Clermont Enterprise header notice details
Clermont Enterprise of Clermont Iowa publishes Thursday morning editions. The paper is a member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association and is entered as second class mail matter at the Clermont post office in Fayette County Iowa under the 1852 act.
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Clermont Enterprise
Clermont
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Fayette County
Notable Iowa Politicians in Early 20th Century era
See Opportunity for Great Strides in After War Era there, returning to Cherokee to be coming county attorney for 1907 09. In 1911 he was elected to the Iowa state senate and served there until 1918, continuing his practice in Cherokee. He served as a sergeant in the Spanish American War and joined the armed forces in World War I as captain of infantry in France. In 1932 he was elected to Congress from the old ninth district, resigning in 1936 to fill out Louis J. Murphy’s Senate term, later re-elected for a full term. Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Robert D. Bluse are noted, with roots in Blockton and Eagle Grove respectively, highlighting wartime service and political progression through the 1930s.
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Cherokee
Iowa
France
Congress
Ninth
Senate
Louis J. Murphy
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Blockton
Iowa State College
339Th Field Artillery
Iowa State
Law College
University of Iowa
Linn County
Iowa political figures in early 1940s public life
Profiles of Richard F. Mitchell and LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR candidates from Iowa. Mitchell, Fort Dodge Democrat, lawyer, former supreme court chief justice, national committeeman, and long-time party activist. Evans, Emerson Republican, farmer and longtime state senator with a large Southwest Iowa farming operation. Johnson, Kanawha Democrat, pharmacist and former mayor with three terms as state senator, welfare board chair, and early Roosevelt supporter.
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Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
German Lutheran School
University of Iowa College’ of Law
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Supreme Court of the
Roosevelt
K. A. Evans
Emerson
St. James School
Faribault
Minn
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
University of Illinois
Iowa Senate
Oscar E. Johnson
Kanahwa
Daytona
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Kanawha
Hancock County Welfare Board
Senate
Local Folks Attend Visits and Family Gatherings
Mrs Dora Mosby spent Thursday to Sunday visiting at Mrs Julia Landsgard and then headed to the Arthur Olson home. Several couples and relatives shared Sunday and Saturday gatherings at multiple homes including Clermont and near Frankville. Funeral services were held for Philip Walters at the Norway church with attendees from Ames Olson to Bertha Olson and Arthur Olson.
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Dora Mosby
Julia Landsgard
Arthur Olson
Orvin Reierson
Ed Johnson
Albert Erickson
Erskine
Minn
Caroline Erickson
Selmer Holm
Andrew Reinhart
Henry Olson
Clermont
Alvin Halverson
Ronald
Eli Eber- Jing
Louis Halverson
Frankville
Ames Olson
Olivia Olson
Harry Stole
John Jungblut
James
Bertha’ Olson
Philip Walters
Norway Church
Selmer
Liosd Aanes
Ernest Holt
Albert Wede
Postville Hospital
Iowa City
Robert Wharram
Stanley
Local Event Honors Numerous Guests and Gifts
The gathering honored a long list of guests including Mrs. Henry Olson Mrs. Willard Martin Mrs. Ed Johnson Mrs. Alfred Bur ny s Clara Myrtle Peterson and others. The honored guest received many useful gifts. Lunch was served by the hostess. Mr and Mrs Ole Reierson and Donald and Robert spent Sunday evening at the Arthur Olson home.
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Henry Olson
Willard Martin
Ed Johnson
Alfred Burnvs
Clara Myrtle Peterson
Carrie Trotson
Ole Blockhus
Amelia Larson
Dora Mosby
Bert Lyngaas
Leona
Thelma
Olivia Olson
Bertha
John Jungblut
James
Herry Stolle
Ole Reierson
Donald
Robert
Arthur Olson
Egg Showing Japanese Sun Outline Displayed in Knoxville
A flattened egg with a perfect imprint of the Japanese sun design is displayed by G. D. Remy in Knoxville. The odd artifact features a centered flat area surrounded by the sun motif, attracting local curiosity and media attention.
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G. D. Remy
Knoxville
Explosion at packing plant spares worker minutes earlier
In a Dirduque Packing Co. plant disaster an explosion in a steam pressure cooker tank killed two and injured several. Joe Oberbreckling of Dyersville survived after arriving just moments later to report for work and find his dollies searched amid the ruins.
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Joe Oberbreckling
Dyersville
Dirduque Packing Co
Bir Oberbreckling
Soybean Varieties Rated for Local Planting
Delayed by a flat tire, the note urges farmers to review soybean varieties in their area and select those that mature satisfactorily in the usual planting season for next year.
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Robert D. Bluse
Eagle Grove
Eagle
Postville, Iowa
Lionel Barrymore
Martyn Maxwell
van Johnson
Rags Rugland
Anne Baxter
Wm. Wythe
Tiis
Aene Baxter
Bing Crosby
Iris Theater
Iris
Richard L. Olson
John Deere Machinery
Clermont, Iowa
Grand Meadow News
Ee Ear Medicine Cabinet
Alka-Seltzer
Miles Nervine
Ossian
West Cairn
Elmer J. Kleppe
Waters & Thompson, Aucts
Ossian State Bank
DR. I. C. Jerdee
Louis Schutte & Son
Licensed Bebalmers
Clermont and
Postville
State
Funeral Home
Pees
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
A. C
Jamesway
E. F. Weihe
Waters & Thompson
Citizens State Bank
Bourke
ER Pickenlooe
Bourk
Hickenlooren
United States Senate
United States
Washington
Ronenr D. Buve
State of
House of Representatives
Towa
Hickenlooper
Blue
State House
Republican Sra Maur
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