The history of Warren County, Iowa, from its Earliest Settlementto 1908, Part 22

Author: Union Historical Company
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Des Moines : Union historical company
Number of Pages: 1010


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1901.


Mayor. W. H. Schooley ; City Clerk, Wm. Erwin ; Solicitor, A. V. Proud- foot ; Treasurer, J. R. Howard; Assessor, Isaiah Frazier ; Marshal, R. P. Amlong; Deputy, H. P. Spence ; Street Commissioner, W. K. Crabbe; Librarian, Hannah Babb. Councilmen : First Ward, J. W. Pollock, Henry Hayden; Second, C. W. Honnold, S. A. McElroy ; Third. F. A. McClure, J. F. Lough ; Fourth, L. E. Hiatt, W. N. Bartholomew.


1902.


Mayor, W. II. Schooley ; City Clerk, E. W. Hartman ; Solicitor, A. V. Proud- foot; Treasurer, J. R. Howard; Assessor, Isaiah Frazier ; Marshal, R. P. Amlong, Deputy, E. F. Weatherly; Street Commissioner, W. K. Crabbe; Librarian, Hannah Babb. Councilmen : First Ward, Frank Sadler, Lee Patterson ; Second, S. A. McElroy, C. W. Honnold; Third, J. F. Lough, F. A. McClure ; Fourth, W. N. Bartholomew, Wm. Buxton, Jr.


1903.


Mayor, B. F. Clayton ; City Clerk, E. W .Hartman ; Solicitor, E. P. Hender- son ; Treasurer, J. R. Howard; Assessor, W. P. Harbison ; Marshal, Wmn. Hewitt; Deputy, W. R. Ramey ; Street Commissioner, W. K. Crabbe; Librarian, Hannah


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Babb. Councilmen : First Ward, Lee Patterson, W. H. Weber; Second, C. W. Honnobl. Fred Jeys : Third. F. A. MeClure. J. F. Longh ; Fourth, W. N. Barthol- omew. Wm. Buxton. Jr.


1904.


Mayor. W. II. Schooley ; City Clerk. E. W. Hartman ; Solicitor. F. P. Hender- son ; Treasurer. JJ. R. Howard ; Assessor. W. P. Harbison; Marshal, Wm. Hewitt; Deputy. R. J. Moore; Street Commissioner. W. K. Crabbe; Librarian, Hannah Babb. Conneihnen : First Ward. W. H. Weber, Lee Talbott; Second, Fred Jeys, R. T. Neil ; Third, F. A. MeClure. J. F. Lough ; Fourth. Wm. Buxton, Jr., J. P. Anderson.


1905.


Mayor, B. F. Clayton ; City Clerk, E. V. Badley; Solicitor, F. P. Henderson ; Treasurer, C. W. Connoran ; Assessor, W. P. Harbison; Marshal, Wm. Hewitt; Street Commissioner, W. K. Crabbe; Librarian, Hannah Babb; Health Officer, Dr. W. M. Park. Conneilmen: First Ward. Lee Talbott. Geo. Speer; Second, Fred Jeys. R. T. Neil; Third. F. A. MeClure, J. F. Lough. J. L. E. Peck ; Fourth, J. P. Anderson, Wm. Buxton, J. W. Slocum.


1906.


Mayor, B. F. Clayton ; City Clerk. E. V. Badley ; Solicitor. F. P. Henderson ; Treasurer, C. W. Connoran ; Assessor, W. P. Harbison; Marshal. Wmn. Hewitt ; Deputy. R. J. Moore; Street Commissioner, W. K. Crabbe; Librarian, Hannah Babb. Councilmen : First Ward, Lee Talbott. Geo. Speer; Second, Fred Jeys. E. E. Lyman; Third, F. A. MeClure, J. L. E. Peek; Fourth, J. W. Slocum, O. E. Copeland. Park Commissioners : H. E. Hooper, J. L. Tiltou, Wm. Buxton. Jr.


1907.


