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116, 927
1804
-
James Wright. John H. Wallace
-
Republican Democrat
90,033 49,943
139,976
1866
-
Ed. Wright. S. G. Van Anda Scattering.
Republican Soldier Union ..
91,228 55, 815 741
147,784
1868 ..
- Ed. Wright David Hammer Scattering
Republican Democrat
120,265 74,461 4
194, 730
1870
Fd. Wright Charles Doerr. Scattering.
Republican Democrat
103,397 60,888 1,538
165, 823
1872
Josiah T. Young E. A. Guilbert. Charles Parker Scattering.
Republican Liberal. Straight Dem
132, 719 74,447 1,330 377
208,873
1874.
Josiah T. Young David Morgan Scattering.
Republican Anti-Monopoly.
107,340 78,517 491
186, 348
1876
Josiah T. Young John H. Stubenrauch A. Mac Ready Scattering
Republican Democrat Greenback
172,171 112, 115 9,436 1
293, 723
1878
J. A. T. Hull E. M. Farnsworth T. O. Walker Scattering.
Republican Dem. & G. B Straight Dem ..
134, 481 125, 087 1,302 46
260,916
1880. . .
J. A. T. Hull A. B. Keith George M. Walker. J. W. Hall Scattering.
Republican Democrat
Greenback Prohibition
184, 166 105, 763 32,480 282 8
322, 699
Frederick Heizer
Scattering.
565
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VOTE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE-CONTINUED.
YEARS.
NAMES OF CANDIDATES.
PARTY.
VOTE.
TOTAL VOTE.
1882.
J. A. T. Hull
Republican
149,051
T. O. Walker
Democrat
112, 180
William Gaston
Greenback
30,817
A. W. Hall
Prohibition
305
Scattering.
Republican
198, 001 179, 219
Scattering.
- 15
377,235
1886.
Frank D. Jackson
Republican
180,329
Cato Sells
Democrat
165, 597
Issac T. Gibson
Prohibition
127
V. G. Farnham
Prohibition
518
Scattering
50
346, 621
1888.
Frank D. Jackson
Republican
211, 577
Walter McHenry
Democrat
180, 455
J. B. Van Court James Micklewaite
Union Labor
9,005
James Rice.
21
Scattering.
54
403,802
1890.
Wm. M. McFarland
Republican
191, 606
W. H. Chamberlin.
Democrat
189,240
E. P. Brown
Union Labor
8,813
C. R. McFarlin
Prohibition
1,646
Scattering
48
301, 353
1892.
Wm. M. McFarland
Republican
219, 464
J. H. McConlogue
Democrat
196, 692
E. H. Gillette.
Peoples
20,356
S. H. Loft
Prohibition
6,097
442,៛09
1894 .. ..
Wm. M. McFarland
Republican
229,376
Horatio F. Dale.
Democrat
149,974
S. B. Crane
Peoples
34,907
Bennett M. Mitchell
Prohibition
7,457
421,714
1896
.. |G. L. Dobson
Republican
288,715
H. L. Carr
Fusion
224, 812
Wm. G. Wright
Prohibition
3, 533
J. B. Welzenbach
Socialist Labor
482
Scattering
1
517,543
898 ...
G. L. Dobson
Republican
236, 524
Claude R. Porter
Democrat
173,000
Malcom Smith
Prohibition
7,559
R. M. Daniels.
-Peo Mid. Road.
3,472
A. C. Swanholm
Socialist Labor
1,081
421, 635
1900
W. B. Martin
Republican
305,821
S. B. Crane
Democ at
209,767
S. O. Pillsbury
Prohibition
9,110
T. G. Wheeler
Peo. Mid Road.
678
J. M. Kremer
Socialist Labor.
246
E. W. Sage
Unit'd Christ'n.
204
C. Wirth
Socialist Dem
2,499
528, 325
1902
W. B. Martin.
Republican
229,225
Richard Burke
Democrat
150, 011
W. Howard W. A. Jacobs
Prohibition
9,816
-
Socialist
6,360
375 412
1884.
Frank D. Jackson
45
292, 398
James Dooley
Dem. & G. B.
Prohibition
2,690
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HEADS OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD. DECEMBER 1, 1903.
Country.
Official Head.
Title.
Born.
Acceded.
Abyssinia .
Menelik II.
Emperor .
1843
March 12, 1889
Afghanistan
Habibulla Khan.
Ameer
1872
Oct.
3, 1901
Annam.
Thanh Thai.
King . . .
1879
Jan.
31, 1889
Argentine Republic.
Julio A. Roca
Emperor ,
Aug.
18, 1830
March,
1893
Baluchistan .
