Clermont Enterprise Local society notes and visits
Clermont Enterprise reports weekly social visits across the region. Alma Roland travels to Chicago for the World's Fair. Mrs. L. R. Jones and Karl Schuldt visit McGregor. E. L. Crowe family host Elmer Houg. Mrs. Mary Benson visits Postville. Rev. G. Gunston visits near Ossian. multiple locals attend to business in Lubke's store in Lubke's absence. Marjorie Moeller departs for Chicago. Viola Koland visits Cedar Rapids. Frank Peterson and Winfred Peterson visit Winona. Mrs. Peterson stays to care for her parents Alfred and Stanley Gunston.
Noble Norse Elder Knutson Dies at 70 in Iowa
Mrs. Knut Knutson born December 26 1862 in Opdal Nummedal Norway, married Knut Knutson in 1885 and had seven children. She lived in Dodgeville and St Olaf Iowa before passing August 5 1933 near Gander Iowa. funeral held August 7 in Marion church. Local notes recount visits, World’s Fair plans and community events.
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Knut Knutson
Jacob Jacobson
Opdal Nummedal
Norway
Arnold Mueller
Postville
Gullik Knutson
Ole Anderson
Dodgeville
Wis
Ole Tollifson
Jennie Jacobson
Norway Valley
Canada
America
Jerry Muskrat's new house plan draws poolside chatter
Neighbors around the Smiling Pool, led by Grandfather Frog and others like Billy Mink Redwing the Blackbird and Spotty the Turtle, watch Jerry Muskrat as he outlines a bigger safer house on the same plan, sparking debates on tradition versus improvement. Redtail the Hawk arrives as the scene ends.
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Peer Rabbit
Hooty the Owl
Jerry Muskrat
Smiling Pool
Jerry
Grandfather Frog
Billy Mink
Little Joe Otter
Redwing the Blackbird
Spotty
Frog
Redtail
Hawk
T. W. Burge
Funeral for Mrs Christina Thiltgen Held in Adams Minn
Rev J F McCaffery attended the Ossian funeral for Mrs Christina Thiltgen who died at her daughter’s home in Adams Minnesota. Dean Thiltgen delivered the eulogy with Fr Peikert of Calmay officiating as about fifty pastors attended. Interment is planned in the family home town. Fr Thiltgen and relatives departed for California after the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. McCaffery
Ossian
Christina Thiltgen
Adams
Minn
Thiltgen
Dean Thiltgen
Fr. Peikert of
Calmay
Fr. Thiltgen
California
Irish couple in New York have four children in four years
A young Irish couple in New York welcomed a baby each year for four years and then stopped. A friend teased Pat about their family size. Pat responded that they do not want more children because of a claim that every fifth child born in New York is Jewish.
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New York
Pat
G. O. P. Chieftain Criticized In Iowa Dispatch
A Northwest Iowa article rebukes Senator Dickinson labeled as G. O. P. Chieftain for resisting bipartisan efforts with the new Democratic administration. The piece fears a Democratic challenger could defeat him in four years, calling him an easy target for Emmetsburg Democrat.
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Dickinson
Iowa
Hoover‘Mellon
It Christ be rightly interpreted the worst sins against God
A terse reflection on misinterpretation of sacred duties, arguing that the gravest sins against God are those most damaging to humans and social life. The line underscores moral responsibility and the consequences of wrongful beliefs.
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Christ
Choir concert planned at West Clermont Lutheran church
The Marion church choir rehearses for a joint concert set for August 18 at West Clermont Lutheran church with songs mirroring those to be sung at a Decorah event later in August. Full program details appear in another column of this paper.
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Marion Church
West Clermont
Knutson
J. Strandford
Knutaon
A. Miller
Bert Wold
O. K. Olson
Helena Olson
L. O. Reierson
B. Nelson
K. Kittleson
Clermont
Grandmother Elsie Edi Eds Improvement Reported in Clermont
The note says Elsie Edi Eds, grandmother, improved after a Sunday visit at her home in Clermont. She had returned home last week from the West Unit hospital and friends are glad to hear of her better condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elroy Sampson
Marquette
Mr. Sampson
John Sampson
Laura Holt
Ernest Holt
Elsie
Homst
Clermont
Carrié
Nélaph
Card of Thanks for support after death
Card notes heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for help during illness and death of wife and mother. Thanks choir, girls, for songs, those sending flowers and memorial wreaths. Special appreciation to Rev J Strandford for comforting sermon. Signed T H Olson and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Strandford
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Clermont Enterprise
H. B. Greenley
Jews Press Association
National Editorial Association
Faycette County
Alma Roland
Chicago
Mrs. L. R. Jones
Karl Schuldt
McGregor
E. L. Crowe
0. H. Fay
Children of Independence
Frank Fay
E. L. Crowe Family
Elmer Houg
Elgin
Mary Benson
Louie Benson
Fred Johns
Virginia
West Union
J. H. Hoppe
Harold D Landsgard
Frances Christianson
Lubke
H. A. Lubke
Marjorie Moeller
Elizabeth Sullivan
Viola Koland
Cedar Rapids
G. Koland
Frank Peterson
Winifred
Winona, Minn
Ed Wickham
Alfred
Stanley Gunston
Clermont Directory
Millard
J. C. Anderson General
Lows
R. V. Brandt
Xray Gas
DR. I. C. Jerdee
Clermont State Bank
Clermont, Iowa
L. L. Carr
Farmers’ Savings Bank
N. H. Nelson
G. H. Hackman
Story City
Henry Skarshaug
Ames
Ed Cullen
Eileen Gillan
Reliance, S. D
J. S. Sullivan
J. W. Crowe
Delwe
Sacred Heart Church
Falb
Frank Taylor
Hillsboro
Dr. L. L. Carr
Lavanda Carr
Taylor
Mattie Morgan
W. R. Blake
Blake
Fargo
N. C
Dean Simpson
Hokah
Jennie Simpson
Harold Kreth
Oelwein
Verneice Perry
Austin
John Kalstad
Gordonsville
M. L. Perry
Miss Perry
Clermont Farm Bureau
Mort Deering
Lyle Gress
Claude Greas
Petergon Baking Company
Peniy
Moley
Macon
Raymond Moley
Raymond B. Moley
Olmstead Falls
Ohio
Roosevelt
Albany
Stories
Spotty the Turtle
G. O. P. Chieftan
Gunder News
Optometrist
W. Heiserman
T. H. Olson
Ole E. Olson
Ae Island
Ark 8
Langsdale
Elkader Fair
Tucker's Circus
Leo Seme
Parker & Rand
Eddie Parker
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