Local people and visits span Iowa towns this week
W R Thompson visits from Emmetsburg to the Sprout home while farmers discuss tile hauling contracts and ringsted community holds Labor Day events. Granular notes cover family arrivals, missing relatives, field work, bank presidency, and travel to Des Moines and San Francisco amid county fairs and community gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Prichard
Thief River Falls
Minn
Herman TerVeen
F. H. Skewis
Tacoma
Washington
G. A. Skewis
Graettinger Monsday
Sam Gangsted
Halfa
San Francisco
Seattle
Wm. Myers
Algona
H. W. Jensen
Hawkeye
Graettinger
Mesdames Bossingham
Twnley and
Fredericksen
Carl Rasmussen
Martin Rinderknecht
Ernest Smith
Armstrong
Smith
Swea City
G. C. Rinderknecht
Echo Hill Farm
J. G. Jensen
Wallingford
Mr. Hanson
Wigdahl named Iowa delegate to Northwestern Road Congress
Rev L O Wigdahl was appointed as Iowa’s delegate to the Northwestern Road Congress to be held in Cedar Rapids from October 4 to 7. The Hartley baseball club defeated Ruthven in a poorly played game, marking Ruthven’s off day as they collapsed after the first inning. The MEF church Young Men’s Class opened their gym with basketball indoor baseball and volleyball, hosting many guests who later shared refreshments in the church dining room. Olaf Nelson’s running nurse won in Graettinger races Labor Day, and Miss Agnes Gaard returned from Milford Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Wigdahl
Iowa
Northwestern Road Congress
Cedar Rapids
Hartley
Ruthven
MEF
Olaf Nelson
Graettinger
Agnes Gaard
Milford
Ringsted and Whittemore clash in second meet Ringsted tops 6 to 4
Ringsted defeated the Whittemore team 6 to 4 on Ringsted diamond Sunday in a rematch from earlier in the season. Arthur Funk and Harry Davis pitched for Ringsted and Swea City respectively, with local spectators noting attendance and other regional happenings including a Ringsted school strike a local insanity case and several geographic moves and appointments in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringsted
Whittemore
Arthur Funk
Harry Davis
Swea City
E. 8
S. Aeling
Henry Legenhausen
Jackson
Minnesota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will
Glasse
Worth County
W. R. Thompson
Emmetsburg
E. J. Sprout
Mrs. Sprout
Albert Jacobson
Ringsted State Bank
O. N. Young
Jacobson
L. H. Larson
C. W. Hanson
Los Angeles
Calif
Minneapolis
Oregon
Montana
Hanson
Jack Gardner
E. C. Wahldeick
Graettiner
J.M. Jensen
Pnd
Jens Petersen
Bode
Milford Central
George Grow
Bayard
Wm. Powers
The
Lake Hotel
Adelphia
Powers
F. P. Caldwell
Lake Resort
J. A. Hunter
Margaret
Des Moines
Brattebo
Ft. Dodge
Edith Smith
A. D. Grow
From
Ruthven Free Press
Fenton
J. P. Christensen
Near Lone Rock
John Dempsey
Board of Commissioners
Gust Larson
Williams County
N. D
Genevie
Tither Newell
Highland Park College
Esther
Knoxville
Mary Hanson
Near Ringsted
F. Bailey & Company
Forest City
C. S. George
C. A. Selee
Mililinery
Chicago
New York
N. J. Merriman
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