Mayor, E. W. Hartman; City Clerk. Cora Lee; Solicitor, H. H. McNeil; Treasurer, C. W. Connoran; Assessor, W. K. Crabbe; Marshal. H. P. Spence ; Deputy, Wm. Hewitt; Street Commissioner. P. L. Younker ; Librarian, Hannah Babb; Health Officer, Dr. L. II. Surber; City Physician, Dr. M. L. Hooper. Councilmen : First Ward. Lee Talbott. A. W. Reeves; Second. Fred Jeys. E. E. Dyman, Adam Sehimelfenig; Third. F. A. MeClure. Lewis Schee; Fourth, J. H. Dyke, Geo. C. Richards.


1908.


Mayor, E. W. Hartman; City Clerk, F. A. MeClure; Solicitor. H. H. MeNeil; Treasurer, C. W. Connoran ; Assessor. W. K. Crabbe: Librarian. Hannah Babb; Marshal. II. P. Spence: Deputy. A. W. Simmons: Street Com- missioner, P. L. Younker. Couneihnen : First Ward, Lee Talbott. A. W. Reeves ; Second, Fred Jeys. Adam Schimelfenig; Third. Lewis Schee. Bert I. Davis; Fourth, JJ. Il. Dyke, Geo. C. Richards.


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POPULATION.


The state census of 1905 shows Indianola to have a population of 3,396.


In these days when the credit system is so universally prevalent there is a tendency on the part of smaller towns to contract debts. The Legislature in view of this passed a law limiting the amount of indebtedness to five per cent of the assessed value of the property. But there is a constant demand for con- veniences and a disposition on the part of towns to ape the cities in public improvements and the towns vie with each other in the erection of public buildings, street paving, and other improvements. History proves that town taxes do not rise and fall as marketable commodities do, but the constant tend- ency is to increase public expenditures. Indianola ranks with other cities in the management of its finances.


CITY INDEBTEDNESS APRIL 1ST, 1908.


Outstanding Bonds


$13,000.00


Paving Certificates


1,656.14


Unpaid Warrants, General Fund


214.05


Electric Light


45.00


Park Fund


390.98


Fire Fund


2.00


Water Fund


2,169.79


Library Fund


30.00


City Road Fund


258.87


Anticipated Bond


15,000.00


Total


$32,766.83


Total Cash on Hand in All Funds


$ 7,532.31


Amount of Indebtedness the City May Contract Under the


Law-Five Per Cent of the Taxable Value


Taxable Value of Indianola


$ 706.409


Amount of Indebtedness City May Contract


$35,320.45


The city council is now formulating a plan for a system of sewerage which will be completed in a short time. Other improvements are greatly needed, but cannot be made at present.


In 1903, the public square was paved with asphalt at a cost of two dollars per square yard. The county and the property owners met this expense by the city paying for the street and alley intersections. If any town in the state needs to have its streets paved, it is Indianola. In the spring when the freeze first goes out of the ground, if accompanied with rain, many of the streets are almost impassable. The chief difficulty is there is no paving material in the county, but everything of that kind has to be imported.


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NEWSPAPERS.


Public opinion is the great controlling power of this nation. Whatever may be said of the power of wealth or education, or any other of the forces that move men. none is so potent as the consensus of public opinion. Not the beliefs or judgments of the few rich or learned, but the united opinion of the masses- that is what politicians both seek and fear. Everything must and does give way to the irresistible tide of the people's judgment. In our civilization the news- paper is the force that moulds and makes public opinion. It was said a long time ago, "the schoolmaster is abroad." so it may be said today. "the newspaper is abroad." In many places the pulpit has been looked to as the moulder of public opinion, but whatever may have been the conditions in ancient times. today the newspaper has more influence with the connnon people than any, or all other, agencies combined. The newspaper is most likely to retain this pres- tige. No power known to humanity will ever be able to take it away. It is easy to see that the perpetuity of onr government with all it contains, depends upon the character of journalism. Bnt few people are aware of how much we as a nation are indebted to the newspaper. It would be interesting to know whether the newspapers are keeping step with the progress of the times. In looking over the various professions we find that all are moving forward. Does the profession of journalism hold its own with other callings? If it does not. then there is canse for serious alarm. Is the paper of today equal to that of twenty, forty or fifty years ago? Medicine, surgery and dentistry have made marvelous progress. The legal profession has not been at a standstill, but in both honor and efficiency is decidedly ahead of fifty years ago. The schools and colleges are far beyond what they were fifty years ago. Again we ask : Where is the news- paper? Its moral tone has greatly improved; its contents in vame have quadrupled. and more, in the last generation. Editorial qualification-cultivated brain power-as shown by every department of the newspaper, is far superior to that of a few decades ago.


