This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Numerous local notices and personal visits in town life
The column records visits from Mrs. Louisa Bucher and Miss Hattie Phillips, social gatherings hosted by Mrs. H T Knudtson and Mrs. Harn Holzer, and neighborhood updates. It notes corn and buckwheat pricing at White Wheat Flour, a mild illness for Lawrence Brause, and trips to Castalia for overnight stays. It mentions a Waterloo College of Commerce enrollment offer, John Christ’s letter from Ernest White in Deming NM, Dr. Neuzil’s clinic, a masquerade at Elgin, springlike days, and rapid shoe repairs for Perry Medberry. It closes with Don Strauch’s Bevier Camp and a hog shipment to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Bucher
Lou Lehman
Hattie Phillips
Arlinton
J. L Phillips
Ada
H. T. Knudtson
Lawrence Brause
al Schorl
Gerald
Castalia
George Neuenswander
George Lehman
College of Commerce
Waterloo
Iowa
Sea
John Christ
Ernest White
Battery D
Deming
New Mexico
Ern
Aix
Cassion
Dr. Neuzil
Postville Hospital
Elgin Opera House
Severn
Fred Schori
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Perry Medberry
Fred
Don Strauch
Tiesay
Fle
Camp Bevier
South Carolina
Jefferson Barracks
Camp Sevier