From the map room — a Sanborn fire-insurance map of Glen Ellen in 1911. 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
PARIS TRIETORMIMSGUAMANO. PARIS TRIETORMIMSGUAMANO cn Aa won BRIG rae lgete ttt The Sonoma County Board of Hducation has completed the exam- ination of pupils in the seventh and eighth grades of the public schools of the county, The promo- tions in the schools of Sonoma Val- ley were as followe; Eighth Grade Promotions— El] Verano—Aleta Franquelin, Flowery—Anita Amelda Hughes, Edward Charles Regusci, Roland A.G, Herd. sit Glen Ellen—Merle Suttenfield, Carl Poppe San Louis—Valeria M… — 1911-07-15
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. SONOMA OFFICIALS. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. SONOMA OFFICIALS |WOULD WRECK |THE GRANGERS AND VISITING ALAMEDA THE BREWERY RURAL EDUCATION. Inspect Streets and are Inter-| The John Steiner Suit For Salary ‘Members of the Glen Ellen is Now Followed By Another Grange and Club Women Dis- to Foreclose on a $3,500 cuss the Rural School Promissory Note Question out the places of interest .and X-' then sued the company for $739.50, eethe the manner of application alleged amount… — 1911-11-25
ChaguJ. Poppe of Glen ‘Ellen was in town Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Decanini are the parents of a bouncing baby boy born on July 26th. Miss Bernice Small, after a. pleas- ant sojourn with friends in Bel- videre, returned home Sunday eve- ning. Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Brown re- turned to Oakland Wednesday afternoon after a three month’s stay in this valley. Mr. and Mrs. De Frane, who are guests at Agua Caliente Springs, were presented with a baby boy on last Satur… — 1911-08-05
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