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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, June 01, 1953, Section 7
THE MASON CITY STORY
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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.
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THE MASON CITY STORY
INDEX of ARTICLES
The Pioneer Years ~ 1853 - 1869
| The Mason City Story, Introduction, Page 2
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| | Mason City Mayors, Page 2
1870 - 2014 |
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| | Statisical Facts Page 2
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| | A Small Village in Civil War Years Page 2
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| | Glacial Period Page 3
SURNAMES: Brentner, Dickirson, Graeger, Hewitt, Jenkinson, Long, McMillian, Ragan |
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| | A Century of Postmasters, Page 2
Post Masters 1855 - 1954 |
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| | Dispossesion of the Red Man, Page 3
SURNAME: McMillin | |
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| | Bibliography, Page 3
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| | The Red Man Strikes Back, Page 4
SURNAMES: Bilford, Brentner, Callanan, Dickirson, Durham, Everett, Hewitt, Jenkinson, Long, McMillin, Owen, Parker, Reese, Rogers, Russell, Sirrine, Thomas, Wiltfong, Wright | |
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| | They Were Giants in the Earth, Page 5
SURNAMES: Abbott, Ashbacher, Bagley, Baumgartner, Belt, Brentner, Clark, Coon, Cowles, Dexter, Drummond, Elder, Farrell, Green, Harding, Hartshorn, Kirk, Kuppinger, Long, McMillin, Miller, Randall, Sabin, Shipley, Stackhouse, Stewart, Taylor, Valentine, Vermilya, Watson, Waughtal, Wicks, Williams, York, Zuver |
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| | The County Seat Fight, Page 6
SURNAMES: Brentner, Bunce, Card, Church, Clark, Clarke, Coon, Dickirson, Dimmick, Drummond, Felt, Gardner, Garner, Gibbs, Henderson, Huntley, Jackson, Johnson, Long, Lutz, Martin, McCoy, McMillin, Miller, Murdock, Printz, Raymond, Stackhouse, Stewart, Taggert, Tuttle, Van Potter, Warner, Wilson, Wright |
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| | County Judge Tried by Jury, Page 7
SURNAMES: Allen, Aylesworth, Boyd, Brentner, Brockway, Card, Church, Coon, Dexter, Dickirson, Doolittle, Dovan, Drummond, Dunham, Frisbee, Frost, Gardner, Garner, Griffin, Hartshorn, Hills, Howard, Hunt, Huntley, Johnson, Keller, Long, McMillin, Miller, Murdock, Murphy, Noyes, Ogden, Osborn, Owen,
Parker, Porter, Randall, Rennills, Rogers, Rule, Simpson, Sirrine, Stackhouse, Stahley, Stanbery, Stevens, Stiles, Stilson, Tenney, Thompson, Tobin, Tucker, Tuttle, Uslner, Van Aiken, Van Curen, Vermilya, Williams, Wiltfong | |
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| | School Becomes Community Center, Page 8
SURNAMES: Adams, Boyton, Brainard, Child, Church, Dibble, Florence, Garner, Green, Griffith, Hunt, Huntley, Long, McMillin, Parker, Randall, Skinner, Styles, Taylor, Temple, Tenney, Thompson, Tuttle, Van Patter |
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| | Mason City in Civil War, Page 9
SURNAMES: Barr, Bogardus, Card, Coon, Dingman, Emsley, Ferguson, Goodell, Goodwin, Henry, Hobbs, Hunt, Huntley, Jenkinson, Keerl, Miller, Parker, Ragan, Randall, Rule, Smith, Stanbery, Tucker, Van Potter, Williams, Wood |
The Middle Years ~ 1869 -1899
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| | The Coming of the Railroad, Page 10
