Local social visits and store reopening noted
James Horan visits Sunday at James McSweeney home while Mrs Will Mulaney of Os sian visits friends. West Union guests dine with Mr and Mrs Clifton Pringle. Kneeland family and two sons dine with Frank Rounds. Landsgard family host mother and daughter. Des Moines trip for business. Elizabeth residents Charles wee and Richard Skarshaug weekend at home while Iowa State Teachers College students Cedar Falls. The Double Store reopens with closing out sale. Mrs E A Horsefield new proprietor. School carnival Friday November 8 features senior play Good Morning. Awards go to Rita Rounds Lois Brandt Gretchen Rolfs Jackie Halverson Virgil Rolfs Lolita Blake high praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rolfs
R. Y. Brandt
Rita’ Rounds
Lois Brandt
Gretchen Rolfs
Jackie Halverson
Virgil Rolfs
Clarence Learn
Mildred Rowland
State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
John Nelson
Theo
Loftsgard
Elgin
Riverside
Cliffton Schouls
Here
E. G. Guyer
Sater
John Larson
Decorah
Ancient Irish brooch found in Crerneaghe quarry Ireland
Workmen at Kme kling Creenaghe Ireland uncovered a ninth century bronze brooch from a rock crevice two feet below ground. The ring and pin show enamel in light and dark green, with the back enamel worn smooth, indicating ancient craft from early medieval Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kme Kling
Creenaghe
Ireland
Dover Mills Social News and Visit Highlights
Dover Mills residents host and visit relatives across towns including West Union Decorah and Oelwein. Local gatherings note health concerns with smallpox quarantines and vaccination efforts while social events and showers honor Henriet ta Paulson.
Current Humor in Dark Engagements At Loulaville Club
A string of dialog and witticisms from the Loulaville Courier Journal humor column features snatches about engagements voices venues and social gossip. Nellie declares she will reveal the world while others joke about money cars and exclusive circles amid light banter and comic critiques of a taxi near miss and a homelike club scene.
Never Can Quite Get Away From Politics
Quote from Arthur Webnitsler in Vanity Fair notes politics pervades life more than science or art. It asserts continuity like weather, always present whether observed. Art and science require outward inducement and conscious attention to affect us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong
Arthur Webnitsler
Vanity Fair
Triangle Art Club Meets at Vasby Home
The Triangle Art Club held a Tuesday evening gathering at Andine Vasby’s home on October 20. Readings included Little Boy Blue by Mrs. Louie Olson and Niagara Falls by Mrs. Oscar Rei eraon. Mrs. Palmer spoke on Nicholas Mais paintings The Old Woman at the Well and The Girl Eating Apples, plus The Never Ending Prayer. Refreshments followed hosted by the eng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloimet
Andine Vasby
Louie Olson
Oscar Reieraon
Palmer
Nicholas Mais
Headquarters of French Foreign Legion Regiments
The article lists four regiments with headquarters in Bel Abbes Algeria Meknes Ato Z Morocco Fes Moreen and Marrakech Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Foreign Legion
idi-Bel-Abbes
Algeria
Meknes
Atorocco
Fes. Moreen
Murrakech
Morocco
Feoled the Monk and the Monkey’s Narrow Escape
A peculiar incident recounts a monk observing a monkey roaming freely. The monk fashioned a noose and, after several trials, offered the loop to the animal. The monkey willingly approached, slipped its head through, and became restrained, effectively losing its liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somal
A. Iid
The Rise of Fur Farming and the Silver Fox
The article notes fur trappers keep foxes alive in warm weather to wait for prime fur in winter. It calls this practice the origin of the modern fur farming industry and lists other species raised in captivity including mink raccoon skunk marten fisher beaver and muskrat, highlighting the silver fox as most important.
