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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: !! Ruthven Free Press; Palo Alto Co, IA; May 28, 1930
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:09:15 -0500


Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
May 28, 1930

LOCAL NEWS
- Mrs. Ed Myers visited with relatives at Clare a few days last week.
- Rex Hubbard of Spirit Lake visited relatives in this city yesterday.
- Verna and Betty Carver had their tonsils removed at Spencer one day last
week.
- Miss Beulah Moore, who has been teaching in Colorado, arrived home the
first of the week.
- Verle Goff is carrying the mail on rural route No. 2 while his father is
taking his vacation.
- Mrs. E.J. Brown visited at the home of her brother, W.A. Spaulding, at
Spencer last Saturday.
- T.M. Hanna left yesterday morning for a visit with relatives at Eagle
Grove. He expects to return home today.
- Mrs. Walter Henderson entertained the Priscilla club at her home yesterday
afternoon. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess.
- Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Goff and Mr. Goff's mother, Mrs. D.A. Goff of Dickens,
left last Saturday for a visit with relatives at Charles City and at other
points in eastern Iowa.
- Gus Feldman was taken to the Spencer hospital where he underwent an
operation on Monday morning. He is reported to be getting along as well as
could be expected.
- James Ruthven bought a new Hudson standard eight sedan of the local
dealers, E.L. Archer & Son, this week.
- Miss Gladys Sandvig is here from Pennsylvania for a visit with her mother.
She is employed as a nurse in Pennsylvania.
- Mrs. Addie Harris was called to a home near Emmetsburg yesterday to care
for Mrs. Fise, who was taken quite ill the first of the week.
- Seth Smith, who was injured in a fall on the ice last winter, was able to
sit up for the first time this week. He has been confined to his bed for
about six months.
- Paul Christiansen and Miss Doris Christiansen of Ute, visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Torkelsen on Sunday of last week. Mrs. Torkelsen is
their sister.
- Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Stone entertained the following guests at their home
last Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Guy Prichard and son, Marvin, Mr. and Mrs. C.E.
O'Neil and family and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Capener and family.
- Rev. Poppenheimer preached at his church last Sunday evening for the first
time since last winter when he suffered an illness which affected his voice
temporarily. He hopes to soon be able to talk as well as ever.
- A very pleasant surprise party was given for Miss Leone Meek at her home
last Monday evening. Nine friends were present and a delicious lunch was
served by Mrs. Ella Meek, Mrs. D.C. Meek and Miss Anna Marie Nelson.
- The members of the Woman's club held their annual picnic at the state park
last Friday afternoon, and the following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, Mrs. P.G. Bowers; vice president, Mrs. Arthur
Simonson; secretary, Mrs. J.H. Berg. There were about thirty in attendance
and a picnic supper was served at 6:30 that evening.
- The Friendly Indians and their leader Rev. Poppenheimer, went on a hike
yesterday afternoon. The boys studied wild flowers and enjoyed a picnic
lunch.
- The King Motor Co, the local Ford dealers, report the sales of the
following new Ford cars this week: Ted Patton of Graettinger, a coach;
Theodore Olson of Graettinger, a couple; Silas King of Dickens, a sedan;
Marion Smith, a coach.
- A family reunion and picnic was held at the Lost Island state park last
Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Gus Feldman and sons, Henry, Fred,
Lawrence, Mrs. and Mrs. Earl Feldman and son Joe, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Feldman, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell French and son, Dondee, of Algona, Mr. and
Mrs. L.A. Trow, W.P. Clark and family and Mrs. F.B. Boyd and son, Frankie.
- LeRoy Hughes won first place last week in an algebra contest, which
included the Algona and Sheridan districts. The contest was held on
Wednesday afternoon of last week. He will go to Iowa City next Monday to
take part in the state contest. James Brown, who won second place in the
same subject, and Francis Rusk of Dickens, who won first place in the
geometry contest, will also go to Iowa City.

POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
For County Supervisor
I wish to announce that I am a candidate for nomination as supervisor of
District No. 5 of Palo Alto county, subject to the decision of the
republican voters at the June primary.
Fred E. Smith.

For County Supervisor
At the solicitation of friends, I hereby announce my candidacy for
county supervisor from the 5th district of Palo Alto county, subject to the
decision of the republican voters at the June primaries.
Omro Cottington.

For State Representative
I hereby announce my candidacy for State Representative from Palo Alto
county on the Republican ticket at the June primary.
Dwight G. McCarty.

For County Supervisor
I hereby announce that I am a candidate for nomination as supervisor of
District No. 5 of Palo Alto county, subject to the decision of the
republican voters at the June primary.
John Rehm

ELK LAKE
- Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wichman and daughter of Pender, Nebraska, were Friday
evening guests at the Carl and Alfred Wichman homes.
- Neighbors from this vicinity surprised Mrs. H. Wichman at her home at
Spencer last Sunday. The occasion was her birthday. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Wichman and their daughter of Pender, Nebr., Mr. and Mrs. John
Kohlwes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kohlwes and family of Whittemore, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Kohwles and family of Terril, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clasing,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Parker and son, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clasing and family,
Mrs. Laura Hume, Mr. and Mrs. Williamson and family, Mr .and Mrs. Carl
Wichman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wichman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Schade and family, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Miller, Mr. and Mrs. E. Parker, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Stephan and Mrs. Elmer O. Mohr and Dean Orland.
- Mrs. Laura Hume who has been visiting with her son Glenn, at Des Moines,
returned to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Clasing.
- Mrs. Harold Prather and son, Mrs. Lyle Smith and daughter and Mrs. H.
Eckley spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Swen Johnson, in
Des Moines.
- Misses Rosanna and Genevieve O'Connor have left for a visit with their
aunt near Pocahontas and will leave there for the home of their parents in
Montana.

