DATA FROM EARLY HOWARD COUNTY NEWSPAPERS’ FIRST TWENTY YEARS
compiled by Barbara Riedy O’Neil

Codes:  1113-Howard County Herald                      1114 Mid-State News                                   1115 The Leader
1116 Phonograph-Herald  1113, 1114 & 1116 merged in 1971                                  1117 Saint Paul Press
1890 St. Paul Republican   (Phonograph published on Friday 1902; incomplete year: no issues 18-15/7 & 1/8 per BRO)

Code Pub.Date Page Column SORENSEN, MARY  CELEB 13TH B’DAY ON 20 JULY
1116 07/22/1904 8 1 SORENSEN, MARY  MAR REC  SEE ENEVOLD P. ENEVOLDSEN
1116 04/15/1903 4 3 SORENSEN, NIELS PUBLIC SALE
1116 01/01/1909 1 6 SORENSEN, NIELS B. DAU FRIDAY
1116 09/28/1911 5 5 SORENSEN, PAUL   D. SUNDAY AGE 62  BURIED NYSTED
1116 02/29/1912 1 6 SORENSEN, PETE  M. MISS WERNER 12 NOV 1910 GR. ISLAND
1116 11/18/1910 8 3 SORENSEN, PETE  M.? __ AT BOELUS SUNDAY
1116 03/20/1908 5 1 SORENSEN, PETER  M. EMMA CHRISTENSEN 7 OCT ST. PAUL
1116 10/14/1915 8 4 SORENSEN, ROSE   MAR REC SEE THORWALD CHRISTENSEN
1116 06/04/1914 1 3-5 SORENSEN, SOREN M. LIC. EMMA N. SORENSEN, MARRIED WED.
1890 03/09&16/1905 5&10 3&5 SORENSEN, MRS. SOREN D. LAST FRI IOWA, LIVE W/SON-IN-LAW GEO JEPSON
1890 07/27/1905 5 3 SORENSEN, STENA (STINE) MAR REC SEE WILLIAM E. DOLL
1890 SORENSEN, SVEND   SPEC EDITION COTESFIELD GEN’L MERCHANDISE STORE
1116 03/04/1912 4 1 SORENSEN, SVEND  REQUEST FROM KING OF DENMARK TO JOIN IN MILITARY SERVICE
1116 02/24/1916 5 4 SORENSEN, SVEND  PUBLIC SALE
1116 11/05/1909 8 4 SORENSEN, SVEND B. SON  MONDAY
1116 03/23/1905 5 2 SORENSEN, VIOLA   MAR REC SEE ANTON CHRISTENSEN
1116 02/28/1918 5 2 SORENSEN, W. B. DAU
1116 09/19/1902 8 3 SORENSON, CHRISTIAN CELEB 25TH WDG ANNIV LOC HIST 2 SEPT 1887
1890 09/07.1905 5 3 SORENSON, JACOB B. SON YESTERDAY MORNING
1890 09/07/1905 8 2 SORENSON, SOREN  D. AG E13 DROWNED LOUP R. NR DBG. LOC HIST 14 AUG 1895
1890 08/10/1905 4 3 SOULE, CLARA EDITH (WASHBURN) D. 22 MARCH GR. IS, AGE 26, BURIED PALMER
1116 04/04/1918 1 5 SOUTHARD, EDMUND P. D. 16 JAN, AGE 26,  M.MEDA GRIFFIN MAY 1902, 2 CHDRN
1116 01/25/1907 1 4 SOUTHARD, JEFFERSON  M. MARIE MURPHY 26 APR TO LIVE OMAHA
1890 06/28/1906 5 3 SOUTHARD,MRS. D. FOREPART OF WEEK ALLIANCE FUNERAL ST.PAUL, BURIED S.P.
