Top repairing at Lofstue Tire Shop and locals visit
Lofstuen Auto Accessories is highlighted as a repair hub with Mae See featuring the shop. Numerous local trips are noted including visits to Charles City, Waterloo, Rochester, and Lake Lac Vaux. Families and individuals such as the Kellys, Kelleher, and the Wolfe clan are mentioned along with a parochial school closing and a large family reunion. Cornelius Olson fishes a big wall-eyed pike at Lake Lac Vaux, entering a Hackley Phelps Bonnell Co contest with a $12 first prize and $10 second prize fishing outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Olson
Lac Vaux
Desaure
Phelps
Wis
Olson
Hackley Phelps Bonnell Co
Dover Mills community notes reflect busy social scene
A flurry of visits and gatherings dominates this Dover Mills report. Mrs. Learn attends a West Union women’s farm bureau meeting. numerous families from Learn, Wagner, Nesvick, Johnson, and other households visit relatives in West Union, Clermont, Decorah, Nora Springs, and Northwood. Several trips include church, dairy farm tours, and a grocery store purchase as Dr. Bilden’s family travels south for a brother’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Learn
Women's Farm Bureau
West Union
E. 0. Wagner
Marion Scott
J. C. Matthews
Tom Hansen
St. Lucas
Clarence Nesvick
T. N. Loftagard
Elgin
John Nelson
Johanna Borland
Oelwein
Ed Johnson
Victor Guyer
E. G. Guyer
Chas, Wagner
Hara Rowland
John Learn
Millard Nelson
Clarence Learn
Lutheran Church Notes Highlight Local Events
Righland Church holds Children's Day festival with English services at 10 30 and a church picnic in the afternoon. Hast Church presents Luther League program at 8 00 pm. Sewing circle meets at Levi home on Wednesday July 10. West Church Sunday school begins at 9 am Priscilla Working Band meets July 10 with multiple hostesses. Floyd Rigter of Waterloo visits Fred Rigler’s home. Mrs Warvey Sullivan of Rapids visits J Sullivan home Friday and Saturday.
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Righland
Luther League
Levi
West Church
Priscilla
J. E. Jacobson
Albert Christianson
Ole Christians
Floyd Rigter
Waterloo
Fred Rigler
Mrs. Warvey Sullivan
Rapids
J. §. Sullivan
Sports that Put Tax on Athletes
A Liberty Magazine piece by Hugh Fullerton challenges the myth of the athletic heart while noting certain sports pose real dangers. He cites rowing four-mile races as highly risky and quarter and half-mile runs as dangerous for unprepared athletes, potentially causing lasting heart injury.
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Hugh Fullerton
Liberty Magazine
Ear Identification May Replace Fingerprints in Crime
Reported in Paria that ear shape could rival fingerprints for identification. Police explore ear classification and plotograph methods, noting no two ears are identical and ears can be studied without the subject’s consent, suggesting a forthcoming systematic earprint system.
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Paria Police
Virtues Ascribed to English Church Bells
The article discusses beliefs that bell ringing dispels thunder and the lore around church bells in England. It cites historical references from Warwickshire wardens and Sandwell records, noting poems and couplets that attribute protective or dispelling powers to bells and their sound on thunderous days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanmdwleh
The Cigar Halder Frances Newman Departure Europe
Frances Newman author of The Yard-Bai Virgin spoke on her recent departure for Europe. She praised women as society’s strongest asset and joked about aging, noting beauty and youth in a playful, reflective tone.
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Frances Newman
Europe
Soviet Honors Woman Named Leader in White Russia
In the White Russia region a Soviet recognition was given to a woman described as a key factory organizer and wartime participant. The text notes her rise to a prominent role, linking her to Gomel and a regional committee, underscoring continued support for female leadership in the republic.
Oldest Ship to Be Museum? Old Fragments Stir Debate
Fragmented OCR text hints at plans to convert a harbor vessel into a museum. References to sleeves of a hull, bays and quays, and a ship named in partial form suggest a historic ship preservation project under local inquiry. Readable names and dates are missing, but the core topic concerns museum conversion of an old ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Fay
Detroit News Mixed School Class Year Clarification
A brief Detroit News note clarifies common abbreviations for school class years, explaining that senior means the highest grade while junior, sophomore, and freshman denote lower levels with standard usage in academic reporting. The item emphasizes precise term usage in sports and local school coverage.
Knows His Mother Visitor and the Apple Question
Timmy eyes a dish of apples and asks a riddle about sharing fruit with his mother. A humorous line follows implying a spanking for the recipient if one apple is taken and two are taken by the other. The exchange reflects a playful, old fashioned tone from a passing show.
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Timmy
Man's Perversity Rens Another Argument with Your Husband
A domestic dispute unfolds with Freda claiming she is right and her husband won’t concede. The quarrel centers on recurring disagreements over opinions and authority in the marriage.
