Local residents guests at various homes and events
Names of local families guests and visitors appear across many households. Mr and Mrs John Jacobson Nora Springs hosted relatives last Sunday while Mrs Armas Quinn Horan and daughter Mary dined at Ezra Dibble home. Several visits to Davenport Chicago Postville Waterloo Elkader and Spokane noted along with church group activities and a hat sale at Clermont and Elgin Millinery Stores. The Eastern Star held an inspection and the American Legion sponsored a Memorial program with speaker Burton E Sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacobson
Nora. Springs
Hane Larson
Gust Jacobson
Nora Springs
Elroy Jacobson
Charles City
G. L. Onte
Grace Cooley
Clermont
Leo Horan
Mary
Margaret
Straw
Montana
Ed Quinn
Tom. Powers
Clermont Library Notes New Books Arrive At Public Library
The Clermont Public Library receives new non fiction titles Lincoln's Boy Spy The Book Nobody Knows Barton The Man Nobody Knows Art of Thinking Dimnet Lindbergh's Story in Pictures Mid Stream Hele Keller Royal Road to Romance Thru Travel Haliburton Fiction Mirthful Haven Tarkington Sophie Sterrett A Dog Named Chips Terhune Poems Silver Pennies The open hours are Friday 2 to 4 30 PM, and staff hope for wide circulation as readers pick up books for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Public Library
Lincoln
Local Visitors and Funeral Attendance Noted in Dover Mills Area
Dover Mills residents hosted and visited Sunday in multiple homes including John Learn, L T N Olson, John Mark, E G Guyer, G C Havenstrite, and Ira Rose family. A large turnout from the area attended the Frame church funeral for John Kleape last Friday. The Braue family from Waterloo and several couples joined gatherings at H K Johnson’s home and at a West Union farm bureau meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lubke
John Learn
L. T. N. Olson
John Mark
John Kleape
Frame
GE Braue
Waterloo
H. K. Johnson
R. F. Learn
J. C. Matthews
E. O. Wagner
Earl Becker
Farm Bureau
West Union
Pupils Escape School Quickly In Fire Drill Demonstration
Fire Chief A J Priest supervised a mock alarm at the Clermont school last Wednesday. Pupils and teachers exited in two minutes, with firemen ready at stations as the imaginary blaze was staged. Some younger grades cleared rooms in under a minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Priest
Clermont
Triangle Art Club entertains Study Club
In observance of Federation Day the Triangle Art Club entertained the Clermont Study Club and Mrs. H. R. Young of Arlington at a 1 PM luncheon Saturday April 18 at the home of Mrs. E. W. Appelman. The program included The New Fashioned Child by Mrs. Wm. Larrabee Jr state vice president, a talk by Mrs. Young, and a one act play The Delicate Child performed by Andine Vasbey Inez Meyer and Viola Koland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Art Club
Clermont Study Club
H. R. Young
Arlington
E. W. Appelman
Wm. Larrabee, Jr
Town Federated Woman's Clubs
Federated Clubs
Andine Vasbey
Inez, Meyer
Viola Koland
Just Ten Days Eczema Cure Ad
A vintage ad promises relief from eczema in ten days with Monone's Emerald Oil. It urges bathing affected areas twice daily, applying after directions, and offers a money back guarantee if itching remains. The product is sold for 85 cents by progressive druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwe
Clermont ball club well financed for season
Simek, manager of the Clermont baseball club, said they have close to 300 in the treasury. The bank closure and the carnival netted about 100 more, leaving a strong fund. They plan to buy new suits and improve the diamond, and seek a pitcher to balance the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
On Simek
Clermont
Lutheran services English at West Church Evening program
Divine services in English at 9 46 with Luther League at 7 30. East Church offers Norwegian services at 1 am. You are cordially invited to attend these services. G Gungten, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Church
East
Longest tunnels opened in Alps and Cascade regions
The Simplon tunnel, crossing the Alps, spans 4 971 feet or 12.8 miles and opened in 1905 with a twin tunnel in 1921. The Cascade tunnel in Washington, built by the Great Northern Railway, measures 7.70 miles and was dedicated by President Hoover on January 12, 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simplon
Alps Mountains
Cascade
Great Northern Railway
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Hoover
Early Cincinnati to St Louis Railroad Project Timeline
The first railroad projected between Cincinnati and St Louis was chartered in 1882 but not begun. Sixteen years later the Ohio and Mississippi railroad revived the project. Preliminary surveys started November 1, 1848. The flat section opened to Cochran on April 2, 1854 and the road completed in 1857.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Carter
Railronda
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Cincinnaii
Cochran
