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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
4
A notice records that the editor and publisher were entered as second class matter at the Eldora Iowa post office on June 3 1903 under the act of Congress of March 3 1879.
Only three days remain until the Hardin County Republican primary. A county convention will select delegates and propose candidates for county offices, with votes to be cast at the courthouse. Reports note pressure on party unity and endorsements including Governor Cummins and candidates for state office.
Des Moines Daily Tribune reveals a diabolical plan by the Cummins campaign committee to deface a photograph of Senator Allison to manipulate public opinion. The paper claims it is the first in Iowa to expose this political trick aimed at dishonoring a prominent political figure.
A political appeal claims Cummins used a defaced copyrighted portrait of Senator Allison to influence Iowa voters. The piece alleges the vandalized image shows a dastardly plan and predicts Cummins’ defeat by 50,000 votes on June 2, urging Republicans to reject the tactic and honor faithful service.
Fragmented clippings satire on Taft Sullivan Bryan Debs and third terms. mentions a Kansas police raid netting 800 dollars a gambling den and a statue theft in New York with Diogenes and his lamp. records a Paris death excess over births and weather bureau probe names congressmen.
A Des Moines plan to curb Democratic participation in the Republican primary promises arrests for signing Democratic nomination papers and then voting Republican. Officials will deploy precinct by precinct challengers with lists of Democratic signers from state petitions, aiming to deter dual primary participation under existing penalties.
In a May 25 exchange from Waterloo and Eldora Iowa two political figures W R Williams and C Ef Pickett pursue a joint meeting in Eldora with Mr Sweet amid contest for Washington representation. A Waverly reply cancels campaign. Alden Times notes Williams a young lawyer with little public profile.
The document lists bonds and evidences of debt, drafts and checks, and notes payable. It shows cash and deposits, stock equity, capital actually paid in, total deposits, undivided profits, surplus fund, and other profits on hand. Specific figures include deposits totaling 380,067.00, property value 1,635.00, and other assets and liabilities in the hundreds to thousands.
Mrs Oliver Prescott of 310 Eighth Street Cedar Rapids Iowa reports kidney trouble with backache and spine pain. After using Deans Kidney Pills she says she was cured in weeks and remained free of trouble for five years. She endorses the product and urges others to try it. Smith Reed drugstore carries the item. Price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co New York agents for United States Remember the name Deans and take no other.
George Ordway and others defendants in Hardin County face a court ordered sale of real property. Commissioner, under authority of the court, will offer the property at public sale to the highest bidder on the specified date and at the stated location. The description references the southeast quarter of section twenty three township eighty-something range twenty west.
A Belgian and a German Coach stallion will season in 1908 at the fair grounds. Both are superb breeders and won first premium at Hardin County fair last year. Insurance to stand costs twelve dollars and fifty cents. The sellers claim due care but no responsibility for accidents to mares. if mares are traded before insurance due, the service fee becomes due immediately.
A fine large black registered stallion, now owned by W. L. Walker, is presented for the 1908 season at the fair grounds. His progeny have consistently won first prize at Hardin county fairs, with insurance set at 15 dollars.
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