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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1900
Page
9
The Muscatine Library Association has transformed a seed of culture into a near reality with the P. M. Musser public library. Ground at Iowa avenue and Third street is broken as plans advance from the Muscatine Lecture and Library Association to a lasting public library and university extension courses.
In 1896 the Idea of a Public Library began with the Library and Lecture Association. Mr Musser aided the city by forming a base for a public library. Founding directors and early officers are listed, showing attendance at lectures and initial financial struggles. The aim was to foster reading, extend university lectures, unify student elements, and promote a city library.
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