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The library was founded as a membership library in 1884, then became a free public library in 1905. Both centennials were celebrated, in 1984 and 2005.
Iola is lucky in that the library board requested Lewis Henry Wishard to write a history of the library. He did so, and this book preserves much library history that might otherwise have been lost. The library has several copies of this volume, which he wrote in 1929, with some supplements up through 1934. Mr. Wishard was the first president of the library board when the library became a free public library in 1905. He served on the library board for approximately 30 years, most of the time as its secretary. He was evidently a rather curmudgeonly sort, and his droll humor and caustic remarks make the book much more entertaining reading than you might imagine.
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