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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
5
A readable mix of local tidbits from Grundy and Hardin counties, listing upcoming events, church dinners, auctions, and business notices. Includes married couples, new hires, and a dispatch on drought of public licenses, mortgage lending trends, street paving talks, and a notable accident with Tom Crosgrove. Also notes W M Boylan postmaster race and St Patrick’s Day dinner plans.
A brief record of local comings and goings reports Mrs Town's Steamboat Rock visit Mrs Fannie W Crockett returning from Chicago Justice J M Weaver of the supreme court in town Attorney F H Noble of Des Moines on business Mayor Grant Tyler and city solicitor Huff in Iowa Falls on business Rev W F Spry of Vinton in town between trains Mrs Reynolds of Des Moines staying with sister Mrs W S Porter Miss Hortense Porter at home A P Wilson returns from Meridan to manage a new real estate acquired business Frank Murphy of Mutual Telephone exchanges away in Illinois for his mother's 85th birthday Judge Albrook visiting Wright county for court M G Bates and family arriving from Neodesha Kan to reside in Eldora they dislike Kansas climate but favor Iowa's clear air Hs parents no longer living and nothing to keep her in Kansas
The Young Peoples Society of the Christian church will hold a supper in the church basement on Wednesday March 10. Supper served at 5 p.m. Price 25 cents. Also a notice of a lost mohair glove and a feature on Mrs Leonora Lake described as a noted Irish orator who will speak Friday March 12 at the Wisner venue.
200 acres all in cultivation with fair improvements priced at 60 dollars per acre. Also 220 acres with two large barns a ten room house good soil and 30 acres timber four miles from Clarksville For further information write or call O Portir Clarksville Iowa.
Money to loan at the lowest rates of farm security. Call and see what I can do before placing your loan. It will pay you, J B MatTaer.
Steamboat Rock notes list many local visitors and callers from Eldora Ackley George and Abbot. Regulars include Rev Gallagher Mrs Hughes Miss Bear Miss Noyes and W C Asher with travel to Des Moines Chicago and Washington. A high school program and church events frame a busy week with train incidents and millinery plans.
Dr Murray fixes March 14 1889 as photography's birthday after Sir John Herschel used the term in a Royal Society paper. The word quickly spread to France where Arago cited photographie in a deputy chamber report on M Daguerre's pension.
Douglas Jerrold once debated with a friend on the merits of two contemporaries. After a lengthy argument the friend proposed a compromise by saying enter all, they both row in the boat. The remark ends the dispute with a playful image of shared faults.
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