Aluminum rises from rare metal to common industry staple
The National Geographic Society notes aluminum, once extremely scarce and costly earning the moniker silver of clay, has become widespread in modern commerce. The United States leads production, refining over 200 million pounds annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
United States
Fortunes in Inventions from the London Sunday Express
Anthony Praga’s London Sunday Express piece highlights two inventors. One created a movable collar-top device, earning $25 000 yearly in perpetual royalties. The other devised a soda-water bottle cap, spending six years to market before a lucrative first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baya
Anthony Praga
London Sunday Express
New Amsterdam Renamed New York in 1664 Reforms Followed
The early New Amsterdam site was renamed New York after British possession in 1664. City governance shifted from schout burgo masters and echepens to a sheriff and alderman. The New York City charter granting many club rights was issued April 22, 1686.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Amsterdam
Schout
Echepens
New York City
Napoleon Crowned Emperor of France in Paris
The French revolution ended with the overthrow of the directory on November 9 1799. Five years later the French senate offered Napoleon I the title of emperor and on December 2 1804 he was crowned in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Honiparte
Napoleon
Napoleon I
Paris
Tanlac Promises Relief From Indigestion and Bloating
An advertisement touts Tanlac as a remedy for gas, stomach and bowel discomfort. It claims over a decade of helping thousands regain vigor and cites a testimonial from Arvena Baers of Topske Ki who reports relief from headaches and liver sluggishness after one bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Arvena Baers
Topske
Pleasant educational trip to Washington and Annapolis
Evelyn Dugstad joins a large group of over 900 travelers from Madison and Chester Iowa for an educational excursion to Washington D C and Annapolis from April 6 to 11. The trip, organized by a teachers association, includes two teachers from Chester and many students and teachers exploring naval yard sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Dugstad
Washington
D. C
Annapolis
Chester
Iowa
Madison
Wis
Annapolia
Navy Yard
Mrs Horsefield Wins 2500 Dollar Fire Loss Judgment
In district court at West Union, Mrs. E. A. Horsefield was awarded 2500 dollars after suing five insurance companies for a total claim of 9106.40 for losses from a November 1929 Clermont fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
E. A. Horsefield
Clermont
World leading ports list names ten rivals
The article ranks the ten leading world ports as New York London Hamburg Los Angeles Notterdam Antwerp San Francisco Seattle Liverpool and Singapore highlighting a global port hierarchy across major trade hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Hamburg
Los Angeles
Notterdam
Antwerp
San Francisco
Seattle
Liverpool
Singapore
The Clermont Enterprise enters Clermont post office file
The Clermont Enterprise is listed as a publication entered in the Clermont post office at Fayette County Iowa with second class status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Enterprise
Clermont
Fayette County
Iowa
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement for Kruschen Salts claims fat loss by removing the cause, urging daily half teaspoonfuls in hot water and dietary restrictions. It promises energy gains, clearer skin, brighter eyes, and renewed vitality, with an 8 1/2 cent bottle offered at Stoehr Drug Store and a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kesner
Stoehr
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Postville
W. C. Cahalan
Levi
Ole Christianson
Alice’ Sullivan
Davenport
Margaret Sullivan
Chicago
J. 8. Sullivan
Wesley Miller
Ben F. Shepherd
Edward Burt
Charles
Leonard Larson
Ladies’ Aid Society
Harold Hangartner
Oscar Reierson
Wm. Rafferty
Mabel Knudson
Hoatesses
Eigin
Stork
D. _&. Scott
Dubuqus
Lansing
Mississippi
W. &. Blake
John Crowe
Oelwein
W. H. Lattin
Spokane
Lattin
Grace Dibble
Eastern Star Lodge
Pearl May Fluegal
Charlea City
Lowella Dibble
Cedar Malls
Clermont and
Elgin Millinery
John Powers
J. S. Sullivan
Oscar Larson
Nels Glesne
Elkader
Charles Walsh
Spokane, Wash
Mia
Tom Colliton
Ed Dwgstad
Evelyn and
Clarice
Alice Halver
American ‘Legion
Burton E. Sweet
Waverly
van. Frederick
Adolph Frederick
Alice
Helen Frederick
Hens
Harry
Eldon Kurth
Luana
Bald
Olson
Clermont, Iowa
Florida
Walter Follett
Dover Mills News
Eczema
Optometrist
C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
Rmont-Bald
Lutheran Church Notes
G. Gungten
Bill Heads
Dodgers
Mrs. Horsefield
Anderson & Tatro General
Towa
R. V. Brandt
Dentist Xray Gas
Farmers Savings Bnk
DR. I. C. Jerdee
Clermont State Bank
DR. L. L, Carr
Farmers Savings Bank
N. H. Nelson
Freiburghaus & Co
G. H. Hackman
Calla
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