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$25.00 Reward
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Description
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Postcard sent by the Montezuma, Iowa, Chief of Police and the Northwestern National Insurance Company to the Sheriff's Office in Leon, Iowa, offering a $25.00 reward for information leading to the recovery of a 1932 Nash Sedan which was stolen in Montezuma on February 17, 1934. The postcard is postmarked February 21, 1934, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Date Created
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1934
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PID
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grinnell:12530
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Title
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Ben Purdum Conducting Church Service for Boy Scouts
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Description
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Boy Scout troops from Grinnell, Guernsey, Brooklyn, and Montezuma at the Boy Scout camporee west of Montezuma in 1943. Ben Purdum conducted the church service when the minister who was to have held the service failed to arrive in time. Boy Scout Troop 330 put on a play, The Good Samaritan, with Scoutmaster Purdum as narrator.
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Date Created
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1943
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PID
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grinnell:27245
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Title
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City Hall, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of City Hall in Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard published by J.M. Hamilton, Monmouth, Illinois. 9867.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:12505
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Title
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Civil War Veterans on the Courthouse Lawn
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Description
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Postcard photo of three Grand Army of the Republic members from Brooklyn, Iowa, relaxing on the grounds of the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa, possibly at some sort of celebration. Left to right: Joe Karr, who drove the veterans to Montezuma; Hiram Frease, standing and holding the flag; Frank Dayton and Capt. George Phillips, both seated. Joe Karr was a dry goods merchant in Brooklyn, Iowa. The benches in front of the Karr store were favored places for Civil War veterans to sit and talk. Joe Karr, born in 1865, was not a Civil War veteran himself, although he may have been a GAR member through a relative.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:11767
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Title
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Eighth Grade Rural Commencement
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Description
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Program for the eighth grade commencement exercises for the Poweshiek County, Iowa, rural schools held on Sunday, May 27, 1934, at the Montezuma High School auditorium. The program includes a list of names of graduates arranged by township. Emma P. Denham was the county superintendent of schools.
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Date Created
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1934
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PID
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grinnell:12459
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Title
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Evergreen Chicken near Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of a farmhouse and barn with an evergreen bush that has been sculpted to have a chicken at the top. Postcard is postmarked October 7, 1911, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Hettie Hege, Columbus, Indiana. The card is signed by Mrs. Clevenger.
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Date Created
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1911
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PID
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grinnell:12522
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Frank Rowell with his Award Winning Rabbits
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Description
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Frank Rowell of Rowell's Hillside Rabbitry, Montezuma, Iowa, raised and sold rabbits. He also showed rabbits at competitions around Iowa and won many ribbons.
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Date Created
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1949
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PID
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grinnell:27239
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Funk Brothers
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Description
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Business card for Funk Brothers, Montezuma, Iowa, dealers in boots and shoes. Verso of card is a color advertisement for C.M. Henderson & Co's boots and shoes, Chicago, and features a shepherdess petting a lamb with a black cat in the background.
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:12519