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 and notices from Elgin and surrounding towns
Community snippets cover visits in Cedar Rapids and Manchester, school movements in Aplington and Fayette, a ship of social events, a hunting ban on Fred Burrow Sloughs, hospital updates on Mrs Becker, a suit over a Curtis drag tied to a note, and a mix of rural anecdotes including a Kansas editor joke and M.W.A. picnic reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Fred Burrow
E. G. Stonur
R. W. Moser
Chas. Becker
Independence
Fred Jonas
Curtis, Stevenson & Morey
Jonas
Monilis
Pacific Coast
Waverly Independent
Ey ‘Agton
Walter’ Cranave
Wadeta
Boston Bloomers
der Ball
Linden
Elgin
Boardman Post
Elkader Register
Gunderson
Alma
Clermont
Gus
Minnesota