Evening activities and community notes from Clermont
Community brief from Clermont detailing local events and obituaries. Panty seat callers at the Five Hundred Club gathering. Mrs. H Rol and Mr. and Mrs. B A West hosted prize carrying. Obituary for old settler Mrs. Carl Hongon in Clermont. age eighty and widow with four children. West family sixteenth birthday celebration with gifts and cash gifts. Clermont business men sign up to fund street oiling on Mill Street to reduce dust. Charles Fox of Clermont township dies, born 1846 in North Hampton Hug. Immigration to America in 1863, married Nora Mercer in 1870 at West Union. Sloan's Liniment advertised for rheumatism relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Hongon Apd
Clermont
Mill ‘Street
Charles Fox
Clermont Township
Charlie Fox
North Hampton
Hug
America
New York State
Iowa
West Union
Misa Nora Mercer
Ill Lydia items and local notices of community life
A compact collection of local notes reports and social happenings from the Illydia area. John Smith buys a new item Mary Foxwell and others attend school and visits Lew Grover and families host and visit relatives Adolph Baumgardner hosts a party. A $100 reward is offered for a cure claim for catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Ita
Mary Foxwell
Mabel Medberry
Guess
Lew Grover
Wil! Grover
Elgin
L. McKellar
Mathys
Ed Wigner
J. Smith
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Ake Hall
Cresco Opera House Stockholders Report Debt and Amendments
A Cresco Plain-Dealer item reports Cresco Opera House stockholders found nearly $5,000 in debt remains, despite $20,000 in stock and donations. Articles of incorporation were amended to raise indebtedness to 36 percent, and officers were instructed to arrange a loan to pay bills. An auditing committee was appointed to audit building expenses with results to be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cresco Plain-Dealer
Opera ‘House
Cresco
Notice to settle accounts and outdoor activity advice
A dated notice warns all book accounts owed to Fred Gehring must be settled by May 15 or be sent to collection at the bank. It then shifts to a health tip urging outdoor activity and open air games like croquet for vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gehring
Methodist effort to aid retired pastors in 1816 era reform
A Washington bishops meeting signals a bold push to improve support for retired Methodist ministers and families, noting previous insufficiencies and aiming to grow the Upper Town Conference fund toward 3 million dollars. The piece mixes church reform with local notices and advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Board of Bishops
Model farm opportunities near Elgin and West Union
Real estate notice offers two farms and a brick building for sale. The Wenger building on East Elgin street includes a two story brick structure with living rooms above, a vacant 25 by 100 foot adjoining lot, and a safe investment appeal. Clermont View Farm comprises 208 acres with a large barn, strong dam, and spring. price 100 per acre. Maple View Farm covers 175 acres on Mallaata road between Elgin and West Union, features 150 acres of prime land, 25 acres of second growth timber and a sugar bush of 500 trees, a large house, electric power, a 54 by 76 foot basement barn, and other improvements. Cash price 410,000 with balance on time at 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenger
Elgin
Clermont View
Brainard
West Elgin
Maple View
Mallaata Road
West Union
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LOTII
LOTIV
Hart
Embro Dery
Cappers
The
Enterprise
BCG
Gravet
Earl
Mr. H. Rol
Mra. B.A. West
Mise
Lovita West
Sloan
Beige
Illydia
Alice O'Brien
Albert Kohler
J.D. Schaffer
Harry Gilson
Higin
Adolph Baumgardner
Cresco Opera House
Automobile Department of the State
Wan
Dr. King
You
Methodists
Uppertown
Waterto
Times-Tribune
Jane Addama H
Woman's ‘Peace Congress
Hague
Chicago
Ladies’ ‘Cemistery Association
Patterson
Eph Wiam Matthys
J Wh
Borp
Weibel Bros
C. O. .Fothergill, M. D
Borgeon
Tay and
Olgby Omics
Ranidocee
Dewey Hotale
A. M. Weibel
A. H. Weibel Elgin Land Company
Turkey River
Pleasant Street
Nocns
Wander
Pioneer Grain
Postville
Gander
Apia Farm
Fayette Coun
Braisard
Towa
Greenly & Evans City
Macey
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