Mir Mahmud Khan
Khan .
April
9, 1835
Dec.
10,
1565
Belgium.
Leopold II.
Ameer
1864
Nov.
12,
1885
Bokhara.
Seid Abdul Ahad.
President
July
7, 1848
Nov.
15,
1902
Brazil
Francisco de P. Rodrigues Alves. ..
Prince.
Feb.
26,
1861
Aug.
11,
1887
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
President
1851
Sept.
18,
1901
Chile
Kuang Hsu (Queen, his aunt, rules).
Emperor .
Aug.
2, 1872
Jan.
22,
1875
China.
Jose M. Marroquin .
Sovereign .
April ~ 9, 1835
April
30, 1885
Congo Free State.
President
May
20,
1902
Cuba . .
Christian IX
King .
April
8, 1818
Nov.
15, 1863
Denmark. Dominican Republic.
Revolution in progress
President
Aug.
31, 1891
General Leonidas Plaza.
July
14, 1874
Jan.
7, 1892
Abbas Pacha
President .
Dec.
31, 1838
Feb.
18,
1899
France .
William II.
Jan.
27, 1859
June
15,
1888
Germany.
William II.
April
27,
1848
June
13,
1886
Bavaria
Otto ..
King .
Ang.
8, 1832
June
19,
1902
Saxony .
George .
Feb.
25, 1848
Oct. 6,
1891
Wurtemberg
Sept.
9, 1826
Sept.
5, 1856
Baden .
Frederick
Nov.
. 25,
1868
March
13,
1892
Hesse ...
Ernst Ludwig.
Prince.
Jan.
16,
1831
March May
22,
1871
Anhalt
Prince Albrecht.
Regent
May
8, 1837
Nov.
2,
1885
Brunswick.
Frederick Francis IV
Grand Duke .
April
9, 1882
April
10, 1897
Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
Frederick William .
Grand Duke .
Oct.
17,
1819
Sept.
6, 1860
Oldenburg
Frederick August .
Grand Duke .
Nov.
16,
1852
June
13, 1900
Baxe-Altenburg .
Ernest.
Duke.
Sept.
16,
1826 |
Aug.
3,
1853
·
1900
Colombia.
Leopold (King of the Belgians).
May
8,
1902
Costa Rica .
Tomas Estrada Palma.
President
Ecuador
Khedive .
Egypt .
Emile Loubet ..
Emperor .
King ..
Prussia
King .
William II.
Grand Duke
Grand Duke
Lippe etmold
Duke.
April
29,
1831
20,
1895
Alexander (a regency).
Frederick
King .
Bolivia
Jose Manuel Pando
President
Dec. 2,
1848
Austria-Hungary .
Francis Joseph
Oct.
24,
1899
President
German Riesco
Acting President
Ascension Esquivel.
1903
President .
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566
Oct. 12, 1898
Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
King
567
Duke
July
19, 1884 | July 80,
1900
Duke
April
2, 1826 Sept.
20,
1866
Grand Duke
June
10, 1876
Jan.
5,
1901 1893
Frederick
Prince.
Jan.
20, 1565
May
12,
King .
Nov.
9, 1841
Jan.
22, 1901
King.
Dec.
2, 1845
Oct.
31, 1863
Greece . Guatemala .
Manuel Estrado Cabrera.
President
Dec.
24,
1856
Sept. .
25,
1898 1902
Hayti. ..
Manuel Bonilla
President
1849
Feb.
1,
1903
Honduras
Edward
Emperor .
Nov.
9,
1841
Jan.
22, 1901
King.
Nov.
11, 1869
July 29, 1900
Italy.
Mikado
Nov.
3,
1852
Feb. 13, 1867
Khiva .
Yi Hiung. .
Emperor .
July
25,
1851
January, 1864
Liberia
Grand Duke
July
24, 1817
Nov.
23,
1890
Luxembourg
President
Sept.
30, 1830
Dec.
1,
1884
Mexico .
Prince.
Nov.
13, 1848
Sept.
10, 1889
Monaco
Prince.
Oct.
7, 1841
Aug.
14,
1860
Montenegro
Muley Abdul Azziz.
Maharaja
Aug.
1875
May
17, 1881
Nepal
Queen
Aug.
31,
1880
Sept.
6, 1898
Netherlands
General Jose S. Zelaya .
Sultan.
June
4,
1888
Oman
President
President
Nov.
25;
1902
Shah ..
March 25, 1853
May
1, 1896
Sept.
8, 1903
King .
Sept.
28, 1863
Oct.
19, 1889
Roumania.
Nicholas II.
President
March 24, 1857
March
1,
1903
Salvador
Peter (Karageorgevitch)
King .
