Banco Party Honors Lenore White Homecoming From Chicago
Mrs. Jay White hosted a banco party Friday evening in honor of her daughter Lenore who was home from Chicago for a week. Refreshments followed as prizes were awarded with Geneva Wells taking first, Thelma Christianzon second, and Mrs. Russell Gruver receiving the consolation prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay White
Thelma Christianzon
Russell Gruver
Geneva Wells
Maida Berry
Arnold Stumme
Clifton Pringle
Elizabeth Priest
Ladies' Aid Society Annual Picnic Report
The Ladies' Aid Society held its annual picnic at the city park on Wednesday July 29. The business meeting started shortly after five o'clock. After the session, children led by the committee enjoyed games and contests, and at 5 30 o'clock a picnic supper was served to 101 registered attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cmarge
Fire Department Thanks After Jennie Erickson Home Fire
The Clermont fire department and others are thanked for their prompt response to a fire at the Jennie Erickson home last Monday. Mrs. Clara Anderson and family express gratitude for the saving of greater loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Fire Department
Jennie Erickson
Clara Anderson
Clermont Union Church Guild Meets at Lucian Appelman Home
The Clermont Union Church Guild will meet at the home of Mrs. Lucian Appelman on Wednesday afternoon August 22. Members are asked to bring a guest. Len Simek remains on the sick list. Local residents Ed Foley and family visited Clermont last Sunday. Edwin Olson and Maynard attended Mrs. G E Ostlie’s funeral in Clermont Tuesday. H Cappemeyer of Fayette also attended. Leslie Olson returned from an eight two month visit with his aunt in Minneapolis. Mrs Thos Cummings visited relatives in Minneapolis. Wm Kelly Jr learned of his sister Mrs Mike Powers death in Rochester Minnesota. Funeral services are set for Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Union Church Guild
Lucian Appelman
Leslie Olson
Clermont
Earl Sirpless
Minneapolis
Minn
Wm. Kelly, Jr
Mike Powers
Rochester
A. J. Priest
Oelwein
Jean Gordon
Gordon
Des Moines
W. B. Blake
W. R. Blake
Lolita
Minnesota
Jennie Erickson a Clermont resident dies at 74
Jennie Erickson known as aunt Jennie died at her Clermont home on Tuesday July 28 at age 74 years five months five days after a yearlong throat cancer and lifelong lameness. Born in Norway February 28 1862 she came to the United States as a child and lived on the family farm before settling in Clermont for 64 years. Survived by sister Mrs A T Anderson of Clermont brother Hans Erickson of Colorado Springs and many nieces and nephews. Funeral July 30 at home and West Clermont Lutheran Church with Rev G Gunston officiating. Interment East Clermont cemetery. The family thanks friends for support during illness death and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Erickson
Clermont
Misa Erickson
A. T. Anderson
Gina Caspara Erickson
Jennie
Norway
Larg Erickson
Engebret Bilden
Hans Erickson
Colorado Springs
Cole
Edward
Lizzie Erickson
West Clermont Lutheran Church
East Clermont
Rev. G. Gunston
Witty Zephyrs on Etiquette in Classic Humor
A collage of quips from Sat Eve Post Texas Ranger and Impressions lampoon manners and business virtue. Jokes define a gentleman by restraint, a bore by reluctance, and a real executive by calm handling of wiser peers. Ads mock consumer desire with flashy images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Texas Ranger
Old Chisholm Trail History And Route
The old Chisholm trail was named for Jesse Chisholm a half breed Cherokee who first used it in the 1800s to trade with Indians. It rose to prominence as a cattle trail after Joseph McCoy established a cattle market at Ablene Kansas in 1867 drawing hundreds of thousands of cattle north. The real trail ran from the Red River crossing in southern Oklahoma through Indian Territory to Caldwell Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisholm
Jesse Chisholm
Joseph McCoy
Kansas Pacific
Ablcene
Kan
Oklahoma
Red River Crossing
Indian Territory
Kansas
Caldwell
Kuan
Flattery as a Test of Self-Rule in Speech
A man proclaims his immunity to flattery, claiming superior resolve. The remark frames vanity and self-deception, suggesting confidence masks dependence on external praise. The episode underscores the tension between self view and social influence.
Lyle Olsen and Linage Names Featured in Notice
Lyle Olsen and Eleanor Lyngaas Verla Gunderson appear in the notice alongside Vera Mae Olson Opal Larson Clarice Aanes, with names listed in a formal archival record context. The fragment hints at a community or family-related notice involving multiple individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Lyngaas
Verla Gunderson Snes
Vera Mae Olson
Opal Larson Clarice Aanes
Community Guests and Visits Reported Across Area
Local families host relatives and friends from Minnesota Iowa and Montana over weekends with numerous visits noted including the Andersons White Robe Marguerite Rogers and Lyngaas households in Clermont. Pending notices include piano sales and a Rawleigh route ad while hospital and travel updates surface among Cedar Rapids Waterloo Oelwein Des Moines and Ardmore connections.
Ageing oil glands differ by facial skin and hands
The oil glands in facial skin stay active longer than those in the hands due to extra facial fat layers. As people age, hands lose fat, reducing natural oils and leaving facial skin comparatively more supple.
Paradise Beach Lagoon Wariness Amid Man-Eating Bark Threat
Naseau's Paradise Beach borders a lagoon to the open sea where danger is feared. Locals report numerous man-eating barks prowling just beyond the reef, raising safety concerns for visitors and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naseau
Paradise Beach
First Jews Arrive in New Amsterdam in 1654
The American Hebrew notes that in 1654 the Santa Caterina brought 23 Jews to New Amsterdam from Brazil, marking early Jewish settlement after Pilgrim times. It recalls earlier arrivals on the Pear Tree by Jacob Barsimson and Jacob Aboab, suggesting others may have reached various colonies earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Plymouth
Mass
New Amsterdam
New York
Brazil
Jacob Barsimson
Jacob Aboab
Monument Honors Apple in Wilmington Massachusetts
A marble monument in Wilmington Massachusetts features a granite apple on top and marks the site where the State Baldwin apple once grew on a nearby farm. The monument commemorates the historical fruit and its local farming connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Mass
Mrs Gilbert Ostlie Rites Held Near Clermont
Mrs Gilbert Ostlie died at home near Clermont Saturday August 1 at age 70 years 5 months 23 days. Born Anna Jacobsen in McGregor Clayton County she moved to the area as a child and spent nearly five decades on the family farm. Surviving are nine children Alma Henry Ella Blanche Hazel Clara Helen Lloyd and Gladys with spouses and 23 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday August 4 at the Clermont Lutheran Church with Rev G Gunston officiating. pallbearers were grandsons and flower girls granddaughters. Interment in Clermont cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Ostlie
Clermont
Ostile
Anna Jacobsen
McGregor
Clayton County
O. C. Petersen
Alma
Albert Anderson
Henry B. Ostlie
Ella
Gunder Nygaard
Blanche
William Wander
Hazel
Cornelius Olson
Clara
Henry Olson
Helen
Warry Yauslin
Lloyd Ostlie
Gladys
Genhard Halverson
Nels Larson
Duluth
Minn
Ole Jacobsen
California
John
Gus Jacobsen
Nora Springs
Jacob Jacobsen
Watertown
Wis
Hiram Jacobsen
Williams
Iowa
Lutheran Church
G. Gunston
Hiram Jacobsen and Son
Earl Sirpless
Minneapolis
Erick Erickson
Mason City
Thomas, Lion
LeRoy
Clermont Luth Church Schedule and Events
Clermont Luth Church in town announces Divine services in English on Sunday at 9 45 in the morning and 8 o clock for Luther League. East Church holds 11 o clock service with a Luther League program. Wadena hosts 2 30 Sunday service. Highland Mission Society meets Thursday Aug 13 at Mrs C C Christianson home with hostesses listed. All welcome. Pastor G Gunsten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Church
Luther League
