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!
Sumner records detail purchases and local life mix
The Sumner scene lists bond sales for a new city fire truck to Carleton Belt of Des Moines and Bergman Construction Co.’s winning bid for a 50 by 50 concrete block city garage at $11,845 to be finished in 90 days. It also notes a Denver marriage of Marian Frahm Richards, local obituaries for Lester Peichel and Henry Wenthe, funeral notices for Roy W. Benning, and numerous Sumner briefs on church events, civic matters, local moves, weddings, and school notes.
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Cty
Carleton Belt
Des Moines
Bergman Construction Co
Gmner
New City Garage
Colorado
Henry Frahm
Marian
Denver
Colo
William Richards
N. Y
Lowry Afb
Wilmer Frahm
Englewood
Calif
Sumner Igh School
Gates Business College
Waterloo
Lowry A.F.B
Colorado Springs
Announce
Hawkeye
Lester Peichel
Trinity Lutheran Church
Henry Reichel
West Union
Sumner
Robert Becker
Waverly
William Granger Jr
Henry Wenthe
St. John American Lutheran Church
Frank
Viola) Shaw
Independence
Lester
Clare) Pollew
Paul
Sarah) Willman
Webster City
Alfred
Air Force
Waco
Texas
John
Roy W. Benning
Sumner Hospital
Methodist Church
Wilson Grove
George
Augusta Benning
Grand River
Greeley
Edna Watt
Fayette
Randalia
Gamble
Zimmerman Ford Co
Edna
Wilma
Arnold Tegtmeier
Wichita
Kan
Ralph
Oelwein
Clarence
Creston
Lloyd
Edgewood
Harold Koenke
Delaware
Ladies Aid
Salem E. U. B. Church
Erhardt Rucker
Robert Rhea
Roy Treager
E. E. Topp
Oscar Bethel
G. E. Farnum
Banks
Louis Horsely
R. C. Horsely
Durant School
Clark Harmening
Camp Pendleton
Fter
Wilbert Harmening
Paul Braun
Howard Whitcomb
Mires Te Ludwig
Patricia Murphy
Norbert Pieten
Uday
St John’s Catholic Church
Ritz Club
M. S. McCormick
Jim Hansen
Denmark
JoAnn
Joyce Fridley
LeMars
West- Mar College
Joyce
Ann