Obituary of Ralph E. B. Smith Pioneer Farmer of Ruthven
Ralph E. B. Smith, born September 1 1862 in Fredericksburg Iowa, died January 18 1930 at his Ruthven home after a bout with flu pneumonia. Survived by wife Margaret Philippa six sons Walter Lloyd Leslie Marion Haven, two daughters Maude and Florence, four siblings and seventeen grandchildren. Funeral held at Free Methodist Church Ruthven with Rev J W Whitefield preaching on Isaiah 27 12.
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Graettinger
Heer
Grévi
Ruthven Dend
Smith
Palo Alto County
Times
The
Free Press
Ralph EB. Smith
Fredricksburg
Iowa
Ruthven
Sansiay
Amazin
Martha Smith
Chickasaw County
Lost Island Township
Migs
Margaret H. Phillipa
Aix
Ssana
Capener School House
Dempster Cook
Sumner
Free Methodist Church
Walter R
Lloyd A
Leslie BP
Thia Yiernity
Marion W
Bartlett
North Dakota
Haven M
Wessington Springs
South Dakota
Maude Coleman
Florence M. Manon
Sath
James
Grant
Sarah. oHanson
Cora. Jondahl
Alice Kina
Spencer, Idwaj
Sophrona Hovey
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Mirvig
Free Methodiat
Peloels
J. W. Whiteald
Waterloo
Dds
Baing
Tsalah
Song
Walter
Floyd
Marton
Leslie
Harold
Au Haven
Iyial
Owas
Hill
Farmers Dairy Institute Held Here Tuesday
A Farmers Dairy Institute will be held in Groettinger on Tuesday February 11 under the auspices of the Farmers Supply Co. The program, from Hawkeye Theatre, runs from 12 to 4 o'clock. Further details will be announced next week.
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Groettinget
Ettengion
Tre
Jturther
Rodman and Ruthven Basketball Weeks Schedule
The paper lists Rodman hosting Friday and Ruthven visiting Thursday for basketball games on January 23 and 24 with later dates through January 28. It notes poor attendance, praises West Bend’s close win, and urges student support, highlighting tough competition and upcoming home games against Ruthven and Emmetaburg with games at 8 p.m.
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Stevenson
Rodman
Ayrshire
Emmetsburg
Ruthven
West Bend
Mallard
Terris
Swea City
Dolliver
Our Boys
Estherville
Dickens
Redman
Emmetaburg
Tom McCarty Praises Seattle as Great Western Shipping Point
Spokane native Tom McCarty, after a government forestry career, hails Seattle as a rising western shipping hub. He notes Seattle’s harbor, lumber industry, fishing canning output, and regional growth, predicting it may rival New York City in the West.
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Times
Tom McCarty
Spokane
Washington
Grasttinger
McCarty
West
Spokanei
Seattle
White
York City
Funeral Of Arctic Navigator Capt Allan Held In Long Beach
A Seattle clipping reports Capt Alexander Allan death in Long Beach California after an operation. An Arctic trader and Nome navigator, he owned several ships including the A B Carpeter, Zapora, and Duxbury, and once trained Nome’s basketball team. His widow Mrs Allan formerly Nan Mitchell, with Eleanor Mitchell attending the funeral.
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Alexander Allan
Long Beach
Calif
Seattle
Allan
Nan Mitchell
Mra
E. J. Mitchell
E. J. Mitchell. My
Mra. Mitchell
New Orleans
Misa Eleanor Mitchell
Grachtinger
Times
Mra. Allan
Nome
California
Captain Allen
A. B. Carpetter
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Zapora
Willis Navigation Company
Duxbury
Alaska
Donaldson
Seward Peninsula
Brofanason
Herschel
Chitina
Copper River & Northwestern
Herschel Island
Fort Yukon
Circle
Fairbanks
Cordova
Eleanor Mitchell
Mrs Gammon Booster for West Coast Weather
A reader praises Mrs Gammon for correcting weather exaggerations in Los Angeles based reports. The letter notes California’s diverse climates beyond LA and mentions Chicago’s cold wave and Midland radio weather chatter. The writer also references financial troubles affecting Chicago schools and cites California’s unusually positive rainfall.
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Mrs. Gammon
Times
Los Angeles
California
Towa
Chicago
Bat Neve
Thess Radion
World's champion milk cow Beauty born in Emmet County
Estherville News reports farmer Johnson of Wallingford owns Beauty the Shorthorn cow, milking 15.5 years with 5,657 milkings totaling about 87,297 quarts. Bought for $61 seventeen years ago from Sevatsen, she has never kicked and remains on Johnson's 80 acre farm near Mud Lake.
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Johnson
Wallingford
Beauty
Mr. Johnson
Martin Levatson
Sevatson
Heauty
Mud Lake
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T Long Beach
Gir Pasa
J. H. Gammon
South Pasadena
Emmet
Estherville News
Johnsons
Raven
Northrop King Seed
Bert Anderson
Aslam
T. B
John Deere
John
H. A. Blaenbast
Clery
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