Early Files
100 years ago
August 13, 1924
Several of the new street signs called for the ordinance passed by the city council last April, have been set up during the past week, giving Northwood much more of a city aspect. While the work is not near completed, every street and avenue in town has a sign on it...
100 years ago
August 6, 1924
It has been estimated that 1,500 people gathered in the Fertile park to attend the Harvest Picnic put on by that town, some placing the figures as high as 3,000 in attendance. The big drawing card of the day was a speech by Senator Smith W. Brookhart.
The first...
100 years ago
July 9, 1924
The glorious Fourth has come and gone again. Hundreds of sore fingers are in rags, and the flags have all been taken in. Some of the sports who took a chance on bootleg product are just now coming to life, and the feet of the members of the country bands who marched 10...
100 years ago
July 23, 1924
Lieut. Gov. John Hammill of Britt was nominated for governor on the first formal ballot at the Republican state convention in Des Moines. He passed the 892 votes required to nominate on the first, or informal ballot and reach a total of 966.6 votes, which the rules...
100 years ago
July 16, 1924
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Wagner, in southeast Northwood yesterday morning at 10 o’clock, the marriage of Scott H. Lilly of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Lettice Robertson of Northwood took place with Rev. Thomas P. Shaffer, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating...
100 years ago
July 2, 1924
Tourists are going through Northwood by the hundreds every week. Not very many comparatively speaking, have stopped here this summer. We have the beautiful park, the drinking water, cooking conveniences and convenience to supply stations, and with a little water to cover...
100 years ago
June 25, 1924
One of the most interesting and instructive features of the annual Farm Bureau picnic day was the luncheon given by the Worth County Farm Bureau women in honor of Grace Frysinger of Washington, D.C., who was one of the two visiting speakers on the outdoor afternoon...
100 years ago
June 11, 1924
The first free open air concert of the season by the Northwood Municipal Band will he held this evening in Central Park. The city council has contracted with the band for a series of concerts running through the months of June, July and August. However, next week, June...
100 years ago
June 18, 1924
A declamatory contest was held at the Baptist Church under the auspices of the W.C.T.U. Children from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades took part to a good sized crowd.
Mr. Jay Boltan is one of Northwood’s best young men and has made an enviable record in the...
100 years ago
May 28, 1924
Three motor car accidents in this immediate vicinity within the past week have caused thoughtful people to wonder what the automobile traffic will eventually bring us to. Fortunately, in but one of the three accidents mentioned was anyone injured very seriously, a broken...