Gravel Pit Notes from the Jacobson Family Visit
Local notes record Sunday visits to Graettinger at H. Grech s home with Mr and Mrs A C Jacobson and son Marta. The Mahey and Amdahl children played with Schriner and Westfall siblings. A surprise party at Andrew Jensen s Saturday night drew about thirty attendees with outdoor games and lunch. Nora and Hazel Weir started school, others were absent or vacationing. The Gravel Pit School group toured the gravel pit and wrote compositions about the trip. Ida Thompson spent Sunday with relatives while L Fisher helped with hay. Ed Osher children stayed overnight at Jensen s.
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Goa‘ Merkith
Misa Grodland
Graettinger
Nelson
Irwin and Haringatore
Will Geinitz
Matherville
A. GC
Jensen
Andrew Jensen
Tey, Mitchell
Estherville
Leo Heath
K. K. Shattebo
D. Thompson
John Grant
Sherburn
Birney
Mr. Larson
Halver Larson
Odell Kasa
Lena Jensen
Burt Rokenbrodt
Norris Kasa
Julius Hanson
Kasa
Florence
Davenbaurgh
Rowley
Iowa
N. L. Nelson
Ethel Misener
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
Chris Andergon
Wallingford
Frank Sullivan
A. C. Spefting
J. WW. Morrite
Art Prick
Joe Haring
George Andergon
W. Kerr
A. Christopher
C, G. Chipman
Gus Kreis
Oscar Soeffing
Osher
F. C. Whitney
Dea Moines
A. C. Jacobson
Marta
H. Grech
Nora
Hazel Weir
Schriner Boys
Maggie Amdall
Westfall
Ida Thompson
Folka
L. Fisher
W. J. May
Ed Osher
A. C, Jensen
Bancroft Man Killed In Sunday Night Auto Crash
A Bancroft farmer J. H. B. Hughes, living northwest of town on the former M. P. Haggard place, was instantly killed when his car left the Ramsey road grade near Lansing brothers and overturned into Mud Creek. He was a widower with six children aged three to fifteen. Hughes had come from Illinois less than two years ago.
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Nnte
Bancroft
J. H B. Hughes
M. P. Haggard
Ramsey Road
Lansing Brothers
Mud Creek
Hughes
Illinois
Close Call Injures Local Man With Broken Neckless
A man was struck by a vehicle described as running gears and wheels passing over him. He sustained two broken collar bones and several fractured ribs. He reached home in a dazed state and cannot recall the incident. It will be some time before he returns to his normal self according to the reporter.
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Od Wong
Martin
Fort Dodge Wins Northwest Iowa Conference Venue
Fort Dodge was chosen as the next Northwest Iowa conference site after spirited invitations from Whitfield Church Sioux City and Fort Dodge Church. Rev Dy Clements of Chicago praised the conference for allocating sufficient funds to pay all retired ministers in full next year. Thirty years of service will earn annually 15 for each year of service. New ministers admitted on trial include I G Biwick W A Lavely Albert Vennick Id C Palmer and Thomas Coffman. Several members will be ordained deacons on Sunday: W N Bump J J Draper W L Patterson F L Kruwel Arthur Hopkinson J A Plummer J R Crombie J A Troke B Watson and R C McCoy.
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Forest City
Northwest Iowa
Whitfield Church
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Dy. Clements
Chicago
I. G. Biwick
W. A. Lavely
Albert Vennick
Id. C. Palmer
Thomas Coffman
W. N. Bump
J. J. Draper
W. L. Patterson
FL. Kruwel
Arthur Hopkinson
Plummer
J. R.crombie
J. A. Troke
B. Watson
R. C. McCoy
Woman Driver Sues Boy Over Auto Crash 1914
Mrs Chester d Eller sues Warren Tryon, 10, after a 1914 collision that left Eller seeking damages of 15000 plus her own petition for 16000 alleging nerve damage and inability to drive. She claims fear of traffic, impaired vision, and constant nervous strain from the accident.
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Chester d. Eller
Warren Tryon
Tryon
Fatal Crash Near Spirit Lake Kills Teen Driver
Lloyd Hurd of Spirit Lake was killed when the car he was driving overturned west of Spirit Lake while en route to bring his cousin Daisy Dewitt to town. The 17 year old Spirit Lake High student, nephew of I D Hurd, was found under the vehicle after the accident near the old Jamerson farm. Funeral services were held at the Kruge home and interment was at Lakeview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hurd
Henry Kruse
Spirit Lake
Grond
Daisy Dewitt
Jamerson
Leon Heminway
Spirit Lake High School
Kruge
Lakeview Cemetery
Milford
I D, Hurd
Wallingford
Emmetsburg Man Injured in Runaway Wagon
J. K. Martin of Emmetsburg sustained severe injuries Friday after a runaway wagon incident. He had loaded coal for thrashing, unloaded it, and attempted to move the running gear when the team bolted. He fell during the mishap and was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Martin
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Ole Knutson
Grueinger
Sam Roseland
Hannah
H. H. Sandvick
Randall
Grant Smith
Shefford
Emme Largon
Ruthven
Sandvick
Lost Island
Jack Rierson
Wisconsin
Lewis Thorsen
Sue Petersen
Bern
W. Paton
Hoping
Treadgold
Grain Aissgrey
Mable ‘Chovsun
Iw. L. Wire
Story City
Mars
Sheffield
Hannal Sandvik
Duhn
Vining
Minn
Hague
Jackson, Minn
Jackson
Alice Stevenson
Winton
Fred Iwgood
Miss Stevenson
Edwood
Motherville
Stevenson
W Wood
Graetinger
C. H. Elwood
Elwood
North Sixth Street
Democrat
Fred
Mahey
Amdahl
Emmetsburg
Methodist Church
M. O. Grodland
N. J. Merriman
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