Sept.
21,
1853
Oct.
1,
1903 1868
Siam.
Alphonso XIII.
King.
May
17, 1886
May
17, 1886
Spain
Oscar II.
President
Jan.
1,
1904
B. Comtesse.
Bey
July,
1900
Tunis.
Sultan ..
Sept. 22, 1842
Aug.
31, 1876
Abdul Hamid II .
President
Oct. 27, 1858
Sept.
14, 1901
United States of America
President
March 1, 1903
Uraguay ...
Cipriano Castro .
President
October,
1899
Venezuela
Zanzibar
Seyyid Ali
Sultan
1856
1902
.
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. .. Saxe-Meiningen . Saxe- Weimar . Waldeck-Pyrmont.
Great Britain and Ireland.
George I.
Nord Alexis
India, Empire of.
Victor Emmanuel III .
Japan
Seid Mahomed Rahim.
Kahn
1845
1865
Korea
George W. Gibson .
President
Dec.
11,
1900
Adolphus (Duke of Nassau)
General Porfirio Diaz
Albert ..
Nicholas
Sultan
Feb. 25, 1878
June
7, 1894
Morocco.
Surendra Bikram Shamsher Jang.
Wilhelmina ...
1898
Nicaragua .
Seyyid Feysal bin. Turki
1903
Panama
Manuel Diminguez
Persia
Julio Candamo
Peru. Portugal .
Carlos .
King
April
20, 1839
March
26, 1881
Emperor
May
18, 1868
Nov.
1, 1894
Russia
Josepedro Escalon.
King.
1844
June
15,
Servia
Chulalong Korn I
King
Jan.
21, 1829
Sept.
18, 1872
Sweden and Norway .. Switzerland.
Hafiz Mehemet Pasha.
Turkey
Theodore Roosevelt.
Jose Batele y Ordonez
-
.
Charles Edward (Duke of Albany)
George 1I.
William Ernest.
Edward VII.
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Manuel Amadon ..
Paraguay
Muzafer ed Din
President
Carl I ..
President
8,
President
Mutsuhito
568
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STATISTICS FOR IOWA
FREE PUBLIC
A star (*) following the name of the town indicates a gift from
Number.
Town or City.
Name of Library.
Name of Librarian.
Year founded.
Volumes added, 1903.
1
Algona'
Free Public
Elizabeth M. Horton ..
1899
217
2
Ames*
Free Public
1903
8
Anamosa
Free Public
Cornelia McCarn.
1903
2,340
4
Atlantic*
Free Public
Pearl Evans
1903
902
5
Boone
Ericson.
Bessie Moffatt.
1885
981
6
Burlington
Free Public
Miriam E. Carey.
1885
2, 451
7
Carroll *.
Free Public
1894
310
8
Cedar Falls*
Free Public
1878
499
9
Cedar Rapids*
Free Public
1896
2,664
10
Centerville .
Drake
Linna Ullrich
1902
1,889
11
Central City
John C. Clegg
Mrs. Howard Bliss.
1895
286
12
Chariton *.
Free Public
Margaret W. Brown.
1898
153
13
Charles City*
Free Public
Katharine R. Ellis .
1878
250
14
Cherokee
Free Public
Mrs. J. H. Burlingame Belle Sweet.
1886
511
16
Colfax
Free Public
Floretta Ogan
1901
272
17
Corning.
Free Public
Lottie V. Bryant.
1899
300
18
Council Bluffs
Free Public
Mary E. Dailey. . ..
1882
875
19
** Davenport *.
Marilla W. Freeman.
1902
13,400
20
Denison*
Free Public
Grace E Meyers
1902
21
Des Moines
Free Public
Ella M. McLoney. .
1882
1,132
22
Dubuque*
Carnegie. Stout Free
1902
1,300
23
Eagle Grove*
Free Public
Mrs. Georgia Boyd. .
1878
427
26 27
Estherville* Fairfield*
Free Public
Mrs. H. H. Davidson.
1880
354
29
Fort Dodge*
Free Public
Mrs. J M. Carpenter
1874
387
30
Fort Madison.
Cattermole Memorial .
Jennie Ingalls
1893
576
32
Grinnell
Free Public
Mary E. Wheelock.
1894
712
33
Hampton
Carrie O. Barker
1896
88
34
Hawarden
Jennie P. Smitlı.
1901
170
35
Hawkeye
Free Public
Albert Ridley
1898
90
36
Independence
Effie Jacobs.
1873
103
37
Indianola*
Free Public
Hannah M. Babb.
1884
219
38
Iowa City*
Free Public
Adelaide C. Lloyd ...
