Clermont News Highlights Local Social and Sports News
Clermont residents read of a busy week with family visits and funerals, including the Lavinbee, Harmottrey, and Walker families. A seventh inning Clermont win over Lawler, horse losses from overheating, and multiple visits to Hawkeye and Prairie du Chien areas are noted along with local business activity and a political Edgewood election where the Turkey River Power Co faced strong opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Chas. Lavinbee
Fort Dodge
Leonard Harmottrey
Lunna
Charles Walter
John Diersher
William Meck-lenbury
Fred Bigler
New Hampton
Walker Brothers
Henry Schaefer
Eugene
Oregon
Henry
Charles Anderson
Duluth
Lawler
Clermont
William Haas
Edward Watters
Postville
Jay White
Laura White
Chicago
Clara Hanson
Colorado Springs
Nora Erickson
Anson Priest
Maggie McGreevy
Prairie du Chien
Joe Brorby
G. B. Dibble
Dr. Butler
Harry Becker
Larrabee & Folk
Charles Walker
M. BE
Hjortholm
Lutheran Church
Clermont Cemetery
Fred
Minnie
Elizabeth
Kan-sas
Edgewood
Cedar Rapids Electric Co
Schmidt Bros
Elkader
Turkey River Power Co
C. C. Miller
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered for Cure
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages by internal use. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure, urging constitutional treatment and blood action. Send for testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co. Chicago. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Family visit group travels to Guttonbere for a day
Alfred Weibel with his Mother Mrs. Ben Weibel sister Mrs Mealey and Mr and Mrs Frank Greenley visited friends in Guttonbere Sunday. Most returned the same day except Mrs Weibel who stayed longer. Mrs J C Cooley owns a new Perfection stove gifted by nephew Leslie Cooley. She praises it during hot weather.
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Alfred Weibel
Mra
Ben Weibel
Mealey
Frank Greenley
Guttonbere
Mebhel
J.C. Cooley
Leslie Cooley
Turkey River Junction
Choosing a Husband Methods of choice vary by region and ritual
The article describes how town girls judge suitors by clothing and social signs while country girls rely on occult rites. It notes methods such as water in a bucket, broken eggs, or a mirror vision, and mentions an annual Christmas event where each girl asks the first man she meets for his name to determine the bridegroom.
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Clara
Rusala
Ares
Cockney Dialect Defended as Ancient English Heritage
Mr. Mackenzie MacBride argues Cockney is not a modern corruption but a ancient lineage of English dating back a thousand years. He cites long standing pronunciations like thet for that benk for bank and byliff for bailiff as evidence that regional mates endure. He notes Cockney survives in the Bahamas with the same strong form as in London.
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Mackenzie MacBride
London
Kent
Surrey
MacBride
Bahama Islands
Cheapside
Am a Cat review in New Republic highlights satirical humor
A Japanese critic in the New Republic praises Natsume Soseki’s novel I Am a Cat as a humorous yet thoughtful relief from a lachrymose history. The nameless cat observes an absent minded professor, his home, and a blunt student, ending with a Socratic bite and a coy distinction between feline and canine smiles.
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New Republic
Tokyo
Sosski
Anatole France
Moving staircase misused at Embankment station
A Manchester Guardian report notes a country woman attempting the descending side of the Embankment station moving staircase. After two bold attempts she climbed to the top and declared the newer stairs no better than the old ones, amid onlookers.
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Embankment
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
To Start Child's Training in Home Nursery Plans
Mrs Louisa Hogan urges mothers to plan and visit nursery shops and toy stores to select suitable materials for each child. She recommends tailoring activities to individual development and creating personal plans in Good Housekeeping.
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Louisa Hogan
West Union Iowa Promotes Its Civic Allure and Growth
West Union, a northeastern Iowa city, markets itself as a thriving county center with a strong school system, water and sewer infrastructure, parks, shade trees, churches, and robust local economy. The pitch highlights population gains, rising property values, two major county newspapers, a large fair, Chautauqua programs, a hospital, and ample real estate and farm services.
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West Union
Iowa
Linden Park
Court House
Our City
Pike Roads
This Is Colorado Year and The Rocky Mountain Limited
This Is Colorado Year promotes Colorado as the land of romance and the mountain wonder, highlighting Rock Island trains including the Rocky Mountain Limited. It advertises low excursion fares all summer and invites readers to ask agents for illustrated literature detailing sights, activities, and approximate vacation costs.
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Colorado
Mountain Wonderland
Rock Island
Rocky Mountain Limited
Halstenson Party Enjoys Pleasure Trip to McGregor and Prairie du Chien
Mr and Mrs C S Halstenson and party including Mr and Mrs Mel Koeler and Betty Mrs Elmer Schori and Carl Besse Halstenson and Frances Skarshaug traveled to McGregor and Prairie du Chien on Wednesday and report a very pleasant time.
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C. S. Halstenson
Mel Kohler
Betty
Elmer Schori
Carl
Besse Halstenson
Frances Skarshaug
McGregor
Prairie du Chien
Cure for Cholera Morbus endorsed by mother
A reader from Pair Haven, N. endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for cholera morbus and bowel troubles. The ad notes the product is sold by R. W. Muehlenthaler and mentions general local items about haymaking, rain, and summer stock closeouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Simmons
Pair Haven
R. W. Muehlenthaler
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