SURNAMES: Brown, Decker, Eddy, Hepburn, Parker |
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| | The First City Government, Page 12
SURNAMES: Allen, Beaver, Bell, Blythe, Boe, Brigham, Brockway, Burns, Calkins, Casler, Clark, Cliggitt, Cummings,
Cure, Dakin, Denison, Dike, Elder, Emlsey, Foster, Gale, Gibson, Glass, Goodykoontz, Hartshorn, Keeler, Keerl, Kirk, Knapp, Lien, Lloyd,
Lytle, Mason, McKee, McMillin, McNider, Miller, Mumford, Page, Paicurich, Parker, Pratt, Randall, Ransom, Rule, Sale, Sherwin, Smith, Solon, Stanbery, Stilson,
Terrill, Tunure, Tuttle, Vermilya, Vincent, Watson, Williams, Wood |
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| | What Made The Railroads Come, Page 13
SURNAMES: Hawley, Johnson, Parker |
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| Money Panic Nips Railroad Boom, Page 14
SURNAMES: Adams, Allen, Atkinson, Babcock, Bagley, Bailey, Bate, Bogardus, Bond, Cameron, Card, Church, Clark, Cobb, Currie,
Denison, Dickinson, Donaldson, Dougan, Elliot, Emsley, Ensign, Glanville, Greenleaf,
Griffin, Hay, Higley, Hitchcock, Keeler, Kirk, Knovlinka, Lloyd, Lytle, McGrigor, McNider, Montague, Page, Parker, Pratt, Purdy, Rule,
Schermerhorn, Shepard, Shipley, Smith, Stanbery, Tiffany, Toddy, Tuttle, Valentine, Van Ness, Vroon, Wall, Wightman, Wilson, Wright |
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| | Shoestring District Pays For School, Page 15
SURNAMES: Adams, Alexander, Allen, Barton, Brown, Catt, Chapman, Clark, Cliggitt, Colby, Egloff, Gilchrist, Hartshorn,
Long, Lucas, Mayne, Miller, Moulton, Noyes, Quick, Parker, Sanborn, Tiffany, Tuttle, Valentine, White |
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| | Infant Industry Becomes A Giant, Page 16
SURNAMES: Adams, Bailey, Barnard, Barr, Baum, Brahm, Brickson, Brower, Burdette, Conroy, Dennison,
Dorfner, Elder, English, Farrell, Garnidge, Gaylord, Gelo, Goddard, Hamlin, Huntley, Keeler, Kennedy, Kirk, Klinefelter, Lane, Lanning, Lawrence, Lien, Lloyd, Lucas,
Marine, McDevitt, Medary, Miller, Milton, Muse, Myers, Nelson, Neuhaus, Nichol, Norris, Parker, Peedan, Price, Randall, Rule, Sargent, Schaefer, Shipley, Shots,
Spink, Stanbery, Stanley, Stephenson, Stettler, Trezise, Tucker, Valentine, West, White, Willard, Wyatt, Young |
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| | Political Bosses Rule Community, Page 17
SURNAMES: Attwool, Blythe, Brady, Brentner, Brightman, Burnap, Cameron, Card, Clark, Cliggitt, Cummings, Doughtery, Emsley, Gale, Glass, Hartshorn, Haugen, Hughes,
Kirschamn, Klinefelter, Markley, McConlogue, McDermott, McNider, Merrill, Miller, Quick, Peedan, Ruddick, Rule, Sherwin, Sirrine, Smith, Stanberry, Telford, Tiffany, Updegraff, Witwer |
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| | Religious Revivals Build Churches, Page 18
SURNAMES: Barnard, Billhorn, Brett, Bricksen, Brokaw, Brown,
Bush, Cameron, Carolan, Clarke, Denison, Emsley, Fains, Glasoe, Glass, Helgesen, Henkel, King, Kirk, LaDue, Lien,
MacNider, Markley, McNider, Nelson, Paulus, Rehm, Reife, Rogers, Sanford, Schermerhorn, Sirrene, Smith,
Thomas, Tuttle, Valentine, Walling, Westenberger, Zeilinger |
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| | Era of Gilbert and Sulivan, Page 19
SURNAMES: Baker, Bowen, Caldwell, Dodson, Ellis, Higgins, Kenney, Kirk, Klinefelter, Kotchell, Lombardo,
Merrill, Moore, Parker, Quick, Randall, Ransom, Rule, Savage, Smoth, Sphor, Stewart, West |
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| Brice Sets Stage for Coming Boom, Page 20