1897
732
39
Iowa Falls*
Free Public
Mrs. Florence Anders
1896
442
40
Jefferson*
Free Public
Ida D. K. Head. 1901
322
41
Keokuk
Free Public
Nannie P. Fulton.
1863
644
+ Children only.
** Report for part of year only.
400
24 25
Eldora*
Free Public
H. M. Dysart.
1853 580
28
Forest City
Free Public
Pearl Bahner
1899
369
31
Glenwood*
Free Public
Henrietta Lyon.
1896
50
15
Clinton*
Free Public
1902
Free Public
Bessie Sargeant Smith Belle Y. Miller
1902 1886
Eddyville.
Free Public
Clara E. Estabrook. ..
Free Public
Carnegie Free Public. Free Public
Free Public
Martha H. Bangs . . Eunice H. Overman .. Harriet A. Wood.
569
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LIBRARIES FOR 1903.
LIBRARIES.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie for the erection of a library building.
Number.
Total number volumes.
Number volumes
circulated, 1903.
Annual income.
Amount paid for
books and. bind-
Cost of periodicals
for reading room.
Salaries and all
( other expenses.
Own or rent room
or building.
Hours open per
week.
Paid.
Volunteer.
System of
classification.
Access to shelves.
1 2
4,508
14,025
$1,000
$ 81
$ 50
$ 780
Rent .
30
2
Dewey .
Yes
3
2,340
640
2,600
6
450
Own Own . Own .
26 39 66 75
2
Dewey .
Yes
6
24,950
67,955
5, 050
2,161
187
3,498 236 493
Own . Rent . Own . Rent .
75
6
3
Dewey .
Yes
11
1,600
300
150
75
15
125
Rent .
18
1
12
1,863
14,879
755
181
55
431
Rent.
28
1
1
Dewey .
Yes
13
4,000
16,000
1,250
1,000 556
50
350
Rent . Rent .
6
1
13
Dewey .
Yes
15
1,447
5,988
425
11
375
Rent
30
1
Dewey .
Yes
17
2,400
8,890
650
400 1,280
178
3,642
76
3
Dewey .
+
19
13, 400
44,598
7,500
7,720
73
4,033
Rent . Rent.
30
5
Dewey .
Yes
20
32,067
164,801
14, 827
1,845
890
9,806
Own .
79
9
Dewey .
Yes
22
16, 715
105, 564
6,074
1,008
229
4,836
Own . Own .
14
1
1
Dewey.
Yes
24
3,902
12,178
1,000
483
87
430
Own .
33
1
1
Dewey .
Yes
26
2,300
13,380
1,051
432
46
326
Own .
57
1
31
3
Subject
Yes
28
1,609
9,950
600
300
59
250
Own .
33
1
Dewey .
Yes
29
11,004
22,048
3,303
67 L
85
5, 741
Own .
60
2
Dewey .
Yes
30 31
1,309
3,840
1,950
640
45
1,157
Own . Rent .
6
1
Dewey
Yes
32
7,062
29,230
1,710
475
113
1,123
Own .
39
2
1
Dewey .
Yes
33
1,047
4, 886
535
82
13
347
Own . Own .
10
1
Dewey
Yes
26
5,998
11, 621
754
286
65
300
Own .
30
2
Dewey .
Yes
88
7,010
36, 693
3,877
821
94 186
2,018
Rent .
72
3
Dewey .
Yes
39
2,290
10, 206
875
510
51
404
Rent .
43
1
17
1
...
Dewey .
Yes
14,220
54,896
3, 255
515
60
2, 212
Own .
60
2
1
Dewey
Yes
4
902
1, 300
550
30
Dewey .
Yes
5
9,061
13,804
2,844
786
60
1,690
7
1,947
5,309
800
224
88
9
11,041
54, 383
7,500
2,696
859
2,415
10
4,683
1,500
900
82
817
Own
54
2
1
2
Yes
14
3, 899
11,799
1,112
724
104
620
Own
18
1
1
Dewey .
Yes
18
24, 551
56, 383
5,756
2,032
403
35
1, 307
Own .
13
1
Dewey .
Yes
35
1,175
2,275
50
40
4
1 1
37
4,710
18, 380
1,072
172
722
Own .
42
6
. .
Dewey .
Yes
23
775
4,443
1,500
Dewey .
Yes
8
7,842
16,312
2
8 42
2
3
4
Dewey
Ye;
Yes
Dewey .
No
16
21
25
Yes
27
19,097
9,342
40,405
1,000
145
39
34
2,433
7,691
11,821
1,000
252
157
Dewey .
Yes
2,723
Rent .
