Local Social Notes Highlight West Union Area Visits
A long list of visitors and social calls across West Union, Oelwein, Calmar, and nearby towns includes Sea Lofstuen for auto accessories, Nina Simerson at Melvin Andersons, Georgia Mae Schori, Helen Peterson from Calmar, and Joseph Larson visiting from Badger Wisconsin. Many neighbors and relatives ranging from Luana to Waterloo share weekend gatherings, dinners, and travel to Farmington, Cedar Rapids, and Ames as community life fills the week.
Lutheran Church Notes Evening English Services and Meetings
Weat Church morning services at 9:80 o clock in English Luther League meets 8 p.m Priscilla Working Band Wednesday Sept 26 hostesses Mesdames Ostlie East Church Norwegian services 11 a.m G Gunsten pastor West Luther League meets Sunday Sept 23 8 p.m with program Rev Gunsten The bake sale by Union Sunday School at the furniture store netted over forty dollars for church redecorating
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Weat
Luther League
Priscilla
Mesdames
Henry
Gilbert, Archie
Lloyd Ostlie
East Church
G. Gunsten
West Luther League
Gunsten
Thelma Christianson
Gladys Larson
Margaret Fox
Martin Nelson
Etwina Belschner
Magdalene Olson
Rev
Union Sunday School
Annual Fall Festival Tomorrow in Clermont
The annual exhibition of farm products home canned and home baked goods will be held in Clermont Friday starting 1 30 p m with county agent B W Lodwick presiding. Prof F G Churchill Iowa Crop Specialist and Dr Marie Anderson from Ohio State University will speak. At 8 15 p m Maynard football team meets Clermont at the baseball diamond plus street sports races and entertainments all day and dance by the All Around 4 orchestra in the evening.
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Clermont
School band and football progress under noted directors
The school band and orchestra, led by Mr Bills, begin the year with opportunities for private lessons. The football field sits on the Rolf Bros land where the baseball diamond was. Prof Kaltenbach directs a rapidly improving football team with fourteen boys enlisting for general practice: Arthur Dean Simpson, Lloyd Gress, Lewis Jacobson, Kenneth Kelleher, Richard Skarsborg, Gerhard Gunsten, Donald Horn, Alden Paulson, Russell Larson, Rossiter Simpson, Olaf Olson, Roy Buser, Kenneth Gress. The second grade has 31 students, split into Miss Boley's room with 15 and Miss Brinken's room with 16.
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Bills
Rolf Bros
Kaltenbach
Arthur Dean Simpson
Lloyd Gress
Lewis Jacobson
Kenneth Kelleher
Richard Skarsborg
Gerhard Gunsten
Donald Horn
Alden Paulson
Russell Larson
Rossiter Simpson
Olaf Olson
Roy Buser
Kenneth Gress
Miss Boley
Miss Brinken
Eleven Pound Daughter Born to London Tit Tits My Family
Mary Rosa Ellen was born September 15 to Mr and Mrs Tom Murray in London Tit Tits My. The piece notes social visits across several households including Mr and Mrs Emmett Nichols of St Ansgar and others from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Nora Springs and Gunder area. A new bridge east of town on the Clermont Gunder road was completed with workers moving to a culvert project near the Osmund Topstad home.
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London
Tom Murray
Mary Rosa Ellen
Clermont-Gunder
Osmund Topstad
Holstein H Groth Dies After Illness at 72
H Groth lifelong resident of Clermont dies at home of sister Mrs John Erickson on Sept 13 after a prolonged illness. Born June 8, 1868 in Clermont settlement to Holstein and Ragnilde Groth, he married Guro Lien in 1883 and lived across Minnesota and South Dakota before returning to Clermont. He leaves three sons, eight grandchildren, a brother Knut and sister Mrs Oline Erickson, with funeral at West Clermont Lutheran Church conducted by Rev G Gunston.
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Holstein H. Groth
Jmigathe
Ilness
John Erickson
Mr. Groth
Holstein and
Ragnilde _Groth
Clermont
Clayton County
Guro Lien
Alphie Thorson
Oscar Lien Tow
Mix County
South Dakotas
Blue Earth County
Minnesota
Henry
Cambria
Minn
Robert
Ideal
So. Dak
Ole
Platte
Dak
Knut
Oline Erickson
Erickson
West Clermont Lutheran Church
G. Gunston
J. P. Paulson
Martin
Nelson
John Larson
Clarence Johnson
Gunsten
Miss Amundson
Lien
Groth
A. S. Houg
L. Hoveland
Clermont and Vicinity
Anton Groth
St. Ansgar
Fish Stories From Allerica Report Drowning Suspicions
A fragmented report from Allerica notes a drowning scare linked to a prominent Vy Pistaceragensis figure. The piece hints at a broader investigation and calls for cautious speculation amid unclear details.
