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20 Years Ago In Ruthven Emmetsburg Era Notes
A chopped snapshot from the Times dated January 31 1924 covers legal indictments against Hawkins Bros Mortgage Co of Indiana and J A Spies a Globe National Fire Insurance director as a witness. It records cold weather breaking 28 feet of water pipe, multiple bank closures in Sioux Falls, and local ceremonies including weddings funerals sales and baptisms in Ruthven Graettinger Emmetsburg and surrounding areas. It notes farm sales and auctions by C O Ressell Harry McCulloch James Wilson and others, church gatherings, a fire destroying a home north of Ruthven, and community events shaping a tight 1920s Iowa county chronicle.
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Times
Hawkins Bros. Mortgage Co
Indiana
J. A. Spies
Globe National Fire Insurance Co
Sioux City
Hawkins Bros
Sioux Falls
Ruthven
Emmetsburg High
John
Fern Pegum
Graettinger
Chas
Cedar Rapids
Ida Paugle
Lens Rosburg
George Frick
Hertha Spies
Harold Loerke
Irma Christopherson
Denver
Joe O'Connor
Mia
Phillip O'Connor
Zeta Slaven
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
G. C. Vedder
Emmetsburg
Joe Gabrielson
Roy Gilhaugh
Chris Norris
John Bondhus
J. A. Fleming
Chris Hansen
Andrew Jenzen
West Bend
T. Jacobson
Katie Barnhart
C. S. George
Grinnell
L. C. Gammon
J. G. Amdahl
A. H. Henningpen
Ordene Olson
Art Anderton
Clarence Lande
Wallingford
Lewis Larson
Graettinger Shipping Association
Louis Anderson
Gilbert Osher
Twelve Mile Lakay Club
Mae Jensen
Henry Appel
Nels Mortensen's