meetings here while Miss Mary Hoyt of Grinnell attends. Mrs. C. A. Rubottom improves after illness. Her Indiana brother visits. Dad Martin plans a Missouri trip. Rash family visits Zearing. Rhodes couple in Tama City for F W’s appendectomy. E A Rhodes and wife at Eldora.
A newspaper promotion touts a four-paper club for farmers at $1.90 a year including The Iowa Homestead and Poultry Farmer plus Farmers Institute Editions and the paper’s own news. The offer is limited and samples available for inspection at the price. Also noted is a benefit concert at Wisner Opera House with Rosa d Erina and G Ventom for St Mary’s Catholic Church on February 24.
From February seventeenth to twenty second the Town Central railway sells round trip tickets to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola at one fare good to return through February twenty eight with possible extension to March fourteen. Stop overs allowed on going or returning trip south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi at winter tourist points. For rates and details contact local agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis.
A citizen of Jasper street endorses Dean's kidney pills as an excellent remedy for kidney complaints. The letter notes relief from back ache and urine irregularities after trying the product, and urges readers to buy from Smith & Reed's drug store. Sold by Poster Kilburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents for US. Remember the name Dean's.
A testimonial from J B Tay lor, a merchant of Chries man Tex, describes severe stomach weakness and weight loss. After four bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure he reports full restoration of strength weight and health, crediting the remedy with overcoming lifelong illness.
An Ellsworth Drug Co promotes Vinci as a remedy for colds and related illnesses. The ad claims the product relieves hoarseness cough and general discomfort, prevents progression to serious diseases, and offers a money back guarantee if it does not help. It asserts people in town have tested it.
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