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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: !! Ruthven Free Press; Palo Alto Co, IA; Dec 9, 1925
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:56:13 -0600


Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
December 9, 1925

LOCAL NEWS

- Charles Whitford is on the sick list and unable to be about for a few
days.
- Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding left this week for Chicago where they will make
their home for the winter.
- Mrs. Hasting of Ayrshire is visiting at the house of her daughter, Mrs.
Hanley Meek.
- Mrs. C.H. Richart left Tuesday morning for Des Moines for a visit with her
mother.
- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Anderson are the proud parents of a baby girl born
Wednesday, December 2.
- Mrs. Ed Myers is nursing at the home of Lawrence Anderson.
- Lester Bicklehaupt, Walter Hiltonburg, Walter Williamson, left Monday
morning for Coon Rapids to attend the funeral of Harley Ridgeway.
- Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Logan
and family autoed to Storm Lake last Sunday to attend the funeral of Clint
Stanton. Mr. Stanton passed away Friday after a long illness.
- Mr. and Mrs. M.T. Washington entertained at a three course dinner last
Thursday in honor of Mrs. L.J. Belshaw of Chicago, who is visiting here with
relatives. Those present were: Messrs. James and Cornelius Nolan, Miss
Loretta Nolan, Mrs. Anna Nolan, Bernard Nolan, and Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Goff
and daughter, Mary.
- The Ladies Aid of the Sacred Heart church will meet Thursday afternoon at
Miss Mary Donlon's residence. Important business will be brought up and all
the members are urged to attend.
- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brennan went to Fort Dodge Thursday to consult a
specialist in regard to an abcess on Mr. Brennan's ear. Mr. Brennan has been
laid up the past two weeks and has suffered considerable.
- Miss Hazel Broadie of Grand Island arrived home Friday for a visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Broadie. Miss Broadie teaches school at Grand
Island.
- Henry Culver of Dickens bought a new Ford touring car of the Ruthven Ford
dealer.
- Theodore Paton of Graettinger has purchased a new Ford touring car of E.L.
Archer of Ruthven.
- A.W. Burley was called to Harris, Iowa last Tuesday on account of the
serious illness of his father.
- Mrs. George W. McMahon of Gowrie visited at the home of her brother, A.L.
Bragg in Ruthven over the weekend.
- Walter Emerson of Nevada, Iowa, is spending a few days with his
grandmother, Mrs. Jane Hallowell. He is also visiting several uncles.
- Rev. and Mrs. Halsey E. Dewey of Calcutta, India, have a baby daughter,
who was born on December 3rd. The news came by cable last Friday.
- Ole Watt and family returned Monday evening from northern Minnesota where
they visited a week with Mr. Watt's parents. This is their first visit home
after fifteen years.
- L.E. Anderson received word last Monday that his sister was seriously
injured in an automobile accident in Omaha. Her spine was broken in two
places and she suffered other injuries. She will recover.
- Mrs. A.T. Gilbertson left Friday of last week for St. James, Minn. Her
mother, Mrs. John Warling, having had the misfortune of falling down a
flight of stairs and was quite severely injured. Mrs. Gilbertson returned
home last Wednesday and reports her mother greatly improved.



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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