Local Social Notes and Community Updates
Decorah residents visit relatives in Alma Knudtson Veblin and J B Bilden circles. Ill Dan Calahan from La Grande improves slightly as Mason City visitor Albert Kelly returns with his wife to visit relatives. Clermont hosts boys and girls basketball wins 32 16 and 34 14. The Sampson family from Colorado plans to stay and farm nearby. Clermont exchange personnel changes and Clermont Gunner Telephone Co directors elected and officers named.
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Clermont
Arlington
Anderson Starkey nuptials at West Union parsonage
Miss Ruth Anderson and W R Starkey were married at the M E Parsonage in West Union on February 5 at 9 am by Rev B J Sheldin. The bride, daughter of Charles and Ruth Anderson of Clermont, is a Clermont high school graduate and former rural teacher now employed at the Lubke store. The groom, raised on a farm near Clermont, is noted as a leading local farmer. They will reside on his farm near Clermont after a two week honeymoon, with many friends sending best wishes.
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Ruth Anderson
W. R. Starkey
M. E. Parsonage
West Union
B. J. Sheldin
Herman Lubke
Charles’ Anderson
Clermont
Clermont High School
Lubke
Starkey
Minneapolia
Bee Lofstaen Auto Adverts and Local Visits
Local notes describe Bee Lofstaen’s auto accessory ads, Alemite services, and Elwina Belachner visiting with Gladys Patterson. Several residents and guests are listed visiting, including the Frisbies, the Dugstads, and the Thorsons, with a Royal Neighbors meeting and a 500 card night noted. Construction paper stocked at Eoko shop. Ladies’ Aid resumed meetings with officer elections and Lincoln sketches.
Dover area social notes report varied visits and a picnic
A Dover gathering saw several ladies host a farewell picnic for Mrs. Arthur Gage. Visits tied to H K Johnson, Ed Johnson, R F Learn and others across Ossian and Jasper Minnesota with multiple relatives and neighbors stopping by homes. A regular O E S meeting occurred at the Masonic hall with Mary Scott receiving a chapter gift.
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Arthur Gage
H. K. Johnson
R. F. Learn
G. E. Brause
Waterloo
J. Borland
Oelwein
Ed Johnson
Marian Scott
Jasper
Minn
A. G. Thompson
Mis
Tom Hanson
Adolph Bree
O. E
Masonic Hall
Mary Scott
Jasper, Mine
Revenge Likely to Hurt the Innocent in Harbor Incident
A liner entering New York harbor in fog sank a freight car ferry and later, in clear weather, scraped a bottom on an obstruction and delayed its voyage. Investigation shows delayed shipments of 6 million dollars in gold to France incurred about 1 thousand dollars in interest. The piece argues revenge hurts the innocent and cites an irony of inanimate objects.
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New York Harbor
New York
France
PITHY PICKUPS From quotes and witticisms in one page
A compact sampler of aphorisms and maxims from various authors. It threads observations on liberty, virtue, politics, courage, and human folly, pairing famed lines with brief commentary and noting the pervading theme of personal restraint and social cunning.
Equivocal talkies stance stirs Europe film debate
Jack Connelly, a cinema magnate, discusses Europe’s effort to bar American films. He calls the move equivocal yet notes European audiences crave sound films. A passerby ruffles a star’s passport inquiry, asking marital status. she replies Notralty.
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Jack Connelly
Movietone
Europe
Notralty
Why Do We Chew Our Food Question Sparks Laughter
A school examination prompt asked why we chew food. One student replied that chewing keeps the chunks from coming out to the flesh, drawing amused groans from teachers and highlighting the quirky nature of some student answers.
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Eac-Otter
Foreign Language Study In High Schools 1928 Snapshot
The survey covers about 17 000 high schools in 1928 with 93.2 percent studying English, 24.7 percent Latin, 15.3 percent French, 9.4 percent Spanish, and 2 percent German. It also notes 1922 figures of 79.5 percent English, 29.5 percent Latin, 16.8 percent French, 11.4 percent Spanish, and 6 percent German.
Arsenic distribution shifts in 1028 industry use
The 1028 arsenic output shows 60 percent went to insecticides, 25 percent to weed killers and wood preservatives, and 11 percent more to the glass industry. The insecticide and glass sectors demand the highest grade arsenic as each expands into new fields.
Amundson, Hanson dies after brief illness at 82
Hans R. Amundson of Clermont dies at home Sunday forenoon Feb 2 1980 after a short illness at age 82 years 8 months 11 days. Born May 21 1847 in Hurdal Norway he married Marthine Johanson Jan 21 1874 and moved to Clayton County then Clermont area. Survived by widow eight children twenty four grandchildren two great grandchildren and many relatives and friends. Funeral from home and Clermont Lutheran church Feb 7 with Rev. G Gunston officiating.
