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 from Mahaska and Leigh ton area events
A crowded Mahaska area column records births and hospital updates at Mahaska hospital including a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Smith and several patients discharged after surgeries. It notes community members visiting Ames to watch a game, Keota and Westchester football implications, and numerous moves and sendings to towns like Des Moines Oskaloosa Pella and Denver. It also mentions church speaking engagements in Leighton and personnel changes at local homes and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis Goemasat
Leighton
Mahaska Vital
Oskaloosa
Ember Ath
Raymond Smith
Moat Mahaska
Glen Nohart
Tommy Grundman
Ray Klootwyk
Ames
Iowa State
Darel Mensch
Keota
Iowa
Veda Mensch
Darel
Westchester
Wellman
Caren Louise
Lewis van Wyk
Mahaska Hospital
Henry Grootveld
Mahaska
Jame
Albert de Bruin
Willard Lungerak
Des Moines
Pella
Meyerngerak
Adam van Toorn
Edward van Toorn
Gene Stientjes
Camp Kilmer
New Jersey
Army Air Corps
Ben Vogelaar
Bernie Vogelaar
Moline
Don Senne
Central College