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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, June 01, 1953, Section 5

AGE OF HORSELESS CARRIAGE, 1904 - 1928

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Some of the language contained in these news articles are not considered to be politically correct by today's standards. They have, however, been transcribed as they appreared in 1953.

Photographs above ~ Top: American Crystal Sugar - 50 Million Pounds a Year
Northwestern States and Lehigh Portland Cement Companies

Middle: Brick and Tile Building, Built in 1916
Mason City Brick and Tile Kilns
Jacob E. Decker and Sons - Million Hogs a Year

Bottom: Part of Ideal Sand and Gravel Company Plant

Hotel Hanford - Site of Many Conventions

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AGE OF HORSELESS CARRIAGE, 1903 - 1928
INDEX of ARTICLES

1904	Help Celebrate Big Purchase, Page 2

	Federal Avenue Bridge, Page 2

	Started Shoe Business, Page 2 SURNAMES: Brown, Green, Nichols

1905	Pastor Becomes Policeman, Page 2 SURNAMES: Carlton, Dawson

	Hathorns Operate First Garage, Page 2 SURNAMES: Aldrich, Babcock, Blackmore, Brown, Hathorn, Herreman, Jones, Lighter, Melson, Paulson, Phillips, Toflfehmeyer

	The Clothing Corner of North Iowa, Page 3 SURNAME: Adams

	Bought School in 1906, Page 3 SURNAMES: Hamilton, Toland

1907	First PTA Raises Piano Fund, Page 4 SURNAMES: Carle, Dankin, Mickey, Newell, Spears, Warner

	Panorama of Business District in 1907, Page 4

	Pioneer Business Men, Page 4 SURNAMES: Lyon, Patton

1908	County Fair Moved to New Grounds, Page 4 SURNAMES: Baker, Duffield, Ferguson, McArthur, Patton, Seney, Somers, Stevens, Tofte

	Taft Here in 1908, Page 4

1909	Park Hospital ~ Hermanson Bros. Begin Dairy Business, Pages 5 & 6 SURNAMES: Albert, Crawford, Hermanson, Long, Marston, Starr, Swale

	Holy Family Church in 1909, Page 6

1910	High Court Sets Lake Level, Page 6 SURNAMES: Callanan, Campbell, Charlton, Clyde, Colby, Crowell, Dickirson, Frandson, Gilmore, Green, Grimm, Hewitt, Kluth, Nichols, Palmeter, Schert, Sherwin, Sirrine, Stevens, Wood

1911	Form Civil League ~ Melson Plat River Heights Here ~ Marshall, Swift and Millwork Organized, Page 8 SURNAMES: Anderson, Bagley, Bisbee, Bogardus, Brereton, Lantz, Marshall, Melson, McNider, Schulters, Spencer, Swift, Tubbesing

	First Piano Truck, Page 8 SURNAMES: Kinhart, Vance

	Lincoln School Burns, Page 9

	First Church of Christ Scientist Building, Page 9 SURNAMES: Moen, Smith

	Stanbery Office Fire Interrupts Masonic Ceremony, Page 9 SURNAMES: Smith, Stanbery

1912	Dunn Governor Candidate ~ Cecil Theater Opens, Page 9 SURNAMES: Beck, Delher, Dunn, Holahan

	Fire Station Completed in 1912 For Growing City, Page 9 SURNAME: Connors

	Socialist Newspaper, Page 9

	Knights of Pythias Building Erected, Page 9

1913	First Airplane Flight ~ First Mile of Rural Paving Laid in County, Page 9 SURNAMES: Barlow, Raizes

	Benefit Held for Boys in Spanish War, Page 9 SURNAMES: Adams, Bagley, Ensign, Fritchie, Long, Mosher, Reade

	From One Pioneer to Another, Page 10 SURNAME: Currie, Hathorn

	Last Glacier Was 10,000 Years Ago, Page 10

	Typographical Union Charter Signed in 1900, Page 10 SURNAMES: Arquette, Dillon, Harding, Hitchcock, King, McEwen, Merriman, Mitchell, Olson, Quick, Roden, Russell, Stanbery, Terrill, Tucker, Van Wie, Whitney, Woodward

1914	World War Starts in Europe, Page 10 SURNAMES: Boyle, Colby, Elder, Pearce

	Mason Cityan in Berlin, Page 10 SURNAMES: Babcock, Mason

1915	Labor Assembly Formed, Page 10 SURNAMES: Broadwell, Cockayne, Denny, Dull, Gates, Griebling, Harris, Holmland, Hoye, Kephart, Lee, Lindsay, McComb, McSweeny, Mellang, Orcutt, Rickoff, Tally, VerHelst, Wolford

	Labor Temple, Page 10

	B. and P. W. Club Started Here in 1915, Page 10 SURNAMES: Barrette, Daly, Graves, Hagenstein, Hamilton, Kakuschke, Lohr, Pattie, Potter, Potts, Randolph, Ridgeway, Scott, Stevenson, Wepler

1916	Rotary Club, Chamber Organized ~ Ideal Sand & Gravel Started, Page 11 SURNAMES: Currie, Decker, Douglas, Hanlon, Haynes, Hults, Johnson, Markham, McGowen, McNider, Pauley, Potter, Pratt, Schanke, Shepard, Sherman, Stephenson, Way, Westfall

	Mason Cityans on Mexican Border, Page 11 SURNAMES: Garman, Heffner, Helbig, MacNider, Paxton

