Decoration Day Exercises Honor the Veterans at Opera House
Patriot services marked Decoration Day 1904 with Rev W E Stanley delivering the principal address. Eldora Band, G A R, W R C, and public school pupils contributed music, readings, and a flag presentation. A procession to the cemetery followed, flowers laid on sixty known soldiers’ graves, and a tribute to the unknown dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera
Geo. F. Smith
G. P. Kier
Vee Och Women’s Relief Corps
Fan Walaink
Agaress
W. S. Stanley
America
A. L. ‘Anderson
W. R.C
Hunt
W. R. C. Indies
Dig: Progession
Py FB
Stanley
Republican caucus for nominating local officials set
A Republican caucus will be held in the court house basement on Wednesday evening June 1 1904 at 8 o clock for nominating two justices of the peace two constables a township committeeman and nineteen delegates to the county convention to be voted on at the Republican primary June 4 1904 Committeeman Tom C G McAprEr announces the meeting details
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Tom CG. McAprEr
Primaries Pleasant Township Polls Open June 4 1904
The Republican primary election for Pleasant township will be held at Center school house on Saturday June 4 1904 from 2 to 7 pm for county officers seven delegates to the county convention a member of the county central committee and township officer nominations. Also Eldora city township June 4 1904 polls 9 am to 7 pm in court house basement. Jackson township at Owasa 2 pm to 7 pm. Testimonials of Harts Honey and Horehound remedy included.
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Hardin County High School
Eldora
Ackley
Iowa Falls
Alden
New Providence
Hubbard
Herald
W. O. Reed
H. E. Timm
Milo Hunt
Gerald Schultz
Industrial School
Pleasant Township
Center School House
Keldora City
Eldora City Township
Court House
Tom
Meader
Jackson Townstil
Jackson Township
Owasa
Daniel Starr
Tre Memorial Services Held at Congregational Church
Memorial services were conducted at the Congregational Church with Rev. C. C. Warner delivering an address. Veterans attended the gathering and a patriotic anthem and hymn were rendered, creating an inspiring tribute.
Memorial Day Sermon Honors Veterans at Eldora Service
Memorial Day services drew about 35 old comrades and many wives and daughters to Eldora’s Congregational church. Rev C C Warner delivered a pointed sermon from Exodus 12 14 memorial day themes recalling Civil War sacrifices and urging lasting remembrance with patriotic expression.
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America
G. A. R. Hall
W. B.C
Congregational Church
Harriet Meader
Cross
Presbyterian Church
Shoemaker
M. BE
Stanley
Baptist Church
Treasury
C. C. Warner
Lerald
Eldora
Pastor Warner
Memorial Service Honors Veterans At Khiora
The veteran gathering inspired the speaker and Mr Warner, earning high praise for the occasion. The service reflected enduring respect for those who served, with memories of wartime hardships still cherished by Americans. Memorial Sunday remains a recalled tribute in Khiora and surrounding areas.
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Warner
Khiora
Borrowed Points Wise and Unwise Sayings Compilation
A collection of maxims and aphorisms on character, virtue, luck, and social conduct. Includes cautions about forgiveness, pride, planning, temptation, and happiness, with contrasts between wisdom and folly from various sources.
ReGo Tonic Laxative Syrup Promotes Digestive Health
Doctors endorse good digestion and daily bowel movement to prevent sickness. ReGo Tonic Laxative Syrup is advertised as a mild, pleasant medicine that stimulates the liver and kidneys to maintain regular evocations of the bowels. Sold by Wilson Drug Co. in Eldora Iowa, successors to Ellsworth Drug Co. The temperance drug store is noted in the ad.
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Mr. McNattin
Lincoln
Til
Harts
Wy Hage Drug Co
Nsworth Drug Co
Idorn
Towa
Temperance
Wilson Drug Co
Ellsworth Drug Co
Eldora
Iowa
Nuffled
Baccalaureate Services for Class of 1904 Held
The high school class of 1904 at the Congregational church held a crowded baccalaureate in the afternoon with 12 graduates present. Rev. Geo B Shoemaker delivered a practical sermon from Quit Yourselves like Men, urging noble manhood and womanhood and high ideals as students enter wider life. Music by the Methodist choir accompanied the event, including an anthem, a duet, and a solo.
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Jennie Fenton
High School
Methodist
F. W. Crockett
J. T. Humphries
Geo. B. Shoemaker
Methodist Church
Rev
Shoemaker
Interesting sermon praises morality and purity in campaign period
A practical sermon lauds individual morality and purity before God. Davis and Moser are agents for Wheeler screens, offering regular sizes at right prices. Saturday ends the agony with part of the candidates, but not all. Republicans urged to vote.
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Davis & Moser
Wheeler
Flowers for waste places and urban spaces thrive
Flowing advice from Country Life In America urges planting the right seeds to transform any location. It claims clay, sand, rocks, or winter cannot defeat flowers, offering ideas from water lily ponds to rooftop vines and seed scattering on dull heaps.
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America
Boston
Enterprising minister sparks town revival in Michigan
A Michigan town began a growth surge after a church sermon on bad sidewalks mudholes poor sewerage and rundown buildings. Teachers and students echoed the call improving streets and schools within a year, showing a minister can rival a weekly editor in mobilizing public improvement. In eastern cities schoolchildren also help keep walks clear of litter.
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Michigan
Nome Industry League Boosts Local Trade in Washington Town
In a Washington town a league forms to favor locally manufactured articles and state goods. Members promote principles with vigor, wear a badge, and print a list of home products distributed to every household to boost local economy.
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Washington
Nome Industry League
City of Road plans rose cultivation across streets
Augusta Georgia plans convert all space between houses and streets into rose beds to enhance the city’s summer bloom. The initiative aims to create a standout display of blossoms throughout the town, building on Augusta’s reputation as a rose city.
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Augusta
Excursion to Clear Lake Uune via Iowa Central
Special train leaves Eldora at 8 55 a m returning from Clear Lake at 8 00 p m. Round trip rate only 1 50. Arrange to spend a day of the most delightful month in the year at this popular summer resort enjoying fishing boating and more.
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Iowa Central
Eldora
Clear Lake
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Opera House
Republican Caucus
Fidelity & Deposit Co
Maryland
Carl S. Newcomer
Hardin County
B. E. Purcell
TRE Memorial Services
Congrega
Tional Church
Cupid
Earth
Happy
Baggalaureate Services
Clear Lake Uune
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