Had Nevar Bean Locked The Record's Old Front Door
The Philadelphia Record moved to a new building and the old front doors were locked for the first time in forty six years. A locksmith cut a new key when no one remembered seeing the key, turning a once ornamental lock into functional use after decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevar Bean
Philadelphia Record
Record
Clermont Player Wins Little 8 Home Run Trophy
Burnell Anderson of Clermont tops the Little 8 with seven home runs, hitting two each against Hawkeye Calmar and Fort Atkinson and one against Arlington. Harry Shipton certifies the record. Anderson’s name will be sent to The Fitzpatrick Company of Dubuque and Helrich Bradaby Co. for the bronze trophy valued around $65.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzpatrick Company
Dubuque
Helrich Bradaby Co
Burnell Anderson
Clermont
Hawkeye
Calmar
Fort Atkinson
Arlington
Harry Shipton
Mosby and Martin wedding at West Lutheran church
Miss Marie Mosby and Willard Martin wed at the West Lutheran church last Saturday October 24 at 1 pm. Rev. G Gunsten united them with the double ring ceremony as Lohengren's Wedding March played, with Miss Louise Amundson singing. About thirty guests attended the ceremony and the couple received warm congratulations from relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Mosby
Willard Martin
Weat Lutheran
Lohengren
Agnes Bilden
Martin
Jeng Mosby
Fayette
Lutheran Church Notes and Halloween Parish Event
East Churchie center ND holds Holy Communion at 8:30 pm and Norwegian divine service at 2:80 pm. The Mission Society meets in church parlors Friday Nov 1 with hosts Wire E O Lien Mrs Andrew Thorson and Mrs Alphie Thorson. Luther League programs in English at 7:80 pm. Friday evening a Halloween party in church parlors by Sunday School with lunch. Gunsten, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Church
Mission Society
E. O.lien
Andrew Thorson
Alphie Thorson
Eight and Eights Club Meets for Program
The 8, 8 Club gathered Saturday October 26 with Mrs L L Carr. Roll call memory poems Shakespeare sonnets in story in music in art Song of the Lark Breton La Nova Halvorson. A picnic lunch was served by the hostess. A social evening followed Tuesday October 29 at the home of Mr and Mrs H A Lubke. Members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Carr
la Nova Halverson
H. A. Lubke
Good Idea from Sinclair on Bootlegging in Novels
A critic urged novelists to bootleg a pay line since money is absent in fiction. Upton Sinclair considered the idea and agreed, noting that both novelists and hens scratch for earnings, but the hen actually gets hers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton Sinclair
Travel by air deemed safer for travelers
At an insurance convention the view was that air travel is no longer a poor risk. Improvements in aviation, better aircraft, safer operations, and more skilled pilots have almost eliminated the danger for travelers.
Light Belt in Sky Great Belt of Night Across the Sky
Description of the Milky Way as the great belt of night stretching at about 68 degrees to the equipocus, from horizon to horizon. It glows with blended starlight though viewed with naked eye appears as a vast diffuse light. Stars are not uniformly distributed and many are suns at centers of planetary systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milky Way
Ihoriain
Boudoir Folklore: Dictionary Says Boudoir Means Sulking Place
A fragment notes that many point to a dictionary for word meanings and spelling. It cites a French origin for boudoir and claims the term refers to a sulking place where a woman may retreat for solitude.
Consolidation Forms La Grange Citizen News Star
Local readers learn that La Grange Illinois publishers have merged the Citizen and La Grange News. The new consolidated paper will be issued as the La Grange Citizen with William W Loomis editor and Vernon Nickersa manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Ill
Citizen
la Grange News
la Grange Citizen
Citizen Publishing Company
William W. Loomis
Vernon Nick‘esa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Echo
Payette County
Iowa
James Horan
James McSweeney
Will Mulaney
Ossian
Wall
Grotewald
George Cowles
West Union
Clifton Pringle
W.A. Kneeland
Sona
Frank Rounds
Postville
Harold Landsgard
B. Nalann
John ‘Anderson
B. M.hoag
Everett Crown
W.R. Blake
Des Moines
Mr. c and Mee
Charles Wee
Elizabeth
Richard Skarshaug
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
E. A. Horsefield
Dover Mills
Lofstuen
E. E. Bilden
J. E., Bilden
Jim Peck
W. A. Kneeland Home
Walter Kelly
Adolph Frederick
Hans Larson
Mrs
Ernest Larson
John Burrow
Herman Johnson
Chicago, Ill
Costello Ave
Cragin Station
Mra
John Crowe
Margaret
Dwyer
Oelwein
Lester Everton
Darlington
Wis
Hans and New Bilden
Albert Simerson
van Hook, North Dakota
H. K. Johnson
Yvonne Rowland
Walter Warneke
Millard Nelson
Marian Scott
Dutton's Cave
John Borland
Ed Johnson
Dan Carpenter
Rochwator
Minn
Waterloo
Ben Shepherd
Frank Pringle
Boone, Town
Arthur Johnson
Robert Pond
Carlin
Mae Carlin
Wm. Kelly
C. A. Hoff
John Sampson
Herman Lubke
Oscar Reierson
Ruth Anderson
Federated Clube
Nellie
Miss Woopey
Peleg
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Mr. B
Miss Cayenne
ALEK
Billys Markn School
GiLly
Pinky
Eraiee
Mosby
Lutheran Church Notes
Apeak
Evi Aplrita
Clermont Folks
Ns Badreaulta
Optometrist
C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
Clermont Business Directory
DR. I. C. Jerdee
Clermont State Bank
Farmers Savings Bank
R. V. Brandt
Farmers Savings Bak
N. H. Nelson
Embelmer & Funeral Director
Freiburghaus & Company
G. HB
Hackman
Feneral
Phons
Crermont
Lows
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!