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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1904
Page
5
The Herald provides a broad scan of Eldora area events from lectures and church notices to weather updates and local gossip. It notes cold snaps, missing marriage licenses, a lecture by Dr Steiner, and a growing need for reporters while listing auction bills, births, and a 19 year old bootlegging case in Cedar Falls.
A local notebook notes visitors and travels. Supervisor Neuman of Ackley and Uncle Geo Pattee of Ackley were seen in court. J H Hadley spoke in Newton to funeral directors. The Hadley family plans a Missouri move for farm work. Auditors Newcomer and Merrill traveled to Des Moines for business and a state insurance meeting. Grant Tyler returned from Kansas and works at the New X Ray office. W F Allison goes to Kansas to aid son Ward in church construction. Weather hints warn from outdoor labor if it stays cold. Hadley presided over Iowa Funeral Directors meetings and conducted a cadaver exam. Rumors claim Baron von Reitzenstein may be en route home after a draft arrives. the piece mocks sensationalism as “much ado about nothing.”
A Tama County farmer describes eleven years of stomach catarrh and failure with twelve doctors. After a thorough exam by Dr. Shallenberger, he followed advice, gained 26 pounds in a year, and feels like a new man. He endorses the doctor and notes his address on the second stairway south of the post office in Garwin.
The Eldora community marks fifty years since platted origins and a July 1854 record filing. The Herald seeks early town memories, past residents, first births and marriages, and a plan for a proper semi centennial celebration. The piece also discusses courtroom disruptions during the Blydenburgh case, juror isolation, and notes Ira Nichols plans to erect a two story home for the Citizen newspaper in Stevens Street, praising Nichols for guiding the paper’s growth.
Shoe repair shop N. RB VanAvery & On have purchased the Benedict cobbler’s tools and put in stock of everything used in repair work. They have employed a first class shoemaker who may always be found at their store ready to do all kinds of repairing.
The Polley brothers on H. L. Huff Farm near Eldora report a new 70 foot incline exposing a four foot coal vein. The coal is high quality, sulfur free, burns clean with white ashes, and could meet much of the local home demand. The find follows earlier mining near mines once worked by B. Moran about forty years ago. A Times-Republican Eldora special notes revival of local coal resources and plans to develop the vein further.
A new craze called Panic spreads from Eastern colleges to Boston New York and Detroit. The stock exchange spoof grips sane crowds as Hardin county locals rush to join the fad with Panic decks. The entrancing comedy drama The Burglar adapted from Mrs. Burnett’s sketch by Gus Thomas plays Wisner Saturday evening Jan 30.
The advertisement urges readers to decide based on Eldora testimony and endorsements from Eldora citizens. It recounts Mrs H Thamer of West Newton Street describing kidney trouble and relief from Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Smith & Reed's, price 50 cents, Foster Kilburn Co Buffalo as sole agents. Also notes a February 2 and 3 big stock sale at Low Falls with nationwide buyer interest.
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