Seventieth wedding anniversary in Barclay township
A Waterloo area couple Mr. and Mrs Richard Atkins will celebrate their seventieth wedding anniversary on Christmas day. Born in Coven try England they moved to America and raised a family of five children. The article also notes local incidents and civic notes from Des Moines to Iowa City including a gun accident and census updates.
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Barclay Township
Waterloo
Richard Atdies
Coventry
Des Moines
William Sheets
Ariston Rats
Fifth Street
G. W. Whittaker
Rising Sun
Hanley
Whittaker
West Twelfth
Fremont Streets
Census Bureau
Washington
J. W. Hoag
Clayton County
Iowa City
Atlantic
Cresca
John Linderman
Bchunk
Dubuque
I. Roth
Cedar Rapids
Ailver
Cherokee State Hospital Opens After Large Expenditure
The Cherokee State hospital in Iowa was completed and opened August 15, 1902 after delays and a total appropriation of 1,022,500. The project involved extensive construction, land purchases, and outfitting, with 898 patients by late August and a 1,600 acre state farm supporting operations.
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Twenty-fifth General Assembly
W. S. Young
Independence State Hospital
Voldeng
Cherokee
H. E. Kelley
Clarinda State Hospital
Fairview
Wos ¥ Ciopathic Hospital
Radical change at Ames centralizes building management
The Iowa state board of education finance committee ordered that from January 1, 1920 Thomas Sloss of the Iowa City Railway and Light Co. supervise all Ames college building, construction, repair, and grounds management. The move consolidates six offices into one department led by Sloss, an experienced electrical engineer. The change aims to improve service and streamline administration, with the committee praising Sloss’s qualifications and anticipated harmony in operations. The note ends with a stray joke about guinea hens being an imitation game bird.
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Iowa
Cherokee State Hospital
General Assembly
Board of Control
Twenty Seventh General Assembly
Lewis
Des Moines
Charles L. Lueder
Ames College
Thomas Sloss
Iowa City Railway and Light Company
State Board of Education
Ames
Sloss
Iowa City Railway Company
Scotland
Remarkable quartet of Luce brothers head Iowa Methodist ministry
Israel Luce of Jones County Iowa father of four sons all notable Methodist ministers. Otis A Luce Frank W Luce Albert W Luce Amos A Luce. Frank, oldest, studied at Cornell, pastored Davenport Marion Cedar Rapids and St Louis now in the west. Albert W studied at Cornell Mount Vernon and worked mainly in Indiana. Otis A earned Ph D work at Puget Sound Academy, served West Superior Milwaukee Newport Ky now Des Moines. Amos A began in Northwest Iowa, did work in Omaha Nebraska, now at The Dalles Oregon.
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Israel Luce
Jones County
Iowa
Otis A. Luce
Frank W. Luce
Albert W. Luce
Amos A. Luce
Frank
Cornell College
Northwest Town
Davenport
Marion
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Albert W
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Indiana
Otis A
Libraries Can't Be Taxed In Iowa Supreme Court Ruling
The Iowa supreme court ruled public libraries are educational institutions under the state tax law and not taxable by their county. The Webster City trustee case against Wright County upheld the lower court finding that the library building was not taxable after county treasurer collected tax.
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State Supreme Court
Iowa
Webster City
Skendall Young
Wright County
Will Become State Bank Iowa State Bank Formation Planned
Stockholders of the First National Bank of New London vote to surrender the national charter and become a state bank named Iowa State Bank effective January 1, 1910. The capital remains $25,000 with $10,000 surplus, plans aim to increase to $350,000 with a $15,000 mortgage capacity to aid real estate borrowing.
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First National Bank of
New London
Iowa State Bank
State Bank
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Hawkeye State News
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Centerville
Burlington
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D R. Chambers
J. D. Stuart
H. N. Frazier
Frank Rainbow
Iowa Post
Travelers «Retective Association
Haldane Clemtinson
le Mars
Nora Morgan
Ernest G. Schroeder
Iowa State University Gymnasium
Grace Kilbourn
M. N. Voideng
Supt
M. N. Voldeng
United States
R.V. Pierce
Pierce
Wyrtats Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Prent
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Bick
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Trinarnapaind
Wii
W. L. Douglas
Bhoesin
Shure
Brockton
Mass
Sas
Douglas
Hety
Newrost
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St. Jacobs Oi
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St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
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