57
3
No
75
Yes
No
1,000
1
Dewey .
Yes
2
Persons Em- ployed.
ing.
299
200
17
57
6,000
Yes
175
570
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STATISTICS FOR IOWA LIBRA
FREE PUBLIC
Number.
Town or City.
Name of Library.
Name of Librarian.
Year founded.
Volumes added,
1903.
42
Le Mars
Free Public
Mollie E. Brown
1876
344
43
Leon
Free Public
Ida Brooks ..
1903
122
44
Manchester*
Free Public
Mrs. Jennie Jones
1881
254
45
Maquoketa*
Free Public
Ida M. Simpson
1835
224
46
Marengo*
Free Public
1903
47
Marion*
Free Public
Mary L. Parkhurst. .
1902
211
48
Marshalltown*
Free Public
Ellen Howard Ray . . ..
1892
590
49
Mason City*
Free Public
Mrs. A. H. Chapin. .
1888
559
50 51
Missouri Valley. Monticello*
Free Public
Estella Turner
1881
250
52
Mount Pleasant*
Free Public
Mrs. Louie A. Janes
1872
506
53
Muscatine.
P. M. Musser Publ.c
Mrs .. E. L. Mahin ...
1901
1,588
54
Nashua
Free Public
Fannie V. Eastman
1901
277
57
Odebolt
Free Public
Mrs. E. P. Pottieger
1898
128
58
Onawa
Free Public
Maude E. Oliver.
1902
2,231
59
Osage.
Sage Free Public
Mrs. Ella M. Stacy
1875
350
60 61
Ottumwa*
Free Public
Mary E. Downey
1900
3,029
62
Perry
Free Public
Mrs. J. P. Forest.
1893
481
64
Sanborn. Sheldon
Free Public
Mrs. L. C. McColm
1894
423
66
Shenandoah*
Free Public
67
Sioux City
Public .
Mrs. R. Oberholtzer .
1877
1,950
68
Spencer*
Free Public
Mrs. H. J. Brown ...
1882
400
69
Stuart.
Free Public
Mrs. J. R .. McMullin.
1901
175
70 71
Tipton*
Free Public
Mrs. A. S Yates .
1901
154
72
Washington
Jane A. Chilcote.
Miss N. J. Springer
1877
316
73
Waterloo*
Public .
Georgetta Bankson
1897
405
74
Waverly
Free Public
Mary B. Whitmire.
1893
75
#Webster Ci y ..
E. D. Burgess ....
1898
76
West Liberty
Kendall Young Free. Free Public
Mrs. Lou Hauer
1901
279
77
Winterset.
Public
Mary Cassidy.
1891
242
55
Nevada
Free Public
Kate E. Thompson
1876
151
56
Newton*
Free Public
Belle E. Smith.
Priscilla Pickrell .
1900
681
63
Rock Rapids
Free Public
Mame Johnson
1901
210
65
Vinton*
Free Public
Mrs. J. R. Adams. ..
1902
200
Free Public
Mary Marvin .
1903
692
** Oskaloosa
Free Public
Free Public
1903
1903
# Supported by income from bequest.
** Report for part of year only.
571
Iowa Official Register.
RIES FOR 1903-CONTINUED.
LIBRARIES-CONTINUED.
Number.
Total number volumes.
Number volumes
circulated, 1903.
Annual income.
Amount paid for
books and bind-
Cost of periodicals
for reading room.
Salaries and all
other expenses.
Own or rent room
or building.
Hours open per
week.
Paid.
Volunteer.
System of
classification.
Access to shelves.
42
4,564
16,732
$1,316 270
$
350 150
$ 30
$
597 120
Own . Own .
45
1
Dewey
Yes
46
47
1,011
10,350
186
25
365
Rent
30
1
Dewey .
Yes
48
9,930
41,790
3,300
370
82
2,634
Own
52
4
1
Cutter .
Yes
49
4,257
20,138
2,569
818
95
1,119
wn
81
2
1
Dewey .
Yes
50
2,200
8,518
250
336
15
130
Own .
12
1
51
.. . .
6,425
15,295
1,461
289
23
881
Rent.
39
1
53
6, 472
51,690
3, 962
1,868
142
2, 356
Own .
76
4
Dewey .
Yes
54
1, 065
7,442
575
190
25
360
Rent .
14
1
Dewey .
Yes
55
4,772
7,395
1,572
163
300
Own .
24
1
Dewey
Yes
56
4,241
16,762
1,500
582
45 37
1,500
Own .
48
1
Dewey .
Yes
58
2,975
10,312
600
1,524
1,000
Own .
21
1
Dewey .
Yes
59
5, 000
17,000
800
400
30
360
Own .
