Early Files
100 years ago
August 20, 1924
A male quartet of C.H. Dwelle, L.T. Dillon, C.R. Heiny and Rev. Shaffer sang at the Eckert funeral.
County Attorney Paul G. Thonn and Miss Agness Sophie Torgerson were united in marriage by the bride’s father, Rev. A.J. Torgerson, at the bride’s home just west of...
Dear Savvy Senior,
How does Medicare cover cataract surgery? My eye doctor recently told me I’ve developed cataracts and should consider making plans for surgery in the next year or so.
Almost 67
Dear Almost,
Like gray hair and wrinkles, cataracts are an inevitable part of the aging process....
100 years ago
August 20, 1924
Rush T. Wagner, who lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner, in Northwood for a number of years and attended the local schools, will sail August 20 for the British province of Rhodesia in southeast Africa, where he will do agricultural mission work among...
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...