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State board to open juvenile home at Toledo Iowa
The state board of control announces imminent occupancy of a new juvenile or parental home for neglected children at Toledo Tama county. The remodelled buildings, originally Western college later Leander Clarke College, sit on a high eminence overlooking the county seat. The project follows a legislature appropriation and aims to provide supervised parental care, placing Toledo in the lead for state care of neglected children.
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State Board of Control
Toledo
Tama County
Western College
Leander Clarke Coltere
United Brethern
William Beardshear
State College
Ames
State Industrial School
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