Eldora News Highlights Local Events and Lectures
The Herald reviews a busy period with notices of Jacob Riis lectures at Wisner opera house on Feb 2, a five percent tax vote at Grady Center for the Iowa Interurban railroad, upcoming estate and court items, and community plans including a booster club for Eldora. Obituaries and society notes mix with weather remarks and village announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Riis
Wisner Opera House
Edgar’s
Hardin County
Jacob A. Riis
Eldora
Eldora Lecture Association
F. J. Edgar
Sale
Movements at The Herald Report on Social and Business Leanings
The Movements section details shifts in social and business life as reported by The Herald, noting key figures and emerging trends in the community. It highlights who is rising, who is stepping back, and the evolving network of local relationships shaping commerce and society.
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The
Herald
Local Notices From Union to Eldora This Week
During a half week the Semi-Weekly reports activities of legal and business figures. Cal Hans of Union visited Tuesday. E H Lundy, attorney, toured Iowa Falls Tuesday. Judge S M Weaver appeared in city and court Wednesday. Geo Pyle of Iowa Falls conducted business in Eldora yesterday. Aymer Davis made a business trip to Jewell Junction Wednesday. Sherman George of Morgan Minnesota had a court case this week. Uncle Jas Walker traveled from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Pyle, Esq
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Aymer Davis
Jewell Junction
Sherm George of
Morgan, Minn
Frank Foster Holds Fathel Copy for Iowa Falls Sentinel
The local page of the Iowa Falls Sentinel credits Frank Foster with providing the fathel that furnished the content for the most recent issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank 5. Foster
Iowa Falls Sentinel
Death of Mary Beecroft in Omaha at age 64
Mrs. Mary Beecroft aged 64 died at 11:30 last night at her Omaha home after three months illness of dropsy. She leaves husband Henry Beecroft Jr and ten children in nine listed households including R. H. Beecroft of Des Moines and several daughters in Council Bluffs Ogden and West Point. The obituary notes a large family with connections in Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska. The second item recalls Ben Hendricks' humor about a ghost story in Yon Yonsor with a late night fright in an old Elizabethan house.
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Yon Yonson
Wisner Opera House
Mary Beecroft
Henry Beecroft, Jr
Benton Street
Omaha
R. H. Beecroft
Des Moines
W. E. Hardy
Ogden
Utah
W. E. Beecroft
Eldora
Iowa
A. C. Timm
Council Bluffs
T. T. Beecroft
Wellsburg
J. D. Koupal
West Point
Neb
P. P. Wight
H. J. Beecroft
Maple Plains
Minn
H. H. McLean
Rockford
F. C. Jacobson
Ben Hendricks
Horace K Turner Art Exhibit Arrives at Eldora High
Eldora high school hosts January 29 and 30 show featuring two hundred reproductions of world paintings sculptures architecture and scenery. Proceeds fund school room decoration and art education. Public invited. catalogs available for 10 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace K. Turner
Our City
Eldora High School
Sunday church announcements from multiple denominations
Sunday Bible School times listed for Presbyterian and Christian Science. Universalist church hosts Christian Science services Sundays at 11 a m and Wednesdays. Reading room open Tue Thu and Sat 3 to 5 p m. Baptist and Christian churches announce regular services and Sunday School at 10 a m with morning worship at 11 09 a m Y B S C E at 6 30 p m Congregational invites Rev W J Luckow of Grinnell to preach next Sunday morning with a call for a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Christian Science
Universalist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
J. S. Kersey
W. J. Luckow
Grinnell
Congregational Church
Steamboat Rock Briefs Shows Local News Snippets
Steamboat Rock sees a flurry of small items from illness to visits. John Cramer on sick list. Miss Neva Bilers contracts mumps. Driv ing horse lost by Mr. Greeton. Otto Kluger travels to Gifford on business. numerous residents visit towns and host friends. measles and scarlet fever cause quarantines and school absences. Sheriff Walsh routs in Eldora seeks John Estabrook murder trace. Estabrook arrives for a short visit with sister Sarah.
