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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1932

Page

4

Clermont Local News Names and Visits Across Town

Clermont residents shared a busy week with guests visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids, Forest City, and Cedar Falls. Families like Rafferty and Dugstad welcomed friends while students pursued Waldorf College courses. local church schools began terms and a baseball game drew a 7 to 5 win at Arlington.

Vnlyn Dugstad Wiwon Minnesota Mettner New T Fred Bigler Frances Leslie Chester Clarice Dugstad Dugstad G. BE. Jorgenson R. V. Brandt L. L. Carr L. L. Rounda Irene Rafferty Tomah Wiss Gore Gladys Peterson Forest City Waldorf College Ole C. Peterson Loretta Rafferty Cedar Falls Barnim Shipton Mitchell Fayette Louie Olson Phelps Wis John Crowe Brick City Myrtle Bilden Ruth Peterson Waldorf Choir Everett Crowe Johnson Clermont State Bank Fort Dodge Iowa City United States N. H. Nelson Illinois Nelson

East Luther League Program Presentation Sunday Evening

The East Luther League presents a program on Sunday evening June 12 at 8 o clock. Song Society invocation by Rev. G Gunsten, readings by Marjorie Larnon and Orville Berg, mixed quartet Myrtle and Sevita Buroden Lloyd Amundson and Hilder Gilbertson, recitation by Bessie Lien, Bible verses by Josephine Bilden, remarks by Rev. G Gunsten, collections and closing.

East Luther League G. Gunaten Marjorie Larnon Orville Berg Myrtle Sevita Buroden Lloyd Amundson Hilder Gilbertson Bessie Lien Josephine Bilden

Social Notes From Cheery Valley Gossip and Visits

Anna Dennler of Elgin and others visit relatives in Cheery Valley, with numerous weekend and weekday calls across the Dennler, Christen, Friederich, Butikofer, Lerch, and Hanson households. Also a sympathy note for Mia Christen on Celia Dennler’s death.

Thaler Evelyn Carey Robert Theus Elizabeth Lillian Christen Bert Thoman Anna Dennler Elgin Ben Dennler Silas Butikofer Tofield Lehman Frank Christen Chris Dennler Anna Lerch Elizabeth Scholen Ellen Hangon Jake Butikofer G. Dennler Margaret Dennler Martin Hanson Rose Friederich Fred Joe Butikofer Robert Thews L. Christen Ethel Mae Thoman Henry Frieden Hilda Meyer Guernsey Smith Mia Celia Dennler Jake Will Paul Muehlen

Union Sunday School Food Sale at Clermont Bank

The Union Sunday school announces a food sale at the Clermont State Bank building on Saturday June 11 at 2:80 oclock.

Union Clermont State Bank

Hazelton speed trap nets motorists seven ninety five

A Hazelton police routine traps visiting motorists at 16 and 25 mph limits. Citizens pay five dollars plus costs totaling $7.95 as the honed local justice and officer profit from the speeding arrests. The piece notes it as a revenue tactic for Justice King and the local patrol.

Hazelton Atill de Norris King Riaktorium Waterloo Justice King

Pirates Sunk Power of Medi terranean at Moroccan Harbor

From the kasbah and citadel of the deys Moorlah pirates watched merchant ships from a tiny harbor. American ships then sailed forth and ended the piratical supremacy in the Medi terranean with a decisive action in that harbor.

Dex Kasbah Deys Mediterranean

Early Tariff Bill Passed by Congress in 18th Century

The preamble of a tariff bill passed by Congress states it is necessary for government support, debt discharge, and to encourage and protect manufacturers by laying duties on imported goods.

Congress ITE United States

Deception on Both Sides Cites Santa Myth Fight

The Louisville Courier Journal discusses the idea that advocates of destroying the Santa Claus myth would end the fond deception parents use to hide his nonexistence and the concealment children keep about their knowledge, under pressure from both sides.

Santa Claus Louisville Courier-Journal

Discoverer of Guanabara Bay in doubt

The initially credited European discoverer of Guanabara Bay where Rio de Janeiro now sits is questioned. The bay was likely sighted in 1501 or early 1502 by a expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci.

Bay of Guanabara Rio de Janeiro Amerigo Veepueel

Famous Bachelors Whitman Brooks and Whittier Mentioned

A note recalls poets Walt Whitman Phillips Brooks and John Greenleaf Whittier as famous bachelors. The item situates them in literary history and highlights their unmarried status.

