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From Our Files: June 3, 2026
June 7, 1951 The Sweet Home fire department will sponsor a carnival next week on M Street…
May 29, 2026
Sidetracked by Two Heroes
By Roberta Kern At East Linn Museum, we’ve started looking in the “General History of Oregon,” written by…
May 26, 2026
From Our Files: May 27, 2026
May 31, 1951 Traffic in Sweet Home was re-routed off M Street on 10th and the Holley…
May 22, 2026
From Our Files: May 20, 2026
May 24, 1951 In the face of one of the worst farm labor shortages in recent years,…
May 19, 2026
From Our Files: May 13, 2026
May 17, 1951 First aid treatment for fracture and wound victims of an atomic explosion, their examination…
May 11, 2026
From Our Files: May 6, 2026
May 10, 1951 Sweet Home grade schools will join with the high school for the annual May…
May 1, 2026
In praise of the obsolete – and an icon or two
By Roberta McKern Even at the East Linn Museum, with spring comes optimism. A spate of visitors will…
April 28, 2026
From Our Files: April 29, 2026
May 3, 1951 Some Foster school children were injured when a log truck crashed into a school…
April 22, 2026
From Our Files: April 22, 2026
April 26, 1951 Construction will begin next week on a Dairy Queen building at M Street across…
April 15, 2026
From Our Files: April 15, 2026
April 19, 1951 Sweet Home’s high school board authorized a call for bids for the community’s anticipated…
April 8, 2026
From Our Files: April 8, 2026
April 12, 1951 “Two weeks from fighting snow to fighting fire” summarized the amazed and disgusted attitudes…
April 1, 2026
From Our Files: April 1, 2026
April 5, 1951 A flurry of activity noted in Sweet Home restaurants and taverns is due to…
March 27, 2026
Still looking for that ‘Golden Age’
By Roberta McKern For The New Era Is the East Linn Museum a place of refuge from current…
March 24, 2026
From Our Files: March 11, 2026
March 15, 1951 Intention of residents of the 7th Avenue and A Lane area to have their…
March 6, 2026
From Our Files: March 4, 2026
March 8, 1951 A snow storm left nearly 16 inches of the white stuff in the city,…
February 26, 2026
From Our Files: Feb. 18, 2026
Feb. 22, 1951 High Mass was conducted at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Lebanon for the five…
February 13, 2026
From Our Files: Feb. 11, 2026
Feb. 15, 1951 More than 10% of some 250 people who attended a state senate hearing came…
February 5, 2026
From Our Files: February 4, 2026
Feb. 8, 1951 Brilliant light flashes in the sky were observed in the east and resembled lightning,…
January 28, 2026
An Emporium on the Kitchen Table
By Roberta McKern For The New Era The East Linn Museum is still closed and our ability to…
January 27, 2026
From Our Files: Jan. 28, 2026
Feb. 1, 1951 The last steam engine to see service in Sweet Home yards left here this…
January 23, 2026
From Our Files: Jan. 21, 2026
Jan. 25, 1951 A rodent control consultant reported to the Linn County health office that very little…
January 15, 2026
From Our Files: Jan. 7, 2026
Jan. 11, 1951 Seven newly built school bus stop shelters are now in use, and more are…
December 24, 2025
From Our Files: Dec. 31, 2025
Jan. 4, 1951 Too heavy, too high and too wide, reads the citation at the justice court…
December 24, 2025
From Our Files: Dec. 24, 2025
Dec. 28, 1950 Donn Bonham, former editor of The New Era, is now in Korea with the…
December 17, 2025
From Our Files: Dec. 17, 2025
Dec. 21, 1950 Late trains are the principal cause of overdue Christmas mail delivery, but mail carriers…
December 15, 2025