Indianola has three clean, ably edited and prosperous local newspapers : the Advocate Tribune, the Indianola Herald and the Indianola Record. For local news, painstaking editorials and helpful suggestions, they are not excelled in any connty seat in Towa. The result is they are well patronized. each having a good list of snbseribers, and the citizens of Indianola usually get their job work done at home in preference to going abroad, as business men in some other towns do.


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THE ADVOCATE TRIBUNE.


Edited and published by Clint L. Price, is the only Democratie paper in the county. As the name indicates. it is the consolidation of the People's Ad- vocate and the Tribune. In 1870, July the 14th, G. N. Udell started a paper which he christened the Independent. He was called the newspaper promoter- he had a passion for embarking in enterprises of that kind, but it now appears that Indianola was not ready for a scheme of nonpartisanship. Mr. Udell was quick to discover his mistake. A company of sixteen republicans purchased the


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plant in less than two months after it was installed, in order to conduct a paper of their political faith. They discarded the name Independent and substituted The Warren County Leader, and employed M. G. Carlton, a man of large news- paper experience, and a versatile writer to conduct the newly established organ. The members of the company soon began to sell their stock to Mr. Carlton. It was not long before he was in full possession of the plant as both editor and publisher. In 1873 he sold ont to John Everett, who after two years' experience, sought to improve conditions by changing the name to Record. In the cam- paign of 1878 the paper took a political somersault, and came out as the organ of the Greenback party. J. W. Jones and J. W. Wells purchased the plant about January, 1879. changed its name and politics to Republican. In a few months they turned it over to its former owner, Mr. Everett. Soon after, Dr. C. B. Lake bought it and made it the organ of the Populist party, and changed the name to the People's Advocate, and employed F. B. Taylor to control it. The Tribune was founded by George F. Parker in 1872, who was one of the ablest writers that ever ministered to the intellectual appetites of the Indianola people. In 1874 he transferred the property to W. E. Andrew. Later J. E. Clarey and Mr. MeElroy became the owners. The former was an incisive writer and somewhat of a pen-pngilist. In 1882, F. B. Taylor purchased both plants, The People's Advocate and The Tribune, and consolidated them. In a short time Mr. Taylor sold the consolidated plant to W. IF. Schooley, who in connection with his son, conducted the paper until 1902, when it was purchased by Clint L. Price, the present owner. Mr. Price has been very successful, having largely increased the list of subscribers and general business of the office. He has added to the office a gasoline engine, a new job press, and a Simplex typesetting machine.


THE INDIANOLA RECORD.


The Indianola Record was founded in July, 1893. the first issue was dated July 3rd, 1893. The promoter was Alf. W. Perrine, a beardless boy, whose politics were independent and populistic. He owned and published a twice a week issue under the name of Warren County Record, until January 9, 1895, when it became a weekly. It was an eight page paper about one half its present size in length. full of news, but a failure financially. Mr. Perrine sold to Lester Haworth and Charles B. Little, and the name was changed to the Indianola Record, and the size as now, 30x44 six column. Mr. Perrine is still in the newspaper work in Siloam. Ark., and has charge of the electric light plant and waterworks, and is making a success in all of them. Haworth and Little took charge of the Record February 20, 1896, and changed its politics and supported MeKinley for president, against Bryan and free silver. Lester Haworth had had experience, and was an excellent writer. Some of his editorials will long be remembered by many of the Indianola people. Mr. Little was a good business man, necessary in a newspaper, and made the paper a success both in dollars and increased circulation, making it reach one thousand subscribers.


