Amboy MN Social Notes from Blue Earth Historical Society

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

I have found some great information by looking in the vertical files of local genealogical societies. In the days before cloud computing, these files were clippings from newspapers organized by topics. “Tornado of 1924” or “Biggings family” etc.

When I lived in North Mankato MN, I would cross the river to check out the Blue Earth County Historical Society. Since I was in the data gathering stage and didn’t yet know who was family and who was not, I gathered more information than technically necessary. So here are some of the notes from the Social columns. They are organized by city, and in rough chronological order.

1883-1916     
      
DateSourceCityname 1name 2 Note
5/1/1883Mankato ReviewAmboy MNLathrop Hattie Lathrop employed to teach school
10/10/1890Mapleton EnterpriseAmboy MNCheney P.V. Cheney is putting up a store building he will use as store and barber shop
10/10/1890Lake Crystal MirrorAmboy MNCheneyBrushMesdames Cheney and Brush are remodelling their millinery store by putting in a full glass front. [on West Main]
12/19/1890Lake Crystal MirrorAmboy MNCheneyRobinsonMr Cheney, the prop of the Café de Amboy is making great preparations to serve up a supper that will appease all appetites. [For inaugural ball in Robinson’s new brick store]
12/1891Amboy HeraldAmboy MNHazel Howard Hazel is digging wells in the vicinity of Lake Crystal
1/2/1891Lake Crystal MirrorAmboy MNCheney [story referred to Perry Cheney as “The Adonis” in a story about him and other boys from Amboy heading to Mankato]
5/1/1891Lake Crystal MirrorAmboy MNCheney Perry W. Cheney is building an awning over the front of his Palace Restaurant.
5/15/1891Lake Crystal MirrorAmboy MNKeith Frank Keith has returned from Dakota school for three weeks visit home.
5/29/1891Lake Crystal MirrorAmboy MNCheney Milk shakes at Palace Restaurant and fresh strawberries everyday.
8/28/1891Lake Crystal MirrorAmboy MNCheney Barber Cheney arrived Saturday. Congrats. [birth of a son to Perry Cheney, in all likelihood]
6/13/1902Blue Earth County ExaminerAmboy MNEllisPerryWilliam Ellis, retired merchant of Sterling, passed through town. George Perry accompanied him and promised to keep him from the Elks Carnival in Minneapolis.
3/27/1903Blue Earth County ExaminerAmboy MNPerry William Perry left this week for Payette Idaho where he goes to work at his trade as a carpenter
10/9/1903Blue Earth County ExaminerAmboy MNKeith Mr and Mrs George Keith adopted three children from St Paul.
1903 Amboy MNPerry George Perry took over Ellis’s store
6/27/1908Mankato Free PressAmboy MNKrohn John A Krohn, former resident of Amboy, pushes his wheelbarrow across the continent. Sailor Jean offered for sale aluminum souvenirs in midwest
8/23/1916Mankato LedgerAmboy MNPerry Fay Perry and his wife [Mabel Davies] of Minneapolis and two children [Wayne and Glenn], accompanied by Mrs Davies and mother autoed to Amboy Tuesday to visit friends they had not seen in many years.
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