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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1909
Page
5
Eldora items report visitors from Iowa Falls Des Moines and Chicago. millinery ads and fashion notes at Mrs Faggs and Jagg shops. town socials, school moves, church changes, and fair preparations. Local business boasts cheap prices while rail and road news mention a streetcar motor car earning revenue.
Dr Horton advertises dental services and engraving options. The piece discusses weather impacting potato crops in the lowlands and hints at rising market prices. It mentions Dr King moving into a new office, traveler's checks, safe deposit boxes, and local banking notes. It covers the Hardin County Savings Bank, an award dispute over a winter reward, and an interurban streetcar project affecting Eldora with franchise bids and legal injunctions.
Soup Swafford comes back Saturday morning after playing for the Midors all season. The Midors disbanded August 11 after 5 games, 4 won. He visited Batavia briefly to see his wife as Abu notes. The Isidora Lecture Course committee appointed Mrs. Charles Iozers to sell tickets, with Mrs. Rogers bringing prior experience. Northwestern approves sanitary cups on trains and stations, offering porcelain glass and paper cups plus a penny slot machine, to educate against using older cups while selling individual cups at low prices.
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