16 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1904
Page
1
Local news notes include progress on a Washington street home, ElDora people joining a Bonesteel trip, a B Y P U convention report from Detroit, and a private auto ride for the Herald crew. Legal notices, court actions, and upcoming sales anchor the roundup with community bits on the C & N. W. Ry excursion, school lectures, and a baby lion at a Fairbury home adding local color.
A half week record of people movements reports Miss Neva Martin visiting Town Falls, lawyers, doctors and pastors on business or for health. Many residents travel for visiting relatives, summer outings, or attendance at meetings. Local officials and guests, including George French and Anna Hurley, appear among the social notes and travels.
Frederick G. Henke writes from Kin Kiang China on May 28 1904 praising The Herald a steady link to home. He notes China slowly awakens with Western education rising in Hankow girls schools and officials promoting study while Chinese teachers lack experience. He describes local scenery Kuling mountains Yangtze river and foreign settlements and remarks on Russian Japanese war impact and American ships Elba Villalobos Elkane in Hankow. He warns Christian nations to build a Christian China to avoid tragedy.
A compilation of corrections and clarifications from The Herald covers errors about who traveled to Bonesteel with the Eldora crowd and which officials were in town. It also corrects obituaries, passenger departures for a Rosebud trip, and updates on Rev Mayne recovering from a burglary shooting, with the burglar still at large.
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