36
1
Dewey .
Yes
60
3, 700
7,011
2,000
633
30
780
Own .
42
1
1
Dewey .
Yes
61
10,029
55,680
5,180
2,043
116
2,765
Own .
69
4
2
Dewey .
Yes
62
3,095
4,300
575
350
71
Own .
4
1
Dewey .
No
64
427
2, 723
250
146
27
Rent .
7
19
Dewey .
Yes
65
2, 410
9,695
630
Dewey .
Yes
67
18,156
54, 497
4,510
1,237
551
2,509
Own .
79
4
Dewey .
Yes
68
3,000
14,000
858
475
30
135
Own .
26
1
69
1,125
8,574
450
100
25
160
Rent .
30
1
Dewey .
Yes
70
1,971
10, 315
1, 431
198
44
593
Own .
36
1
Dewey .
Yes
71
1,425
9,883
1,350
200
'29
700
Rent
23
1
3
Dewey .
Yes
72
6, 000
14, 168
1,398
435
37
764
Own.
30
2
73
7,324
42,225
3, 046
740
120
1,820
Rent
42
4
Dewey .
Yes
74
75
...
76
1,885
12,330
709
297
30
434
Rent
30
1
Dewey .
Yes
77
3, 810
10, 466
875
300
51
503
Rent
30
1
Yes
44
4,736
8,744
1,600
220
45
1,000
33
1
Dewey . Dewey .
No
43
1,176
8,306
1
Yes
45
3,962
1,000
1,000
Own .
52
Yes
57
1,820
7,724
316
99
235
Rent .
15
1
No
1,100
Own
Rent .
16
1
1
1
54 15
Persons Em- ployed.
ing.
33
No
Yes
63
100
66
Yes
..
572
Iowa Official Register.
STATISTICS FOR IOWA LIBRARIES SUPPORTED
Town or City.
Name of Library.
Name of Librarian.
Year founded.
Volumes added, 1903.
1
Ames
Iowa State College
Vina E. Clarke
1869
1,000
2
Anamosa
State Penitentiary.
Chaplain
1897
420
3
Cedar Falls.
Anna M. Baker
1876
1,215
4
Clarinda .
Lizzie Giblin
1894
20
5
Davenport
1863
6
Des Moines
Johnson Brigham.
1839
7
Des Moines
Hist. Dept. of Iowa
1892
9
Des Moines
Dept. of Agriculture ..
10
Des Moines
Wesley Green
1866
50
11
Des Moines
State Horticultural So. State Board of Health. Supt. of Public Instr ..
Dr. J. F. Kennedy
1881
12
Des Moines .
13
Eldora
Industrial School
B. J. Miles.
1882
535
14
Fort Madison. Glenwood
State Penitentiary.
A. H. Jessup
1885
800
16
Independence
George W. Smith
1857
3,000
18
Iowa City.
1856
4,000
19
Iowa City.
State Univ. of Law ..
M. L. Ferson
1868
339
20
Marshalltown .
George Terry
1880
10
21
Mt. Pleasant
1860
22
Vinton
Iowa Soldiers' Home Hospital for Insane ... Iowa College for Blind.
T. F. McCune
33
ASSOCIATION AND
1
Ackley.
Public
1898
2
Alden
Public
1882
3 Arnold's Park ..
Public
Emma Hallett
1902
28
4
Audubon
Columbian
5
Avoca
Public
L. G. Consigny.
1899
213
6
Clear Lake.
Public
Hannah Bowers.
1889
83
7
Corydon
Public
Lottie Sullivan.
1901
175
8
De Witt.
Public
Elsie F. Saxton.
1897
40
9
Emmetsburg
Reading Room and Library
C. T. Curtis
1902
78
10
Garner
Ladies Library Asso- ciation ..:
L. L. Lovell
1873
11
Greene
Library Association. P. E. O. Library
Mrs. Charles Booth.
1898
400
13
Kingsley
Library Association. Library Association.
Mrs. E. C. Strain.
Jeannette F. Balch. ..
1863
255
17
New Hampton. Paton!
Library Association. Public. ..
Angeline Gabrilsen .
1899
140
18
19 . Pella .'
Library Club
Sara M. Nollen.
1903
20
Spirit Lake.
Library Association
Frances M. Davis
1874
35
22
Tama
Womans Club.
Mrs. F. A. Chase
1892
50 ·
23
Villisca .
Public
Frankie J. Barker
1899
125
24
West Union
Public
Estella Barnes
1897
85
8
Des Moines .
Iowa State Normal S. Hospital for Insane .. .. Iowa Orphans' Home. Iowa State Library ... Traveling Library.
