12 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1905
Page
1
The Eldora Herald column surveys city happenings from March 1905 sources. Notes include St Patrick events, Cornell College concerts, church suppers, street conditions, and ads. Mentions Dr Steiner lectures, janitor moves, milk mills sale to Baker, and court actions on liquor licenses with many local names and addresses.
A compact list notes Rev. W J Convery at Boone and Carl S Newcomer visiting Des Moines on business. Walter Cook and Henry Butler of New Providence came for matters on Wednesday. Others include Mrs A C Harris improving at home, Miss Myrtle Jones visiting Jessie Norris, Matt Smith returning from Florida, and visits by Uncle Steve McGrail, Rev W B Stanley, and families from Iowa Falls, Estherville, Ackley, and Kansas. Delegates to the Knights of Pythias district meeting are named.
J D Newcomer guardian of two minor Wisner heirs pays Hardin County taxes totaling 2350.02 and 1399.40 in Franklin County plus 829.67 in Dickinson County, a combined 3779.09. The estate, carefully managed, may exceed half a million dollars on reaching adulthood, with building additions and rising value noted. An Iowa home paper remark is cited on local papers' value. Edge First Mortgage ads promote safe rates with J D Newcomer in Eldora Iowa.
A Chicago society woman explains she plans a hometown wedding and obituary write up in the Iowa village paper, praising its personal attention. She recalls her father’s obituary and notes the old country paper as a cherished family link, far preferred to city dailies.
A public meeting will be held Monday evening March 27 at 7 30 in Library Hall for residents interested in the Elders lecture course to elect a committee for the 1905 06 season and handle related business. The outgoing committee will report on stewardship and the treasurer on finances. Citizens are urged to attend and support the next course.
The Russian melodrama For Her Sake arrives at Wisner Friday April 7. It follows a life journey toward peace and happiness with thrilling trials. A Siberia road scene and a ballroom display of Russian nobility are highlighted in a handsomely staged performance by an adequate company.
Don Pedro the well known artist says he will live permanently in Waterloo, leaving Iowa Falls where he spent many years as a local figure. He was seen this morning with a shoe shining outfit and visited court house offices while keeping a steady amateur night job at the Electric theatre. He attends church, Sunday school, and follows the Good Book, seeking a respectable livelihood and new friends in Waterloo after decades in Hardin county communities.
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