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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1905
Page
5
Village items center on weather snow, new bank status, and town notices. Reports mention births, marriages, church activity, school events, and local commerce. Mentions of officials, auditors, and legal notices blend with social teas, visitors, and editorial notes in a bustling weekly update.
Church reports note Rev Stanley preaching at Tobit Pleasant Sunday afternoon and at Point Pleasant next Monday if weather permits. Morning and evening services led by Rev Stanley, with Sunday School and young peoples meeting. Officers elected: L. W. Clarris trustee, George Tolman clerk, Jay W. Clarris treasurer. Choir and pulpit improvements completed. Auxiliary Circle elected officers. Debate over agricultural society bylaws continues. editor seeks official clarification.
The Gifford Tile Works change hands as Sheriff A W Mitterer trades to Lobt Todd then to A Devencort who may sell to a Dakotas firm. The paper notes no word from Devencort on plans though likely to emphasize brick manufacture when season opens.
The Iowa Mills steer case ends for now as Ma Kelley repays the judgment against Frank Lestie. The local War of ownership may continue with a replevin action by Teary Pemberton. Leslie is freed from further financial stake, but further litigation to reclaim the steer seems possible.
A fragmented verse from a Hiawatha themed piece mocks leap year to the lingering sighs of aging spinsters and social flings. It lampoons March customs, flirtations, and the era's liminal social theater with coy references to Minnehaha and party antics.
The di A Re and WR C install Ther Neve Officers Tuesday in the Post room. Officers installed include Commander Henry Thamer Senior Vice John Furman Junior Vice Geo J Nelson Q M John N DeGroff Chaplain W E Stanley Adjutant L A Devenborg Sergeant Doc Dole Inside Guard Stephen Burke Trustee Lara Nurkalis and presidents and officers of the Women’s group with Mrs Anderson as president and Mrs Nelson as chaplain, among others.
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