East Church
Harry Helgerson
Wadena
Highland
the Mission Society
C C. Christianson
Nurse Miss Emily McCoy Visits Elkader Home
Miss Emily McCoy, descendant of mutineers from the 1789 Bounty mutiny, visited Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Braucht in Elkader. A former Battle Creek Sanitarium nurse, she aided Samoa years and later studied in the United States. The tale of The Mutiny on the Bounty was recently shown in nearby theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily McCoy
Bounty
Pitcaiyn Island
South Pacific Ocean
F. E. Braucht
Miss McCoy
Brauct
U. S
Elkader Register
West Clermont Luther League Program for August 9
The West Clermont Luther League presents a Sunday evening program at 8 o'clock with scripture reading prayer a society song and a piano solo by Elwina Belschner convention reports by Gladys Peterson and Myrtle Bilden reading by Thelma Rejerson a duet by John Larson and Clarence Johnson a sermonette by Rev Gunston and a collection with closing remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choral Union
West Paint Creek
Waukon
Luther League
Decorah
Elsie Lindgren
West Clermont Church
Elwina Belschner
Myrtle Bilden
Virgil Anderson
Clarmont
West Clermont Luther League
Gladys Peterson
Thelma Rejerson
John Larson
Clarence Johnson
Sermonette
Avon
Gunston
Clermont calendar and social visits noted
The Clermont calendar lists August activities with St Peter's Rosary Society and Altar Guild on the 6th, American Legion on the 10th, its Auxiliary on the 11th, and Union church guild on the 12th. Mildred Larson visited Gunderson Bros. last week while Mrs Sheehan and daughters Kathryn Evelyn and grandson Robert Sheehan of Winona and Alvin Sheehan of Minneapolis visited Nellie Sheehan and Mrs Thomas Cumings last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Rosary Society
Altar Guild
American Legion Meeting
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Union Church Guild
Mildred Larson
Gunderson Bros
Mary Sheehan
Kathryn
Evelyn
Robert Sheehan
Winona
Minn
Alvin Sheehan
Minneapolis
Nellie Sheehan
Thomas Cumings
Also Mentioned on This Page
Banco Party
Len Simek
Ed Foley
Near
Postville
Edwin Olson
Maynard
G. E. Ostlie
H. Cappemeyer
Fayette
Thos. Cummings
Frank Owens
Love Brothers Neptunith
Burgess - Dugstad Lumber Company Paints, Building Materials
Coal
Marion and
Lloyd Anderson
East Clermont Luther League
Harry N. Helgerson
Jake Tallman
Geoffrey Freeman
Sanford Lakey
Merwood Lakey
Wazy Walker
Mr. Peterson
Virginia Tallman
Miss Rachel Lee
Ginger
Miss Stanley
Miz Walker
Wazy
Bonita Lakey
Marwood
Joseph Hanson
Norman Amundsen Lyle
Irwin Olson
Millard Gilbertson
Lyle Olsen
Harry Anderson
Mary White
Marguerite Rogers
West Union
Mrs. A. Phillimore
Riverside, HL
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s Dept
Freeport
Illinois
Dan Burke
Austin, Minn
Hans J. Larson
Stanley Cooley
George V. Larson
Ewald Lyngaas
Johanie Quinn
Eliza’ Martz
Moore, Montana
Tom Marshly
Sarah Calahan
Dan Calahan
Bennie Grover
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Corsepius
Delbert Cox
Vinton
Baldwin Piano Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Eliza Nelson
G. L. Loftsgard
Gander
Bobbie Bigler
Waterloo
Mrs
Fred Bigler
Walter German
Postville Hospital
Elsie Marie Jerdee
Henry Frieden
Elgin
L. L. Carr and
Lavanda
Virgil Anderson and Son
Otto Anderson
Ossian
Orville Sullivan
Elkader
Black Hills
Bertha Frisbie
Lillian Meyer
Oelwein and
Clarence Savold
Maddock
N. D
Juline Savold
Fargo, N. D
O. C. Peterson
Dan Kloster
Eileen Aanes
Kathryn Wagaman
Cedar Falls
John Stumme
Denver
Chris Sturmme
Readlyn
John Trammel
Mary Josephine
John Patrick Rafferty
Ardmore
Okla
Louise Peterson
Country
Marjorie Reierson
E. L. Crowe
Richard
Jones
Anna
Clermont Luth
Pitcairn’s Island
West L. L. Program
Society
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