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Hans R. Amundson
Clermont
Hans Amundson
Hurdal
Norway
Marthine Johanson
Clayton County
Henry
Gunda
Ole Gisleton
Adolph
Louie
Ole
Emma
Theodore L. Loftsgard
Martin
Louise
Mr. Amundson
East Clermont
Rev
G. Gunston
Theodore
Lutheran Church Notes Nor Wegian Services at 11
Highland service in Norwegian at 11 oclock. West Clermont Luther League program at 7 30 p m. Basket social sponsored by the Luther League Saturday evening this week. G Gunaten pastor.
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Highland
West Clermont—Louther
Luther League
There’s Something Singular About the Turks
A Detroit News item notes Mr Longwed explaining that Turks practice plural marriages, highlighting a singular social custom in the region.
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Longwed
Detroit News
Sentenced for Life Custody Remark Turns Legal Query
Comic quip frames a divorce suit with an unlikely custody twist as Gooh and Smith spar over the fate of a mother in law. A lawyer's light tone glosses over a serious case humorously. The exchange hints at domestic tensions and verdicts shaping family ties.
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Smith
India
Child Requests Olive With Tall Gilt at Dinner
A six year old Patricia favors stuffed olives. For dinner olives filled with red pimentos are served. She asks her mother to give her the olive with the tall gilt.
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Patricia
Used to It Henry-Can you beat it
A quoted exchange contrasts a witty retort with a remark about a football referee. The dialogue mix shows banter over habit and patience, featuring a caller labeled as a lar fool crook and a referee’s role amid slang and humor.
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Henry
Thomas
Bald-headed Woman Skeptics Meet a Bald Dome
A Shelbine Democrat quips that if a bald-headed woman exists the bald spot would not sting like a man's dome, joking about hairiness and gender. The remark plays on baldness as a humorous trait rather than a serious claim.
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Shelbine Democrat
Runner's “Second Wind” Explained by Public Health Service
The Public Health Service defines second wind as an adjustment of heart rate in response to air intake and outflow during running. This explanation clarifies how breathing and circulation synchronize to sustain effort.
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Public Health Service
Clermont High Declamatory Contest Winners Named
A preliminary Clermont high school declamatory event held Thursday in the auditorium featured groups in Oratorical Dramatic and Humorous. Winners were Herschel Rolfa first and Elsie Lindgren second in Oratorical, Frances Christianson first and Beryl Miller second in Dramatic, Janet Larrabee first and Harriet Amundson second in Humorous. The winners represented Clermont at the district contest in Clermont last Saturday with participants from West Union and Elgin high schools.
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Clermont High School
Herschel Roiss
Almer Amundson
Elsie Lindgren
Eunice Gress
Laddie
Beryl Miller
Myrtle Amundson
Portbertson
Milla
Mary Agnes Paulsom
Herschel Rolfa
Frances Christianson
Lst
Janet Larrabee
Harriet Amundson
Clermont
West Union
Elgin
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Alfred” Vikesland
Decorah
Hans Bilden
Alma Knudtson
Veblin
J. 8. Bilden
J. E. Bilden
Lloyd Amundson
E. E. Bilden
John Nelson
Nelson
Dan Calahan
la Grande
Oregon
Will
Albert Kelly
Mason City
Wadena
Will Flanagan
Famiy
Guy Williams
Colorado
Lars Sampson
John Crowe
Margaret
Will Crowe
Mae
Pleasant Ridge
Clermont Exchange
Meyer
Castalia
Buddenberg
Clermont and Gunder Telephone Co
S. E. Nelson
G. L. Ostlie
Andrew Thorson
Henry Amundson
Anderson
Bee Lofstaen
Lofataen
Tixe
Elwina Belachner
Gladys Paterson
Edwin Olson
Maynard
Harry Stolle
Betty
Frank Frizbie
Donald Dugstad
Minneapolis
Ed Dugstad
Hzra
B. Nelson
Tina
Frank Frisbie
E. C. Levi
Guetta
Alphie Thorson
Thorson
Eoko
L. H. Carlin
Ladies’ Aid Society
R. V. Brandt
W. A. Kneeland
N. H. Follett
Marvin Johnson
Frank Fay
H. Hangartner
Abraham Lincoln
E. L. Crowe
Herbert Anderson
Ed J.buser
Dover Mills
Adolph Frederick
Hans Lanvold
Ossian
Nels Gilbert
Melvin Anderson
Moliere
Martone
Corneille
Seneca
Jean Paul Richter
Hans Rikard Amundson
Gunston
East
West Clermont
Lutheran Church Notes
G. Gunaten
Castoria
LC. Jerder
Ofice Over
Clermont State Bank
Clermont, WA
L. L. Carr
Farmers Savings Bank
Iowa
Farmers Savings Bnk
N. H. Nelson
Lows
Freiburghat & Company
G. H. Hackman
Calla
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