Young farmer wins a bride at Lost Island church wedding
Edith Selman Bonstead and Albert L. Thorson wed at Teland Lutheran Church Lost Island township in a ceremony by Reverend Sande. Attendants Dora Bondhus Maple Thorson John and Gerald Thorson, with Norma Thorson playing the wedding march. Reception at the bride’s sister Mrs Theo Thorson’s home. The couple will farm the old Knut Johnson place as they begin married life.
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Lost Island Township
Edith Selman Bonstead
Albert L. Thorson
Sande
Julenda Thoreson
Bernice Nyborg
Dora Bondhus
Mable Thorson
John
Gerald Thorson
Norma Thorson
Theo. Thorson
C.C. Bonstead
Pequot
Minn
Lewis Thorson
Lost Island
Knut Johnson
Ig Foams
Fire at Milford restaurant wastes stock in blast
Firemen battled a blaze in Milford last Monday after a gasoline reading lamp exploded. The restaurant and its stock suffered extensive damage before crews could gain control. Local reports say the lamp was lit and burning oil over the room, causing the fire.
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Milford
Aly
Cement Tile Company Office Burned Down
Fire destroyed the Cement Tile Company office and contents on a Wednesday forenoon with no insurance. Manager Fred Spies was in the country. loss estimated around $300. The hose froze and could not be used. ledger destroyed, only partial note copies saved. Company plans a new cement office building.
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Cement
Fred Spies
Dairy Special dairy train visits city with cattle talks
The Dairy Special stopped in the city last Thursday afternoon aboard a baggage car with a Jersey heifer Guernsey cow Holstein cows and a Holstein bull plus seven passenger cars. Professor Van Pelt of Waterloo spoke on selecting a good dairy cow and demonstrations featured the cows. Speakers stressed ensilage alfalfa and clover as feeds and soil nitrogen sources. A male quartet performed including Everybody Milks in Iowa and drew interest despite smaller attendance due to Bryan sale. Dairy trains offer valuable farmer education and should be attended when possible.
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van Pelt
Waterloo
Iowa
Mr. Bryan
Catte
Silo Investment Proves Good For Merrill Rawson
In fall 1911 Merrill Rawson built a silo and since then tracked milk receipts. In January he milked nine cows for 15 days and eight cows for 15 days, producing a cream check of 99 dollars 61 cents. His family of five was supplied with milk and cream, and Rawson estimates the silo paid dividends, predicting more silos next year per the Whittemore Champion.
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Merrill Rawson
Rawson
Aging Scottish immigrant dies after long illness near Hoping
Mrs. William Nivison died Monday morning at eleven at her daughter’s home one mile east of Hoping after six months illness. Born April 20 1834 in Dumfriesshire Scotland she came to the United States in 1881 with her husband settling on a farm later near Hoping. Survived by husband and two children Thomas and Mrs George Lorimer. Funeral held at the house with burial in High Lake cemetery conducted by Reverend Johnson of Ringsted. She was a longtime Presbyterian active in the Hoping church and known for hospitality and charity. The Graettinger Times notes adding a simplex typesetting machine to its equipment.
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William Nivison
George Lorimer
Hoping
Mimmetsburg
Emmietsburg
High Lake
Johnson
Ringsted
Margaret Lorimer
Dumfrieshire
Nivison
Presbyterian Church
Scotland
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Teland
the Times
Thorson
Cenent Company
Ment
the Farmers’ Store
Graettinger
Times
Pho: Times
Northwest Town
Whittemore Champion
THE
First National Bank
M. 1. Brown
D. C. Tipp
C. S. George
Pittsburg
Gammon Lum Graettinger
Ber Yard
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