Our Wash Materials and Shoes Offer Wide Stock
An advertisement lists a large assortment of fabrics by yard including race stripes in colors black grey tan and blue at 35 cents. It promotes batiste lawns muslin and linens with varied prices and mentions embroidery laces appliques and new pattern book stock. Footwear options include Oxfords sandals and slippers with price ranges and a Bargain Shoe table for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batiste
Avonia Batiste
Hamberg
Royal Colonials
Weat Market Promises Fresh Packing Horse Corn Fed Beef
Local supplier advertises meat delivery across town. Market touts corn fed beef and packed meat ready for delivery to any part of town.
Groceries and Bars List with Various Household Staples
A catalog-style list shows groceries and bar items including White Russian Soap and Didmond C soap, Ark soap, Lye, Saner Kraut, canned pumpkin and tomatoes, hominy, coffee, rice, prunes, and miscellaneous units with prices noted in pounds and cents. The entry reads like a shop inventory or advertisement.
Commencement and Civic Oration at Scandia
Friday May 15th marked Scandia's commencement with an ideal evening in the old hall transformed into abower of beauty. A crowded program featured the infant chorus, an array of solos, a Gustavus Adolphus tribute, diplomas presented by J. H. Sandell, and speeches on Our Country and civic evolution amid historical reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
America
Meyer
Italia
Mesdames A. L. Whitney
Morey
H. Ss
Cooper
Misses Nellie
Nelson
Bertha Banks
Lulu Swan
Emma’ Sandell
Bertha Wilson
Zora Cooper
Mary Almquist
Edith Maxell
Iva
Sarah Nelson
H. P. Cooter
Ring
Harvey ‘Sandell
Christian
Adolph
Emil Nelson
Robert Nyland
Luther Carlson
Chas, Anderson
Thorp
Ekblad
Brook
Parlee Plotner
Laura Hopper
John Fraser
H. S. Coolper
J. L. ‘Dayhoff
J.-H.” Sandell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whitney’s Department Store
Gustavus Adolphus
Europe
Papacy
Tetzél
Germany
Catherine
France
Henry VIII
England
Knights of the Pen
Calvin
Switzerland
Huss
Bohemia
Latimer
Luther
Holy Roman League
Tocsin
Sweden
Languges
Denmark
Ferdinand
Christian VI
Gustavus
Adolophis
North
Ger
Leipsic
Tilly
Gideon
Cutzen
Count Wallenstein
Ridderhollm
Stockholm
Nott
Alexander
Saint Louis
Pericles
Caesar
Parlee Platner
Our Republic
Washington
Moses
Mount ‘Sinai
Columbia
Himalaya
Egypt
Assyria
China
Persia
Greece
Rome
India
Times Library
Alfred
John
Wheeler’s
Fairbury Laundry
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!