SURNAMES: Brice, Cassiday, Cummings, Dike, Dougherty, Eager, Elder, Frost, Hanlon, Hill, Joice, Keerl, Kiester,
McDonald, McNider, Ong, Rhodes, Scar, Stevens, Tallon, Vorhies, Wheeler |
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| | Giant Industries Transform City, Page 21
SURNAMES: Baird, Balmat, Boecking, Brice, Brown, Clark, Conroy, Davis,
Decker, Denison, Dunlop, Hanlon, Hannaman, Harned, Hormel, Hurn, Johnson, Keeler,
Maytham, McCourtie, McGowan, McNider, Milton, Moore, Muse, Myers, Patterson, Richards, Russell, Scram, Smith, Stephenson, Trezise, Tucker, Way |
Industrial Expansion ~ 1899 - 1920
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| | Famous Architect Constructs Bank, Page 22
SURNAMES: Adams, Austin, Bagley, Barber, Blythe, Brett, Chapman, Clark,
Fleming, Franke, Fuller, Gale, Gildner, Glanville, Glass, Green, Hathorn, Hicks, Jacobson, Keerl, Kotchell,
Manley, Markley, Marshall, Mathews, Nichols, Parker, Raizes, Sale, Senneff, Shipley, Smith, Stevens, Stanbery, Stockman, Stone, Swift,
Telford, Vance, Weir, Willson, Winter, Wolf |
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| | Mason City's Auto Factory, Page 23
SURNAMES: Beck, Bogardus, Boyle, Chase, Colby, Kern,
Murphy, Nalen, O'Leary, Oscar, Pearce, Peterson, Pray, Schutz, Sherman, Strickland, Verney |
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| | Mason City Gets Facelifting, Page 24
SURNAMES: Adams, Buchanan, Burns, Cadwell, Colloton, Cankin, Corsair, Decker, Dunton,
Fitch, Fitzgerald, Gorman, Gould, Hathaway, Hewett, Hicks, Higley, Hyde, Keenan, Kirk, Kirschman, Koch, Kotchell, Lee, Lein, McEwen, McNider, Miller, Nelson, Norris, Peters, Phillips, Potter, Randall, Roberts,
Sanford, Stanbery, Stanton, Sullivan, Valentine, Veech, Wallbaum, Way, Wilson, Wrate, |
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| | The Light That Failed, Page 25
SURNAMES: Bagley, Beck, Blaise, Blythe, Brandenburg,
Clark, Doran, Dyer, Francisco, Goodman, Jones, Markley, Patton, Rae, Reinke, Sorter, Studebaker, Tucker, Vasey, Wyant |
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| | Churches Reach Factory Workers, Page 26
SURNAMES: Alter, Behan, Benblit, Beyer, Buettner, Carolan, Cooley, Davey, Denison, de Pazzo, Dougherty, Elmquist,
Framakis, Griedman, Gallagher, Garfin, Goldstein, Hinz, Karamitros, Karsten, Keeler, Kitsis, Kropman, Larch, Larger, Larner, Levinson, Mall, Malone, Marinos, McComas, Miller,
Murphy, O'Connor, Schultz, Shulman, Skondras, Smith, Tokman, Woldman, Wolf, Woodford |
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| | The Melting Pot Boils Over, Page 27
SURNAMES: Baldizar, Bjolobrkovich, Boomhower, Cheleovich, Chorak, Georgeovich, Grba, Ivanovich, Juroich,
Karamitros, Keeler, Knezevich, Marish, Myuscovich, Nigomir, Sakal, Senneff, Socha, Stanbery, Williams |
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| | Mason Cityans Help Defeat Kaiser, Page 28
SURNAMES: Bagley, Beck, Clark, Clausen, Crabtree, Currie, Dernek, Garman, Hall, Haynes, Heffner, Johnson, MacNider, Marty, McAuley, Neilson, Odle, Randall, Steffen, Tandy, Webster, Wiley, Worden |
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| | The Golden Age of the Theater, Page 29
SURNAMES: Arthur, Heffner, Humphrey, Johannsen, Miller, Millington, Tournier, Wilson |
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| | The Conscience of the Community, Page 30
SURNAMES: Albert, Allen, Balz, Blaise, Blythe, Bushnell, Carrier, Crabb, Dakin,
