Early Files
100 years ago
July 11, 1923
W.H. Pixley, living north of town, was quite seriously injured when he fell 14 feet from a plank running across the top of the haymow to the hard road below. Mr. Pixley struck on his feet, splitting the large bone in his right leg and driving the bones of his foot up...
100 years ago
July 6, 1923
Comrade M.S. Perkins was 77 years of age last Friday and his children who reside in this vicinity, aided by their mother, fixed up a surprise party. The planning of the surprise was largely owing to the activities of a daughter from North Dakota, who was here for the...
100 years ago
June 27, 1923
The first county Farm Bureau meeting for Grove Township was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Swensrud, northeast of town, and was a great success. The grounds were illuminated by the Carey Electric Co. The Farm Bureau moving picture machine was there and instructive...
100 years ago
June 20, 1923
Miss Stella Swensrud, Mrs. Nettie Thomson, Miss Lola Thomson and Miss Eldora Vold are planning a two months’ trip through the west leaving the last of this month. They will stop off at several noted places, including Denver, Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs and will...
100 years ago
June 13, 1923
Many of the older residents of Worth County who remember Hans Langseth when he lived at Kensett will be interested in the following: Fargo, North Dakota, June 9 — from far and wide people came to attend the wedding of Hans Langseth and Martha Hagen, and to see the 17-...
100 years ago
June 6, 1923
For the first time in years the annual meeting of the Farmer’s Elevator, held in the Worth County Courthouse at Northwood, was attended by a majority of stockholders. The following officers and directors were elected for the coming year: H.H. Douglass, president; E.E....
100 years ago
May 30, 1923
The first rural declamatory contest of the Worth County Farm Bureau was held at the Northwood Theatre on May 25. People from every corner of the county began to gather long before the hour and the theatre was filled to capacity. There were 12 contestants. The judges’...
100 years ago
May 23, 1923
The city council, acting with the Northwood Commercial Club, is putting through some improvements in Crescent Park and will be ready for the tourists. Two new toilets have been installed, new cooking equipment is contemplated and the city has purchased more land to the...
100 years ago
May 16, 1923
If someone were to ask me whom I considered the best farmer in Worth County, among many excellent farmers whom I found in my travels over the county it would be difficult for me to say, but there is one sure thing, the name H.D. Backhaus, farming 220 acres two miles...
100 years ago
May 9, 1923
“Come Out of the Kitchen” comedy will be presented on May 22 and 23 by the Seniors. The cast of characters are as follows: Vivan Williams, Jennie Nelson, Lenore Lund, Florence Sanders, Louis Williams, Anton Lund, Lester Lande, Arthur Bergo and Arthur Halland.
Mr. George...