Ia. Lib. Commission . Charles Aldrich
1896
1,536
15
62
17
Iowa City
Iowa Inst. for F. M. C. Hospital for Insane .. . . State Hist. So. of Iowa State University.
Walter V. Greene.
1872
80
12
Harlan
14
Laurens
15
Lyons.
Young Men's Ass'n.
16
Macedonia .
Library Association.
Mrs. R. C. T. Chamber
1899
21
Sutherland .
Gen.N. B. Baker
Rona Wheeler Woods
Margaret Budington.
-
Number.
573
Iowa Official Register.
LIBRARIES FOR 1903.
BY THE STATE.
Total number vol-
Number volumes
circulated, 1903.
Annual income.
Amount paid for
books and bind-
ing.
Cost of periodicals
for reading room.
Salaries and all
other expenses.
Own or rent room
or building.
Hours open per
week.
Paid.
Volunteer.
System of classi- fication.
Access to shelves.
1
17,000
.
$3,500
$1,450
$350
$1,700
59,
4
Dewey .
2
6, 695
20,965 34, 100
3,500
1,500
2,000
Own Own . Own .
52 .3
3
Dewey .
Yes Yes
5
2,000
6
79,629
7
11,880
16,455
8
11,-754
9
2,000
10
1,162
100
54 36
2
Yes
12
4,000
13
2, 265
2,877
45
30
56
1
Dewey .
No.
14
7,000
15
870
No.
16
' 500
..
17
30,000
7,250
39 84
2
Yes
18
65,920
6
4
Dewey . Dewey .
.No.
19 20
11,217
1,225 120
175 28 30
4, 265 475 120
Own . Own .
84
1
Yes
21
4, 112
22
2,407
48
Yes
SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARIES.
1
600
...
2
2,000
...
3
214
$ 8
$
5
4
Yes
4
1,300
5
959
182
20
4
1
Yes
6
1,300
3, 582
70
$
7
Own ..
12
1
Yes
7
825
2,500
150
60
10
Rent .
30 7
1
Yes
9
399
1
Yes
10
1,030
11
1,880
100
60
40
Rent Rent .
10
1
Yes
12
1,400
4,100
103
150
75
5
3
Yes
13
·
14
·
15 16
6,001
1,200
600
250
53
218
Rent
8
2
Yes
17
700
1,200
80
7
10
2
Yes
18
1,323
19
....
20
...
21
1,910
40
5
Yes
22
2,000
100
100 149
80
9
4
...
Dewey .
Yes
24
925
Rent .
12
1
Yes
3
15,967
4
1,018
128
11
2,500
10
Own Own . Own .
2
No.
420
643 970 75
25
150 25 300
3
1
Yes
8
1, 450
450
7,100 1,025
54
4
Yes
2,060
2,970
1
Yes
23
935
1,517
..
Persons Em- ployed.
Number.
umes.
2 2
No. No.
.
10
2,686
574
Iowa Officlal Register.
STATISTICS FOR IOWA LIBRA-
MISCELLANEOUS
Town or City.
Name of Library.
Name of Librarian.
1
Year founded.
Volumes added
1903.
1
Atlantic
James K. Powers, ' (I. O.O.F.)
Masonic
Newton R. Parvin
1844
3
Bohemian Reading Room
Frank Kurka.
1868
31
Davenport
James Grant Law .. Academy of Natural Science .
C. E. Harrison
1867.
Davenport
Turner Bibliothek.
W. J. Wunder
A. L. Brown ..
1885
143
Knoxville
Keokuk.
Bar Association.
L. A. Smith
1865
100
Mrs. Lesbia Cameron
1890
100
Trenton
Henry Co. Institute of Science ...
Mrs. Carrie Morrison
1869
25
COLLEGE AND ACA
1
2
Charles City College
A. L. Haines
1891
3
4 College Springs,
Amity College.
Geo. M. Reed.
1872
5
Davenport. . .
St. Ambrose ..
6
Decorah
Luther College
Chas. A. Naeseth
1861
1,1€8
7
Decorah
Decorah Institute
Mrs. J. Breckenridge
1873
132
8
Des Moines
Grand View College Des Moines College .... Drake University ..
Mary A. Carpenter
1884
401
11
Des Moines
Highland Park
1890
12
Dubuque.
German Theological Seminary .
Nicholas Steffens.
1868
14
Dubuque
Sister of Visitation.
1871
37
15
Dubuque.
Prof. M. Reu.
65
16
Epworth
Helen I. Hanna.
1884
33
17
Fairfield
Parson's College. .
Kate Hinitt
350
18
Fayette *
P. H. Alderson.
1857
341
20
Grinnell
Iowa College.
