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!
Illyria Social Roundup and Local Visits
A dense Illyria items page lists numerous dinner guest visits from McKellar Chapman and Kerr families to Shaffer Medberry and Rothlisberger homes. It notes births, school vacations, farm bureau meetings in Wadena, and a large crowd at a church Ladies Aid supper. Several travels to Marquette and Des Moines are mentioned along with visits from Foxwell, Frieden, and Yearous families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Frieden
Ardis
Fred Schneider
Clara Baechler
West of Elgin
Jack Shaffer
Clara
Edith Holzer
Chas. Medberry
Reynold Strong
Farm Bureau
Wadena
Bert Swale
Lois
Chas. Swale
Fam
Will Kerr
Chas. Rothlisberger
Ben Frieden
Emil Moor
Cheery Valley
Melvin Gregerson
Fred Ensign
John Probert
Volga City
Walter Rothlisberger
Elgin Public Schools
Des Moines
Ed Schmid
Eliader
Carroll Klingman
S. H. Foxwell
John Rothlisberger
Leo
Schwarzenbach
Walter Rothlis
Ladies’ Aid Society
Sam Butikofer
Will