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Pargeter & Son
Neva Bilers
Greeton
Otto Kluger
Gifford
Hartman
Hardin City
Morse
Gardner
Abbott
Ed Johns
Wm. Hutzel
Melrose Township
Etna Township
Jasper
Sheriff Walsh
Eldora
John Estabrook
Sarah Estabrook
Local Happenings in Hardin County News Briefs
Mrs. Higley and daughter from Cedar Falls visited Mrs. Hs sister Mrs. Windecer. Rev. Manly finished his year here and returned to Des Moines. A Saturday storm kept many from a Buds party. Mrs. Patten heads to Nebraska to visit sister Mrs. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Vinton visited Mr. and Mrs. Truman in Iowa Falls. M E aid society to meet Jan 27 at Mrs. Wickhams for dinner. Clint Wilson, son of Thomas, ill with typhoid fever. Mrs. Shaner entertained relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Minneapolis. Mrs. Stotser cared for a sick baby then returned home. Helping Hand Club officers elected Velma Wilson pres, Ella Stotser vice pres, Ethel Shaner secretary, Guy Huse treasurer. Mrs. Cross sold a lot of turkeys to a local agent. poultry buyer offers weight and fair prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manly
Des Moines
Buds
Geo. Patten
Mrs. Wilson
Nebraska
Oscar Vinton
Mrs. Truman
Iowa Falls
M. E. Aid Society
W. A. Wickham
Clint Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Symptons
Geo. Shaner
D. C. Smith
Minneapolis
George Stotser
Helping Hand Club
Velma Wilson
Ella Stotser
Ethel Shaner
Guy Huse
Treas
E. L. Cross
The New Pisgah Banner of Liberty and Storm
A poetic meditation on reading, social upheaval, and revolutionary hope. The speaker calls Browning and Shakespeare to mind while urging attention to social problems, oppression, and the cry for liberty. The verse invokes prophets, battles, and the banner of freedom as nations face tyranny and strive for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pata
Emerson
Beersheta
Plata
M. Boytlan
Webb Wilson and Ethel Fenton wed in Eldora township
The marriage took place Wednesday January 20 at the bride’s parents home in Eldors township. Webb Wilson of Eldora and Ethel Fenton of Eldora township were joined in matrimony as Ed and Jesse Johns of Abbot passed through Steamboat Rock after visiting the Corbett farm west of town where they bought two colts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldors Township
Webb Wilson
Eldora
Ethel Fenton
Eldora Township
Jesse Johns
Abbott
Steamboat Rock
Corbett Farm
Jesse
Notice of Will Hearing in Hardin County
An instrument filed as the last will and testament of Valeday Vian Patter, late of Hardin County, has been opened and read. A hearing is set for Monday, January 11, 1909, to prove the will. Witnessed by the district court clerk in Bidora. Published January 13 and June 20.
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Hardin County
Lowry
Jacob Aufah
Pitty
Arnold
John Arnold
Rose Tolmer
Noah Arnold
Frank Armold
Dissie Arnold
Bessie Hisen
Thos Arnold
Rose Thirties
Noah Ace Nol
Iowa
Javob Zufalh Plaipuit
Meyers
Whitted
Lowa
North Bhatt
Whittier
Wardin County
Sime
Bidara
Lowe
Plata
Plains
Luxpy & Woon
Plainolil
Lan
A. D
Hasydin
I. Corbart
Mowll
Vian Patter
Jaw
Bidora
Lown
Stary
Tog
A. Bur Lingany
Cras
P. Doun
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Jacob A. Rita
W. S. Johnson
the Christian Church
Wonder
Chicago Daily Tribune
Grandy Center
Iowa Interurban Railroad
Marshalltown
Owasa
Walter L. Weaver
Herman Dreier
Eldora and
Hubbard
W. 8. Johnson
Christian Church
Board of Supervisors
H. H. Hendryx
Mra. A
Eldora Cemetery Society
B. Y. P. U. of the Baptist Church
Baptist Parsonage
Eilta D. Robb
Hardin County. i Bank
Hidora
Robb Gays
Trimble
Union
Jennie Fenton
Web Wilson
QyThe Minois Central Railroad Company
Dubuque
Iowa Central
Walter
S. L. Lathrop
Roy Evers
Mr. Lathrop
Fremont Street
Lathrop
Viet
J. C. Jackson
Board of
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Alden
Buckeye
Ellis
Sentinel
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Cedar Rapids
Will Protheroe
Missouri
Dr. Young
Texas
Louise Moore
Galesburgh, Ml
H. E. Martin
L. E. Gallagher
Krebbs
Chas
Geo. Devendorf
Farmington
New Mexico
Jno. Johnston
Kansas City
Harvey Edgington
Pacific Coast
B. S. Edgington
Anton Lentz
Dows
Herman Lentz
Tno
Kotyza
Eben Protheroe
Rochester
Concord Township
Concord
Wm. Johnson
Jackson Two
Asue
Cal Hans, Esq
E. H. Lundy
S. M. Weaver
Jas
Walker
Mary, Beecroft
Carleton L. Wood
Eldora Ada Belle Beecher
Eldora Webb Wilson
Eldora Ethel U. Fenton
Metiodist
John Cramer
Harold Grifith
G. Henderson
Merle Knight
Town
Chas. Sentman
Vera
Marie Long
Whitten
Harvey Cable
Ladies Aid Society
M. EE
LeRoy Gallagher
Chas. Starr
Enlis Harris
Willard Caldwell
Blackwell
Okla
Ethel van Epps
Clifford
Vera Griffith
Jno. Metermott
Wellsville
Herald Local Budge
Robertson
New Pisgah
Biateo
Ole
Andina
State Wiress
Towa
Christian Kroeney
Dickiison
Pooj. Perkins
Ju Faestie
He. Gann
Cart Kins
J. G. Simpson
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