M. H. Douglass.
1848
1, 155
21 Hopkinton
Lenox College
Ella M. Kennedy.
1858
185
22
Humboldt
Humboldt College
1895
23
Indianola
Simpson College.
Martha Stahl
1867
272
24
+ Jewell
Lutheran College.
1893
60
26
LeMars
Western Union College
Emma Schneider
1900
127
27
Mt. Pleasant.
Iowa Wesleyan Uni- versity .
M. Blanche Swan.
1860
455
28
Mt. Vernon*
Cornell College.
May Fairbanks
1857 | 1. 572
Coe College
Mary I. Amidon
1881
300
Wartburg College
Prof. Kublmann
1868
40
R. R. Vesterjard.
1895
9
Des Moines.
Caroline E. Laird
200
10
Des Moines
Webster Co. Teachers. Odd Fellows.
Amanda Elliott
1887
Lamoni
Sioux City
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. .. Teachers
10 11 12
2
Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids.
Lewis Block.
Davenport
4 5 6 7 8 9
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids. .. Charles City .... Clinton .
13
Dubuque
St. Josephs Academy. Academy of Visitation Wartburg Seminary .. Epworth Seminary. . .
Upper Iowa University Tobin Commercial College .
1892
100
25
Le Grand.
Summerbell
C. B. Fortner.
19
Fort Dodge.
+ Burned during the year. *Gift for building from Mr. Andrew Carnegie.
Number.
575
Iowa Official Register.
RIES FOR 1903-CONTINUED.
LIBRARIES.
Total number of
volumes.
Number volumes
circulated 1903.
Annual income.
Amount paid for
books and bind-
Cost of periodicals
for reading room.
Salaries and all
other expenses.
Own or rent room
or building.
Hours open per
week.
Paid.
Volunteer.
System of
classification.
Access to shelves.
1
3,070
2
21,000
3
1,208
1,136
16
Own. Rent .
62 4
2
Yes Yes
4
10,100
5
43,272
6
3,000
2,000
12
48
Own ..
4 30
1
No.
7
1,468
1,229
102
Yes
8
857
9
7,000
10
1,872
400
150
150
36
Dewey .
Yes
11
900
400
60
9
Yes
12
1,600
842
25
Own ..
2
Yes
DEMIC LIBRARIES.
1
4,554
1,767
$
500
$ 200
$ 25
$ 268
Own .
1
Dewey .
Yes
2
1,326
3
2,980
720
150
142
19
Own .
2
1
Yes
4
1,500
5
4,300
6
12, 434
4,946 300
400
472 160
5
Own . Own .
6 30
1
Dewey .
8
3, 100
9
5, 000
10
7,818
3,695
508
97
Own . Own .
30 43
3
Dewey . Dewey
No Yes
11
5,000
12
4,550
13
1,200
14
1,537
15
8,000
250 90
160 56 1,500 362
32
11
Own . Own . Own . Own .
4 40 30 60
· 3
Dewey . Dewey .
Yes
19
1,150
100
20
30, 322
8,100 3, 000
2,700 500
800 240
225 30
1,680 275
Own . Own .
60 30
1
4
Dewey . Dewey
Yes
22
5,000
350
40
180
Own .
36
1
1
Dewey .
Yes
24
1,000
651
20
70
Own
24
2
,
816
155
105
Own .
50
2
Dewey
Yes
27
8,955 24,101
1,542
523
98
49
377
Own .
36
1
Dewey . Dewey .
Yes
28
15,823
249
48
2
12
No No
7
1,200
1
1
Yes
16 17
3, 533
395
850
18
10,095
1,387
500
59
21
3, 440
1
23
3, 835
Yes
25 26
Yes
Persons Em- ployed.
Number.
ing
308
141
106 60
..
..
Yes
Yes
54
40
576
Iowa Official Register.
STATISTICS OF IOWA LIBRA
COLLEGE AND ACA
Number.
Town or City.
Name of Library.
Name of Librarian.
Year founded.
Volumes added,
1903.
29 30
Orange City Osage
Rapelye
E. J. Strick.
1882
45
Cedar Valley Semi-
nary.
Ohio M. Weigle.
1862
200
31
Oskaloosa
Penn College. .
S. B. Laughlin
1873
200
32
Pella
Central University of Iowa .
W. A. Young.
1853
1,000
33 34
Shenandoah
Western Normal Col- lege ..
L. H. Mattox.
1882
257
35 36
Storm Lake
Buena Vista College. . .
Rev. Daniel Williams.
18+1
200
37
Tabor
Tabor College.
H. K. Avery.
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