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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
8
A Globe notice cites Joe Tack a Wichita to Missouri Pacific engineer as saying Kodol cured his stomach pains and cancer fears after a druggist recommended it. He claims others were cured too, promoting the product Smith and Reed sell.
Guarantee a cure for piles with Paro Ointment offered by Paris Medicine Co. Itching bleeding or protruding piles may be cured in 14 days and druggists refund money if it fails. First application provides relief. Pack includes 50 cents or send stamps for delivery from St. Louis.
The Times-Republican highlights Frank Rainsbarger of the Anamosa penitentiary as a model prisoner allowed to own a pet dog gifted by Humane officer Liebig. The item notes Earl Young, a Coe College graduate, being elected to teach science and math in Knoxville public schools, and mentions local efforts to improve city streets and parkings. Additional notes cover Whited History from Alden, organist Robert Matthews praising Eldora and University Place Christian church, a Humboldt merchant boasting catalogue competition, street maker Dave Aylesworth’s finished streets, Henry Thamer finally receiving citizenship, Rev. Everts Kent’s Dover talk on the Orient, and a collection for church repairs.
Plans are perfected for the Good Roads Summer School at Ames from June 12 to 17. Dean Curttiss Marston and McDonald lead a program with D Ward King Henry Hoag C D Corbin among instructors. The course covers classroom and field work road surveying cement highway design and machinery usage with evening lectures and model road demonstrations. A concurrent Iowa Good Roads convention is slated for June 15 to 16. The Eldora Market Day sale follows on May 27 with horse mule cattle and other items auctioned.
A compiled real estate transfer record across Eldora Hubbard Ackley Radcliffe Alden and nearby towns shows multiple deeds between 1921 and 1887 transfers. Names include Walter Carpenter Mary Speer Gustav Nuenfeldt Wm Nuenfeldt Pliny Fry Julia Witherspoon Brookings Land and Trust Co John Hakinson Henry Thamer Julia A Witherspoon Mayme Morden W T S Rath Abbie W Gilman Charles Cordes Elijah Hayden B O Hough and Lewis B Thompson. Several lots and outlots in Hoover's and Clover's additions are involved with prices ranging from 800 to 1400 to 82000. The record lists numerous lot and block references across Ackley Eldora Hubbard Radcliffe Alden and other localities.
Advertises summer excursion rates from Iowa Central to Portland and California with stopovers and 21 day limits, including homeseeker specials to Nebraska and Dakota regions. Also lists low round trip fares to St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Denver and more from Eldora, plus notes on summer season rates and agent contacts. Includes an unrelated ad for DeWitt's Early Risers pills and Cyclopaedias for sale.
California in 58 hours 40 minutes from Omaha to San Francisco advertised as the fastest line with daily tourist cars and double berth. Maps and illustrated California publications offered free on application to E. L. Lomax GP T A Omaha Neb.
A satirical seamed look at farm life and meals with remarks on Cocoanuts imported, chicken consumption, wild rabbit litters, and the pleasant labor of harvesting crops. The piece highlights daily routines and the value of produce, blending practicality with sentiment.
A period-style rural column notes birds nesting into September and discusses tree decline due to settlement and farming. It laments oak and bur oak deaths, laments modern farm practices, and extols sacks removal, tenant farming, and the shift to sulky plows enabling youths to operate with minimal labor.
The piece argues that a town must grow or decline, urging annual spring cleaning, public funding for repairs, and subscriptions for needed improvements. It links sewerage, clean streets, and water quality to savings in health costs, home sales, and overall progress, calling for enterprise to show flag on the Fourth of July.
William Boyd of Curtis Publishing spoke to the Manufacturers' Advertising club at the Hotel Euclid in Cleveland about responsive business to changing trade conditions. He warned that trial advertisements waste money and compared advertising to business insurance, stressing ads must be in the right paper and kept in these columns.
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