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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
2
The page records scattered items from a local Herald issue. Hay crops, weather, and farming topics appear alongside notices of merchants and professionals. References include Dr G A Stewart dentist, Cr O Ryan buying drug store block for 8000, and Dr B E Purcell at Emergency Hospital on July 14 and 28.
Reports alleging arsenic in the late Mrs. Blydenburgh’s stomach are likely false as telegrams from Ann Arbor say chemical analysis is not yet complete. Public judgment should wait for official results. Poultry sellers Jensen & Co invite submission of poultry this week for top prices.
The Herald will issue only once next week to allow the editor a short term of reduced duties during the heated season. Publication will resume normal cadence soon, with stories still covering local county news though may appear delayed. The paper will print Wednesday evening and distribute Thursday morning, starting next week.
A set of short notes records locals and visitors arriving or departing. Mentions include WW Hendryx recovering, Mrs C F Stauffer returning from Mankato, Koretta Henderson visiting Des Moines, Mrs A W Mitterer visiting Iowa Falls and Alden, and J P Jones improving after illness. Also noted are visits from Mrs Kate Thomas of St Pauls, Mina Ida McFarland of Eldora visiting relatives, and Drs Morse and Whitney at a medical meeting in Clear Lake. Additional items mention R Albrook’s two week trip to Salt Lake City, and Rev Rhodes of Lake View vacationing with Mrs Rhodes.
Local notes from Owasa area residents include visits among families, farm activity, barn foundation work, hay gathering, and upcoming crop prospects. Mentions of visitors from Eldora Iowa Falls Wellsburg Ackley Tracy Eagle City Nebraska and Ontario. Advertisement for Rocky Mountain Tea at Ellaworth Drug Co.
A Herald column muses on hay yields and a slow July, notes the band concerts are valued, praises truth in advertising, and urges Village Improvement support. It jokes about politics in summer, cites Otter Creek bridge liability, and previews a new drinking fountain for the public square. An ad touts Rocky Mountain Tea at Ellsworth Drug Co.
Hon Jne Downie and Judge Robin son of the Iowa Board of Control toured the Industrial School for Boys in Eldora on Tuesday and Wednesday, praising the progress and endorsing a separate school building. They plan to visit Marshalltown's soldier's home afterward, noting the need for improved facilities and welcoming reading spaces for the boys amid ongoing construction.
Sunday visits and social scenes fill the local page with names from Jackson township to Steamboat Rock. Honey producers begin sales this year as residents welcome Miss Libbite Wilson back from St Louis for the summer. Vest found with Quiggle name requested at Windecker's store.
An antique ad touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a gentle laxative that cures constipation biliousness and liver troubles without gripes. The pitch emphasizes they do not irritate mucous membranes and instead stimulate secretions to strengthen the stomach liver and bowels, sold by Smith & Re.
Department of Iowa officers chart a rail journey to the National Encampment traveling Omaha to Denver on the Burlington route then Denver to Salt Lake City over the Rio Grande and finishing to San Francisco on the Southern Pacific. The Department Commander’s train leaves Dubuque July 8th and Omaha by 6:30 PM. comrades may join en route and continue with the Special to San Francisco arriving August 14th. L. B. Raymon, Dept. Com., Hampton, Iowa. Drs. Diehl & Kier, dentists.
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