Fiftieth Anniversary Episcopal Church
The Fort Dodge Messenger: July 18, 1905 Fiftieth Anniversary Episcopal Church Saturday, July 22 Marks the Day of Organization. The Church Will Celebrate Ice Cream Social and Musical Program Will be...
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Nov. 16, 1906 Eggs are Skyward They Retail at 25 Cents, Which is Usual Top Notch Price for Winter. Fresh eggs are skyward and what is more grocers are at a loss to supply the...
View ArticleThe Congregational Bazaar
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 5, 1905 The Congregational Bazaar In Crawford Building on North Sixth – Pretty Booths – Chicken Pie Supper Tonight. The Crawford Building on North Sixth is the scene of...
View ArticleGive Six Hundred Dollars to Charity
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 18, 1905 Give Six Hundred Dollars to Charity Unknown Corpus Christi Parishioner Will Give That Amount to the Poor. An announcement was made by Monsignor Lennihan (sic)...
View ArticleSanta Claus Held Sway
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 26, 1906 Santa Claus Held Sway Yesterday Given Up to The Observance of Christmas Day. Good old Saint Nick, the knight of the sock, the reindeer and the big pack, reigned...
View ArticleLocal News
The Fort Dodge Messenger: April 4, 1914 Local News Colonel Smith Here – Lieut. Colonel Smith of the Second Minnesota Regiment was in the city Friday, visiting with local officers of the national guard....
View ArticleChurch Directory
The Gazette and Messenger: May 19, 1878 Church Directory Presbyterian Church Rev. L.G. Gray, Pastor. Services at 10:50 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sunday school at 12:15 p.m., W.H. Johnston, Superintendent....
View ArticleSuccessful Picnic Held The Fourth
The Fort Dodge Chronicle: July 5, 1907 (Editor’s note: The newspapers did not publish on holidays or Sundays during the early days of Fort Dodge, so we must use a July 5 article to show what happened...
View ArticleGerman Lutheran Picnic Enjoyable
The Fort Dodge Chronicle: July 5, 1907 (Editor’s note: The newspapers did not publish on holidays or Sundays during the early days of Fort Dodge, so we must use a July 5 article to show what happened...
View ArticleLightning Strikes St. Olaf’s Church
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Aug. 15, 1906 Lightning Strikes St. Olaf’s Church The Tower on the Corner of the Edifice Wrecked and Splintered Damage Amounts to $200 Happened About 5:00 O’clock This Morning...
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