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!
Elgin and area news and notices mix in stray items
A garbled Elgin area page reports on local business signs a farm rental inquiry, a St Louis Olympic jump result, a moralizing ad for Dr King’s pills, a chicken origin joke to a country editor, clothing store pitches, and multiple town notes from Strawberry Point to Hawkeye packing plant plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koro
St. Louis
J. Barker
Cresco
L. Conczky
Budapest
Hungary
Fayette
Chicago
Beacon
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Packing and Provision Company
Waverly
Waterloo