Clermont Calendar Abbreviations for September Events
September items include St. Peter's Rosary Society and Altar Guild gatherings with free movies. Clermont Daily Day on the 8th, town council meeting on the 5th, Priscilla Working Band on the 7th, R N A meeting, and a W C F social meeting on the 7th and 8th.
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St. Peter's Rosary Society
Altar Guild
Clermont
Priscilla
Herman Griebenow
St. Peter’s Rosary Society
Jes
Richard Horan
Kate Horan
John Finnegan
Business and Professional Women's Club Met At Rogers Home
Fifteen members and one guest attended Monday evening meeting at Mrs Marguerite Rogers home with Mrs Hazel Schrader assisting. Bridge was played at three tables with prizes awarded to Mrs Louise Miller and Elizabeth Priest.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Marguerite Rogers
Hazel Schrader
Louise Miller
Elizabeth Priest
Republican Tea at Corner Cupboard Hosts Women Club
Mrs Franz Appelman and Anna Larrabee led a Republican tea at Corner Cupboard cafe. Guests included Mrs Hoyt Young of Arlington and Mrs M J Channer of Oelwein, county chairman, who helped organize a local Republican Women's club.
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Franz Appelman
Anna Larrabee
Hoyt Young
Arlington
M. J. Channer
Oelwein
Republican Women’s Club
Letter hints at next week's publication from Harold Tonjum
A note from Harold Tonjum of Norway sent to Elizabeth Crowe says excerpts will appear next week since arrival was late for this week's issue. The edition also reports visits and activities around Clermont including residents from Farmersburg Decorah Oelwein and Boscobel Wisconsin.
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Harold Tonjum
Norway
Elizabeth Crowe
Legion Auxiliary Aids War Orphans Education Efforts
Agnes Kneeland leads Sheehan Unit in guiding World War I orphans to higher education. National data show 608 orphans attend state schools, including 12 cadets at West Point and 9 at Annapolis. Units fund 68 students, 246 apply for aid, while scholarships and aid funds expand. The Auxiliary also backs legislation for federal and state aid.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Agnes Kneeland
Sheehan
West Point
Annapolis
Auxiliary
Special Election on Clermont District Athletic Field Land
Voters in Clermont Independent School District will hold a special election September 15, 1938 at Larrabee school from midnight to 7 pm. The proposition requests authority to buy land to expand the school site for an athletic field costing up to 1500 dollars and to levy the necessary taxes.
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Clermont Independent School District
Larrabee
Buffalo Bill Cody Born in Iowa in 1846
William Frederick Cody known as Buffalo Bill, famed American scout and showman, was born in Scott county Iowa in 1846.
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Buffalo Bill
Iowa
William Frederick Cody
Scott County
Not Great Enough: Hi Ho Skeptic on Ancestral Wisdom
Hi Ho of Chinatown laments that ancestral wisdom remains insufficient to teach profit, signaling a skeptical stance on learning from the past and applying it to present circumstances. The remark frames a cautious view of tradition guiding modern gain.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Psalms as Hymns and Supplications in Worship
The psalms were originally written as hymns or supplications used in public or private worship.
Aardvark Lives on Ants In Nighttime Diet
The aardvark is a nocturnal animal that feeds primarily on ants. It spends most of its time digging with its snout and long claws to locate soil mounds where ants gather.
French Church in London Crypt at Canterbury Cathedral
A fragment notes a French church located in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral in London. The statement links the French church to the cathedral crypt area.
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London
Canterbury Cathedral
Most Hunted Fish The Ash and the Herring Role
The article discusses the herring as the most hunted fish by humans and its status as a crucial global food source and a species facing many natural enemies, highlighting its ecological and commercial significance.
North Carolina Firsts in New Bern Chronicle
New Bern highlights include the first printing press the first incorporated school and the first free school in North Carolina reflecting early civic and educational milestones in the town.
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North Carolina
New Bern
Fire Insurance Origin Traced to English Firm in Seventeenth Century
The article notes that fire insurance was first taken out by an English company in the late seventeenth century, marking the beginnings of structured risk coverage.
Fifty Years of Golf in the United States A Jubilee
French Lick Ind Raynette Simpson polishes the gold championship trophy for the Golden Jubilee Golf Tournament set for September 2 and 3 at the French Lick Springs Hotel course. About one hundred golf veterans nationwide prepare to celebrate fifty years since golf’s introduction in the United States.
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French Lick
Ind
Raynette Simpson
French Lick Springs
United States
Simon Warns Hitler of War in Threat to Czechoslovakia
Sir John Simon warned Hitler from Lanark that any sudden move against Czechoslovakia could draw England and all Europe into war. Britain ordered its home fleet of 42 ships to the North Sea Battle Station as the Nazi party reconvenes at Nuremberg for their annual conference beginning September 5.
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Berlin
Germany
John Simon
England
Adolf Hitler
Lanark
Scotland
Simon
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Britain
North Sea Battle Station
North Sea
Nazi Party
Nuremberg
Social notes list visitors and events around Clermont
Gladys Peterson hosted a supper guest. Nellie Murphy of Blooming Prairie Minnesota visited at Frank Leehy's. Albert Halverson and Louis joined B E Northrup's near West Union for Sunday. Jennie Payne from Chicago planned a month with Grover and Henderson. Fr Leo O Connell and Pat O Connell returned from the west after two weeks. Various families hosted dinners, picnics, and visits in Clermont area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Murphy
Blooming Prairie, Minn
Frank Leehy
Jennie Payne
Chicago
Leo O'Connell
Pat O’connell
Earlville
West
There Is No King Banquo in Shakespeare's Works
The article asserts Banquo is a fictional figure and that no historical king named Banquo existed. It emphasizes the character is a literary creation and not a monarch in English history.
