Clermont Echoes Social News From Local Families
The Clermont weekly notes visits and gatherings among residents. Elmer Olson family and friends enjoy Sunday time. Margaret Crowe visits Augusta Miller in West Union. Nora Jorgenson broadcasts from KFY. Bess Tschantz and children visit Wadena. Mechelson and Dale Hanson host in Decorah. Swenson birthday gathering for Mrs. Carmen Swenson. Ellen Rear travels Cedar Rapids to Los Angeles for vacation. L V Candee and Elsie Lindgren host bridge with prizes awarded to Mrs. Arnold Stumme, Mrs. H A Lubker, and Metta Buser. football game links Clermont alumni with Mitchell and Manly teams through L D Hungerford, Wm Tate, and Gerhard Gunston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Olson
Arthur
Decorah
W. B. Miller
Roy Swenson
Carmen Swenson
Calif
Mia. L. V. Candee
Elsie Lindgren
Arnold Stumme
H. A. Lubker
Metta Buser
Fencing Lobbyists and Pens Bent in Iowa Senate Proceedings
The Iowa Senate experiments with public access as guards admit visitors by permit while lobbyists stay distant from seats. A Ft Madison penitentiary replica decorates the rotunda as moratorium laws flood in, signaling political caution amid new bills. The chamber eyes an industrial alcohol act to promote local production and power fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Towa
State House
Ft. Madison
Amos
Andy
House
Investigation Move Targets Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown
Senator Reese of Marshalltown introduced a resolution Friday calling for an investigation into the Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown. The measure drew unanimous Senate support as Republicans seek to bind Democrats with related probes into gas warrants, the state liquor commission, and CWA worker assignments, risking a broad cascade of inquiries across state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese
Marshalltown
Soldiers’ Home
State Liquor Commission
CWA
Lawmakers Propose Salary Reductions After Court Ruling
Representatives Ree Bonnstetter Gode Manice Sours and Doran sponsor House File No. 32 proposing across the board salary cuts for state and county officers, mirroring a recently invalidated law. The 22 page bill amends all sections governing the pay reductions and is justified by the supreme court decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ree
Bonnstetter
Gode
Manice
Sours
Doran
House
Supreme Court
State Officials Face Salary Cuts Across Agencies
A legislative plan reshapes pay across state offices to withstand future legal challenges. Cuts hit Secretary of State, auditor, treasurer at $650 each and Attorney General at $1000, with Deputy Fish and Game Wardens $600 each and Highway Commission staff $1000. County salaries also reduce, including supervisors by one dollar per day, clerks from $200 to $750, and county sheriffs facing substantial reductions in populous counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Assessment and Review
Clermont Social Notes and Local Guests Gatherings
W R Blake visited from Des Moines over the weekend. Irene Peterson returned to work in Chicago after visiting her parents in Clermont. The American Legion hosts an eight card party at Johnsons hall on Wednesday February 13. W C Cs meet at the home of Mrs Thos Cummings on Thursday February 14. West Union visitors include Mr and Mrs Clifton Pringle and others. A baptism and birth announcements plus a long list of local visitors fill this week’s Clermont notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Blake
Des Moines
Elgie Burt
Luana
Clermont
Robert Stone
West Union
Laverne Stumme
American Legion
Johnson’s Hall
Irene Peterson
Deaconess Hospital
Chicago
Ole C. Peterson
Ole Christianson
Beatrice Carol
Luthieran Parsonage
Gunston
H. B. Greenley
Linda Lou
Guy Stearns
Frank Greenley
Elgin
W. B. Miller
Earl Sirpliss
Minneapolis
G. L. Ostlie
John Jacobson
Nora Springs
Nels Larson
Duluth
Minnie
Myra
Bertha Jane Olson
Esten Landsgard
Gloria Buraas
Alfred Buraas
Selmer
Florence Erickson
Elkader
Richard Olson
Olivia Olson
Lillian Halverson
Louie Hovland
Oscar Lien
Louie Anderson
Ruth
Anton Skoien
Albert Erickson
Alton
Andrew Reinhart
Almer Olson
Robert Wharram
Stanley
Vernon Trude
Betty
Margaret Olson
Arthur Olson
Olson Schoe
Miss Lindgren
Local Social News From Grand Meadow and Surrounding Area
Grand Meadow residents Murmur Holm and family visited the Andrew Reinhart home while Elaine Holm stayed for a longer visit with grandparents Mildred and Irene Halverson. Many neighbors hosted relatives and friends across Clermont, Elkader, and Postville during a weekend of gatherings and errands. A Snow-Go plow shipment stalled en route from Dubuque to Rochester, and a January 27 highway 61 crash near Postville left two men injured but alive after a snow-filled skid and rollover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selmar Holm
Andrew Reinhart
Elaine Holm
Mildred
Irene Halverson
Bert Lyn- Baas
Fred Pfister
Adeline
Willard Martin
Clermont
Mra
Alfred Boraas
Fern
de Alta
Gilbert Boraas
Hans Larson
Ewald Lyngans
Dubuque
Rochester
Minn
Guttenberg Press
Klaner Company
Wm. Beese
Milton Gordon
Postville
Highway 61
Gordon
Bell Company Loses 5600 in Sleet Storm Damage
The Bell telephone company sustained a 5600 loss in Allamakee county from the recent sleet storm. Among the damages was the loss of 110 poles that had to be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Allamakee County
Trade at Home Among Friends Makes Big Pension Plan
A proposed scheme envisions a monthly pension of 200 dollars for nine million elderly citizens to fund payments on 28 million cars for the grandchildren. The idea blends social welfare with broad consumer spending, outlining vast fiscal implications.
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Clermont Enterprise
Clermont, Iowa
Elizabeth Priest
Iowa Presa Association
National Editorial Association
Fayette County
Iowa
Manly
Mitchell
L. D. Hungerford
Wm. Tate
Gerhard Gunston
St. Ansgar
Clermont Directory
Clermont Nation’ Farm Loan Association
A. Erickson
Sec’y-Treas, Wesern
Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner's Loans
Zray
R. V. Brandt
I. C. Jerdee
Farmers’ Savings Bank
DR. L. L
Carr
Clermont State Bank
Millard
J. O. Anderson General
Lows
G. H. Hackman
N. H. Nelson
Poth Nouses
City Hall
Wm.Holub
Herman Griebenow
Leo
H. A. Lubke
Thos. Cummings
Margaret
John Sheehy
Elizabeth Sullivan
A. J. Priest
Elizabeth
E. L. Crowe
Reigal
Dan Burke
Mae Carlin
Will Garvey
Grand Meadow News
Alphie Thorson
Maggie Dudley
Dr. Miles
Ink
Tidabach
Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
Maggie Belle Dudley
Vanceboro
N. C
Jennie Nell
Coronady
OR. Miles
Spifpk
Steeler's
Brick City Pharmacy
Bigler's Drug Store
Wadena
Echo and Enterprise
Washington
Congress
Pathfinder
Order Pathfinder
Central States
Power & Light.Corporation
Princess Theatre
Gloria Stuart
Ross Alexander
Helen Lowell
Elisa
Carole Lombard
May Robson
Roger Pryor
Irene Dunn
Ricardo Cortez
Jack Muir
Ruth Donnelly
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