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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1909
Page
5
A brief reading summary notes multiple items from the Morald Readers section in the latest Wednesday issue. It highlights community notices, local notices, and brief items from various sources, preserving the tone and focus of the original page.
A collage of town items from Eldora and Hardin County recounts postcards of personal milestones, church dinners, business changes, and local happenings. Notes on births, marriages, obituaries, property deals, and civic meetings appear alongside ads and notices about parsonages, dinners, and upcoming fairs.
A compact roundup shows Dr. Emeny back in Chicago, Mrs. Burling and others visiting Omaha, and Mayor Bryson of Iowa Fails in town on business. O.J. Smith sells the Eldora Herald stake to Howard Moffett with $5,000. Moffett, ex-Grundy publisher, takes over amid praise for the paper. Numerous residents travel for visits and work, from Steamboat Rock to Chicago, Baxter Springs to Northwest Iowa, with church and civic ties noted.
Prof William B Patty will present experiments and a lecture on Wireless Telegraphy and Liquid Air at the Wisner Opera House Tuesday evening March 2 under the Eldora Lecture Course. He shows radium with over one million activity and rays moving at 100000 miles per second. Photos penetrate 16 inches of wood or a foot of iron. Admission 50 cents including reserved seats. seats go on sale Friday morning February 26 at F J Edgar.
Eldora Junction residents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Miller and two sons spent Monday at the C. F. Miller home. Mrs. Elmer Patton of Surprise Nebraska visited Geo. Vigar’s home last week. Young people enjoyed a pleasant evening at Geo. Vigar’s Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Diggins, visiting their daughter Mrs. G. F. Cobb, returned to Hartley Tuesday. Miss Katie Lawler closed the winter term in District 7 Union Two Thursday with a basket social drawing a good attendance.
Sunday activities include Presbyterian Bible School at 12 15, Christian Science in Universalist church 11 a m and 8 p m Wednesdays, and Baptist and Christian meetings at regular hours. Evangelist Johnson lauds interdenominational unity, notes twelve conversions, three rejoinings, and hints pastor O M Johnson may soon depart. Sunday School 10 a m, morning service 11 a m, Y P S C E 6 30 p m. Methodist preachings and Congregational sermons planned on love of God and John 3 16 with C E theme Present Day Pioneers led by Kent Hardin.
The Wilson family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends who assisted in caring for their loved one and to the singers and minister for their comforting words.
Feb 26 and 27 sale featuring 50 boxes of oranges described as heavy juicy and sweet Pet Brand oranges priced at 20 cents per dozen. Store also advertises low rate farm security loans from J B Mather offering personal financing options.
Thomas Lawlor sues Luthor Nott and others claiming full ownership and adverse possession of extensive Hardin county land described as the north three fourths of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and related parcels. He seeks decree by statute of limitations, payment of costs, and perpetual quieting of title with default if no defense by February 15. The petition cites lost deeds and unrecorded transfers involving Phillip Shintaffer George Alberson and others, naming multiple spouses and heirs. The March 1908 term is noted and the case is set for Eldora court with threat of judgment by default on March 22, 1909.
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