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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1905
Page
5
The notes detail a March 14 charity home entertainment titled Souvenir De Seville, with listings for Wisner opera house and Eldora events. It mentions local organizations, rental moves, new directories, and weather impacts, highlighting community happenings, theater, and plans in Ackley and surrounding towns.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational church hosted an entertainment last Friday evening that was financially and socially successful. Church parlors held booths for ice cream cakes candies and a fortune telling booth. Neat tidy elaborate decorations enhanced the event and the society netted about fourteen dollars, with contributors clearly repaid for their spending.
The Steamboat Rock Flour Mill offers South Dakota seed wheat blue stew now on sale at 1.40 per bit, perfectly cleaned and from the same source as last year’s seed. Also available is wheat from last year’s seed at 1.25 per bit. Limited stock for all.
A semi weekly update records numerous town visits and business trips across Iowa Falls, Union, Eldora, Ackley, Milan, and nearby areas. Names include Hicks of Iowa Falls, Cartwright, Mead, Lundy, Rogers, Leslie, Newcomer, Meader, Morgan, Toole, Newell, Mean, Baughman, Marks, Boylan, Turner, Luiken, Miller, Marsh, Fannon, Boeke, Shipley, Sharpe, Stanton, Skinner, Gribble, Hummel, and Smith. The items cover real estate, telephone sales, and local errands as residents travel for work and care for relatives.
Messrs Frank J. Martin and Joblin Meeker of Ackley visit for the Halin county telephone system sale. Trustee A I Styles of New Providence reports in the Miller bankruptcy matter. Judge Richards homestead appeal consideration noted. John T Boylan returns for his mother's illness, John T Wan returns to Minnesota. F H Noble advertises loan offers and insurance with bond signing.
An extensive deal closed Saturday between C O Ryan and Harvey Hadley. Hadley sold a heavy stock of furniture and car merchandise to Ryan and received a deed to a nearby lot and residence. Walter Keller of Hubbard bought a half interest in the stock and will partner with Ryan in future operations. Hadley plans to move to Kansas City to run a piano business. Thamer sold his city residence to Luther Devendorf and may relocate to Chicago by April first. The Columbia Opera company will perform at Wisner Opera House Thursday. Local school opened after coal famine break. Bennett Putnam returned after a brief absence. Teachers who vacationed out of town include Jedith Lee and Belle Cox. Jo Lynk recovering and will resume studies. Spring athletics planning under way, aiming to defend the silver cup now held by New Providence Academy. Washington’s Birthday exercises held. seventh and eighth graders visited the high school. Rev. Warner gave a Father’s Day style address. Drs. Dich & Kier, dentists, operate over Smith’s new building.
Real estate transfers listed include Chas W Raisch to A B Wheeler for lot 12 block 2 in Ackley for 1400 dollars. Other transfers involve Ellsworths River Bend addition to Iowa Falls, WRB Posen to Aggie Posen in Midora for 300 dollars, Edward C Hough to John Lawless et al part sw 93 88 20 for 94800, Joseph Fuller to Geo L Kasch se sw 8 88 20 for 2800, and Geo L Kasch to Joseph Fuller for lot and block 7 Owasa for 1150. Several names appear: G B Speers to RT Speers at Eldora for 650, Radcliffe Alden, Radcliffe do, W Mossman, Cleo L Caraway, Carl Neubauer, Bertha Driefke, TMubbard, Simon M Slater, Hendarkje J Abben in Ackley. Also a tonic route mention and DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills with a hotel clerk from Valley City noting a cure for constipation.
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