This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1904
Page
5
A scanned Eldora Herald page recounts weather, social events, entertainments, and local commerce. It mentions upcoming spelling school, church rally, and a bear on community life, plus reports on rail, bank deposits, and a horse injury. It notes advertising success and a suspected fraud case involving hog shipments and missing funds.
A half week record of local arrivals and departures lists Mrs Clara Mair visiting Gowrie, families returning from the world’s fair, and visits by Mrs Vic Lagerquist A W Mitterer and others. Beets shown by D W Terrill of Providence weigh over 23 pounds in Hardin county. retail noise on mining companies heads to Canada California and Iowa Falls. Dr Fowler’s Wild Strawberry extract advertised as fever and summer complaint remedy. Local residents recall St Louis Expo, Ames visits, and Upper Iowa Conference in Davenport. Various town figures attend fairs, church dedications, and university enrollments while planning travel to St Louis and Des Moines.
Property listing notes 80 acres of pasture land located 1 Union two 1 mile south of Hidora Junction Inquire at box 391 Town Falls Iowa. The report also recounts the shooting of Ray Reece by Hays Adams at the Enos Reece sale in Providence last Friday afternoon. Adams was jailed by Deputy Sheriff Parks and faces a preliminary hearing in New Providence today.
G A Stewart dentist advocates Dean’s Ointment for itching piles from a local meat market dispute. He claims quick, permanent relief and notes availability at any drug store for 50 cents.
The Herald warns that many subscription accounts will be turned to an attorney for collection unless paid within 15 days. Accounts unpaid for three to six years are pressed, and readers are urged to settle at the office before the deadline.
Community notice advertises 400 lbs of new honey sold in 1 lb sections at a low per pound price. The offer runs until sold, under the mark of H W Fannnon. Local readers are invited to take advantage of the seasonal bargain.
Union market day sale on Thursday Oct 6 1804 offers household goods and machinery at 10 AM and horses and cattle at 1 PM. A. P. Mason auctions new furniture and stock, with C. BE Lawrence clerk and J. H. Moore ring manager. Many horses cattle swine available, including draft horses drivers and trotters.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.