1116 11/09/1916 1 3 SOUTHARD, TRENA D.  DIED   LOC HIST 11 NOV 1887
1890 11/09/1905 5 2 SOUTHERLAND, FRED   MOVE TO MULLEN TO BUILD ON HOMESTEAD CLAIM
1116 07/01/1915 5 2 SOWERS, ELIZABETH  MAR REC SEE RICHARD JOHNSON
1890 SPALDING, T.R.  ‘UNCLE RAFE’ LTR ON VISIT TO NE FROM KENTUCKY
1116 09/23&30/1915 2 1-3 SPARKS, AMANDA D. DAU OF JASPER SPARKS, LOC HIST 13 APR 1882
1890 04/13/1905 4 2 SPARKS, EFFIE   MAR REC SEE  J.W. SNOW
1116 SPARKS, GEORGE N. M. PAULINE BECKER 17 JUNE SUTTON
1116 06/21/1917 1 2 SPARKS, HERMAN S. M. MARTHA WHITE 25 DEC UPLAND CA
1890 01/05/1905 1 3 SPARKS,HOWARD  D. 12 JUNE  AGE 3   SON OF LEONARD
1116 06/25/1909 4 1 SPARKS, INFANT D. SUNDAY AT HOME OF GPARENTS BUTTS, SON OF RAY SPARKS
1116 01/15/1914 5 4 SPRKS, JAMES H. D. BRO OF JASPER SPARKS LOC HIST 1 FEB 1884
1890 02/02/1905 5 4 SPARKS, JASPER B. DAU LOC HIST 11 APR 1890
1890 04/13/1905 4 2 SPARKS, JASPER B. SON LOC HIST 27 FEB 1895
1890 02/23/1905 5 5 SPARSKS, LEONARD MAR LIC ‘YESTERDAY’ M. 21 JUNE  CHLOE GRAY
1890 06/22&29/1905 5 3 SPARKS, LEONARD  B. DAU 8 JULY 1907
1116 07/19/107 1 3 SPARKS, RAY  M. MAMIE BUTTS TUESDAY AT GR. ISLAND
1116 06/12/18908 5 4 SPARKS, RAY  B. TWIN SONS LAST WEEK AT RAVENNA
1116 05/02/1912 4 1 SPARKS, T.  D. 25 JUNE AGE 82, AT HOME OF SON LEONARD AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA
1116 07/04/1902 5 3 SPEICE, GENEVIE  MAR REC SEE WILLIAM F. SPIKES
1116 05/15/1919 1 3 SPELTS, WILLIAM THOMAS M. JOSEPHINE SOBOTKA AT GR. ISLAND 
1116 01/12/1911 5 5 SPENCER, D.C.  D. AT GR. IS. SOLDIERS HOME SAT BURIED SUNDAY
1890 07/20/1905 1 1 SPENCER, S.A. CELEB 13TH ANNIV AT NO.LOUP, LOC HIST 16 FEB 1883
1890 02/16/1905 5 4 SPETHER, FRANK MAR REC SEE MABEL BARNES
1116 03/21/1918 1 1 SPICE, ELIZABETH  WF JOSHUA WEBB TEMPLE SEE OBIT OF JWT
1116 08/29/1912 1 2-3 SPIKES, WM. F.  LETTER FROM CAMP PIKE, ARK  WW I
1116 03/07/1918 1 2 SPIKES, WM. F. M. GENEVIE SPEICE JONESBORO ARK  DAU OF THOM MARIAN SPEICE
1116 05/15/1919 1 3 SPILINEK, ANTON SR.  D. 3 MAR 1911, AGE 74, M. MARY VROAK 1866, 6 CHDRN
1116 03/09/1911 8 4 SPILINEK, MRS. ANTON SR. D. 12 JULY, M. ANTON 1857, 6 CHDRN 2 DAU D.IN BOHEMIA
1890 07/12&19/1906 8 2 SPILINEK, ANTON SR.  D. WED AGE 69, SURV HUSB 1 SON, 3 DAUS
