Local notes from Ruthven and surrounding towns
Community updates from Ruthven and nearby Emmetsburg area recount visits, births, travels, sales, and school activities. Residents named include Arnold Stanton, Mrs Eisenbast, Elizabeth Weigman, Lena Caspire, John Nelson, T Jacobson, Martin Aylward, Millie Knudsen, Lovie Montgomery, Mrs Fitzgerald, John Galleger, Loretta Eaton, and Barney Eisenbast. Also reports on war stamps, a Woodman Association meeting, a moving sale, and a Lake Center box social notice for January 17 with a Victrola fund aim.
Local notes report births sales weather and visiting
Floyd Fleming visits Kansas City to see his parents having been mustered out. A letter from Herman Larson in the Philippines says he is well and plans to leave for the States in July. Ralph Masters returns to Camp Dodge after furlough and reports good health. Ben F. Reeves travels to stock sales and is well informed on pure bred stock. Mrs. Johnson of Boone Iowa visits her son Supt. Johnson and rejoices over a new granddaughter. Julia Brekke returns from Rockford Illinois. more local social notes follow. High below zero temperatures earlier week with improving roads and disrupted rail service. Court witnesses and local officials attend cases in Emmetsburg. Movie program advertised for Jan 13 at the Hawkeye with admission 10 and 25 cents. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thoresen on Jan 7. George Kent remains ill with paralysis. Julia Brekke and family mourning the death of Mrs. Brekke, a daughter-in-law of Jacob Brekke. Mr. Petersen from Parkersburg visits Graettinger to rent the old First National Bank building. Death in Rockford shocks the community. Subscriptions on the Jan 15 issue labels updated. Fred Masters to hold sale Jan 22. Wm Donaghy sale Jan 28. A dance at Woodman hall with Bartleman orchestra draws a crowd.
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Arnold Stanton
Wm. Washington
Ruthven
Robert Eisenbast
Emmetsburg
Elizabeth Weigman
Weat
Bend
Roy Bartleman
Wis
Wenger
Estherville
John Nelson
Clarence Molison
Satherville
Misa Lena Caspire
Wallingford
Floyd’ Smith
The
Nimes
Math, Hentgof
Times
Mikes Lena Caspire
John Pegump
Mills
Sioux Rapids
Con Skow
Gradlinger
T. Jacobson
Jewell
Martin Aylward
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Dan Fitzgerald
Clare
George Kent
Fitzgerald
Kent
John Galleger
Loretta Eaton
J. J. Sullivan
John Galleger and Sons
Fimmersburg
Barney Eisenbast
Wimmersburg
Democrat
Germany
Eisenbast
Graettinger
Joan Swift
Th. Lindsey
M. 0. Grodland
Fred Wolfe
B. A. Baumgartner
Fa Arnette
Louis Christopher
BE. E. Green
Lars Solheim
E. L. C. White
Spencer
Rlivrind
Ertheranth
Brother Anderson
Ringsted Dispatch
United States Navy
Geo. E. Ketterer
Des Moines
Iowa
Mirthast
Nelson
Twelve Mile Lake Township
Red Cross
Floyd Fleming
Kansas City
Floyd
Herman Larson
Philippines
States
Ralph Masters
Camp Dodge
Ralph
Ben F. Reeves
Mr. Reeves
Reeves
H. V. Dickey
Green-Solheim
W. B. Young
Hawkeye
Albert Thoresen
HW. F. Petersen
Parkersburg
Petersen
First National Jbank
Jacob Brekke
Julia
Rockford
Milneis
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Woodsman Hall
Ed Arnette
Wm. Laughlin
Cynthia Cameron
Barrato Center
Gladys Johnson
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Peter Miller
Nicollett
Minnesota
the Times
Woodman Association
TE. S. George
I. Notile
John Wikert
E. Green
Treasue
JF. C. Weigman
LM. GO. Grodland Sind
Thomas Jefferson Morgan
Lake Township
Clay County
Lake Center
Lost Island Center School
New Windsor Hotel
Schurmann
Prop
Woodman Hall
Bartleman Orchestra
Shadle
Victory
Geo. W. Shadle
Estherville, Iowa
Childrens
Coats
James McClean
M. O. Grodland
John O. Jevtson
Bottold Dybevik
Graettimzer
England
Highteen
Julia Brekke
Ilinois
Adolph Thompson
Eagle Grove
Parent-Teachers Association
Fred Spies
Preston Fehnestock
Fort Dodge
Fred Masters
Wm. Donaghy
Lowa
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