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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
6
Fragmented local items describe Eldora events at Marshalltown races, Maccabee picnic plans with a ball game, typhoid cases around Whitten, school board actions, and civic notes on merchants, newspapers, and local leaders. Mentions split between races, wreckage coverage, and community improvements.
Arrangements for the Tama county veterans reunion in Toledo on August 4 and 5 proceed well. Tama M E church ladies will serve meals in the church basement dining room seating over 150. Dillman Post drum corps and Indian school drum corps to provide martial music. Veterans, Lot Abraham and others to sing, patriotic readings planned. Department Commander L B Raymond to attend day one. Post Adjutant J B M Bishop invites attendees to request meeting comrades to receive programs. J J Hardin, president Eldora Iowa notes local loans and abstracts.
A fashion note outlines long shouldered silhouettes achieved by a front waist cut or yoke extension over the shoulder. White Corticelli embroidery decorates the yoke and sleeves. Foulards rise in favor for summer wear with tailor fashion looks and deep cape collars gaining popularity due to their reverseless style.
Joe Trigg in the Rockford Register laments a man at 72 with no money and few friends, blaming self inflicted folly for poverty and a lack of care in old age, warning that many boys imitate such ruin and face a pauper’s end.
The Herald publishes a new up to date wall atlas at no cost to subscribers. Front page shows world flags, Iowa map with county seats, United States map, and hemispheric maps. It includes capitals with populations and areas. Valued at 1 00, available only at The Herald office. Supply on hand.
The Chicago Great Western Ry starts June 29 running No 8 Des Moines to Oelwein at 5 00 pm arriving 9 55 pm with stops. No 9 leaves Oelwein at 1 45 pm arriving Des Moines 6 30 pm with stops. Information from Great Western agents or J P Elmer PA Chicago IL. July at the Tile of all sizes and brick from Gifford Tile Works. Hollow brick guaranteed to equal any in the state.
An elderly man, kept by frugal work and a life of misery, is recounted as a warning to boys. He squandered earnings on poker liquor races cigars and folly, lacking honor in business and leaving his family in disarray. His wife left him years ago, and the narrator hopes for a better society for their children.
A testimonial from H A Tisdale of Summerton 8.0 claims DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured 20 years of bleeding and procting piles after other treatments failed. He states two boxes cured 18 months ago and no recurrence since, with sales via Smith & Reed.
Davis and Moser are named as supplying the only genuine red cedar posts in Hardin County, described as the tight, best option for use, reflecting a local recommendation for durable fencing material. The note emphasizes the reliability of this supplier and material.
An Eldora resident endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for long standing kidney trouble and backache. She recalls severe back pain during flare ups, tried many remedies without relief, and credits the product bought at Smith Reed's drug store for noticeable improvement. Sold at 50 cents by Poster-Kilburn Co. Buffalo NC as United States agents.
An old advertisement proclaims Kodol Dyspepsia Care as the foundation of health and the cure for indigestion dyspepsia and stomach disorders. It promises digestion assimilation and transformation of foods into nourishing blood with Nature doing the rest. Sold by Smith Reed.
An advertisement outlines one way rates with two dollars extra for round trips on the first and third Tuesdays monthly. It notes return after twenty one days from sale and directs to ticket agents of Iowa Central for rates. Also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea by Ellsworth Drug Co.
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