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Hlaworth is still writing editorials in Manhattan, Nevada, and owns the plant, and is doing well. Charles Little is a member of the firm of Kittleman, Little Suspender Co .. in Chicago, Ill.


Homer Thompson, of Winterset. purchased the Record September 2, 1897. and December 2. of the same year. C. S. Lyon of Milo, purchased a half interest; as both Thompson and Lyon were experienced newspaper men, they had no trouble in meeting competition. Mr. Thompson sold his interest to Mr. Lyon June 23. 1898. and returned to Winterset and bought back his old plant -- the Madisonian. He is now in newspaper work at Valley Junction. Mr. Lyon sold out to E. B. Dowell. the present owner. November 1. 1900.


Mr. Lyon is private secretary of a military officer in high rank at West Point.


The Record, under the present management, has more than doubled in business and value, and is now one of the best county newspapers in the conn- try. It is republican in polities, but will never sacrifice the county and town where it is located for the purpose of politics.


THE INDIANOLA HERALD.


A short history of the Herald and of the newspaper business in this county may be found of interest to our readers at this time. The first paper published in Warren county was issued in Indianola on the 24th of August. 1855. by John W. Murphy. Previous to this time Mr. Murphy had been a printer on the Oskaloosa Herald. The paper was called the Republican and the office was in the old frame building which stood so long just across the alley from the present Herald building, and occupied for many years by Hughes Bros. It was republican in politics, but Mr. Murphy gave it a Know-Nothing cast. Mr. Murphy continued the publication until the beginning of the year 1856, when it passed into the hands of the Henderson. Millard Co .. with Col. P. P. Henderson as proprietor. and C. E. Millard. editor. Murphy and Millard both failed in their efforts to run the paper. and in June. 1856. Mr. Geo. W. Clarke became Millard's successor. Mr. Clarke, who during the war became General Geo. W. Clarke, and after its close. United States Marshal for Iowa. became editor of the Republican as above mentioned. and the publishing firm became Henderson. Clarke & Barnes. The paper lived just ten weeks after this. These men failed to get sufficient support. and with No. 49. turned the key in the door. none of them ever to enter journalism again. General Clarke then went to Utah, where he engaged in mining. afterward going to Washington, D. C .. where he died a few years ago.


Warren county was then withont a newspaper until April 2. 1857. when J. HI. Knox, who had bought the material of the Republican office, issued the first number of the Indianola Visitor. Mr. Knox had learned the trade of a printer at Mt. Vernon. Ohio, and came west in 1854. settling at Newton. In 1855 he entered the newspaper business at Oskaloosa, and was one of the editors of the Herald at that place until the fall of 1856. In February, 1857. he came to Indianola. His venture here was much more of a snecess than any of


