Annals of IowaSamuel Storrs Howe, Theodore Sutton Parvin, Frederick Lloyd, Sanford W. Huff, Charles Aldrich, Edgar Rubey Harlan Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives, 1907 - Iowa |
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Page 12
... give no more . This is the best coat I have in the world , and it is not fit to wear to church . You must give us a rest and let us do something for ourselves . " For twenty - six years Professor Edson received tuitions and paid the ...
... give no more . This is the best coat I have in the world , and it is not fit to wear to church . You must give us a rest and let us do something for ourselves . " For twenty - six years Professor Edson received tuitions and paid the ...
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... give students the benefit derived from listen- ing to the best talent of the American lecture platform , an annual course of lectures has been given in Academy Hall , to which students can purchase tickets at a reduced price . At the ...
... give students the benefit derived from listen- ing to the best talent of the American lecture platform , an annual course of lectures has been given in Academy Hall , to which students can purchase tickets at a reduced price . At the ...
Page 35
... give to the Independent District a small sum of money for school purposes . Third , in consideration of this sum of money the Independent District was to grant to the Monthly Meeting certain priv- ileges , among which was an equal voice ...
... give to the Independent District a small sum of money for school purposes . Third , in consideration of this sum of money the Independent District was to grant to the Monthly Meeting certain priv- ileges , among which was an equal voice ...
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... give expression to sentiments of grati- tude for inspiration and help received at the public - private school on the prairie . IOWA COLLEGE , GRINNELL , Iowa . IMMIGRATION . There has been already considerable immigration to ...
... give expression to sentiments of grati- tude for inspiration and help received at the public - private school on the prairie . IOWA COLLEGE , GRINNELL , Iowa . IMMIGRATION . There has been already considerable immigration to ...
Page 87
... give bonds for $ 50,000.00 each for the faithful performance of their duties . They were to select from the plans submit- ted to the census board , with the advice of a competent architect , a plan on which to build , but were ...
... give bonds for $ 50,000.00 each for the faithful performance of their duties . They were to select from the plans submit- ted to the census board , with the advice of a competent architect , a plan on which to build , but were ...
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Page 25 - ... the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the title of the defendant.
Page 482 - Resolved, therefore, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to use their influence to have the said Des Moines River declared not a navigable stream, to the end that the same may be more cheaply improved as a motive power for machinery.
Page 320 - One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake.
Page 307 - ... the duty of the State to provide for the education of all.
Page 441 - He was a member of the Grand Army of the 'Republic and of various educational associations.
Page 142 - Did you, now Doctor, subject his person to an autopsy?" Witness — "Certainly; that was the last remedy adopted." Mr. Williams — "Well, then, Doctor, as you performed a post-mortem operation upon the defendant, and he survived it, I have no more to ask, and if your claim will survive it, quackery deserves to be immortal." I have thus particularized, not only for the purpose of throwing light upon the personal history of my subject and properly sketching him, but to remove doubts which have sometimes...
Page 95 - The Creek tribe of Indians cede to the United States all their lands east of the Mississippi River.
Page 218 - unfit to be the ruler of a free people", and that a select committee be appointed to prepare and report a memorial to the President of the United States, asking for his immediate removal.6 Such a memorial was actually written and presented to President Van Buren, but did not produce the desired effect. Another question upon which the Governor...
Page 201 - I have often heard my father and grandfather say they lived near the sea-coast, where the white man first came. I am glad to hear all this from you. I suppose it is put in a book, where you learn all these things. As far as I can understand the language of the white people, it appears to me that the Americans have attained a very high rank among the white people.
Page 217 - Denny introduced a resolution "that the committee on internal improvements be instructed to inquire into the expediency of...