Clermont Local News Highlights and Social Notes
Clermont residents share visits and gatherings with neighbors and relatives, including Mabel Ness and Mrs. George Barnhart. Local events cover garden store openings, millinery news, a basketball tournament in Fayette, and a leap year dance at Elgin Opera House. Community life also notes repairs at Lofstuen’s Tire Shop, a minor injury from tree felling, and hospital visits plus upcoming fundraisers and church society meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lofsmuen
Mabel Ness
Clermont
George Barnhart
C. K. West
Tom Shannon
Rose Weber
West Union
R. E. Mylan
Mra. W. H. Gress
Ben Fox
Andrew Gilbertson
Marie Sweet
William Rafferty
Bevins
L. D. Hungerford
Lucian Appelman
Postville Sant
Albert Christianson
Gladys
Highland Township
Mira
W. R. Blake
Elgin
Falk’s
Viola Newberg
Kansas City
Gladys Gress Bates
Miss Newborg
Wm. Miller
Lovie Nelson
J. E. Jacobson
Caroline Kappan
Bay Elgin Home Bakery
Falb’s Market
Fayette
Oelwein
Everett Meyer
Ole Loftsgard
L. L. Carr
R. V. Brandt
Wm. Larrabee
Wm. Kneeland
Triangle Art Club
Ruth Parker
Andine Vasby
Progressive 600
Dover Mills Community Remembers Illnesses and Visits
The column lists frequent visitors and family contacts around the Dover Mills area. Mrs. John Nelson is near death at the Christian Nelson home. Several families including the Learn, Kerkestue, Johnson, Hanson, Wolf, Mes serli, Kloster, Brause, and Hadley Johnson households are noted for visits, as well as Amy Nelson and John Nelson dining and seeing a sick relative. Also mentioned is Bebe Daniels promoting Swim Girl Swim at the Elgin Opera House on March 4 and 5 with ads urging readers to see them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Landsgard
Doris
B. E. Landsgard
Gander
B. Nelson
Nelson
Ed Delaney
Mary Killerlain
Waterloo
Kate Killerlain
John Nelson
Christian Nelson
Dan O'Halloran
Clem Mes
Tom Hanson
Clarion
Henry Hanson
Chas. Wagner
Clarence Anfinson
Melvin Halverson
Patrica Mavis
Ole Kloster
Ray Matthews
Oliver Fossan
Peter and Merle Wolfs
Ossian
H. K. Johnson
Hadley Johnson
G. E. Brause
Amy Nelson
John
Bebe Daniels
Elgin Opera House
County boosters vote support for Upper Iowa University
Support for the perpetuation of Upper Iowa University as now constituted was voted Friday afternoon at a Fayette meeting. Representatives from seven towns and one township formed an association to promote common interests and county development, signaling regional resistance to a merger with Cornell College at Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Fayette County
Towa
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Greatest American poll evoked wide list of names
An old subscriber cites Edison as the world’s greatest contributor, arguing the phonograph, storage battery, telephone, and moving pictures shaped modern life. He imagines a world without these inventions and the social changes they brought, noting the impact on daily life and family routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dempsey
Colonel Dines
Mr. Hoover
Colonel Lindbergh
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Provincetown
Surprise Party for Kittlesons and Foxes
Last Friday evening neighbors gathered at the Knut Kittleson home to honor newlyweds Mr and Mrs Clifford Kittleson with music cards and games. About sixty friends later surprised Mr and Mrs Ben Fox with a merry night of cards music and a picnic lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin.c. Gunderson
Postville Hospital
L. Kneeland
James McSweeney
Alfred Miller
J. 8. McSweeney
Knut Kittleson
Clifford Kittlson
Kit
Ben Fox
Lofstuen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Sullivan
Bertha Shipton
Grace Miller
Elgin Onera
Agnes Crowe
E. L. Crowe
Dan Kloster
Ole C. Peterson
Homer Leai
Bert Waters
Bert Friebel
Westgate
John E. Jacobson
Cedar Rapids
Anna
Julia Brorby
Decorah
Calmar
J. A. Erickson
Nele Everson
N. H. Nelson
Mission Society
Money Today
Clermont State Bank
Dover Mills
the Home Bakery
Elgin, Iowa
Thomas Arkle Clark Deas
University of Ulnals
Worthn Newspaper Union
Tleson
C. W. Leghorn
C. Brown Leghorn
S. C. Anconas
Plymouth Rock
C. W. Minorcas
Wyandottes
Decorah Hatchery
W. Water Street, DecOrah, Iowa
TRI Star Oil CO. Inc
Torkelson Bros
Iowa
General Motors
Landau
Avain
All America
America
Aca
Oakland
Door
Catruter
Hors Renke
Phaeton
Fontio
Sis
AD Leterpet Ae
Johnson’s Garage
Clermont, Iowa
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