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Allerica
London
Highways Built to Last and Their Foundations
A fragmentary note describes roadway construction with mentions of durable foundations and stone types. It references four and feet off varying edges and salted stone in an era of rectangular road building.
Volume of Iowa letter athletes lists local men
Iowa City notes two Clermont residents among 042 award winners in a Hawkeye athletic council directory. The volume includes a summary of awards, the present occupations, and historic Od Gold team pictures since 1883. Notable locals: Leslie L. Carr Major I track 1912 13, Minor I track 1911. Wm. Larrabee Jr Major I football 1892 93 91 92 95, captain baseball 1895.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Clermont
Iowa
Hawkeye Athletic Council
Leslie L. Carr
Wm. Larrabee, Jr
Always a Murmur The tur of industri never wholly drowns the mur of demployment Rastan Berd
A fragmented line in a historical text notes the persistent murmur of industry amid enduring unemployment concerns. The reference to Rastan Berd hints at a satirical or symbolic critique within a broader discourse. Contemporary readers face deciphering archaic phrasing.
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Echo
Ruth Skarshoug
Fayette County
Sea Lofstuen
Mrs
Nina Simerson
Melvin Anderson
Albert Schori
Georgia Mae
J.C. Halverson Home
Helen Peterson
Calmar
H. F. Shipton Home
Joseph Larson
Badger, Wis
Mabel Lawler
Elizabeth Sullivan
Anna Bigler
Oelwein
Frank Miller
Hanger, Wis
Emma Gunderson
A. D. Nelson
Don Kloster Home
West Union
Wm. Quinn
Farmington, Minn
Straw
Montana
Clifford Johnson
Ada Miller
Arno Lindroth
Oliva DeLay
Louris Bonberger
Luana
Waterloo
George Jacquot
Bernice
Weat Union
Ben Fox
Ee William Kelly Sr
Mason City
Albert
Home Folke
Alemite Service
Lofstaen
Henry Henkes
Farmersburg
F. K. White
William Horn
L. J. Rastus
Oelswein
Mrs. G. Gunsten
la Crosse, Wis
Grace Miller
Cedar Falls
Henry Follett
John A. Erickson
Minensota Lakes
Louis Schutte
Paul
Postville
Louise Miller
Bernice Lee
Colfax
Wis
Harry Shipton
Henry Kittleson
Asbjorn Olson
Mission Federation
T At
Harold Landsgard
Dotis
State Spark
Strawberry Point
Last Sunay
Will Crowe
Mae
William Kelly, Sr
Albert Kelly
Conover
Billy Bros
Bertha Shipton
Fayette
Elmer Nelson
N. T. Loftsgard
Harry Herrick
Dorothy
Sarah Dell
Lawler
Ed C. Olson
Archie Relfe
Toledo
Ohio
Herman Relfe
Ames
Iowa State Collage
Edwin Ames
Decorah
City Hospital
Raymond Paulson
William
Fred Larrabes
Dodge
Charles
Elsie
Elkader
Marion
Tom Levi
le Roy, Minn
Louie N. T. Olson
West Union Hospital
Ole Christianson
1St Hong
St. Olaf
Thelma
Edwin Olson
Harry Gundersen
Monona
Harry Stolle
George Crowles
K. White
J. M. Brorby
Dan Carpenter
John Yauslin
Cedar Rapids
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Anton Rohls
Mrs. Conner
Mrs. Reidel
Herschel Rolfs
Monticello
Herschel
Earl Simpson
Delwe
Mrs. Simpson
Pennsylvania
Anton Kohls
Rix
Jim Powers
Elgin
Celwe
Thos. Theobald
Lutheran Church Notes
Sean
Nell Hombre
Inc Fair
Phil
Lodge Tonic
Luke
Vapa UM
By Dunkel
Emmett Nichols
St.Ansgar
George Washburn
Ella
Giard
Miss Shelton
H. F. Shipton
Exreva Considine
Nels Anderson
Nora Springs
Gander
Eva Shanks
Betty Lou
J. E. Jacobson
H. Groth
Supreme AU
Webster’s New International
THE
Merriam Webster
Supreme Court
Government Printing Office
Washington
Free,a.& Co
Merriam Co
aGiki
Studio Oelwein
Iowa State Board of Examiners
Des Moines
C. W. Heiserman
Clermont Business Directory
DR. I. C. Jerdee
Clermont State Bank
L. L. Carr
Ian
Farmers Savings Bank
Clermont, Towa
Dentist
N. H. Nelson
Freiburghaus & Company
G. H. Hackman
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