Treasury faces dilemma over three million silver dollars
The Treasury holds three million silver dollars in a basement vault, valued at about seventy five million on today's market. minted mainly in Carson City in the late 1880s, no new coins since 1935, and no plan to produce more. A proposed public sale at collector value gains support, with past talks of selling for a dollar to charity groups to fund research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Missourian
Treasury Department
Treasury
Carson City
Nev
Congress
The
Heart and Cancer Societies
Le Mars Then and Now Through a Visitor's 40 Year Return
A 1968 essay fashions a visiting observer's view of Le Mars transforming since 1928. Landmarks endure while depots, schools, and businesses vanish or expand. Westmar College replaces Western Union, and new factories, an airport, and modern campuses reshape the town. The piece notes newspaper mergers, population growth, and shifts in commerce, schooling, and professions, preserving some families and local names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
Hospital
Sacred Heart
St. Joseph Church
Court House
U.S. Post Office
Carnegie Library
Sentinel
Union Hotel
Westmar
Western Union
Wells
Pews
Henn, Bowers, Koenig
Insurance
Moore, Veale, Nelle, Mauer
Meis
Pech
Collins Family
Penney’s
Lampert’s
Royal Theater
Mrs. Blakeway
LeMars
Frank Hentges
Frank Stamp
Paul Nuebel
Chris Miller
Percy Kistle
Art Hansen
Francis Nemmers
Louis Myers
Bob Long
Grinnell
the Sentinel
Globe—Post
Daily Sentinel
Iowa
Le Mars Centennial and political notes from 1960s era
A reflective piece discusses Le Mars history, 1928 figures F M and Clarence Roseberry, local landmarks, and a forthcoming Centennial in 1969. It blends nostalgia with current town growth, mentions ministers, parks, fairgrounds, and new offices, and shifts to a political wrap on a party convention and upcoming local voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseberry
F. M
Clarence Roseberry
le Mars
Earl Burgess
Koenig Armory
Brentwood Nursing Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Econtorial
We Sieil& I Foie
Clark
M.A. Moore
Franklin
St. Joseph
Gehlen
KLEM
Pew’s
le Mars Savings Bank
le Mars Clinic
Luken
Naef
le Mars Federal Savings and Loan
Gamble
le Mars Mutual Insurance
First National Bank
Hentges
Bowers
Central Ave
Schultz
Joynt
George Sturges
E. P. Murray
Roland Bedell
Johnson 5
Iown
Don Johnson
Donald Johnson
Johnson
Churcholl Williams
Oelwein
G C Wallace
Clarence
Harvey N. Kluckhohn
Nova
Ennis
By Ketcham
Old Town
le Mars Daily Sentinel
YO Mars
Iawa
Carter A. Pitts
Glada Reichert Mae
Dick Koerselman
John Hodgson
Eltis Johansen
Plymouth
Hubert
Ike
Lyndon
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Virgin Islands
Chicago
Arie J. Bomgaars
NEW York Life Insurance Special
First St
Bob Bomgaars
By Dick Koerselman
Ford
Whelan Motors
le Mars, Iowa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!