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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 452 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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INDIANOLA , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Warren county, See also:

IOWA

Iowa, U.S.A., about 18 m. S. by E. of See also:

DES

Des Moines. Pop. (189o) 2254; (1900) 3261; (1905) 3396; (1910) 3283. It is served by the See also:

Chicago, See also:

BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

Quincy and the Chicago, See also:

Rock See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island & Pacific See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Indianola is the seat of See also:

Simpson See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (coeducational, Methodist Episcopal, 1867), with a college of liberal arts, an See also:

academy, a school of See also:

EDUCATION

education, a school of business, a school of shorthand and typewriting, a conservatory of See also:

MUSIC

music, a school of See also:

ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory, a school of See also:

ART

art and a military academy. In 1908 the college had 32 instructors and 905 students. The city lies in a See also:

rich farming region, and has a considerable See also:

trade in See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter and eggs, vegetables and fruits, and in See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

LUMBER

lumber and live stock from the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. Indianola was laid out and was selected as the county-seat in 1849, and See also:

BUILDING

building began in the following See also:

YEAR

year; it was incorporated as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1864, and was chartered as a city of the second class in 1884.

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