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Freda
Bodily strength fades as mind and gear rule modern life
Quotations from Morris Vishhein in the Yale Review describe a shift from muscular to mental and mechanical power. Modern humans rely on telescopes, radios, microphones, calipers, and other instruments while natural muscle becomes mostly decorative beyond heart and organs.
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Apa
Morris Vishhein
The
Yale Review
Bruce Family Sword of Bannockburn Passes Vainly Down Line
The lineage of the Bruce family carries the great two handed sword used by Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn through Click Mannan tower. The last survivor, Mya Catherine Brice, believed possession of the royal sword granted knighthood prerogatives and hosted many visitors to Caicknmnnan tower, including Bobbie Burns who honored her as she aged.
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Robert the Bruce
Bannockburn
Bruce
Click Mannan Tower
Mya
Catherine Brice
Remirk
Strang
Seortind
Bobbie Burns
Rare
Fio
Dads
Taye
Just Hor Way All fy one evening and dancing
A fragmentary overheard dialogue at a social occasion reveals a guest describing heat in the hall, fainting from light, and observations about a partner’s behavior. The speaker laments fatigue and a sense of danger as another person appears suddenly healthy after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Powis
Unclear historical note on Fulucator Willis and local figures
Fragmentary OCR text references Fulucator Willis, Pin county, and Winston County figures. Mentions University et Vigtata and Professor ad qaerl opitlesapla. Lacks coherent events, dates, or identifiable names to summarize a concrete news item.
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Willis
Easey
Wiest
Fihigton
Pin
de Sad
Winetington
Pitedesenn
Rene Dent
PSU
University
No Atmosphere on Moon Explained by Absence of Air
The article argues the moon lacks atmosphere, noting darkness and sharp shadows as evidence. It describes how solar and lunar observations show no air effects, with stars and eclipses behaving differently when the moon is present. Additional indications are cited to support the conclusion.
Birdhouse to Prison at Sing Sing for 100 birds
An imprisoned architect at Sing Sing oversees a circular birdhouse project for 100 birds. The facility houses many tame birds with singers and handsome parrots among them. The stucco and wood structure will be nearly forty feet in diameter and plans call to house 1,000 birds.
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Sing Sing
East L L Program at Luther League Event
Church program for East Clermont Sunday evening July 7 includes invocation reading recitation piano and reading convention report Bible verses address and closing remarks. Local notes list Margaret Clark Irene Rafferty Anne Larrabee Vern Leese and family movements and Ben Fox family relocation to Waterloo with new employment.
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Luther League
East Clermont Church
G. Gunston
Richard Skarshaug
Bessie Lieut
Olga Baker Teeading
Orlando Kittleson
Hulda Berg
Hilder Bilden
Ben Fox
Waterloo
Mr. Fox
Clermont
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Clermont Enterprise
Hecho
Agnes Biden
Fayette County
Lofstue
Mae
Lofstuen
John ‘Kelly
Winona
Minnesota
Wm. Kelly
Mra
Fred
Mylan
Charles City
Harold Kelleher
Melvin Helgerson
Roaseter Simpson
Earl Simpson
W. C. Follett
Loraine
Betty
Albert Anderson Ie
Ellen Bilden
Woodland
Esther Moe
Chester
Miss Bilden
Miss Moe
St. Olafecole Tega
Tone
Elsworth Osland
Leroy
Minn
Orm Larson
Henry Wolfe
Wolfe
Lloyd Aanes
Rochester
Gle Aanes
Louis Waters
Chitego
Dover Mills
Lofstan's
Melvin Anderson
Little Son
Martin Anderson
Nellie Fitzgerald
Chicago
Dan McGravey
Nels Larson
Noral
Duluth, Minn
John Johnson
Lil Han and
Norman
Decorah
Clifford Johnson
Nina Simerson
Ossian
Nels Gilbert
Michael Blockhus
Carl Blockhus
Ole Blockhus
O. J. Swenson
Donald
Waseca
Margaret Sullivan
Minneapolis
L. Kneeland
J. E. .Jacobson
Nora Springs
Sven Blackhus
Jacob Bilden
Christine
E. E. Bilden
Lizzie Bilden
Northwood
N. C
Paul Bilden
McCasky
Crosby-Wirth
U. S
Ste Amd
Elgin Echo
Lutheran Church Notes
Albert T. Reid
Powervice
Burd Shive
Corey Moetes
Quiekly
Freshimaos
Detroit News
Jordan
East L. L. Program
Margaret Clark
Tama
Irene Rafferty
Mrs. M. Daly
Charles Larrabee
Anne
Fort Dodge
Montauk
Vern Leese
Detroit
Mich
J. F. Shipton
Clermont Business Directory
DR. LC
Jerdee
Clermont State
Clermont,ow
Cligomont
R. V. Brandt
Lows
N. H. Nelson
Iowa
Freiburghaus & Company
Hackman
Clermont, Lewn
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