Vote Climb in Contests Prompts Hustle for Subscriptions
The Piano Buggy contest shows votes climbing with Saturday watchfulness and widespread interest. Leaders feel few gains matter, while many contestants vie for top spots as readers anticipate the May 15 winner announcement and June prize plans. Subscriptions and dollars translate to votes, with prizes including a grand piano, gold watch, buggy, harness, and clothing, plus various premiums for top supporters. Votes are issued by local merchants and credited for purchases, new subscriptions, and renewals, with weekly tallies and a tie guarantee of duplicates for determined winners.
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Herald
Drainage District Petition in Hardin County Iowa
A long list of landowners is notified that on January 12, 1909 a petition was filed in Hardin County auditor’s office seeking appointment of an engineer to establish a drainage district. The district would begin near Section 15 and run to Section 14-88-22, affecting multiple sections and Buckeye township. Damages claims must be filed five days before the June 7, 1909 hearing before the board of supervisors in Juldora. notices detail engineer reports, plats, and the public benefits of tiling lands to relieve overflow.
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Z. A. Dyer
Lucy E. Dyer
Priscilla Dyer
Eunice Strevell
Jas. B. Dyer
Jane D. Dearatine
Edwin S. Dyer
Kate Ten
Nels Johnson
Charles A. Rummell
Guston Runge
Gust Runge
John Schunemann
Philip M. Edwards
Elliott C Edwards
O.S. Wildman
Jennie S. Wildman
Wilhelm Zilske
Buckeye
Peter Miller
Henry Miller
William Miller
Edward Miller
Amelia Miller
Mrs. Francis Cole
Mary Beem
Charlotta Trende
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Sarah Ann Houghtaling
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
W. V.shipley
Arza P. Kellogg
W. W. Farwell
Des Moines Savings Bank
the Ackley Savings Bank
J. F. Hardin
Burlington Savings Bank
Mary C. Scotten
Township
Range 22
Buckeye Township
Hardin County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Juldora
A. Vigars
Aati County
Union society notes and funerals in Union area
Union items report Bert Castor dining with Fred Clark family, Farneworths entertaining an uncle from Massachusetts, and various notices on illnesses and recoveries. Deaths include Mrs. Van Vorhis and Mrs. VanNote with detailed funeral accounts and tributes. Also covered are Sunday school events, club meetings, and local remarks on residents and visitors. The piece ends with an anecdote about a Canadian baronial duel anecdote in a distant era.
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Bert Castor
Fred Clark
George Farneworths
Massachuetts
Harry Dillon
Sunnyside
Wash
Ray Andrews
Ina Tiffany
Geo. Farnsworth
Livingston
Howard Haggs
Igenna Lepley
Burma Dillon
Estella Frazier
Maggie Boylan
Bessie Riggs
Chas, Carothers
Marshalltown
VanVorhis
J. W. Tiffany
Billy
Tiffany
Will Koontz
Mesdames H. C. Barnes
Lovie Fox
M. E. Sunday School
Ackley
Christian Sunday School
van Dusen
Dillon
Foster Hauser
Local Notes and Property Purchases Highlight Rural Ledger
Don Livengood returns home from North Label. Geo Smith buys Fett farm at seventy five dollars per acre. Mrs James McBride recovering from illness. Clyde Hough buys a span of mules for thirty eight fifty. William Weatherly buys Bucy restaurant and takes possession. Emil Oestreich and auto hack plans near Garden City Hubbard area. A L Bushnell home from Cedar Rapids improved health and crutches discarded. Dr Brubaker tearing down Miss Boyd millinery building and plans barn addition. Fred Grantow visits Monday night. W W Wilson Arch Benbow and D W Blair with Emil Oestreich attend Mariballtown meetings Sunday.
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Geo. Smith
James McBride
Clyde Hough
H. A. Kielsmeier
William Weatherly
Zearing
Bucy
Emil Oestreich
Garden City
Hubbard
A. L. Bushnell
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Brubaker
Miss Boyd Millinery
Fred Grantow
Meera
W. W. Wilson
Arch Benbow
D. W. Blair
Maraballtown
Sunay
Clerks Prefer Clerking to Bricklaying for Pay Reasons
Fragmentary excerpt contrasts clerks and bricklayers, noting clerking offers steadier pay and social ease with ladies, while bricklayers face harder work and limited entrance to upscale homes. The text mocks laymen who misjudge clerking versus bricklaying.
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Pearl Walker
Fleeta Mulford
Dorothy Lyle Sargent
Freda Baker
Wm. Penn
Eldora High School
Agnes Todd
Nettie Blydenburgh
Frances Rudolph
Bert Stage
R. BE. Modlin
Lillian Rose
Bertha Gemberling
Etaas
Rose Blum
Nora Sanford
Ruth Sheldon
Cora Newby
Estel’n Mae Gast
Sulla Rogers
Elsie Stelow Oo
Ne Polley
C. T. Caster
Rose
Baleares
Nellie Lamer
Fay Fuller
Herod, Smith & Revd
Brown Dry Coods Co
James Suurry
Vanavery
V. J. MelNeil
Walker, Gane & Johnson
Wills
Lewis E
Hutzel
Owen Mogan
Will. Bajwanz
Or Ee
Chifordwslayden
Kooserow
Wre
Zilske
W. H. Sc
Bane
UNION
Dave van Notes
Henry Esteps
Mr. Estep
Clara Peterson
Federated County Club
A. A. VanVorhis
M. Vorhis
Musaher
Penney Vo Thong
Rev. Armstrong
H. A. Rogers
Artie Humeston
Dr. Hunt
D. D. Mann
Haaber Woods
Mann
Europe
Questia
Don Livengood
North Label
Walker, Lane & Johnston
Eidora, Iowa
Anode
Reinteich
Poe
Clett
Advertiz
JPOR
Winchester
Wilt Ward
Gil Klids
Falls
Winder Pleasy
Veralo Offee
PSOE
O. Daves
Low
Eddora
Lowa
Comise
Atvalittua
Suuthsesh Syeuer
Cours House
Herbert A. Muff
Doug
Kidohu, Towa
Egade
Ebay
N. C. Morse, A.B. M. D
N. We
Lowe Antrally
Humphreys
Griggs
W.shallenberger
Chicago
Eldora
HOTEL
Stermayi8
Shullenat
Stal
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