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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1909

Page

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Rams of Interest Culled From 6 Outside of Wall

Rams of Interest culled from six outside of wall as local flash anecdote dominates this paper with brief notes on teams, venues and standout players.

Wall

Hardin County Weekly: News Worth Printing

Herald reporters deliver Hardin County semiwkly news with timely local items. Readers find community happenings, public notices, and brief updates from nearby towns and events.

Memorial number honors Charles Aldrich founder of Iowa history

The last Annals of Iowa, a quarterly by the Historical Department, is a memorial issue for Charles Aldrich. It contains sketches by Lafe Young and others, a poem by Major H. M. Byers, and tributes from Iowa presses praising Aldrich as a able journalist, soldier, and citizen who built Iowa history and the Iowa Historical Society.

Annals of Iowa Historical Department of Iowa Charles Aldrich Depriment Wdrich Lafe Young John M. Brainard Warren S. Dungan Geo. W.crosley J. A. McCall Judge Iowa Dubuque

Librarian report from El Dora Public Library February 1909

The El Dora Public Library reports February 1909 activity with 1271 books issued over 28 open days and an average daily circulation of 46. Fines and non resident cards are noted, along with magazine rent and repairs. Librarian Ge rests the summary with bound magazines and reader registrations.

Eldora Public Library Sideee Petia Baars Oleae Hauhtore Pan Joeal Ge Rent Utne Loa Biva Grest

Hardin County Business Men Banquet Enjoys Profitful Gathering

The Hardin County business men association met at Eldora with attendees from Alden Iowa Falls Steamboat Rock and Hubbard among others though Union and Ackley were not represented. The banquet featured a fine eight course meal at Wilson’s Hotel Eldora and an engaging after dinner program with toastmaster Peter F. Brown and speakers J F Hardin C McKeen Duren W J Moir and C E Albrook. Officers for the next year were elected: W N Snodgress president Raymond Blackmun vice president P M Rich secretary and F J Whinery treasurer.

Hardin County Business Men’s Association F. L. Spencer M. A. Whitney H. F. Bushman Fred Hanson Alden Union Ackley Iowa Falls Eldora Wilson’s Peter F. Brown J. F. Hardin C. McKeen Duren Hardin County. National Bank W. J. Moir Hardin County C. E. Albrook Business Men's Association W. N. Snodgress Raymond Blackmun P. M. Rich F. J. Whinery

School Notes on Practice and Perseverance

The article urges students to start practice, warns against overdoing it, and stresses persistence. It encourages confidence, noting new athletes are “green” but can improve with steady, right kind practice. It highlights that unknown raw material can develop into athletes.

Hartman Named Track Captain At E H S

John Hartman becomes track captain replacing Vernon Wardman who cannot serve. About twenty boys run cross country after school, averaging three and a half miles per session, with distance to increase gradually. E H S aims to win the cup at the annual field meet this summer. An athlete at Missouri University is reported to be six feet eleven inches tall but did not make the football team.

Missouri University

Enduring resolve for a hopeful new year in work

The speaker expresses a desire to pursue every avenue and asks for collective effort and prayer that the coming year will be the best yet for the work. The message emphasizes perseverance, faith, and communal progress.

Drainage District hearings mark March 1909 board session

Hardin County Iowa supervisors convened in Eldora with Marks Jackson and Wiemer absent. They reviewed road matters and auditor’s office, set hearing for Drainage District No 6 benefits in Concord Township for March 2, and approved and apportioned assessments with payment option certificates. A separate order directed notices for Kier and Mather drainage ditch in Alden Ellis Buckeye Townships with hearing April 6 at Eldora.

Eldora Iowa Board of Supervisors Hardin County Marks Jackson Wiemer Concord Township Marks and Jackson Franklin Wright Hardin Counties August Neuman Boards of Supervisors Wright Counties 30Th General Assembly General Assembly Dealnage Kier Towa Etna Township C. L. Marks J. C. Jackson Commissioners of Damages

Sunday School Growth and Local Road Board Actions

A report highlights youth outreach with tract distribution revivals and three new youth societies, plus a jail visit leading to a conversion. Other notes cover Etna Township road damages and appropriations, drainage district appraisers, and local governance actions.

Local officials named in 1909 meeting notes

March 17 1909 records show Wm Wiemer serving as chairman of the board and R A Vicars as county auditor. The fragment notes these two officials in a county governance context, indicating a formal or organizational meeting or announcement from that date.

Wm. Wiemer R. A. Vicars

Church notices and services listed for multiple denominations

Local church listings include Presbyterian Bible School Sundays at 12 15 pm Christian Science at Universalist church 11 am and 8 pm midweek Reading room hours open Tue Thu Sat 3 6 pm Baptist regular services Christian Sunday School 10 am morning service 11 am Y P S C E B 6 30 pm Methodist pastor preaches morning and evening Congregational sermon themes next Sunday morning The Love of God and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Leader Raymond Haas plus a note on a grave marker at Arlington for Janey Thomas Cruse with his words Never mind me I am all right Look after those other fellows.

Will Winter Trimble Union Cynthia Stuart Universalist Church God C. i Raymond Haas Timuiluiude Itigsbipman Janey Thomas Cruse National Cemetery Arlington Cruse Cape Cod

Emotional rhetoric at party conventions in 19th century politics

The Republican convention fenced in Roosevelt for forty five minutes while the Democratic convention urged Bryan for an hour and a half. Women suffragists argue that such emotion would indict women as unfit to vote and warn against clubwomen the D A R or any women’s group behaving similarly during elections.

Roosevelt Bryan

Rapid Clothes Washer from Hungary Receives Notice

A Hungarian inventor unveils a washing machine using electrified water that can clean 300 garments in under fifteen minutes without soap. The device, demonstrated in a public setting, promises a rapid, hygienic laundering method.

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the Citizens: Savings Bank Eldora, Iowa the Herald Wrstten Librarian's Sunday School Missionary J. E. Cruzan Lord Jesus Christ John Hartman Vernon Wardman Callard Township 86 Township 89 J. B. Bleeker Fred and John Sailer N. O. Dyer N. M. Vieter Northeast Independent School District Board On Peraun Sherman and Conard Township A. B. Baxter 8. B. Gardner Hatif Ang Hardia Ir ‘Ag Hardin J.f.hardin Ebldora Tate Presbyterian Christian Science Methodist Royal
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