WEST LOST ISLAND
- Thirty-six relatives met at the G.M. Prichard home to help Mr. and Mrs.
Prichard celebrate their birthdays. A basket dinner was served at 1 o'clock.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Stone and family, Mr. and Mrs. W.E.
Capener, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Johnson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Capener
and family, Miss Amelia Hansen, Jesse Capener, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Capener and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Prichard and son, Marvin, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Courtright and Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Neil and family.

LIST OF SOLDIERS BURIED HERE
The following is a list of the soldiers of the Civil war and the World
war who are buried in local cemeteries:

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS -
W.H. Barlow
James Currans
Mrs. Calkins
James Davey
Francis Fitzgerald
D.W. Fiscus
John Gregg
Benjamin Hendrickson
James Hallowell
George M. Hamilton
Frank Howe
J. Hovey
John Van Kirk
Jerry Kelley
W.S. Lackor
Joseph Latham
William McNeary
Nels McNett
Joseph Moore
James K. Oliver
Silas Ryder
T.B. Stokes
George Stoneman
George Teel
Willard Thayer
D.F. Thayer
Silas Wilcox
Mr. Webber
C.M. Whitford
John H. Prichard
John Cruikshank
James McCullah
James Spaulding
James R. Phoenix

CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
Gustave Bowles
Mr. Jacobson

WORLD WAR SOLDIERs
Fred Dodge
James Washington
Lee Washington
John J. Walsh
Elmer Wigdahl
Martin Larson.
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THE LARGEST CREAM CHECKS.
The following received cream checks of $100 or over for the month of
April:
Allen & Martin...$278.00
Geo. E. Bigger...239.17
Merle McGranahan...230.82
Olaf Nelson...239.90
John Sandvig...170.11
Roland Bros...162.75
Jake Zielstra...156.38
Cleslie & Erickson...156.38
John Olson...148.78
Gust Thim...141.56
Louis Nelson...140.44
Lester Sampson...131.14
Forrest Johnson...131.32
W.F. Currans...129.79
Nelson & Kjellberg...129.17
Axel Anderson...125.73
Hanson & Nelson...121.76
Orrie Olson...112.92
John Rosacker...109.45
H.H. Tripp...106.83
Leland Torkelsen...101.51
Oscar C. Neilson...101.26

CHAS. BRADY MARRIED TODAY TO JENNIE GLENN
Charles Brady of this city and Jennie Glenn of Toronto, Canada, were
quietly married at the Methodist parsonage in this city this Wednesday
afternoon at 1:30 by Rev. Poppenheimer.
Mr. and Mrs. Brady will make their house in the south part of town, and
they have a host of friends and acquaintances who wish them happiness.
The bride has visited in this vicinity on several occasions, and her
niece has appeared here in Chautauqua.

LISETOR-WESTCOTT WEDDING
Miss Georgianna Lisetor of Centerville, Iowa, who taught in the Ruthven
school during the last year, was united in marriage to Clifford E. Westcott
of Hale, Missouri. The wedding took place at the home of Rev. and Mrs. R.L.
Jones of Alton on Saturday, May 24th. They were attended by Miss Edna May
Jones and Frankling Hastings.
A three-course dinner was served after the ceremony. The color scheme
was blue and white.
The bride wore a powder-blue chiffon gown and the bridesmaid gown was a
duskee rose chiffon.
Mr. and Mrs. Westcott left on a wedding trip to South Dakota. They will
live near Hale, Mo.
Virgil Monsell of this city, was one of the out-of-town guests.

MRS. HANNA IN NEW YORK CITY
The gold star mothers, among whom is Mrs. T.M. Hanna of this city,
arrived in New York on Monday of last week and were located in the very
luxurious quarters of the Roosevelt hotel, says a special communication to
the Free Press. A sight seeing trip was planned for Tuesday afternoon, May
29th, and Herbert Soman's orchestra gave special concert for the gold star
mothers in the Palm room on Tuesday evening.

MRS. HANNA SAILS FOR FRANCE
Mrs. T.M. Hanna writes that she left the Roosevelt hotel in New York on
Wednesday morning of last week at 8 o'clock for Hoboken, New Jersey, where
she boarded the steamship George Washington, which will take the gold star
mothers to France to visit the graves of their sons.
Mrs. Hanna has a very fine room in about the middle of the big
steamship. It has running water, a wardrobe, a writing desk, and all modern
conveniences. She thought that the boat would leave Hoboken about Wednesday
noon.
Her niece, Mrs. Chas. F. Henry remained with her during her stay in New
York city.


Cathy Joynt Labath
Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project
http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm
Iowa Old Press
http://www.IowaOldPress.com/


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