1116 07/13/1906 5 4 SPILINEK, MRS. ANTON  AGE 41, D. 22 NOV 1918 B. BOHEMIA SURV 10 CHDRN
1116 11/28/1918 1 1
1116 10/28/1910 8 2 SPILINEK, ANTON  ‘LAST THURS’  B. DAU
1116 12/21/1916 2 4 SPILINEK, ANTON JR. B. DAU 26 SEPT
1116 10/02/1908 8 1 SPILINEK, ANTON B. SON SUNDAY
1116 06/08/1906 5 2 SPILINEK, INF DAU D. SUNDAY AGE 3MOS  CHILD OF ANTON
1116 07/10/1913 8 1-2 SPILINEK, GEORGE  M. MISS NOVATNY LAST MONDAY
1116 08/28/1919 10 2 SPINK, JENNIE  MAR REC SEE JOSEPH CROW
1116 10.29&11/5/1914 8 2 SPILINEK, MARY  WF OF FRANK HALLA, SEE OBIT FRANK HALLA
1116 12/26/1902 5 5 SPOONER, MARTHA S.  WF A.C. ROWELL, SEE OBIT OF MRS. MARTHA ROWELL
1116 04/13/1916 1 3-4 SPOTANSKI, ANNA   MAR REC SEE STANLEY  LAVENDOSKI
1116 SPOTANSKI, MARY  MAR REC SEE JOSEPH JOLKOWKSI
1890 SPRENT, ISABELLE   MAR REC SEE WILLIAM E. F. WARD
1890 SPRINGER, HENRIETTA S.  MAR REC SEE  D.A. GEIL
1890 SPRINGER, HENRIETTA  MAR REC SEE D.A. GEIL
1116 SPURLOCK, CHARLIE  DAT OF FR-IN-LAW IN AVA, MO
1116 03/11/1915 5 3 STAAB, OTTO   MAR REC SEE NORA GARDNER
1116 12/28/1916 1 4 STAGER, DELLA E.   MAR REC SEE ALBERT SCOTT
1116 STALNAKER, MRS. DEAN D. 19 JUNE
1116 06/20/1902 8 2 STALNAKER, ETHEL  MAR REC SEE WALTER I. WARD
1890 STALNAKER, ETHEL B.  MAR REC SEE WALTER WARD
1116 STALNAKER, ROSA B.  D. 19 JUNE  “INFORMANT DEAN STALNAKER”
1116 07/11/1902 2 2 STANDISH, MRS. EMMA J. MAR REC SEE HOMER D. BEGUN
1890 STANKA, FRANK JR.  M. MARY ROSMARIK  30 OCT
1116 11/08/1907 9 2 STANKEY, CARL & WILLIAM  SEE NEISIUS, JOHN
1890 02/02/1905 8 3 STANSBY MISS CREILE OF COPENHAGEN  CARRIED ON TRAIN FROM GI TO JULESBURG, BCS SHE WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH. TO STAY W/ K.P. KLAUSSSEN OF BOELUS.
1116 09/09/1915 8 5 STANTON,CHARLES E. M. JESSIE HIGHET 9 FEB   (MAR LIC 4 MARCH)
1116 2/18&3/4/1910 5 3-5 STARK, LUCY   MAR REC SEE ARTHUR KENYON
1116 09/30/1910 8 4 STARKEY, BURTON   M. MELVINA RUTH BULLOCK  MAR LICENSE
1116 03/4&18/1915 5&6 3&1 STARKEY, DICK B. DAU 3 JULY 1907
1116 07/12/1907 4 3 STARKEY, F.E.  B. DAU 11 MARCH 1911
1116 03/16/1911 4 2 STARKEY, F.E. 11TH WDG ANNIV
1116 03/27/1903 8 3 STARKEY, F.E.  MOVE FROM BOELUS TO OSHKOSH
1116 03/12/1914 8 6 STARKEY, HENRYLB. DAU  LOC HIST 12 JAN 1882
1890 01/12/1905 4 2 STARKEY, INFANT  “THANKS DURING DEATH & BURIAL” F.E.STARKEY
