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Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
November 11, 1925

LOCAL NEWS

- Miss Helen McQuire of Mason City is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.T. McQuire.
- Mr. Ed. Elye and Mr. and Mrs. ?. Sampson of Emmetsburg attended the funeral of Mrs. Olson last Wednesday.
- John Sandvig is building a new tenant house on his farm north-west of town.
- Miss Beth Eldrid left Friday for Des Moines where she will visit her mother for a few days.
- Mrs. Will Bailey has returned to her home at Terril after spending ten days with relatives in Ruthven.
- Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lee of Emmetsburg drove over Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. B.B. Olson.
- Mr. and Mrs. Kurfferman are visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs. John Moan.
-Mr. and Mrs. George Roland visited last Sunday at the home of their son, G.G. Roland, near Mallard.
- Mrs. Henry Snyder of Dickens arrived Friday for a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mable Burke.
- Mr. and Mrs. Bert Snyder of Spencer visited Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mable Burke.
- A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lars Holmberg on Monday, November 9th.
- Mrs. Nels Nelson and daughters drove to Spencer to visit Mrs. Nelson's sister, Mrs. Ray Frad.
- Howard Culver and John Flack of Dickens visited Howard's cousin, Miss Leone Anderson last Sunday.
- Archie Brott of Estherville visited here at the home of his brother, Dale Brott, last Wednesday.
- Fred Grange and Otto Olson have purchased Atwater-Kent radios of W. O. Miller.
- E.J. Brown has been confined to his home with an infection in his leg resulting from barb wire scratch.
- Dave Bates of Guthrie Center arrived Saturday evening for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Walter Henderson.
- Miss Gladys French of Emmetsburg visited Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. French of this city.
- Mr. Arthur Johnson of Dickens was here last Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. B.B. Olson.
- We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Ben Shade, who has been ill for a few days, was taken to the Coleman hospital on Tuesday.
- Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Davikners left last week for Goldfield, Iowa, where they will make their future home.
- Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Doerr left Tuesday for a visit with their son, William Doerr, who is a druggist at Charter Oak, Iowa.
- Miss Margaret Logan returned from Waverly Friday evening where she attended the wedding of her brother, Hugh Logan.
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Bert T?in of Estherfville arrived Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. B.B. Olson.
- Will Geelan and sister, Miss Rose Geelan, were visiting at the home of their brother, Henry, in Whittemore on Tuesday.
- Martin Sampson and children arrived Wednesday from North Dakota to be present at the funeral of Mrs. B.B. Olson.
- Elmer Zenor and family of Terril attended the funeral of Mrs. B.B. Olson here last Wednesday at the Lutheran church.
- Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Eaton drove to Rodman Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Eaton's uncle, Mr. Bernard, who passed away Sunday evening.
- Mrs. W.O. Hampton and two sons of Murdo, S.D., arrived Saturday for a visit with Mrs. Hampton's sister, Mrs. Ole Olson.
- Mr. and Mrs. Masters left Sunday for West Union for a visit with Mrs. Masters' mother. Mr. Masters will go to Dexter, Iowa, where he has bought another shop.
- Andrew Johnson of Terril was in Ruthven last Wednesday to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. B.B. Olson.
- Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Fassett and daughter, Esther, of Spencer arrived in Ruthven Friday. They will make their home in Ruthven during the winter with Mrs. Rhinehart.
- Mr. and Mrs. Rouse entertained a number of relatives at dinner last Sunday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zielstra and family of Lake Center, Mr. and Mrs. George Rouse and family of near Terril, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brumburger and son of Curlew, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Eaton and family. The occasion being the 74 birthday of Mr. W.W. Rouse. All enjoyed a very pleasant time.
- There will be a basket social and dance given at the Highland No. 5 school house on Wednesday, November 18th. Ladies are requested to bring well filled baskets and the men well filled pocket  books. A good time is assured. Miss Mary Ruddy, teacher.

Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
November 18, 1925

LOCAL NEWS

- Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Neil autoed to Estherville last Sunday to visit his mother, Mrs. O.E. Platter and family.
- A.W. Burley, who recently purchased the Masters meat market, moved his household goods here from Cylinder last week.
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ritchart and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Myers were callers at the Elmer Myers home last Saturday evening where they enjoyed a radio program.
- Helen Schoonmaker, who has been quite ill with pneumonia is improving nicely this week.
- Joe Grady and family spent the weekend with Mrs. Grady's sister, Mrs. Mable Burke.
- Mrs. P.B. Townsend of Dickens is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.L. Bragg this week.
- Harry Rasmusson autoed to Arnolds Park last Saturday evening where he played with a Spencer orchestra.
- Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Clasing are the parents of a fine baby boy born last Saturday, November 14th.
- Miss Theovina Osterhus returned Friday from Sioux Falls where she had her tonsils removed.
- Miss Ida Helgen of Mason City spent a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. O.O. Helgen last week.
- Clyde Aldrich left Saturday for Des Moines to see his two daughters who are both ill with appendicitis.
- Mrs. Isabella Baxter of Ayrshire died on Tuesday of last week at the age of 76 years.
- Ross Hancock has a badly sprained arm caused from cranking his car last Saturday.
- Ernest Johndahl went to Des Moines last Friday to bring back a new Ford roadster.
- Mr. and Mrs. Art King entertained the Bridge Club at their home Thursday evening. Mr. Bower won high score.
- Mrs. Glen Brown of Emmetsburg is here caring for her mother, Mrs. T. Needham, who is ill.
- Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Myers visited Thursday evening with relatives at Sheldon.
- A.C. Christianson autoed to Emmetsburg Saturday and visited his daughter, Mrs. Percy Warnke.
- W.V. Masters, who recently sold his meat market at this place, is now located at Dexter, where he recently purchased a meat market at that place.
- Among the new Ford owners the past week are: Fred Mortenson, Mr. Bartelson of Milford, John Flack of Dickens and Francis Jackman.
- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hughes left Wednesday morning for Des Moines where they will consult a specialist in regards to Mr. Hughes' health.
- A civet cat, a near relative to the skunk, entered a store at Ayrshire one night last week and for a while had possession of things. It wasn't what the intruder took, but what he left that caused a commotion.
- Mr. and Mrs. Bert Loomis of White Earth, North Dakota, visited here a few days with her brother, G.H. Meek. They came here to attend the funeral of Mr. Loomis' mother at Ayrshire.
- C.G. Wigdahl attended the Radio convention at Des Moines Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Mrs. Wigdahl and daughter, Lois Ann, visited at Spencer with her parents, Mr .and Mrs Olaf Hofstad during his absence.

Submitted by: C.J.L. Dec, 2005