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his predecessors. In those days subscriptions were paid mostly in pork, cabbage and potatoes. Mr. Knox kept the paper, however, through good and ill report, although the hard times following the crash of 1857, was a great blow to the Visitor. Mr. Knox went on two different occasions to the mountains during the gold excitement, and on one of these occasions Mr. John D. Ingalls edited the Visitor, as he did also in 1862, when Mr. Knox accepted a captainey in the army. In 1858 Mr. Knox left the paper in charge of John C. Brown, who conducted it as an independent paper for a short time, but it was changed back to the republican ranks when Mr. Knox again took charge of it. In March, 1864, Mr. Knox sold the plant to M. Henry Money, who changed the name to the Banner, and conducted it until September, 1866, when Mr. Knox again bought it, and changed the name back to the Visitor. It was under this name that it became known as one of the brightest papers in the state, and which laid the foundation for the prosperity of the newspaper which succeeded it. Mr. Knox retained control of the paper until April, 1868, when he sold it to George E. Griffith, with A. W. Swalm, as editor. In a short time Mr. E. W. Brady of the Mount Pleasant Journal, was put in control, and changed the name of the paper to the Indianola Journal. Mr. Brady was a Methodist preacher, but he made the Journal very lively. In 1871, the paper passed into the hands of W. HI. Schooley, who in 1872 sold a half interest to A. J. Graham. In 1873, Mr. Knox showed up again in the harness, purchasing Mr. Schooley's interest, and the firm became Graham & Knox. The name was again changed, this time to the Indianola Herald. Mr. Brady returned to the ministry and Mr. Schooley entered the practice of law, later editing the Democratic paper, which he followed for several years. In June, 1878, Mr. Knox leased his interest in the Herald to J. W. Jones for one year, he taking charge of the city work, Mr. Graham retaining general control of the paper. At the expiration of Mr. Jones' lease, Mr. Knox sold his interest in the Herald to S. D. Cook, who was a traveling man, and his wife became one of the editors. Mr. Orlando H. Baker, now United States consul to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, purchased the interests of the Cooks, and for several years, Graham & Baker were editors and publishers of the paper. In 1884, Mr. Graham sold his interest in the paper to Mr. A. B. Knotts, and the firm became Baker & Knotts. These gentlemen conducted the paper for two years, selling out to T. T. & J. M. Anderson in October, 1886, who still own and conduct the Herald-one of the best newspaper properties in this part of the state. The Herald building is a two story, situated on the south side of the square-in all its departments an ideal home for a newspaper .- Indianola Herald, April 7, 1904.


WOMEN'S CLUBS.


No movement of any kind has wrought such great changes in social con- ditions throughout the country within the last twenty-five years as women's clubs. In many of the journals they have been held up to ridicule, neverthe- less, they have prospered and will continue to prosper for ages to come. Notwithstanding, they are of such recent origin, they have made the routine


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of home life much more interesting. The studies proscented in these clubs, interspersed with the duties of the house wife, have brought cheer. hopefulness and a new inspiration to more than one mother engaged in bearing the burdens and meeting the responsibilities that come to the weary house wife. These clubs have not only infused new life into the home, but they have borne fruit to be read and known of all men. Many towns and villages have been cleaned up. sanitary improvements made, and the homes of the people beautified by the energetic efforts of women's clubs. As an educative influence, the school and college are scarcely less potent than these chibs. Mothers have entered new fields of thought. have studied current history. the geography of foreign lands. the rise and fall of empires. and a multiplicity of other subjects that have en- larged their scope of vision and thought power. It is putting the case mildly to say the home. the husband and the children have profited by the women's clubs. It may readily be admitted that in some peculiar cases club work may have disturbed home and become the cause of strife. It may be that clubs have been overdone in some communities, but these are rare exceptions, and hardly deserve mention. The knowledge that club women have obtained of parliamentary law. of the usages of legislative assemblies, the conduct of courts and the eternal principles of human freedom, are among the benefits derived from women's clubs. If they have taken the wife and mother from the home one afternoon in a week or a month-if they have occupied part of her time in the home. they have brought back a thousand fold in blessings to the home.


BIBLE CLUB.


The Bible Club was organized in 1887. It is composed of twelve ladies. Mrs. J. B. Gifford has been the president from the organization until the present. The object of this club is the study of the Holy Scriptures. They meet on the second Tuesday of each month at three o'clock p. m .. and study the Sunday School lessons for the previous month. At six o'clock the lesson eloses. and the husbands of the ladies appear, and all partake of a sumptuous dinner. This club has no vacation, but meets every month in the year. After dinner and a social visit of an hour, the exercises are closed by singing "God be with you till we meet again."


ART NOUVEAU CLUB.


The Art Nouveau Chib was organized in November, 1905. with seven mem- bers. They now have twelve members of whom Besse E. Talbott is president : Loraine Guy, secretary and treasurer; Grace Perry, reporter. This club meets each alternate Saturday.


SHAKESPEARE CLUB.


