Early Files
100 years ago
March 8, 1922
The high school basketball team closed the season in a rush by winning two games. The Friday previous they beat Manly by the one-sided score of 28 to 12. On Tuesday evening Clear Lake was beaten on the local floor 18 to 14 with Lande out of the lineup. Wednesday evening...
100 years ago
March 1, 1922
The Auxiliary tea will be held at the club rooms with Mesdames Orlandus Vold, R.G. Mellem, J.O.E. Johnson and T.S. Hanson as hostesses. Come early and bring your fancy work.
Ed E. Swensrud, northeast of town, returned the latter part of last week from a pleasure trip,...
100 years ago
February 22, 1922
The fifth grade of the local schools, Miss Kjerland’s room, gave an entertainment, which was in the form of a George Washington program. A number of mothers of the pupils attended the entertainment and highly praised the program, which reflected much credit upon...
100 years ago
February 15, 1922
Last Sunday was Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tau’s 50th wedding anniversary and a large number of their relatives and friends gathered at their home in this city to assist in the golden wedding celebration. Rev. Carl Landdeck, Grafton, pastor of the Northwood Zion church,...
100 years ago
February 8, 1922
The Cedar Valley Seminary at Osage will be closed. When it finishes its present year, early next June, its doors will close. News of the closing of the seminary will be heard with regret by many Northwood and Worth County people who were students there in past years...
100 years ago
February 1, 1922
Did you see the sled automobile that Helmer and William Olson and some of their young men friends have recently been operating on Northwood streets? The boys call it a monoplane; although technically it would be deserving of the name but it is a clever vehicle. An...
100 years ago
January 25, 1922
At the annual meeting of the Northwood fire company the year’s work was reviewed and the following officers chosen for 1922: Henry Perry, chief; James McQuarrie, first assistant; A.C.S. Rue, second assistant; E.J. Johnson, secretary; and T.O. Groe, treasurer.
John...
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...