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!
Forty Years Ago Highlights and Local Notices
Forty years ago Ernest Habicht visited St Joe to buy goods for Loock's store. P B Miller remodelled his residence adding a large south porch and a fresh white coat of paint. Remains of Moses Peffley were brought from Thompson for burial in Prairie Home Cemetery by his son Henry Peffley. The Farmer's Co-Operative Telephone Co of Rock Creek precinct filed articles with the Secretary of State. authorized capital stock $15 000. officers C W Rohrbaugh president J Ulmer vice president OR Sollenberger secretary Fred Starr Jeff here. A report notes a B&Q visit through the state and an accident where hopper scales in the Diller Farmers Grain Co fell with 400 bushels of wheat, suspending business. A wagon load of apples from Alex Belis's southwest Diller orchard sold at 40c per bushel. Delegates Thos Nelson D Gifford ID Steiner DR Kelley Chas Osborn W T Strain J Smith Diller attended the Republican State meeting in Lincoln from the McKinley McCall club. Del Wo Miller moved from this place to Mound City Mo. Fifty years ago the state board changed convict striped clothing to plain uniforms at the penitentiary. Mrs Gillispie left for Woodston Kansas to live with a brother.