	Rotary Club Members, Page 11 SURNAMES: Armstrong, Baird, Balz, Boyle, Brady, Brice, Clark, Cody, Damon, Decker, Eslick, Evans, Ferguson, Grippen, Hanlon, Hathorn, Hirsch, Holloway, Johnson, Keeler, Kersey, Lovell, McArthur, McNider, Moore, Murphy, Muse, Nichols, O'Brien, O'Donnell, O'Rear, Patton, Pauley, Pearce, Pratt, Shaffer, Shepard, Sherman, Stevens, Tandy, Thompson, Tournier, Van Auken, Vasey, Walker, Wilcox, Willis

1917	Taft Dedicates MBA ~ Retail Merchants Organize, Page 11 SURNAMES: Baird, Barber, Crawford, Green, Killmer, Lyon, Miller, Milligan, Moore, Schaffer, Winter

1918	Junior College Starts Classes ~ YWCA Dedicated, Page 12 SURNAMES: Muse, Rae

	Started Business in 1915, Page 12 SURNAMES: Moore, Smith

	Famous Empyrean Quartet, Page 12 SURNAMES: Higgins, Muse, Tournier, Wilcox

	Three Generations in Business, Page 12 SURNAMES: Carlson, Girton, Matthews, Sheffler

	Started Store in 1920, Page 12 SURNAME: Lundberg

1919	War I Vets Organize, Page 13 SURNAMES: Brown, Clausen, Fletcher, Hall, Hanford, Haynes, Jewell, Johnson, MacNider, Marty, Odle, Steffen, Tandy, Webster, Wiley, Worden

	Legion Commanders, Page 13 SURNAMES: Allstot, Bieth, Boyce, Chapman, Clausen, Hall, Hook, Jewell, Johnson, Jones, Kelroy, Kiser, Lattimer, MacNider, Nettleton, Patrick, Shepard, Whipple, Wilts

	Preview of Air Age, Page 13 SURNAMES: Barrett, Peterson, Sutcliff

	Three Generations in Business, Page 13 SURNAMES: Hanes, Reinke, Wells, Yelland

1920	Lions Club Formed in Mason City, Page 13 SURNAMES: Anderson, Bailey, Gilbert, Starr, Weaver, Westfall

	Lions Club Formed in 1920, Page 13 SURNAMES: Bagley, Barber, Beck, Boyd, Burke, Bush, Cain, Carlson, Chambers, Christensen, Collins, Conray, Daughtery, Duffield, Feldman, Fiesner, Gilman, Gilmore, Glanville, Gould, Groom, Hinton, Jaeger, Jacoby, Killmer, Lee, Loomer, Lord, Loring, Marshall, Martin, Maudsley, McCaffry, McNeil, McWaters, Meyer, Nichols, Nyquist, Palmer, Patton, Pauley, Pray, Remore, Sharp, Springer, Starr, Van Ness, Wagner, Washburn, Westfall, Wiegand

	Organize Harding Lodge in City, Page 13 SURNAMES: Bowling, Davey, Ditch, Gabriel, Glanville, Halphide, Hitchinson, Jones, McNider, Patterson, Rae, Sheckler, Westfall

1921	Business Women Here Organize Wa-Tan-Ye Club, Page 14 SURNAMES: Andrick, Bagley, Barlow, Beecher, Kimball, Mack, McCabe, Tyson

	Pioneer Contractor, Page 14 SURNAME: Davey

	Pioneer Laundryman, Page 14 SURNAME: Lyons

1922	VFW Post Organized in Mason City, Page 14 SURNAMES: Beck, Carsten, Clausen, Cerney, Degen, Ditch, Engebretson, Forbes, Lundeen, Marston, O'Brien, O'Green, Ostby, Patschull, Pearson, Pendergraft, Rieber, Schoon, Vail, Wilson

	VFW Post Past Commanders, Page 14 SURNAMES: Carsten, Cerney, Clausen, Degen, Engebretson, Hushaw, Lundeen, O'Green, Ostby, Pendergraft

1923	Moose Lodge Forms Mason City Organization, Page 14 SURNAMES: Clark, Winter

1924	North Iowan Had A Major Role in Effort to Save Farm Problem, Page 14 SURNAME: Haugen

	Scope Trial Kept World Agog in 1925, Page 14

1925	Tractors Come to Farms in North Iowa, Page 15

	Kiwanis Charter Members, Page 15 SURNAMES: Crabb, Gildner, Glass, Knudson, Kunz, Marty, O'Neil, Parker, Pool

	Store Started in 1890, Page 15 SURNAMES: Engler, Michael

1926	YMCA Building Big Achievement ~ Historic Central School Burns, Page 15 SURNAMES: Beck, Brice, Calhoun, Crabb, Decker, Gilman, Hanlon, Hathorn, Keeler, Marston, Marty, Maudsley, McNider, Morgan, Muse, Patton, Steinberg, Van Ness, Wilcox

	Started Furnace Company, Page 15 SURNAME: Kelroy

1927	Lindbergh at Airport Dedication, Page 15 SURNAMES: Dibble, Geer, Girton, Knudson, Long, Marty, Odle, Patton, Rae

1928	Louise Lennan Is Queen ~ Mason City Celebrates 75th Anniversary, Page 15 SURNAMES: Buehler, Duffield, Houlahan, Jenkinson, Keister, Lennan, Markley, McDermott, McMillin, Patton, Pool, Webster

	75th Anniversary Parade, Page 15

Photographs courtesy of Globe-Gazette unless otherwise noted

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2014