The Shakespeare Club was organized November 29. 1887; federated in 1905. Present officers-Mrs. Geo. F. Pearley, president : Mrs. J. IT. Henderson, vice- president ; Mrs. S. A. MeElroy, secretary: Mrs. F. S. Burberry, treasurer.


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Present membership, fifteen. It meets every third Monday from September to May in each year. The object of this club is for the study of literature. Several of the constituent members are still active in the work of the club.


DELTA ALLIANCE OF DELTA DELTA DELTA.


Organized September 24, 1901. Nine constituent members. Meetings are held at the third honr on the third day of the third week of each month. The present officers are Mrs. Carrie Ruth Badley, president; Mrs. Dora Honnold, secretary; Miss Clytie Huggins, treasurer; Miss Emma Peck, vice-president; Mrs. Alice Berry, corresponding secretary and historian. Present member- ship, thirty-one.


PI BETA PHI ALUMNAL CLUB.


Pi Beta Phi Alumnal Club was organized May 15, 1901, with twenty-two members. The object of this club is mutual improvement. Present membership, thirty-one. Present officers-Mrs. Fletcher Brown, president; Mrs. W. C. Martin, vice-president ; Miss Stella Hartman, secretary and treasurer. The members meet on the second Thursday of each month at two-thirty p. m.


THIMBLE CLUB.


The Thimble Club was organized in the autumn of 1892, with twelve mem- bers. The object of this club is social improvement. Present officers-Mrs. Myrtie Henderson, president; Mrs. Sarah Sigler, vice-president; Mrs. Bessie Seroggs, secretary and treasurer. This elub meets every third Friday. Its colors are pink and green. Its present membership sixteen.


H. M. C.


The II. M. C. Club was organized in January, 1905, with nine members. First officers-Lydia Bundy, president; Leona Cheshire, vice-president; Edith Iliekman, secretary ; Marabell Frazier, treasurer. This club meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Present officers-Bell Parnham, president ; Fae Wickwire, vice-president; Kate Hickman, secretary; Lydia Bundy, treas- urer. Present membership twenty-two.


O. L. C.


The O. L. C. Club was organized in March, 1906, with four members. It now has a membership of eighteen. Present officers-Mrs. C. P. Spurgeon, president ; Mrs. F. C. Young, vice-president; Mrs. John Currier, secretary ; Mrs. .J. H. Derrough, treasurer. The O. b. C. meets near the middle of the month at the discretion of the hostess.


JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY CLUB.


The James Whitcomb Riley Club was organized March, 1904, with six members. The object of this elub is to make the declining years of aged people


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as pleasant as possible. The work of this club is heartily approved by the entire community. The meetings are held once a month, the date being at the discre- tion of the hostess. Present officers-Mrs. Ella Cole, president; Mrs. Addie Price, vice-president ; Mrs. Allie Battles, secretary : Mrs. Tennie Eno, treasurer. This club now has a membership of fifteen.


CLIO CLUB.


The Clio Club was organized September 25. 1899, with eleven members. The object of this club is the study of history. Present officers- Mrs. Clyde Proudfoot, president ; Mrs. J. F. Henry, vice-president ; Mrs. P. K. MeKee, secre- tary and treasurer. Present membership eighteen.


ZETETIC CLUB.


The Zetetic Club was organized November 3, 1907, with thirteen members. It meets the first and third Mondays of each month. The object of this club is the study of history and travel. Present officers-Edith Calhoun, president ; Mary Kelly, vice-president; Margaret Brown, secretary ; Mabel Schee, treasurer ; Mrs. Madge Harlan, chaperon. Present membership fifteen.


MONDAY CLUB.


The Monday Club was organized January 3, 1887, with twelve members. This elub meets every third Monday from September to May. Its object is mutual improvement. The lessons are studied from three to six o'clock p. m., at which time the husbands appear and all partake of a prescribed dinner. This is one of the oldest and most interesting clubs of the city. Present officers- Mrs. E. L. Baker, president; Mrs. T. T. Anderson, vice-president; Mrs. John Mavers. secretary ; Mrs. W. H. Berry, treasurer. Present membership, twelve.




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