A. H. Harms advertisements for Maish comforters and De Laval cream separators
Cited in Inside the Harms Store: A Family and Nearly Eighty Years of Hooper Shopping
Hooper Sentinel, November 11, 1909, p. 6.
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A. H. Harms attends retail hardware dealers’ gathering
Cited in Inside the Harms Store: A Family and Nearly Eighty Years of Hooper Shopping
Hooper Sentinel, February 17, 1910, p. 5, local news.
Amusu Theatre weekly advertisement
Cited in When Hooper Went to the Show: Tilson’s Opera House and the Amusu Theatre
The Scribner Rustler, July 20, 1939, p. 4. Hooper theatre’s July 20–26 program, advertised admission and starting time.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in Inside the Harms Store: A Family and Nearly Eighty Years of Hooper Shopping
Hooper Mrs. Jaycees, 1976, printed pp. 61–66: A. H. Harms business and family history; dated store photographs.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in Inside Hooper’s Banks: Two Institutions and the People Behind the Counters
Hooper Mrs. Jaycees, 1976, printed pp. 56, 69–70. Dodge County Bank and First National Bank histories, building photographs and staff portraits.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in High Above Main Street: Hooper’s Carnivals, Chautauqua and Traveling Shows
Compiled by the Hooper Mrs. Jaycees for the Centennial-Bicentennial Committee, May 1976, printed pp. 74–75. Selected photographs reproduced with page credits.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in When Hooper Took to the Road: Monnich, Tunberg & Reetz and Smida Garage
May 1976, pp. 23–26. Horse-drawn transportation, the 1910 automobile parade, Monnich & Monnich, Tunberg & Reetz, Muir & Ewald, Smida Service and historical photographs.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in Farmers Built Their Own Market: Hooper’s Elevators and Cooperative
Hooper Mrs. Jaycees, 1976, printed pp. 48, 55, 58–59. Farmers Grain and Stock history and photographs; cooperative organization, acquisitions, managers, 1939 fire, expansion through 1976 and 1949 tour photograph.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in Along the Elkhorn and Out on the Course: Hooper’s Fishing, Lakes and Golf History
Compiled by the Hooper Mrs. Jaycees for the Centennial-Bicentennial Committee, May 1976, printed pp. 75, 77–78. Selected photographs reproduced with page credits.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in When Hooper Stored Winter for Summer: The Ice Company and Its Delivery Teams
Hooper Mrs. Jaycees, 1976, printed pp. 58, 70. Adolph Stroh portrait; Hooper Ice Company photographs and history, 1906 icehouse, 1910 finances, 1919 shortage, 1924 refrigeration and 1926 wind damage.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in The Sisters Behind Hooper Laundry: Margaret Finegan and Minnie Martinsen
Hooper Mrs. Jaycees, 1976, printed p. 47 (Hooper Laundry account and Chris Martinsen photograph) and p. 195 (Martinsen family history).
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in Hooper’s Railroad and Depot: Passengers, Freight and a Vanished Landmark
Compiled by the Hooper Mrs. Jaycees; produced by the Hooper Centennial-Bicentennial Committee, May 1976, pp. 27–29. Railroad and depot history, a 1914 station-business account, historical photographs, and photographs captioned as the 1967 demolition.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in When Hooper Had a Silver Cornet Band: Musicians, Parades and Summer Concerts
Compiled by the Hooper Mrs. Jaycees for the Centennial-Bicentennial Committee, May 1976, printed pp. 81–82. Selected photographs reproduced with page credits.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in When Hooper Had a Silver Cornet Band: Musicians, Parades and Summer Concerts
Compiled by the Hooper Mrs. Jaycees for the Centennial-Bicentennial Committee, May 1976, printed pp. 79–80. Selected photographs reproduced with page credits.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in When Hooper Had a Silver Cornet Band: Musicians, Parades and Summer Concerts
Compiled by the Hooper Mrs. Jaycees for the Centennial-Bicentennial Committee, May 1976, printed pp. 131. Selected photographs reproduced with page credits.