1116 03/12/1909 1 6 STARKEY, B. DAU 29 AUG 1911
1116 09/07/1911 8 1 STARKEY, MOLLIE   MAR REC SEE CHARLES C. CROUCH
1890 STARKEY,NELLIE  MAR REC SEE FOREST L. KNOX
1116 06/15/1916 5 4 STARKEY, OLIVER  STORY OF SHOOTING OF EX-WIFE
1116 07/24/1908 1 3 STARKWEATHER, C.R. B SON LOC HIST 9 FEB 1882
1890 02/09/1905 4 1 STARKWEATHER, FRANK E. D. AGE 14  OLDEST SON OF C.R. LOC HIST 26 OCT 1888
1890 10/26/1905 5 2 STARKWEATHER, GEORGE  M. CORA MORRISON MON 7 JULY
1116 07/11/1902 5 4 STARKWEATHER, HIRAM  D. OF INJURIES IN FIRE OF 2 JAN. AGE 74, LOC HIST 1/21/1887
1890 01/19/1905 4 2 STARKWEATHER,  JENNIE M. DIED AGE 18, LOC HIST 28 AUG 1895
1890 08/24/1905 4 4 STARKWEATHER, JULIA M.  WIFE OF SAMUEL F. KEENEY, SEE OBIT MRS. JULIA KEENEY
1116 02/19/1914 1 1 STATE BANK OF ELBA, CC. HANSON, PRES; FRED A. SKOW CASHIER
1116 04/04/1912 3 5 STAUFFER, FANNIE   WF THEODORE J. STEEN, OBIT THEODORE STEEN
1116 03/05/1914 1 1 STAUFFER, IDA MAE  WF FRED SALTER, SEE OBIT MRS. IDA MAE SALTER
1116 08/8&15/1912 5&1 2-3 STAUFFER, MISS ____?  MAR REC SEE DR. MINNICH
1890 STAWINSKI,CHAS M. MAR REC SEE ISABELLE AUGUSTYN
1116 10/08/1914 8 2 STEARNS, CLARENCE  D. MILLER NE SON OF F.E.STEARNS, ELBA
1890 10/26/1905 8 2 STEARNS, CLARENCE D. MILLER,NE OF TYPHOID, SON OF FRANK BURIED MILLER NE
1116 10/27/1905 8 3 STEARNS, F.E. PUBLIC SALE
1890 02/08/1906 4&8 3&1 STEEL, E.D. D. 15 OCT 1912 MARQUETTE, NE AGE 84
1116 10/17/1912 1 2 STEEL, EVA  MAR REC SEE G.S. NORTON
1890
Code Pub.Date Page Column STEEL, JESSE CELEB 21ST B’DAY LAST SAT
1116 01/17/1908 8 4 STEELE, EARLE  SAT CELEB 21ST B’DAY SON OF J.A. STEELE
1890 11/30/1905 8 3 STEELE, EARL M. ?  CNCIL BLFFS, IA ATTENDED BY PARENTS M/M STEELE OF COTESFIELD
1116 09/24/1909 8 2 STEELE, I.J. MAR REC SEE C.W. MC CRACKEN
1890 STEELE, J.A. SURPRISE PARTY 43RD B’DAY THURS
1890 04/20/1905 10 3 STEELE, J.A.  DEATH OF COUSN, MRS. MARY TAYLOR OF KIRTLAND NM
1890 10/12/1905 8 2 STEELE, JESSE F. M. WINNIE GORDON WED. 2 JUNE 1909
1116 06/04&11/1909 1&8 1&3 STEELE, J.F. B. SON 27 APR 1910
1116 04/29/1910 5 3 STEELE, RALPH  B DAU 21 AUG 1907
1116 08/30/1907 1 3 STEELE, RALPH  PUBLIC SALE 30 JAN
1890 01/26/1905 5 6 STEELE, MRS. RALPH DEATH OF FATHER G.W. GRAHAM, IN IOWA, FMR HOW.CO.RES.
