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 Items of Interest Hamiota and District News
Local notes report farm work and wheat and oats yields on Jas Meshee’s farm. The railway train will stop at Alfretta Siding for passengers on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Beneficiaries in Lavinia sent $1000 to the Red Cross. Miss Sproat buys a Ford. A Decker festival supports the Patriotic Fund. A patriotic concert and Red Cross drives draw crowds. Sidney Hern, enlisting with Army Service Corps, left for the east after farming at Togo. Newell’s Moving Pictures returns to McConnell Hall with per formances planned weekly. Mothers Day and Children’s Day services at Zion Church unite Sunday School and church services. Union Patriotic Society of Decker and Orrwold raises support for Belgian relief and front-line troops. sock knitting continues monthly. Total collection noted as $15.45 with a lunch served.