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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
4
Polar claims and a humorously wild theory headline
Commander Peary and Cook dispute claims over polar reach while Wellman plans a balloon expedition. A Chicago man proposes a hollow earth theory about Andre, and Illinois rail laws face challenges. European upheaval, Vatican guards, and a Des Moines invitation to Senator Cummins mark a tense political moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
Cook
Walter Wellman
Chicago
Andre
Cold storage of apples in Iowa extend home storage
The Iowa Experiment Station shows fall apples can be kept all winter in cold storage with proper handling. Horticultural tests indicate storage costs are low and can extend home grown apple supply toward spring. Full methods and directions appear in Bulletin No 108 from Town Experiment Station. address Prof. C F Curtis, Ames Iowa, to obtain copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Experiment Station
Town Experiment Station
C. F. Curtis
Ames
White Bronze portrait for Iowa's first governor placed
The White Bronze portrait of Ansel Briggs, Iowa's first governor, was placed on the monument at Andrew by Krebs Bros. of Cedar Rapids on the 6th inst. Other items note weekly farm sales, a weather-caused delay to Cub-Sox games, a Bair sale at about $4000, and Eldora Redpath-Waite Chau tauqua Co. planning a summer event with plans to return in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel Briggs
Iowa
Andrew
Krebs Bros
Cedar Rapids
Fred Burlingame
Hud Phillips
Chicago
Eilis D. Robb
R. Richard
Eldora
Geo. C. Rheinfranky
Redpath-Wauter Chautauqua Co
Cedar Rapid
Hats for Elderly Ladies and Children at Mrs Landin
A special line of hats for elderly ladies and children is offered by C. M. Haas. The ad notes 50 sample suits priced from $10 to $50 and mentions ongoing suit business. Other items include gingham prints ouling and challies at 5 cents per yard. Mrs J B Mather returned from Los Angeles. Rev W G Ramsay attended a Webster City Congregational meeting. Dora Smith and Clara Pagel visited the Runkel home in Secor. Nora Valentine returned to Eldora healthier. A new story Rosalind at the Red Gate will begin in The Herald soon. A wrestling mat funded by match proceeds will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Strother
Hubbard
Lyon
Nora Valentine
Eldora
Herald
Rosalind
the Red Gate
W. G. Ramsay
Ft. Dodge
Webster City
Grocer Schultz Advertises Wide Grocery Selection
F. Be Schultz, the grocer in the opera block, offers a full line of National Biscuit Co goods and Chase & Sanborn coffee. He sells Columbia soups at 26 cents and carries Burnham Morrell lobster, Durkee salad dressing, and various canned goods. A large stock of dry goods is shown at C. M. Haas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. BE. Schultz
National Biscuit Co
Chase & Sanborn
Columbia
Fndora
Burnham & Morrell
Durkee
Mr. Schultz
Eldora
Blackwell
Polk’s
Schultz
Lyon Meetings Boosted San Joaquin Valley Business
Mr. Lyon held evangelistic campaigns across several San Joaquin Valley cities. A traveling salesman recalled that a street fair damaged the town, but the Lyon tabernacle meetings drew merchants’ praise as a financial boost, claiming many debtors paid up after the campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon
San Joaquin Valley
California
Los Angeles
Lyon Tabernacle
Public Sale Announcement by Rash at Union area farm
A public auction will be held at a farm seven miles west and two miles south of Union six miles north of St Anthony and a half mile south of Fairview church on October 20 1909. Items include eight two year old colts one grey mare and colt four head cattle with nine steers eight years old five yearling steers nine milch cows ten spring calves eight heifers coming two and three years old and will be fresh in winter one bull sixty six hogs including ten brood sows six barrows fifty spring shoats one straw stack and other articles. Sale starts at 1 30 p m with usual terms. Auctioneers Jon n L Rash Cor D M Gocerry. Harry Marks Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
St. Anthony
Fairview Church
Jonn L. Rash
Cou
D. M. Gocerry
Auct
Harry Marks
Charles G Scott Dies in San Francisco At 87
Charles G Scott aged about 87, son of Mrs Otia Hall of Eldora, died at Lane's hospital in San Francisco after months of illness. A former Eldora resident, he was a prosperous shoe dealer in Eureka, California. He left Eldora 16 years ago for the West. Survived by his mother a sister and four brothers. Death caused by liver trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Scott
Mre
Otia Hall
Eldora
Lane’s Hospital
San Francisco
Eureka
California
West
Mr. Scott
Smother
Local social and church notes recount town gatherings
Union features a crowded social week with Mason visiting Iowa Falls, embroidery club hostesses Minnie and Nell Anderson, several recoveries from pneumonia, and Mrs Hunt hosting a Rogers girls dinner. Reverend Barnes and family move to Gilman for a new church dedication while Rev Jesse Smith arrives with family. Hauser’s Des Moines trip to the centennial in Pittsburgh unfolds with a Iowa banquet led by Reverend Morris. The E B Watson family holds a Roosevelt-era reunion at their country home with ten children and multiple spouses attending, highlighting marriages and relocations within Union and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa Rogers
Des Moines
Pittsburg
Penn
Iowa
Morris
Marshalltown
Moore
Mothers
Christian Church
E. B. Watson
Roosevelt
Nellie
Charles Nold
Jim
Omaha
Howard
Honolulu
Ed, Jr
Radcliffe
Will
Ard
Union
Josephine
Del
Meta
Casner
Harry
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Mason’s 57Th
Mason’s
New Sale Pavilion
The
Union Savings Bank
A. P. Mason
Iowa State College
G. L. Gamrath
Eldora, Iowa
Starr
Wesenberg & Hanson
Popejoy
C. Fi. Gute
Barraan
Eldera
Sofeedal
Mra
Arrow
Fouse
I. A. Collins
W. Lan
Jensen
Pitone
Ney Stovesheee
Daarsoa Hardware Co
the Herald
H. E. Moffett
Illinois
Chicago,Peoria & St. Louis
Humphrey
Federal Court
Europe
Spain
Fever
Paris
Rome
Vatican
Alphonso
Marquette Club
Senator Cummins
Arso
Gov. Briggs
C. M. Haas
C. BE. Petty
F.E. Recultz
Milford Hall
A.a
Great Western Cereal Company
Akron
Boston
New Haven
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Albany
ST. Louis
Washington
Bales & Jahnson, Proprietors
United States
Star Brand
Baltimore
Bales & Jahnson
Eldora, ‘Iowa
IMBER
Nerve A
Near
Marks
Newell
Henry. Brown, Groom
Carpenter's
Petit
Atte
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