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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1910
Page
8
IBACH and STRICKLER announce the Maxwell holds the light car road race record at 54.3 mph and the global endurance record of 10,000 miles without stopping. The car is claimed to be 6,000 miles ahead of its nearest competitor. They also represent E. M. F. 30 and Flanders 20 cars. The E. M. F. 30 is marketed as a popular affordable model.
Local notes recount birthdays, visits, sickness, and social events in Eldora and nearby areas including Elmira and Union. Families like Jonker, Lynk, and Rogers are mentioned with gatherings, church life, and school updates alongside bridge and minstrel plans and a new barber shop. The piece also covers a death, a long obituary for Uncle John Rogers, church activities, and a dogged paper-fetching tale from England.
Mrs A C Amundson spent Sunday at the F K Thompson home. Mrs D Kahrs returned home from Buckeye last week. Irene Going returned to work as clerk in the Gronsdale Amundson Thalman store Monday after extended visit at her home in Badger. Mrs Garrison is on the sick list. Mrs O S Wildman is laid up with a lame ankle. Mrs John Craig returned to her home in Armstrong Friday after a short visit with her sister Mrs Amy Baldwin. Rev Mueller is on the sick list. K B Watson and Ed Johnson were in Dubuque Tuesday. The death of Mrs Jacob Langland of Window Minn, who has been ill for about a week at the home of her brother in law John Langland southwest of this city, occurred Sunday morning at half twelve. She had a sufferer from kidney trouble and in the last days of life was stricken with blindness and lost her power of speech. For SALE My stock of Millinery at reasonable price if taken at once. Rachel Burres.
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