From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 592.

In 1876 a new banner hung upon the outward walls of the office occupied by Edwin Collin, which bore upon it the device of "P. O. Noben, Attorney-at-Law." Mr. Noben remained in this office some eighteen or twenty months, and then branched out for himself in a building on the corner of Eighth and Monroe streets. A short stay here convinced him that the business was too limited for the number of legal lights located here, and he politely withdrew. He is now at Fergus Falls, Minn., in the practice of his profession.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, April 26, 2008