Early Files
100 years ago
January 18, 1922
The ladies of the Civic Improvement Club of Grafton met with Mrs. Henry Biederman, through the courtesy of Mr. Will Schauer, enjoyed the rare treat of a sleigh ride party. This being the first annual meeting, an election of officers took place with the following...
100 years ago
January 11, 1922
At the organization of the Worth County Mail Carriers’ Association, Leon H. Wiley, Northwood, was chosen president for 1922. All carriers, but two, were present.
Owing to the fact that the Walker Mill machinery ran about four feet of water out of the pond above the...
100 years ago
January 4, 1922
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gabriel were hosts to a party of eight college students in honor of their son, Irving, who is at home for the holiday vacation from Ames College. The guests were members of the 1920 basketball team and their coach Mr. Walston. Six o’clock dinner was...
100 years ago
December 28, 1921
Northwood was a busy place last Thursday evening when one of the largest night crowds ever in the city was here to attend the free entertainments offered by the Index in connection with the closing day of the contest that had been running for seven weeks by W.A....
100 years ago
December 21, 1921
Mr. and Mrs. John Lange very pleasantly entertained the following families at dinner on Sunday at their comfortable farm home north of town: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wolff, Mr. and Mrs. John Dralla, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ebert, Miss Martha Sandman and William Smith.
Believing...
100 years ago
December 14, 1921
At a meeting of the Hartland Creamery Co., held at Silver Lake on Saturday, business of the past year was reviewed and new officers elected as follows: N.J. Simmons, president; S.W. Perkins, vice president; T.S. Hanson, treasurer; E.E. Been, secretary; N.O. Dahlen,...
100 years ago
December 7, 1921
The first annual meeting of the Northwood Commercial Club was held at the Winifred Hotel last evening. Seventy-nine members were served and heard the address by Hon E.G. Dunn of Mason City.
Cashier A.S. Lund, of the First National Bank, will speak today to the...
100 years ago
November 23, 1921
A farmer hauled a double wagon box full of corn to market the other day, receiving the sum of $6 for the load. His wife rode beside him holding a basket containing 12 dozen eggs and she realized as much for the basket of eggs as her husband did for a whole load of...
100 years ago
November 30, 1921
The courthouse officials and assistants and a few “outsiders,” including Geo E. Whitcomb, Paul G. Thonn and Miss Eldora Vold, shared in Art Reyerson’s good fortune in drawing the turkey at the Legion dance.
Instant death is believed to have come to Henry Nelson...
100 years ago
November 16, 1921
Frank Stremlov had a big timber wolf in town, which attracted considerable attention, the animal having been killed in the woods west of town after being tracked by Stremlov from near Elk Creek.
Whiskers ought to go out of style in Northwood now and the demand for...