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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1904
Page
1
Eldora readers get a brisk summary of city happenings with school notes, court caucus results, civic visits, and local appointments. Enterprise news covers memorial events, post office plans, a new public building, teacher summer plans, and community arrivals.
A local roundup notes visits and returns of residents and guests. F xX White and wife return from Michigan. Mrs. Harry Phillips of Muscatine visits Eldora. Leila Kemmerer teaches in Ackley. Miss Hortence Porter graduates. Supt. B J Miles and daughter Margarete visit St Louis. Dr. Morse attends Austin Flint meeting in Atlantic City. Various residents travel to Ames, Webster City, Oelwein, and Colorado Springs.
Miss Carrie Fouts delivered a well prepared paper on History in the country schools before the county teachers association. It will likely be printed in the next issue. The Baptist parsonage near completion reflects well on Pastor Stanley and the church. Eldora Mutual Telephone stockholders to meet June 6 at J D Newcomer’s office for director elections and other business.
Eldora high school class of 04 presented Esmeralda at Wisner opera house Tuesday evening. The crowded house enjoyed strong performances from both ladies and gentlemen with no standout. Receipts were satisfactory and funds raised for a permanent class memorial. Credit given to principal, assistant, and Miss Lee for directing and rehearsal. The Citizens Bank in Eldora promotes time deposits, farm loans and abstracts of title.
An Hampton Recorder column muses on the dandelion and other weeds spreading around town, noting their unpredictable cycles and suggesting control via mowing and garden protection. It calls for research into commercial uses of weed roots and leaves for student jobs, while warning about the persistent nature of blue grass and changing weed patterns.
A crowded Eldora high school commencement saw twelve graduates honored at the opera house with diplomas presented by Supt. Milo Hunt. Sen. Richard G. Barrett delivered the address on The Making of an American, urging hard work and energy as the path to success.
Notice states Peter Jensen, who sold his creameries interest, will continue to buy poultry and bugs for cash. Located in a building west of Slack Hotel.
The Presbyterian church will have Rev. X. S. Cross preaching in the morning with a visit to Point Pleasant in the afternoon. Baptist services follow the usual Sunday schedule led by Rev. Stanley, including 11 o clock preaching and Sunday school in the evening. Congregational uses usual morning and evening services with sermons on mind of Christ and on Christianity and civilization. Davis and Moser advertise Wheeler screens in regular sizes with right prices.
J S Roberts will vacate the clerk post at the local Woodmen lodge after fourteen years of faithful service. Records for each member are praised, with a peak membership of 220 and 82300 paid to beneficiaries over the lodge's existence. The Wilson Drug Co offers service at all times and in any quantity.
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