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A person on a stage holding an object and speaking into a microphone. Tables of various items are on and near the stage. An audience looks on and one person is standing nearby.

A person looking at a table of various garments and accessories. A sign reads "O'Pickle and Von Berg Ready-To-Wear Apparel (Donated by Good Germans)". Some of the materials presented here may reflect outdated, biased, offensive, and possibly…

A person pie-ing (?) another person in the face. Four people are looking on, three wearing hats and one with a pipe in their mouth.

Two people on stage in hats, one with a microphone, speaking to a crowd of people. Various objects are on display on and near the stage.

Three people holding money and standing with a priest near a table with a statue and various knick-knacks. A record player, lamp, and stuffed toy are on the ground.

A horizontal photograph of a group of seven people raising two flags: the American flag and a flag of a three leaf clover.

"Families of Irish railroad workers in the 1850s were the nucleus of Saint Patrick Parish in Anamosa, the county seat of Jones County. The present brick church near the center of the town, completed in 1929, was the third church for the parish. The…

"In 1877 a group of settlers went to Bode, south of Algona, so seven young people could receive first Holy Communion. That was in the time when children had to be 12, 13, or 14 to receive first Eucharist. In 1877 a Britt parishioner was taken to Bode…

"In the year of his ordination to the priesthood, Father Michael Carolan went to Mason City on October 25, 1877, and remained as pastor of Saint Joseph Parish until his death on December 30, 1917. Because he extended his missionary efforts throughout…

"Saint Patrick Parish in Cedar Falls traces its history to the first Mass in Cedar Falls, celebrated by Father Patrick McGinnis in the home of Andrew Mullarky in 1855. Father John Shiels began to minister to the Catholics of Cedar Falls in 1856 and…