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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1904
Page
5
Local notices announce the Davis & Moser election on November 8, the latest possible date after the first Monday. Also promoted are health remedies from Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Thomas Electric Oil, plus Dr Fowler’s Wild Strawberry extract as natural cures.
An 19th century ad touts One Minute Cough Cure for coughs croup and lagrippe with quick relief and permanent cure by aiding lung oxygen. It lists Smith Reed as seller and urges buying Black Band coal from Davia Moser. Also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea and coal price comparisons.
In Des Moines a woman alleges her husband William H. Miller disappeared after a note and a forged marriage certificate surfaced. The case entwines a Des Moines home and an Eldora based justice of the peace with a forged seal. Authorities seek Miller while noting a prior Eldora marriage to Elizabeth Cahn and a separate union in Marshalltown.
Eldora celebrates a new two story brick post office building for Postmaster Harris and staff. The corner room houses the money order department, private office, and seven rural carriers with a 263 by 80 foot layout. Since rural delivery began in Hardin County, Eldora’s post office income rose to a record year last year.
Z Blackburn dies at nearly ninety in Shellsburg Benton county after long residence, left a widow aged eighty two and four daughters and one son Rev W E Blackburn of Buffalo Kansas survive. Mrs Smith travels to Shellsburg to attend funeral held yesterday.
In the UPPER IOWA M E CONFERENCE the presiding elder W F Pitner assigns ministers for the Marshalltown District. Ackley goes to M N Smith, Albion to Hiram Bailey, Beaman to W Hf Kuhlman, Belle Plaine to J B Robinson, Chelsea to Jophed Coprau, Eldora to Goop Beir wad.
A garbled list of names and affiliations appears to reference circuits and societies in Iowa. Mentions include various towns such as Marshalltown, Mason City, Iowa Falls, and Toledo, alongside several individuals and suppliers. The fragment mentions Des Moines state superintendent and the Iowa Children's Home Society, plus a circuit designation and multiple “to be supplied” notes.
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