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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1904
Page
1
Eldora Iowa headlines recount a wide list of items from Hardin County. News includes weddings, business moves, district meetings, and upcoming events. Notable names include John Bruce, J. D. Newcomer, C. L. Parsons, and Duren. The issue notes weather, routes, and local enterprise from Wellsburg to Alden.
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS records C L Hartinger of Alden visiting for a Masonic degree with two others. Charley Hartinger handled defeat well. Mr and Mrs C M Duren returned from the St Louis World's Fair and Iowa College Grinnell exercises. Dr Robt Underwood, now M D, graduates Omaha Medical and plans practice. C E Greer and sons H F and Karl visited Chicago on business and bought a $1500 automobile to bring home with a factory operator.
A local record tracks arrivals and departures as neighbors visit kin and travel to Des Moines Mason City Grinnell and Cambridge. Notables include Harry Coveny Walter Nye C E Albrook W W Willcox and Dr Morse with editors Thayer and Kenneth Brown.
Gold Leaf ice cream is advertised on sale at a local market. The notice highlights price and availability, with emphasis on summer treats and limited stock for the period. Local shoppers are urged to act quickly to enjoy the brand’s premium flavor.
Harvest notes from Hardin County describe gleaners bound into bundles, Mrs Earl Bick on sick list, and various residents active in community tasks. Events include Children’s Day June 19, Eulah Harris closing spring term, and social visits at C W Fossler's. Local firms like Wilson Drug Co offer ice cream. neighbors share news of health, work, and travel.
Ross Doane has been elected assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. A sick Mrs Pearry recovers to resume work. The Beecher daughter visited parents last week. Childrens Day exercises planned at the Evangelical church. L A Johnson and Mrs Henry Rankin attended camp meeting in Des Moines. Mr Pearry family from Hubbard visited, returned home. Preaching next Sunday at Bethel 11 am, Lawn Hill evening services. Ross Doane chosen as delegate to State K L of C convention in Belle Plaine 22 26 inst. Lola Wright and Bertha Smith prepare for county superintendent exams for New Providence academy.
Pleasant Ridge updates: Mrs Albach sick. Mrs Wilza Wuster suffers rheumatism. Fred Barnard and W Barnard spent time with family in Marshalltown and Eldora. Miss Collins of Marshalltown preached at East Side last Sunday. Frank Castor’s children stay with grandfather H Reece as Frank moves to Eldora. East Side MBE ladies aid meets with Mrs Will Wilcox and will visit Mrs Alien Putnam in July. Farmers report striped gopher damage to corn. some replanted. Wise sayings and Rocky Mountain Tea touted. Wilson Drug Co.
String Town notes show Till Renfall enjoying a rubber tired buggy. Leslie McConnell works for C. G. Blair of Whitten. J. C. Stuart, wife and family spent Sunday at the J. A. Dean home. Mrs. C. W. Whitney and son Otis spent Sunday with Mrs. D. B. Blair. Mrs. 8. E Mills and son Frank visited at the H. H. Graham home Sunday. Miss Mabel Lundy visits Mrs. Estella Lyman. Will Dean and wife visited his brother John Saturday. Ola Dean accompanied them home. Frank Alberry and his companion attended the alumni banquet at New Providence Thursday evening.
EH Lathrop and W F Clover were business callers at Iowa Falls Thursday. John Zolter recently left Id Johns to take a traveling salesman post with a Chicago firm. B Bleeker W O King T Gimer and W F Clover attended the county convention in Eldora Tuesday. Will Wilkinson of Wadena Minnesota visited his mother Mrs A Homan and relatives. Mrs Lena Johns attended the G A R encampment at Mason City this week with Del la Bedford of Iowa Falls.
The ladies aid society met Thursday with Mrs Bleeker. A son was born to Harry Kannegeiter and wife on Tuesday June 7. Carpenters finished the framework of Mr Hendrick's house last week, plasterers at work. Miss Anna Ludeman spent last week at home and entertained cousins from near Parkersburg. Mr Koolman had a severe fall Wednesday knocked about ten feet to the ground. Dr Symington summoned but found no broken bones.
Peter Jensen announces he will continue to buy poultry and eggs for cash after selling his interest in the creameries. Location: building south of Slack Hotel.
Hyomei hailed as the only direct application to kill catarrh bacilli and cure the disease with a money back guarantee. Wilson Drug Co cites testimonials from ministers bankers lawyers and physicians supporting its efficacy and offers refunds if customers are not helped.
Those knowing themselves indebted to W. H. Hicks & Co. are urged to pay at the First National Bank promptly. The Eldora creamery opens a depot at Mrs. Allen's restaurant for sale of fine butter in round prints and pasteurized cream and milk. Pasteurization, heated to 180 deg F and cooled, kills germs and keeps products sanitary and sweet longer for ice cream manufacture.
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