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!
Gasoline 16c at Finkes Drug Store and Local Oddities
Ray DeSart spends the week at home as a coal stove fire warms a room. A two-bodied pig with eight legs and two tails on display at Guttenberg State Bank in a jar of alcohol. Des Moines school superintendent bans flowers at graduations, urging parents to keep children in school and avoid blaming teachers.
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Finkes
Ray DeSart
Guttenberg State Bank
Des’ Moines
City Drug Store
Albert Spenelly
Cedar Rapids
Carl Gipper
Olson
Citizens’ State Bank
Grace Tomking
Delwe
Ira Toynkins
Sie
Bra Schori
Postville
Ida
Schori
Melbert Kohler
Delbert Bakewan
West Union
Henry Fieden
Toyn
Tati
Emma
Alma Berger
Oslwe
Fou Saumi
Frank Gueunty
Berg & Co
Crormne
Albert Sohori
Our City
Rothlisberger
Clarence Burnham
Minniple
Ames
Ifn
Abi
Mer
Barnbiin
Thistither YW
Burnham
Mawne Sheehan
Daniel Burke
Clermont
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Father Aehir
Burke Bros
U. B
Fred Vesey
Elzin
Myrtle Boyer
Brainard
Ackley
Vesey
Elgin
Fayette County
Argo