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Notable Iowa Figures and Events From 19th Century to 1920s
A collage of historical notes recounts C C Wolf a Parkersburg banker and local benefactor who funded a Methodist church and built a grand home then faced reverses. It also mentions early cattle drives to Lord Selkirk’s colony, a German consul secretary becoming a teacher, Iowa politics and 1856 Republican ties, state motor vehicle license harmonization talks, heavy midwestern snow disarray, and performances by Gilda Gray and Gertrude Ederle in Des Moines with earnings noted.
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C.C. Wolf
Parkersburg
Butler County
St Francisville
Bite ‘Me
Richard C
Lewis Musiek
St. Charles
Lord Selkirk
Canada
Selkirk
Musiek
Giles
University of Frieburg
St. Luis
Teachers College
Knoepfhler
Towa
Horace Boies
GW. Henderson
Rolfe
Pocahontas
Joh C. Fremont
Iowa
Eiher
Esota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Slasky
Ilinois
Independence
Central
Ionwa
Gilda Gray
Des Moines
Sne
Tady
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel