History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . al Company at Kansas City,Missouri, putting up their preparations. He also held similarpositions with stores in various cities until he took up the regularstudy of medicine, under the supervision of Dr. Calvin Blythe, agraduate of the University of Pennsylvania. While living inWoodburn Dr. Nicol was elected and served two years as mayor andtwo years as township clerk. Dr. Nicol g
History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . al Company at Kansas City,Missouri, putting up their preparations. He also held similarpositions with stores in various cities until he took up the regularstudy of medicine, under the supervision of Dr. Calvin Blythe, agraduate of the University of Pennsylvania. While living inWoodburn Dr. Nicol was elected and served two years as mayor andtwo years as township clerk. Dr. Nicol graduated from the College of Physicians and Sur-geons at Keokuk. Iowa, which was at one time the medical depart-ment of the State University, but is now consolidated with DrakeUniversity, at Des Moines, Iowa. Soon after the first railroadwent through North English, Iowa, Dr. Nicol and his wife settledin that town, where he purchased property and contributed hisshare to the growtli and development of local resources. At hisown expense he circulated the first petition for election that re-sulted in the incorporation of the town and he was instrumentalin having the township divided into two voting precincts, with. HISTORY OP CERRO GORDO COUNTY 595 North English as one of them. He donated one of the finest lotsin the town as a building site for the Methodist parsonage, servedseveral years as a member of the board of education, and assistedin the establishment of a high school and the erection of the splen-did high school building that is used at present. At one time heowned the North English Record, still published in the town. Heerected a frame building for the post office, and when that burnedhe erected a fine brick building for the town and the government,which was also destroyed by fire in 1905. He furnished the moneywith which the Masons erected their present lodge building, and wasinterested in many other organizations. At the time Dr. Nicolfirst located in North English ther
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