Tabernacle Work Begins as Waterloo Citizens Rally
Volunteers from clergy, professionals and shopkeepers gather at the site to start erecting a large tabernacle for two months or more. About 100 work at times, 50 stay all day. A. P. Gill oversees, urging care and steadiness. The structure aims to seat 7500 with a 1090+ choir and stormworthy design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
A. P. Gill
Gill
Hix
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Emanuel Evangelical
United Evangelical
Calvary Evangelical
St. Paul's .M. BH
Waterloo West
Indies
First M
Calvary Baptist and
Christian Church
Grace M. BK
Progressives Poised to Control Next Iowa General Assembly
Des Moines reports expect progressives to dominate the upcoming legislative session with Governor Carroll’s potential candidate list narrowing to H. W. Byers and Harvey Ingham amid several other names. An Ingham candidacy could brighten the field, though Ingham has not spoken. Also noted are possible contenders James T. Smith William Larrabee Robert Healy W S Kenyon Ed Chassell H C Wallace and A B Funk. Temple Rebekah lodge No 54 assigns Friday at 7 30 PM in A O U W hall with a social and picnic. members urged to attend with baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Friends of Attorney
H. W. Byers
Dolliver
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register and Leader
Temple Rebekah Lodge
A. O. U. W. Hall
Memorial for late senator and local notices update
This Cedar Falls page reports a memorial talk on Senator Dolliver at Iowa State Teachers College with Prof M F Avey addressing about a thousand students and visitors. It also lists fires, deaths including Mrs Daniel Bley, Henry Davidson taking over a store share, and obituaries for Abbie Gilker and others plus a Tuesday Club meeting recap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Teachers’ College
FL Avey
Natural Science Department
Senator Dolliver
Arey
Port Dodge
Dolliver
Peter Rasmussen
Second
Washington Streets
Rasmussen
Daniel Bley
Charles
Bley
Cedar [Alls
New York State
Chas. P. Bley
Webb Wienega
Iowa’s restrained ad policy cited by former Iowa official
Des Moines reveals Iowa has spent about 30 000 on immigration promotion since 1870 with 16 500 by the immigration bureau to publish Iowa a Home for the Immigrant. The book circulated globally in multiple languages before the Danish Swedish editions were destroyed in the Chicago fire. The board’s dissolution paused state advertising efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Oet
Iowa
W. H. Fleming
Admen's Club
Chicago
Board of Immigration
Immigrant Commissioner Role And State Support History
The text traces repeated revival and funding of a state immigration office from 1860 onward, noting $5,000 appropriations at later dates, a 1880 appointment of George D. Perkins who produced a widely distributed work, and prior expenses of about $4,000 before the bureau existed. It closes with thanks from the Register family and a note on aggressively publicizing Town soil fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Perkins
Immigration Bureau
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
OvertAnan Orptical CO. Syndicate Bldg
H.W. Taggart
Commercial Street
General Assembly
Teachers' College
Cedar Falls
W. H. Bender
College Hill
G. 8
Hurst
Hammer
Federation of Women's Clubs
Eldora
Carline
West
Jefferson
W. L. Wallace
Mrs. Jrs
Green Bay
Washington
Wis
Tabernacle Chapter
R. A.M
Westminster Presbyterian
Telegram
Melba
Duluth
Chas. Wagner
St. Paul Symphony Orchestra
Scott Prowell
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Henderson’s Drug Store
Logan House Pharmacy
Essex Mills Ladies’ Union
Forest’ Mills
Warne
Cadet
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!