Cont Fm Previous Photo: => Lorna Had Phoned Around, Found The Address, & Collecting Henry from Library, Drove To There For The Next 4 Photos! ((2 Hours Later, INTERIOR Photo Were Arranged, Which Are Shown Forthcoming FIVE Photos.))

~2:05 pm Friday May 20, Looking Northeast: The Really Beautiful Victorian House Which Was (Apparently, Nov 3 1920, Purchased By) Sarah’s Father& Mother, At Lots 7 & 8, Block10, Dallas Center IA.
…. From Courthouse Records, The Jacob & Elisabeth Jennings Dallas Center House & Property, That Sarah And Sister Were Bequeathed Jointly (1942), In Will From Their Mother, Sarah Elisabeth Adams Jennings.
… When & How This House Entered Sarah’s Life Is Indicated by Our Sarah Vinke Biography Resource Page (SVBRP), Which says => “ … by the 1920 Census, Sarah’s father was indicated as no longer working for income, whereas Sarah and her Sister were the family’s support, being unmarried public school teachers, still living at home at ages 26 and 30. Sarah and Katherine would have preferred teaching in Dallas Center, since other public schools, such as Perry IA or Des Moines IA, would be more than 10 miles away. … Katherine, was two years principal of Dallas Center schools, and for just prior to her marriage, was two years principal of Clarinda [Iowa] schools, 115 miles by car from Dallas Center.
….We can .. speculate that Sarah’s father sold the farm to retire (well off?) from a successful farming career, [and considering the Howard Snedden quote blow], would well afford a Very Nice & Large House on two town lots. Thus => .
…This, with relatively low cost in-town living, plus two daughter’s respectable incomes, is what allowed Sarah, in 1920, to leave teaching and start graduate school at the University of Wisconsin. While she completed her degrees there, Sarah was a teaching Assistant in Latin, then Assistant in Classics, which off-set her university tuition cost, and provided three school years assistant professor salary of respectively $500, $600, and $600. Similar circumstances would apply to Sister Katherine, who obtained her MA, at University of Minnesota. (( Due to inflation, $600 in 1920 is equivalent to $7800 in 2020.)
….An Earlier Photo This Album Quotes “Mr Howard E Snedden (~1890’s) Mention Of Finances Of Jacob Jennings (Sarah’s father) , “now owns 260 acres, made under a state of high cultivation and well improved. He carries on general farming, in which he meets with excellent success.
…THUS was financially afforded, this Very Nice & Large Home {/\ Above/\ Photo), and by relative dates of purchase, is very likely the house where Sarah & Sister Katherine were living, … during their early teaching Careers in the surrounding Dallas County.

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Photo File = DSC 0090 … Posted 22 Aug 2020.