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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1903
Page
8
Local column from Herald reporters covers Alden residents news from Des Moines to Waterloo. Notes on houses, visits, a church sale for 350 dollars, a fire loss, a lecture crowd, a wedding, sewing for a burned family, a medical cure ad, and salve endorsements.
Eldora area entries list Mrs Wm Maddle and children returning home to Woden on Friday and Mrs Mark Furry of Alden visiting her sister Mrs Amos Cobb. Miss Jennie Perkins of Eldora stayed with sister Mrs K W Caster. Mr and Mrs F Miller spent days in Marshal county while Seth Miller injured his back after falling from a hay mow. Mrs C F Miller and son C A visited Oskaloosa relatives and returned with W A Wentworth for a week visit.
A partial OCR shows a schedule or sale notice listing names such as STUART and BEMAN with roles and times like 9:00am and 6:15pm, and a local address 4350. The garbled text indicates a local agent and manager and a timetable entry, but most details are unreadable.
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