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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1904
Page
4
A Sioux City Journal editorial argues that a town requires a good newspaper to thrive and grow and that producing a quality paper costs money. It emphasizes the link between robust local media and civic strength, urging support for sustaining journalism.
The Iowa Legislature reconvened last Monday and resumes work. An exchange notes radium prices are falling and may drop to the diamond standard, signaling potential shifts in market value and industrial pricing for rare elements.
The piece notes Senator Dolliver upholding state reputation with a Panama speech while reporting on Dubuque county candidate Fred N. Kretschner seeking the Republican nomination for state treasurer as the Third district candidate. It discusses statewide primary law hopes, Republican unity, and tariff views amid party debates and editorials from Carroll Sentinel and The Herald.
Belle Plaine Union notes Hon. Wm Welden now represents Hardin county in the Iowa House and receives several committee assignments. The Herald expresses optimism that Welden will influence deliberations and help Hardin county maintain its historic prominence in state lawmaking.
B F Hare, superintendent of the Miami Cycle and Mfg Co in Middletown, ends ten years of distress from dyspepsia after trying Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He reports rapid improvement after two doses and two bottles, and recommends it to others. Sold by Smith and Reed.
The Herald plans to greatly increase its county correspondents in the coming weeks. It invites willing residents in Hubbard Radcliffe Union and nearby towns to report news. Interested individuals should write to The Herald. further particulars will follow by next mail.
Tickets on sale dates January 5 and 19 February 2 and 16 March 1 and 15 April 5 and 19 for travel via Chicago Great Western railway to Arkansas Colorado Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma Texas. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer Chicago IL.
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month round trip excursion tickets are on sale to points in the west south and southwest at one fare plus two dollars return limit 21 days from date of sale Stopovers allowed Special one way settlers tickets are on sale at a trifle more than half the regular fares The Iowa Central operates through sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars Call on agents for full particulars or address A Boutts GP and TA Minneapolis Minn
Mercantile, professional, and manufacturing spaces offered along the Chicago Great Western Railway corridor. W. J. Industrial agent provides maps and leaflets, with detailed opportunities and directions from the 604 Endicott Building in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Local notes report residents visiting Iowa Falls and Chicago, a boy breaks his arm on the way to school, church supper draws crowds despite cold, and town concerns over postmaster rumors. Several families plan moves, a Will Colt home roof fire is contained, water mains trouble disrupts steam heating, and local merchants promote Rosky Mountain Tea as a remedy.
Measles bring illness to Ethel Doud and Libbie Perkins. Ernest Wolf shows improvement after a threatening appendicitis scare. Print Ransom and wife return to Owasa after months in Cedar Rapids. Bert Hand back to Webster City. Clarence Hand travels to Ohio. C W Townsend and wife visit J Hayden and Wm Crippen in Town Falla. Couple of deaths in Owawa. Owaka near a fire at Frank Jackson store stopped before damage. Mrs John Starr assists with Bert Hoyt’s typhoid fever care.
Justice of the peace at Owasa performed his first marriage uniting Mr. Swartz and Ina Axtell at that place. Burdock Blood Bitters marketed as health tonic. R. O. Morden visited Des Moines earlier in the week. Band boys plan a February fair. Rev. J. L. Gillies left for Gold Field for a meetings series. Miss Neva Fleming of New Providence stayed with the Kesler home Sunday. J. W. Pierce of Montclair to lecture in M E church this week. Austin Rorem returned from Oklahoma with wife. Mrs. Rorem wintered in Oklahoma. The residence of H. M. Thornton north of town burned Saturday morning near the stove pipe. Christine Tweet, 25, died near Radcliffe. Funeral at Large church with interment there.
J F Hardin of Eldora Iowa promotes time deposits low interest farm loans and reliable abstracts of title highlighting trusted services for farmers and landowners in the region.
An assortment of local notices items from Hardin County Iowa include rheumatism sufferer Harry Vigars and Glen Miller illness reports, plus a Sheriff of Hardin County notice of attachment in a district court case Frank Devendort vs William E. Donahue. The document also mentions a sale in Eldora and a forthcoming regional auction in Town Falls set for February 2 and 3 with buyers from across the United States anticipated.
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