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Abstract of Title, Bailey Homestead
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Description
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Abstract of title to the West 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and East 1/2 of the NW 1/4, Section 8, Township 80, Range 16. This abstract is for the James Fordyce Bailey farm northeast of Grinnell, Iowa, and includes the names: Josiah B. Grinnell, John Bailey, Lorenzo Bailey, Charles Bailey, George and Susan Tallmon, Andrew Foster, H.W., F.E. & E.H. Spaulding, A.B. Gage and Joanna Baggs, among others. Abstract covers 1854-1930.
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Date Created
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1854
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PID
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grinnell:5852
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Title
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Abstract of Title, Bailey's Addition
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Description
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Abstract of title to the East 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 8, Township 80, Range 16, and all of Block 2 in Bailey's Addition to Grinnell, Iowa. Part of the James Fordyce Bailey homestead which became Bailey's Addition to the Town of Grinnell. Includes the names of Josiah B. Grinnell, Hugh Downey, John Bailey, James F. Bailey, Lorenzo Bailey (and many other Baileys), Mary Stickle, and William Dunn among others. Abstract covers 1854-1906.
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Date Created
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1854
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PID
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grinnell:5853
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Title
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From Germany to Iowa
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Description
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Brief history of how the Ahrens family came to Iowa.
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Date Created
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2000
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PID
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grinnell:12923
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Title
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McCormick Farm Equipment Store
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Description
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Matchbook cover advertising the McCormick Farm Equipment store in Montezuma, Iowa. The outside of the matchbook has images of International trucks; the inside has the name and address of the local dealer. Matchbook produced by Universal Match Corp.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:12533
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Title
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Mrs. Lucy Broyles' Hampshire Boar Sale
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Description
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Sales flyer for Mrs. Lucy Broyles' Hampshire boar sale which was held on Saturday, October 17, 1931, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Flyer describes each boar for sale and lists his pedigree.
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Date Created
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1931
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PID
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grinnell:12081
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Title
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Patron's Account Book
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Description
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Patron's account book from The Creamery (J.W. Fowler, prop.) in Grinnell, Iowa. The account book contains advertising from many businesses in Grinnell. The book was the property of Harry A. Brown, R.F.D. 4, Grinnell, Iowa. The figures in the book are probably not a record of milk, cream, and butter, but of something else.
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Date Created
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1906
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PID
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grinnell:6411
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Title
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Railway Express Agency Letter
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Description
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Letter from the Railway Express Agency in Des Moines, Iowa, to the Barnes City, Iowa, agent, dated November 30, 1931, detailing costs and conditions for shipping one hog from Barnes City to Cienfuegos, Cuba. The hog discussed was bred by Mrs. Lucy Broyles.
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Date Created
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1931
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PID
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grinnell:12082
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Title
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Receipt from Bees & Korns
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Description
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Receipt for threshing: Wallace Breniman paid $47.50 to Bees and Korns for threshing 1190 pounds of oats at $0.04 per pound. Receipt signed by F. C. Bees.
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Date Created
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1949
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PID
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grinnell:27250