Two years after Merriman left, McFarland, then sole owner of Iowa Times-Republican and postmaster of Marshalltown since 1889, sold out to Welker Given, who was editor and publisher only three years but was widely respected as one of the most learned editors of his time.
Given left his mark on Iowa politics, too, being credited with originating the Iowa law for local option in liquor control in 1894 and first suggesting the certified absent voter ballot in 1895 that is still in general use today.
He was born in Ohio in 1853 but the family moved to Des Moines in 1868. He did his first newspaper work on the old Iowa City Republican and Peoria Transcript and was an editorial writer on the Chicago Tribune when he bought the T.R. After leaving here he went to Des Moines where he held several state Jobs. He was the author of several scholarly books and died in Clinton in 1938 at the age of 84.
Given left his mark on Iowa politics, too, being credited with originating the Iowa law for local option in liquor control in 1894 and first suggesting the certified absent voter ballot in 1895 that is still in general use today.
He was born in Ohio in 1853 but the family moved to Des Moines in 1868. He did his first newspaper work on the old Iowa City Republican and Peoria Transcript and was an editorial writer on the Chicago Tribune when he bought the T.R. After leaving here he went to Des Moines where he held several state Jobs. He was the author of several scholarly books and died in Clinton in 1938 at the age of 84.
Two years after Merriman left, McFarland, then sole owner of Iowa Times-Republican and postmaster of Marshalltown since 1889, sold out to Welker Given, who was editor and publisher only three years but was widely respected as one of the most learned editors of his time.
Given left his mark on Iowa politics, too, being credited with originating the Iowa law for local option in liquor control in 1894 and first suggesting the certified absent voter ballot in 1895 that is still in general use today.
He was born in Ohio in 1853 but the family moved to Des Moines in 1868. He did his first newspaper work on the old Iowa City Republican and Peoria Transcript and was an editorial writer on the Chicago Tribune when he bought the T.R. After leaving here he went to Des Moines where he held several state Jobs. He was the author of several scholarly books and died in Clinton in 1938 at the age of 84.
Given left his mark on Iowa politics, too, being credited with originating the Iowa law for local option in liquor control in 1894 and first suggesting the certified absent voter ballot in 1895 that is still in general use today.
He was born in Ohio in 1853 but the family moved to Des Moines in 1868. He did his first newspaper work on the old Iowa City Republican and Peoria Transcript and was an editorial writer on the Chicago Tribune when he bought the T.R. After leaving here he went to Des Moines where he held several state Jobs. He was the author of several scholarly books and died in Clinton in 1938 at the age of 84.
Gravesite Details
in same lot: Josiah Given, Elizabeth Armor Given, Maria Louisa Given, Welker Given, Martha Given Gardner; in cemetery records as Walker
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