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!
Sanitarium visitors and summer guests list local figures
J Schwankowsky Detroit visits for medical treatment as Cedar Rapids and other families vacation at the Sanitarium. Miss Heath Chicago director of city music pauses for vacation. Chas Follows Chicago rests here. Need family Versailles Ky returns for third summer. Virginia Chrisman Mapleton Jr and Mary Sharp Shelbyville Indiana arrive for second season. Eugene Harbeck Chicago worsens. family and Dr J Wattles Battle Creek attend. Senator Pettyjohn invited to Mackinac Island meeting but delayed. health and rest theme dominates. Oldest patient R A Hill Oxford Miss at 50, a former US Justice, visiting with daughter and grandchildren. Local notes on Brown, Brooke, Hayes, Minnie Ejet, Vermeulen, Holmes, and M B King families. Ad for Wilmer Atkinson Co. Biggle Books highlighting cream hot milk method and farm literature excellence.