Thanksgiving News Bits From Ackley Area
Busy readers learn of Thanksgiving weddings a 75 year old groom and 61 year old bride in Ackley. Mrs. Evans dies at 90. Milo Hunt welcomes a son. News notes cover rail delays, street sprinkling after dust storms, and a busy court house rural mail carriers convention. We see new homes on Washington street, hitching post debates, and local sports including a Thanksgiving football game.
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Hardin County
Court House
Herald
Comings and Gins The Movements of the People
A half week record of social and business moves reported to The Herald includes visits, travel notes, and hometown arrivals. Mentions Mrs. Porter, Dr. Diehl, Chas. R. Craine, W. H. Minton, Bent Edgington, Misses Gearhart, Scott Newcomer, Miss Percis Wood, Jno. Bruch, H. P. Bruch, Jay Newcomer, and Rev. L. C. Clark among others with Thanksgiving visits and local errands. The Des Moines Capital advert is noted for bargain day subscriptions.
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The
Herald
Des Moines
Asplen
Lews
Feminine Figures and the Vanishing Figure Theory
A whimsical verse discusses arithmetic puzzles and aging, noting how time shifts figures from youth to later life. The speaker contrasts Madge’s age with his own as Time passes, humorously arguing that women can handle figures despite critics.
Hardin County Farmer Husks 110 Bushels in One Day
S P Johnston of Hardin County five miles north of Eldora celebrated his 50th birthday by husking and cribbing 110 bushels of golden ears in nine hours on Monday the 21st The Herald questions how many young men in the county can beat this record The New Store offers 100 sardines for 74 cents this week.
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S. P. Johnston
Hardin County
Eldora
Goose Bone Prophet Predicts Long Hard Winter
A so‑called Goose Bone Prophet warns of a severe winter ahead advising communities to prepare. The forecast emphasizes hard conditions and extended cold, urging preparedness measures across households and local trades.
Goose bone winter forecast shrouds corn judging tale
Elias Hartz of Reading Pennsylvania predicts a harsh winter after examining a discolored goose breast bone. The ceremony at Wisner opera house featured Warren County farmers and Iowa State expert Prof Klinck who awarded prizes for corn categories. First prizes went to Seward Brothers, Floyd Myers, J W Higginbotham and Ed McClean with eighty entrants competing overall.
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Seward Brothers
Floyd Myers
J. W. Higginbotham
Ed McClean
National Bank
Klinck
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Wisner Opera House
Death of H E Bemis Santa Fe engineer in Texas wreck
El Dora dispatch reports H E Bemis an early Santa Fe engineer who died in a Gainesville Texas collision. He married Eldora resident Doty twenty five years ago and leaves wife and daughter Mrs Eugene Fisher of Roawell New Mexico. Funeral planned in Gainesville. Bemis once ran a local Eldora meat market and was well known here. Beat California prunes this week only Tic per pound of The New Store.
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Eldora
Gainesville
Texas
H. E. Bemis
Santa Fe
Eugene Fisher
Roawell
N. M
Bemis
Times-Republican
California
Franklin County Jury Sets Albrook Lundy Fee At 875.04
A Franklin County jury awarded Albrook and Lundy 875.04 against Hardin County after a suit over a 1260 claim. The panel deliberated a few hours Tuesday, finding the fee amount, which is below the demand but above the county board's offered compromise. Costs will impact the county, with the case resolving questions of responsibility for expenses. Dean's Ointment is advertised as a cure for itching piles in the notice portion.
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Franklin County
Albrook & Lundy
Hardin County
Supreme Court
Two Big Days Stock Sale At Hampton Iowa
Two big days at Hampton on Nov 30 and Dec 1 feature a stock sale with sixty head offered daily. Wednesday focuses on Poland China hogs and Thursday on Shorthorn cattle from premier Scotch breeds. Catalogues available by contacting C. C. Shafer, Hampton. Col. F. P. Menzie will auctioneer both sales. Nice white Japan rice at The New Store this week only 4¢ per pound.
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Hampton
Poland
China
C. C. Shafer
Iowa
Col
F. P. Menzie
Licensed to Wed Names in a Small Town Notice
A local notice lists names including Stewart Staley Alden Willa G Granzow Jno Lawless Eldora Jennie Sharphair Frank Sprung Rosetta Janssen and others in a marriage license context with a business mention of a large bottle of French mustard on sale this week at The New.
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First National Bank
Iowa Central
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Washington Street
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Hubrecht
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Iowa Falls
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Topeka
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Leach
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Ackley World
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F.M. Linnehan
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Hampton Chronicle
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Nebraska
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Cedar Falls
W. H. Minton
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Chicago
J. F. Hardin
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Colorado
Bent Edgington
Fanny Duren
Orpha
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Mabel Gearhart
Scott Newcomer
Hgin, Ill
J. D
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Simon Swarts
Howard Miller
Fred Ellsworth
Agricultural College
P. C. Woods
Eldora Ledger
Ledger
Hampton Recorder
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City
Alex
Chassell
O. B. Chassell
Ellis Township
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Pawnee
Neb
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Waitsburg
Wash
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H. P
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Jay
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Osage
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M. E. Church
Lafey
Life Insurance
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Madge
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Elias Hartz
Reading
Penn
Weather Bureau
Washington
Hartz
Seward Bros
New Providence
Chas
McClean
Union
E. W. Wolfe
Owasa
C. Ross McClean
Ross G. Reece
John Graham
Eldora Red Corn
E&d
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Brown Dry Goods CO
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