Clermont Local News Highlights From Community Pages
Clermont reports include social visits at the Oscar Baker home and at the Fritz residence, council meeting at the State Bank, and a mix of farm accounting notes, local errands, and upcoming events. Residents swap recipes, repair tips, and announcements while dairy and civic issues frame the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lofstuen
Laofstuen
Herman Rolfs
H. F. Mueller
Oscar Baker
Clermont
Elizabeth
Frank Leehy
Dover Mills Social News Around West Union Area
Dover Mills residents host and visit neighbors including Learn Wagner Kloster Johnson and Matthews families. Local illnesses pneumonia mumps and bronchial pneumonia are reported with recoveries underway. Community members share meals, sewing bees, and visits at West Union and nearby homes with multiple relatives and friends noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lofstuen
Wm. Larrabee Sr
New York Life
Chas. Krumm
Postville
Lows
Herold Landagard
Doris
B. Nelson
Gander
Ed Lehmkuhl
St. Olaf
Albert Kelly
Mason City
Milton
Elizabeth Helgerson
Waukon
Clermont
Dayton Shrear
Monona
Rose Johnson
Alfred Miller
William Larrabee Sr
Neil Richard
Dubuque
Fred Cline
Edwin Olson
Frank Frisbie
I. C. Jerdee
Edmund Dugstad
George Rounde
Rochester
Minn
Magdalene Olson
Minnie Orvis
Louise Miller
West Union
Bevins
R. F. Learn
E. O. Wagner
Ole Kloster
H. K. Johnson
G. C. Havenstrite
H. E. Foster and
Learn
J. C. Matthews
H. E. Foster
Clarence Nesvick
Clarence Anfinson
Charles Wagner
G. E. Brause
Hadley Johnson
A. G. Thompson
Tom Hanson
H. E. Johnson
Werner Meyer
Near
Ossian
Meyer
Marian Scott
E. 0. Wagner
Johanna Borland
Oelwein
Martin Westvick
Irene
Oliver Fossan
Ben Fox
Peter Nesvick
G. BE. Brause
Special Delivery at the Elgin Opera House
If you have faith preach it or doubts bury them, and share joy. The note urges finding the bright side and helping others see it. A cheerful, sure path to happiness is urged as entertainment for Friday and Saturday February 10 and 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Opera House
David Ehrhart
Clermont
Charles Fritz
Town Board of Equalization
Gladys Grees Baltes
H. & H. Periodical Service Co
Chicago
Jaké Roland
Helgerson
Oelwein
Jake
Fairy Crosses and Mountain Legends Told in Virginia
Legends explain fairy crosses or fairy stones found in Virginia and Georgia. Myths recount origins with the Great Spirit, red men, and tales of Christianity behind the crosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Georgia
Blue Ridge Mountains
America
Hoop Skirt and Early Electric Wire Industry Link
A fragmented piece notes a link between hoop skirts and early electrical technology. It claims Empress Eugénie influenced fashion and that rusted wire frames led to protective textiles and copper wire use in electricity, shaping an early electrical industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mugenie
Frank H. Stewart
Philadelphia
Napoleon TH
Prince Imperial
Electrica
The History of Tennis and Its Global Rise
The gimme of lawn tennis, long practiced by monarchs, traces back to ancient court games. Lawn tennis emerged in 1877 after a ruane of 1878 called sphalristike, then evolved into its modern form by 1877. Wimbledon hosted the first championship under today’s rules, launching international competition between the United States and England that grew to a world-wide rivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Unite States
England
Rhyme Over Reason: Early Poet Urges Structure Change
An old anecdote notes a pompous author seeking Sir Thomas More’s view on a ponderous book. The vice chancellor advised turning his back to rhyme, claiming the work would finally be rhyme at last and more sense would follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Killerlain
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
O'Keefe
Oliver Fay
Independence
Frank Fay
Mr. Fay
Oelwein
Des Moines
Thomas More
Vic Chancellor
Co Vni
Futhor
Str Thomas
Lepst
Dairy cow grain feeding and wool care tips
The article outlines dairy feeding: half grain in morning, half at night, with adjustments if milking three or more times daily. grind or crush grain, avoid cooking or soaking. It also notes Mrs. Charles Colliton and daughter Mary Katherine visiting, and wool care advice to dry wool materials in a warm place and avoid scorching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Edwin Olson
Louie Hoveland
Margaret Sticken
L. T
Charles Colliton
Mary Katherine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grace Lattin
Mae Crowe
Delwein
Kern and Crowe
Charlies Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
Ames Abe
Chrystal
Methodist Church of
Dover Mills
Louis Olson
Amy Nelson
Millard Nelson
Ed Halverson
R. F. Learn Home
Clem Messirl
Dan O’halloren
Dertha Kerkestue
Tra Rose
John Nelson
Aldolphia Nesvick
Ethel Nelson
Clermont State Bank
Business Man
Billy Burch
N.Y. Americans
Uwueuy
Fisher
GMR
Oakland
General Motors
Johnson’s Garage
Clermont, Iowa
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