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 mix with farming and business lore
Fragments recount community updates from area towns, including illnesses, travel, and family visits. Mentions Mrs. DeSart, Mrs. Bennett, and Ernie Schori, plus local business chatter on advertising, lumber trades, and plans for a federal building in Oelwein. Reports on German imports, market contrasts, and farm losses from moldy ensilage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Skarshoug
Ald Bazaar
Aupon
Billy
Robert
Rudolf
Berta
Wanamaker
Iowa
Mtly
Chicago
Story City Herald
Marie Falk
Blikader
Monomaki
Montie
Marti
Nichols
Suday
Sue
Belger
Belser
Randalie
Hoag
West Union
Ed Boleyn
Brabham and Kohls
France DeSart
George. P. Conner
Elgin
Roy Vought
Randalia
Ira Bennett
Earl Bennett
Wm. Grover
C. L. Klingman
Ern. Schori
Vernon
Ernestine
Schori
Frank Capper
Decorah
Charles Greenley
Frank Greenley
Othr
Oelwein
Chamber of Commerce
Qelwein
Germany
Rossman Bros
Bancroft
United State
Argentine
France
Belgian Btallion, Farceur
G. Good
Ogden
William Crownover
Cedar Palle Fairground
Farcour
Belgium
Hudson
Black Hawk County