Early Files
100 years ago
January 14, 1926
The ice harvest has been in full swing for over a week and is now about completed. Steady cold weather and not a great deal of snow has made possible the filling of the ice houses of both Mr. Krogness and Mr. Walker with a good quality of ice in a comparatively short...
100 years ago
January 7, 1926
“Worth County declared modified January 2. Signed, M.G. Thornburg,” was the telegram received from the state secretary of agriculture. This officially certified Worth as a Federal modified accredited area that has met the requirements of the bovine tuberculosis law...
100 years ago
December 31, 1925
The Des Moines Register and Tribune has carried a story commending Arnold Bidne, a Northwood boy, who has increased his newspaper sales since taking over a Northwood route. Despite Arnold’s time and attention devoted to business, he was able to make good grades....
100 years ago
December 24, 1925
Harold Jaspers and Clifford Cambell of Grove Township each won a five-dollar prize at the American Royal Livestock Show held at Kansas City. These prizes were two of several given by the American Horse Association for the best essays written by boys who were members...
100 years ago
December 17, 1925
Ferris Hurd, son of Dr. and Mrs. C.A. Hurd, a student at the Iowa University, was a member of the winning debate team in a debate with the U. of Illinois. The subject was: Resolved, that a re-alignment of the political forces in the U.S. is necessary. The Iowa boys...
100 years ago
December 10, 1925
A number of Northwood businessmen have signified their interest in organizing volleyball teams to meet at the high school gymnasium for friendly contests during the winter months. The first meeting at the gymnasium was held Tuesday evening, but owing to various...
100 years ago
December 3, 1925
The automobile license numbers for 1926 now being given out from a treasurer’s office have white figures on a maroon background. Carl Arendts of Kensett ha spoken for and now has the number one, the same number that he had on his Hudson sedan last year.
Kensett...
100 years ago
November 26, 1925
What two young men claimed was only a joke, appeared otherwise to the authorities and was a costly affair for the boys at a hearing in Mayor Sabin’s court. The newly married Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sime were visiting at the C.B. Harmon home in Silver Lake Township. Their...
100 years ago
November 19, 1925
August Luth, living northeast of Northwood, had the largest yield of corn on a field of any size that we have heard about this year. One 20-acre piece of yellow dent corn made a good strong 85 bushel average of sound corn.
Miss Truly Seuser and Elmer Sime were...
100 years ago
November 12, 1925
A Golden Wedding Anniversary is a rather unusual occurrence in a community, but to pass fifty years of married life together in the town in which they were married is even more rare. Such is the record of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Walker of Northwood. Mr. and Mrs....