From the map room — a Sanborn fire-insurance map of Sonoma in 1905. Drawn for insurers, these maps recorded every building in a town, street by street — a remarkably intimate snapshot of the valley’s towns a century ago.
What the paper was printing that year
An -acetelyne gas plant is being installed in the McElroy home on atead we ay. Mrs. 8. Enos and Mrs. Ida Dog- man were visitors to San Francisco on Monday. ‘Miss LL. Watt came up from. the (city Monday, .after -a short visit with friends. Mrs. Robt. Pappe returned from died | a short visit to San :Franeiseo on Wednesday. Miss Mabel Weed has. resigned the a ae of assistant librarian at the Berkeley library. ees Henry Bates went down to Santa Clara one day t… — 1905-10-07
if | The party given by Nancy Bates ilast weck was a very enjoyable fone. Miss Nancy proved herself se gracious little hostess. A veeeption was tendered Mr. land Mrs. Otto Seeman (nee, Yates) llast week in Santa Rosa upon their jreturn from their honeymoon. i Miss Louise Rufus went down to Oakland on Thursday on, business iconnected with the estate of her jaunt, Mrs. Leiding, who died | recently. | Mr.and Mrs Will dyde have ‘returned irom Paris and a -year… — 1905-07-08
L. D. Batchelor has begun suit for divorce against Mrs Batchelor, charging her with cruelty. He al' leges that she has“thrown lighted lamps at him and threatened to} Jonn | poison him and _ take” the lives of | their children if he began suit for divorce. He asks the court to protect the children. Glub Business. = The Sonoma Valley Woman’s Club has forwarded a letter to the Board of Trade expressing its de-| sire that, the band concert idea be urged and of… — 1905-05-13
More of it is in the archive, and arranged by place in places in the archive.