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!
Local notes mix trades and tales in Elgin and Wadena
A crowded page traces daily life from Kinney shop moves and ice harvests to o p en mail box petitions and meteor id evidence. It notes Dan Finke drug store work, De Witt pills, De Corah and Hood River connections, a brewing of local jokes on dating wagers, and community visits plus health ads and school news.
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DeWitt
Joe Lehman
Elgin
Davenport
North Dakota
Frank Seaver
John Falk
Kinney
Mr. Seaver
Willie Boyle
Wm. Boyle
Clermont
Iowa City
Ed, Boyle
Ridge
Turkey River
Montana
Delaware
Oregon
W. H. Finke
Draewell
German Baptist Church
West End
Irena Boyer
Sabula
Emma Woeihs
Leslie Cooley
Kennedy
Oregonian
Portland
Franklyn. Smith
Hood River
Pearl Carlisle
Smith
Chas. Fritz
Illyria
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