Walt Whitman Phillips Brooks John Greenleaf Whittler

Little America in Germany and Population Decline

The article notes a shift as Little North America in Germany loses population. Pennsylvania and Quebec show sharp declines, with Boston and New York also shrinking. A Warthe Bruch region east of Berlin once crowded now hosts few, despite promotion by King Frederick the Great to entice emigration and settlement of reclaimed swamp lands. Nearby colonies like Jamaica Transvaal and Havana also diminishing.

America Germany North America Pennsylvania Maryland Boston Quebec New York Florida Berlin Warthe Bruch Jamaica Transvaal Havana Frederick the Great

Castle Menzies Sold Among Scottish Estates

Castle Menzies near Aberfeldy, a historic seat allied with Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie, has been sold along with Sarleyer lodge and surrounding moorland. Spanning over 1100 acres, the property is noted for its forestry and past clashes in the Stuart era.

Castle Menzies Scotland Tay Lyon Aberfeldy Mary Queen of Scots Charles II Bonny Prince Charlie Bienzies Agen Menzies

Chestnut Groves Hope for Revival After Blight

State Forester Joseph Tilick says the chestnut is not doomed and may regain importance as timber. Blight appeared in Pennsylvania about 201 years ago, killing almost all commercially valuable chestnut trees in forests.

Pennsylvania Joseph & Tilick

Belgravians in Belgrade show aging population trend

Official statistics report 102 centerarians living in Belgrade, Yugoslavia's capital, amid a total population of 262 203. The figure notes 34 000 more men than women and over sixty year olds exceeding a given hundred thousand.

Belgrade Jugoslavia

Quite Right Cotton Belief in Einstein Theory Over Matter

Pathfinder Magazine notes Bolton’s remark on reading about Einstein space theory and finds it a shame to deny it after study. The exchange questions belief in space concepts versus material explanations.

Cotton Bolton Pathfinder Magazine

Fragmentary OCR Note on Flowering Bulbs and Tourism

A garbled OCR fragment discusses bulbs, flowering strength, and tourists gathering flowers. It mentions cutting off parts to strengthen blooms and visitors collecting flowers away from a refuse pile, but many words are unreadable.

Solies Bolland Healdd Er Ary

Busy Mexican Port Visited by Early Explorers

Vera Orus described as a sheltered harbor protected by reefs and harbors reduces. Early explorers visited it and it became one of five settled places. Modern dredging and engineering have made the harbor accessible to ocean-going vessels, marking it as a principal Mexican port.

Mexico

Clerks Sing in Smyrna Department Store Caught in Craze

In Smyrna Turkey Asia clerks from counter girls to floorwalkers must sing to all customers during busy hours. The singing begins when serving a customer and only stops for price quotes or questions. The practice is spreading and even a single customer prompts song.

Smyrna Turkey Asia

Get-Our-Toole-Back-Prom-Peter Day Highlighted

Farm Journal notes Peter Tumbledown as a cheerful borrower who claims borrowed tools as his own. Neighbors annually stage a “Get-Our-Toole-Back Prom Peter Day” to reclaim items and restore balance.

le Legion Peter Tumbledown Peter Farm Journal

Good Brand Dog tale at corner store turns strange ask

Robert, marketing for his mother, brings home a shabby dog from the corner grocery. He asks to keep the animal, claiming the grocer said he wished Robert would take the car home with him and noting the dog as a good brand.

Robert

Chieftain Biru Linked to Peru’s Early Name Origin

Biru, a sixteenth century South American chief, ruled a region that later inspired the name Peru. The article notes how Peru is an adaptation of his name.

Biru Peru

Postal Notice From Ctermont Fayetts County

Entry shows classification as second class mail matter in Fayetts County post office records at Ctermont. Indicates routine postal status and handling under local regulations.

Ctermont Fayetts County Laws

Also Mentioned on This Page

Clermont Nelson Gays Clarmont Arlington Clermant K. Gress L. Gress Sticken Anderson Simpson M. Olson Thorson Paulaon P Simeko Pringle Olson Brorby Genevieve Anderson Gabrielson St. Paul Groth Gerbrielson Gunsten Gerhard Gunsten Northfield Minn East L. L. Program Cheery Valley News Alster Alice Virginila Dub Fanny Will Bessin WEA Clermont’ Enterprise John F. Cooley J . Iowa Press Association National, Editorial “Association Burt Iowa Stoshr Drug Store Higler Drug Store Wadena Pharmacy Ereae Coleman Ron Baedel Coleman Lamp & Stove CO Ea Ameen Coke Burgess-Dugstad Lbr. Co
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