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Identifier: historyoffortdod01prat (find matches)
Title: History of Fort Dodge and Webster County, Iowa
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Pratt, Harlow Munson, 1876- Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago)
Subjects: Webster County (Iowa) -- History Fort Dodge (Iowa) -- History Webster County (Iowa) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, The Pioneer Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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(colored) has a small frame churchi building onthe corner of Nineteenth street and Fourth avenue south. They have no regularpastor. THE WEBSTER COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY The Webster County Bible Society is the oldest society in Webster county, stillin existence. The first meeting of the society was held October 7, 1858, and thefollowing ofticers were elected: William Williams, president; C. C. Carpenter,vice president; Stephen B. Ayers, secretary; Samuel Rees. treasurer. A consti-tution was adopted and an oflfering of $14.25 was made to the work. The fol-lowing counties were embraced in the association: Webster. Calhoun, Humboldt,Pocahontas. Kossuth. Palo Alto. Emmet. Sac, Buena Vista and Dickinson. Abranch .society was organized at Lumpkins schoolhouse. June 30, 1865. In Janu-ary, 1873. branches were established at Otho and Tysons Alill. Y. M. c. A. The Young Mens Christian Association was organized in 1890. The firstsecretarv was lohn Ruse. The second was Herbert \\ard. who ser\ecl hut a
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y. M. C. A. BUILDING, FORT DODGE, BUILT IN 1910 1.^ m^ m <l HISTORY OF WEBSTER COUNTY 193 short time, and was followed by A. W. Braily. The society was in a prosperouscondition until January 17, 1893, when the building in which the rooms werelocated was destroyed by fire. This made a heavy loss as the furniture was notinsured. Mr. Charles B. Hall, a Fort Dodge boy, began the work of reorgani-zation. Rooms were secured on the corner of Ninth and Central avenue. Mr.Hall served as secretary until June 15. 1895, when he resigned and was succeededby Mr. John H. Fellingham. In February, 1898, quarters consisting of eight large rooms were secured inthe Sanderson block and was fitted up at an expenditure of $1,600. A gymnasiumwas added, January, 1899. At a large banquet held in the Armory, October 18,1909, plans were made and subscription lists were started for a new building.The site opposite the Carnegie library was donated by O. M. Oleson. Work on the new building was begun in the sprin

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