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!
Advertising Car and Local Developments in Town
An automobile covered with Kimball organ and piano ads visits from Des Moines. A brewing company buys lots near De Cook livery barn to build a saloon. The ten day Russo-Japanese war toll reaches fifty thousand dead and maimed, higher than last year’s railroad deaths. Local residents H Rhynsburger and Miss Carey return from St Louis and Memphis after a pleasant trip. Mild fall weather continues with only a light freeze. Central college football is praised despite a roosters’ band, and students are urged to rehearse new yells. Miss Fannie Smith hosts a taffy party with college friends. The juvenile band presents Man or Master under Chas Burnham in eight weeks at the opera house. A memorial Alum ni Record edition, 54 pages, is issued by the Chronicle for the Baptist state convention in Marshalltown. The local election approaches with calm campaigning and an emphasis on prudent judgment over sensationalism.