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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
1
Herald reports from Eldora area with items for readers across City and Vicinity. Notes include hay crop promise, weather, local business ads for elevators and dairy, church address by Rev Kinzer, drainage concerns, and upcoming medical clinic dates at Emergency Hospital.
Reports claimed arsenic was found in the stomach of the late Mrs. Blydenburgh but a telegram from Ann Arbor says chemical analysis not yet completed and result unknown. Public should wait for official confirmation before criticizing. Also notice Jensen & Woanne poultry prices high this week.
The Herald plans a temporary cut to one issue per week beginning next week and continuing until about August 15. The change, to be reversed if needed, aims to ease reader load while still delivering local county news. Next week the paper will publish Wednesday evening and reach readers Thursday morning. The note asks for readers' indulgence during this brief slowdown.
Hon Jne Cownie and Judge Robinson of the Iowa Board of Control spent Tuesday to Wednesday night at the Industrial School for Boys, inspecting the new school building and overall operations. They praised the progress and stressed the need for a separate school building, noting plans to furnish a reading room with chairs for leisure and study. The Iowa Herald reported their positive impressions as they prepared to leave for Marshalltown.
A community notes column lists residents and visitors of Eldora and nearby towns. Entries report travels to Des Moines, Mankato, Iowa Falls, Marshall County, Salt Lake City, and California, plus visits by Mrs. Stauffer, Miss McFarland, Rev. Rhodes, and Wool and medical associates.
Local column reports scarce hired help and various visits among residents. Neighbors, farms, and roads get noted as people travel between Owasa, Eldora, and nearby towns while a drug ad interjects with a 35 cent Rocky Mountain Tea promotion.
The Herald notes a big hay crop, mid‑summer dullness, and the value of honest advertising while praising Wednesday band concerts and the village improvement society. It hints politics are slow in July and August and jokes about charity toward the Otter Creek bridge pier and a new public fountain. It ends with an ad for Rocky Mountain Tea and a local drugstore.
Sunday visits at the Elliott home. honey sales begin this year by Joe Huse. Bailey couple from Jackson township attended church. Quiggle and Millslagle of Iowa Falls visited nearby. Leiser and Miss Reynolds from Steamboat Rock toured L A Mill slagle s place. Strahorn and Wilkinson visiting children near Erskine Minnesota. Misses Rachel Burns of Hampton and Lulu Carpenter of Owasa visiting locally. Old society meeting at the hall was well attended and social as well as financial. Vest with Quiggle name found. return to Windecker s store. Miss Libbie Wilson returned from St Louis to spend vacation. hopes to stay. Advertisement for DeWitts Little Early Risers deeming benefits and non griping. sold by Smith &
The official Iowa Department route to the National Encampment travels over the Burlington route from Omaha to Denver, then the Denver & Rio Grande to Salt Lake City and the Southern Pacific to San Francisco arriving August 14. The Department Commander follows Illinois Central to Omaha with a wait for a special train at 11:30 p.m. Saturday. A detailed schedule from August 8 to 14 lists stops at Dubuque Omaha Denver Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and others. The notice is signed by L. B. Raystone Dept. Commander Hampton Iowa and notes local dentists Drs. Diehl Kier in Smith's building.
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