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!
January thaw cools cold spell and county notes
A long column of brief items from Randalia to Clermont reports on local ailments, social events, business changes, lectures proposed, and public notices. Included are Mrs. Englebretson's illness, band concert chatter, store help, lodge activities, a January thaw, a big Elgin Opera House dance, county supervisors meeting cadence, O'Iwein electric sign publicity, naval vs matrimonial quip, Harl Jaquette as clerk, tax payment reminders, ice and coal trades, Fayette senior recital, Fayette County tax totals, Ole Anderson joining the 3-1 circuit, Elgin Opera House officers, Clermont obituary for Jim Sheehan, and community reminiscences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Opera House
County Board of Supervisors
O'iwein
H. G. Blunt, Co. Treas
F. R. Berg
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Florence
Fayette County
Des Moines
Ole Anderson
West Union
Ole
Elgin Opera House Company
C. J. Harrington
H. 8. Hadsel
Max Thoma
Gus A. Stoehr
Hadsel
Leslie Lehman
Alf Holzer
Clermont
Jim Sheehan
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Sheeha
Postville
Dan Burke
John Sheehan