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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1905
Page
5
Busy reader note on court days and weather. Local items report funerals for two elderly women, marriage licenses, seed corn sales, and a bakery price for a 16 ounce loaf. Mentions Dr Diehl Kier dentists, new millinery store, and a farmer’s seed testing advice. Also covers eggs for sale, a bank of town happenings, a 160 acre farm trade, and a Cornell College Orchestra concert in Eldora.
A partial roll call of residents visiting, traveling, or appearing in court across Ackley, Hubbard, Colfax, Des Moines, Des Moines, and nearby towns. Names include Parker Davis, Tell Boylan, Dan Miler, W S Porter, Andrew Rath, Henry Suiken, W S Crane, John Shafer, W A Biggs, C McKeen Duren, Schrader, J H Clary, Fanny Duren, Judge Parker, Frank D Peet, Rev C C Warner, Lee M Howell, T W Burlingame, Mrs. Morse, S B Gardner, Jno Jay Carleton, and others with brief notes on locales and activities.
Sunday services listed for Baptist, Point Pleasant, Christian, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches with preaching by Rev. Stanley, Rev. Hoffman, and Rev. Knapp. Building work at Sac City under way, meetings held in the Y M C A. Epworth League activities, temperance address, and appeals for funds noted. Also a health ad touts Kodol Dyspepia Cure and local seed wheat suppliers mentioned.
Great Western railway spur towns along the line attract business prospects. Town Talk offers particulars and sample copy can be obtained by addressing Edwin B. Magill in Omaha Nebraska.
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