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Banquo
Sir Julius Caesar A Judge Of Elizabethan England
Sir Julius Caesar served as a judge and held numerous high offices during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, shaping legal and political life in late 16th and early 17th century England.
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Julius Caesar
England
Elizabeth
James L
Evangelistic Services at Union Church Two Nights
Evangelistic services at Union Sunday School church on September 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. Speakers are Prof E. M. Strom and Rev O. A. Mousan of Fergus Falls Minnesota. The public is invited. Rev Mousan is a noted gospel singer. Thanks offered to Anna Larrabee for church use.
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Union Sunday School Church
E. M. Strom
O. A. Mousan
Fergus Falls
Minnesota
Clermont Union Church Service Resumes Next Sunday Evening
Local church notes list J. J. Snyder as minister and Mrs. Wm. Nelson as pianist. Services resume at 7 20 p m next Sunday. The column covers visits and social events across Clermont including visits by Paul Appelman and various gatherings at the Gress, Houg, Wenger, and Tibbett households, plus preparations for Rosary Society events.
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J. J. Snyder
Singing Church Announces 85th Anniversary Events
Clermont Lutheran Church announces the 85th anniversary celebration for Dr. and Mrs. A. V. Koren. Worship at 10:30 a.m. in Luther College gym with Dr. J. A. Aasgaard as guest speaker. Picnic dinner follows, choir concerts, and plans for East and West Clermont choirs.
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Clermont
Washington Prairie
A. V. Koren
Washington
Paint Creek
C. K. Preus
Luther College
J. A. Aasgaard
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
East
West Clermont
Rafferty announces Irene Rafferty to Frank Shaw engagement
Mrs W J Rafferty announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Irene to Frank W Shaw son of Senator and Mrs A J Shaw of Pocahontas The wedding is set for September 12 at St Peters church in Clermont
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W. J. Rafferty
Irene
Frank W. Shaw
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
St. Peter's Church
Clermont
Ladies' Aid Benefit Dinner at Clermont Church Parlors
The Ladies' Aid Society sponsors a dinner at Clermont Lutheran Church parlors on September 15 to benefit the public library. Serving begins at 5 40 p.m.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Clermont Lutheran Church
Social visit to J C Halverson home west Union visitors
Mr and Mrs Henry Herwig and daughters of West Union along with Mrs Leo Dvorak of Normal Illinois and Mrs Keith Smith of Labock Texas called at the J C Halverson home Monday. In the afternoon Mrs Halverson joined them to Postville to visit Mr and Mrs Warren Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Junker
Glidden
Junker
Fort Dodge
J. E. White
Lee Pooler
Henry Herwig
West Union
Leo Dvorak
Normal
Irc
Keith Smith
Labock
Texas
J. C. Halverson
Halverson
Postville
Warren Harrington
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Doris Landsgard
Sarah Gray
Alfred Vigesland
Decorah
Hans Hanson
Richard Crowe
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Ira Jones
Milla Ramsey
Decorsh
BE. E. Ramsey
Louie Anderson
John Sheehy
Arthur Loftsgard
Newton
Maytag
Len Simek
C. J. Peck
LaVonne Simek
Swan
Simek
Peck
Melvin Nelson
Boscobel
Wis
Wm. Miller
Steger
Duncan Pfyfe
Taupe Olson
Peck’s Drug Store
Legion Auxiliary Notes
U. S
Gladys Peterson
Helen Osmundson
Albert Halverson
Louis
B. E
Northrup
A. J. Priest
Kathryn Ann Larson
W. R. Kelly
Julia Olson
Chatfield
Minn
Alfred Olson
George Washburn
la Crosse
Mary Washburn
Osterdock
Paul Wells
Tom Garaghty
Elkader
Frank Reynolds
Rita Marie
Mont
John
Oscar
Rose Auer
Garnaville
Herman Lubke
Lucille
Phyllis Lubke
Cedar Rapids
Foros Angeles
Calif
Lubke
Woodbury College
Los Angeles
Herman Scheel
Elgin
Frieda Miller
Russell Nelson
Donna Walters
August Scheel
Lawler
Lou Walters
Strawberry Point
Albert Scheel
Backbone State Park
George Larson
Ivan Anderson
James Ostlie
Irvin Olson
Howard Larsson
Larson
Kathryn Ann
Anson Priest
Robert Bigler
Cedar Falls
Fred Bigler
Ed Dugstad
Clarice
Lois Brandt
Des Moines
L. L. Carr
Lavanda
Adrian Riveland
Fred Cline
Louie Erickson
Ford
Carmen
Wendell Loftsgard
Theo.Loftsgard
Decorah Hospital
Luther League
Martin Nelson
Agnes Bilden
Frank Fay
Margaret
Wm. Sheehy
Dan McGreevey
John McNeil
Clifton Pringle
Frank Pringle
Victor Pringle
Janet
Boone
Arthur Johnson
Mary Schultz
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Lucille Lubke
Colwell
Traer
Louise Hackmann
Lavanda Carr
Louise Peterson
Maynard
University of Lews
Henry Peterson
Clermont High School
Union
Clermont Union Church
Paul Appelman
Somers
Claude Gress
E. E. Bilden
A S. Houg
Rose McMillan
Alfred Wenger
Laird
Ole Christianson
Aubrey Guyer
Robert Sperry
Winchester
Ill
Christianson
Elmer Henkey
Henkey
Superior
Henkeys
Hansons
W. R. Blake
Lolita
Robert Steele
Ames
Clermont Luth
East Clermont
Highland
Charles Benson
Clarence Torkelson
Bernita Larson
Ruby Larson
E. E. Ramsey
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