Egloff, Farrell, Fitzpatrick, Fulghum, Goodhue, Gregory, Harris, Knox, Long, Lymenstahl, Lyon, Marston, Mason, McDonald, McEwen, McGlone, Murphy, Newcomer, Noyes, Osborne,
Smith, Somers, Stanislaus, Starr, Stockman, Story, Swale, Thaddeus, Vitalis, Weston, Wheeler |
Deflation - Inflation Years ~ 1920 - 1953
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| | When Farm Prices Plunged, Page 31
SURNAMES: Bagley, Beck, Bogardus, Clark, Currie, Damon, Dunn, Haynes, Heneman, Lundberg, MacNier, McNider, Wilkinson |
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| | The Coming of New Industries, Page 32
SURNAMES: Boecking, Brice, Cabell, Carson, Cohen, Conroy, Decker, Duffield, Duncan,
Eighmey, Evans, Gobel, Goodwin, Hakes, Hall, Judd, Keeler, Loomis, MacNider, Moore, Muse, Ohrt, Quamme, Smith, Sprague, Strickland, Thogerson, Wolf |
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| | Lifting Highways Out of the Mud, Page 33
SURNAMES: Brewer, Lampert, Robertson, Schultz, Shephard, Zack |
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| | Wholesale Distribution, Page 34
SURNAMES: Carlson, Drummond, Girton, Hagen, Matthews, Milligan, Sheffler, Shelton |
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| | City Manager Brings Efficiency, Page 35
SURNAMES: Barclay, Barlow, Barrett, Beecher, Brown, Bruce, Burns, Courshon, Crofoot,
Davey, DeSart, Eslick, Forbes, Gallagher, Grupp, Hamblin, Hart, Hayes, Holvik, Hopkins, Jackson, Jennings, Jewell,
Kellogg, Kelly, Koerber, Knudson, Laird, Lock, MacNider, Mack, Marshall, McEnaney, McEwen, McGee, McGhee, McNider, Mendon, Olson, Pagenhart, Pals, Patton, Pauley, Potter,
Reynolds, Rheingaus, Selby, Shire, Steffen, Stubbs, Veech, Wilcox |
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| Gangster Dillinger Makes A Call, Page 36
SURNAMES: Bagley, Bogardus, Buchanan, Burzette, Butler, Cavenaugh, Clark,
Edwards, Fisher, Harned, James, Kelley, Kepler, Oulman, Patton, Risacher, Shipley, Stephenson, Troe, Van Note, Wallace, Walters |
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| | Modernizing School System, Page 37
SURNAMES: Beem, Brunsvold, Carlton, Carstensen, Foster, George, Grimsely,
Irons, Kiethahn, Lawler, MacGregor, Morse, Murphy, Peterson, Prescott, Rae, Rugland, Sarchett, Schalekamp, Shepoiser, Snyder, Stewart, Vasey |
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| | 3 Million Dollars in New Churches, Page 38
SURNAMES: Ashley, Biedermann, Breen, Brice, Bruce, Carlson, Christiansen, Clemens,
Cross, Decker, Dobbe, Gilman, Hanlon, Herren, Hinz, Jordahl, Keeler, Lee,
Markley, McNider, Murphy, Murray, Olson, Patton, Peterson, Pietrzyk, Rogness, Sentman, Smith, Spence, Sprole, Tieman, Ulner, Waltrip, Way |
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| | Mason Cityans on All Warfronts, Page 39
SURNAMES: Bellows, Boyle, Brown, Burgess, Cannella, Carroll, Cavenaugh, Clough,
Faktor, Hand, Harrer, Hill, Jacobs, Kercheff, Kislia, Knapp, MacNider, McDougle, Magnani, Meade, Ong, Phlps, Redington, Scholl, Schroeder, Searle, Usher, Wagoner, Wallace, Wandrey |
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| | Mason City Gets Wings, Page 40
SURNAMES: Barclay, Barlow, Barrett, Bruce, Dunn,
Forbes, Hall, Hathorn, holvik, Hugelen, Jay, Jennings, Kiesselbach, Koerber, Long, Lundberg,
MacNider, MacPeak, McCracken, Melson, Mettler, Ohrt, Peterson, Scribner, Steinberg, Tofte, Wagner, Webster, Woodruff |
Photographs courtesy of Globe-Gazette unless otherwise noted
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2014
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