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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
4
A roundup of reader letters and notes since last Wednesday shows varied opinions on local issues and events. Contributors discuss community concerns, praise, and suggestions for city projects, with no single dominant theme emerging.
A week ago Sunday the Whitten Sabbath school drew 296 attendees, the best in Hardin county. The superintendent and teachers urged members to boost future attendance and promised a picnic if 200 or more were present. The piece notes steady effort to maintain interest year round.
The week was cool and cloudy early with light showers, then very warm with more precipitation. Farmers worked in fields three to four days, planting replanting and cultivating corn. Corn planting nearly finished in higher fields, low land flooded, weeds need early control. Small grains and grasses grew rapidly, oats and wheat show heads in southern counties. Garden crops thrifty, tree fruits and berries in better condition after May frost. Destructive wind storms reported Sunday in Floyd and Jinn counties.
At Eldora Iowa on May 26 1908 the Iowa Railroad board added three new directors John W Rath president of Rath Packing Company Waterloo Roger Leavitt Cedar Falls and E E Hughes Boone. Rath Packing is a major pork processor with private shipping. Leavitt is a longtime Cedar Falls banker and trustee. Hughes is president of Boone National Bank with decades in railroad property management. The trio joins existing directors to form a trusted board for prudent management.
Excursion rate of 9 dollars 56 cents via the Chicago and North Western Railway to the Republican National Convention. Tickets on sale daily from June 12 to June 17 with return limit June 30. Inquiries to ticket agents. Also note new fruit combinations in the Reliable Cook Book.
A compilation of transfers from multiple counties including Eldora Alden Whit ten Ackley and Union. Transactions feature buyers and sellers such as Henry Fisher T J Fletcher Armstrong Plymouth Stoneware Co. and Iowa Conference Evangelical Association with prices ranging from $1 to $27,000 and dates in 1908.
An Iowa study estimates annual renewals for fence posts at about 1.465 million dollars for 78 million posts needed on 25 million acres. Foresters urge planting durable species like Osage orange and catalpa, with protections against stock and fire, to expand post-growing timber across 21,350 to 22,350 acres every decade.
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