1116 01.01/1914 4 1 STEELE, RAY  16TH B;DAY LAST  THURSDAY
1890 08/23/1906 8 5 STEELE, MRS. SAM D. SUN AT THURSTON,  SIS-IN-LAW MRS C.W.MC CRACKEN
1116 05.30/1918 5 3 STEEN, N.A. B. SON SAT 18 JAN BOELUS
1890 02.02/1905 4 5 STEEN, .A. B. SON SATURDAY
1116 11/09/1911 8 5 STEEN, THEODORE J. D. 3 MARCH M. F. STAUFFER 1881, 3 CHILDREN: ALVIN D.3MOS
1116 03./05/1914 1 1 STEEN, THEODORE J.  SPECIAL INTEREST STORY ON A PATENT
1116 03/11/1904 5 2 STEEN, T.J.  B. SON  LOC HIST 18 NOV 1887
1890 11/16/1905 5 2 STEEN, T.J. CELEB 25TH WDG ANNIV 21 DEC 1906
1890 12/6&27/1906 5&1 4&2 STEEN, T.J.  DEATH OF SIS AT W.BRANCH, IA, MRS. MINNICH OF PALMER ALSO SIS
1890 05/04/1905 5 2 STEEN, W.B. B. DAU SUNDAY
1116 10/17/1918 5 4 STEEPLE ‘JACK’  M. HELEN BARTUNEK 8 NOV 1911
1116 11/16/1911 5 2 STEEPLE, JACK B. DAU 1 OCT
1116 10/03/1912 7 3 STEFANOWICZ, CECYLIA  MAR REC SEE JOSEPH  IGNOWSKI
1890 STEFENSEN, ELSIE   MAR REC SEE MARIUS PETERSEN/PEDERSEN
1890 STEIMLE, ELIZABETH J.  MAR REC SEE GEORGE M. SUPONCHICK
1116 STEINBACH, ANNA   MAR REC SEE JOHN SMITH, JR
1116 02/04/1910 1 4 STENGER, EMMA  E. M. JOHN F. MC AULIFFFE 16 JUNE GR. ISL.
1116 06/21/1917 5 4 STENGER, JOE  PUBLIC SALE
1116 02/11/1915 6 4-6 STENGER, LENA  MAR REC SEE JOSEPH WELSH
1116 STENGER, R.E.  PUBLIC  SALE
1116 11/21/1918 3 1-3 STENGER, ROY  PUBLIC SALE
1116 01/31/1918 5 5-6 STENGER, ROY  20TH B’DAY SAT
1116 08/22/1912 1 5 STENGER, ROY EARL  MAR REC SEE MABEL MC CRACKEN
1116 06/03/1915 1 1 STENGER, ROY  B. DAU LAST WEEK
1116 06/15/1916 3 4 STENGER, R.E. B. DAU SUNDAY
1116 05/30/1918 5 3 STENIK,  CELEB 50TH WDG ANNIV FRIDAY
1116 02/08/1912 8 3 STENKE, ANNA  MAR REC  SEE FRANK MEHOLSKI
1116 STEP, PETE B DAU WOLBACH
1116 04/22/1915 5 5 STEPANEK, ANTON M. FRANCISCA SVOBODA  LOC HIST 4 JULY 1884
1890 07/06/1905 4 1 STEPANOWSKI, JOS  MAR LICENSE PAULINE KONKOLOSWKI
1116 06/04/1909 5 4 STEPNOSKI, JOHN “JACK”  LETTER FROM “OVER THERE”  WW I
1116 05/23/1918 4 3-4 STEPANOSKY, PETE   M. MARIE SKRIVAN OF WOLBACH MON AT O’CONNOR
1116 05/07/1914 1 2 STEPHENS, REBECCA   WF JOHN TOCKEY SEE OBIT JOHN TOCKEY
1116 06.3&17/1910 1&8 4-5 STEPHENS, W.A. B. SON THURSDAY
1116 04/11/1918 8 4 STEPHENSON, FLORENCE    MAR REC  SEE    FRED B. STONE
1116 STERLESKI, ANDREW  D. MON ABOUT 80 YRS OLD, SURV WF, 7 CHILDREN
1116 10/17/1912 12 3 STENBERG, FRED  M. MISS MORRISON 4 JUNE AT GR. ISLAND
1116 06/17/1910 8 3 STERNECKER, ANNA   MAR REC SEE CHRIS LETH
1116 STERNECKER, ANNA KATHERINE WF C.M. LETH SEE OBIT MRS ANNA LETH
1116 07/23/1914 8 3 STERNECKER, CHARLES M. HATTIE FROST 17 JUNE
1116 06/26/1908 8 1 STERNECKER, JOSEPH  M. EMMA HANSEN 30 MARCH
1116 04/08/1910 10 2 STERNECKER, JOS. B. DAU  29 September
1116 10/12/1911 8 1 STERRET HAROLD  D. LAST SUN AGE 25 (?), DROWNED BURKMAN’S LAKE, PALMER
1116 06./04/1913 1 1 STERZLECKI, FRANK B. BOY SUN 28 FEB
1116 03/04/1904 8 1

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