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!
The Contestants and Prizes in the STANDARD Drive
The STANDARD announces an eight prize contest open to workers with a closing date of January 9 1908 at 4 pm. Names from Sisseton Alma Brantsey Eddy Ortley Effington Pickerel Lake Diamond Peever and towns list hopefuls like Alice Kennedy Hazel Bennett Olga Helgema Clara Sjolberg Nora Barry Mable Morrill Lena Larson Josephine Glenzinger Julia Rondell Carrie Wilson Ethel Blomhall among others. The Noble Theater Co opened a three night engagement at the opera house with a matinee tomorrow. Prizes include Ellington piano Portland Cutter sewing machine watch lamp and other items from local merchants. An annual meeting of Roberts County teachers and school officers is set for December 16 1907 at the Opera House with remarks by State Superintendent H A Astrud and a talk on the country school and its surroundings.