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Title: A Great Teacher of Politics
Description: Reflection on the contributions of Jesse Macy to the study of politics written on the occasion of his retirement from teaching.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18337

Title: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Train Wreck, October 24, 1912, Eldon, Iowa
Description: Looking at a freight train wreck near Eldon, Iowa, on October 24, 1912. Construction of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad began October 1, 1851, in Chicago, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet. Construction continued on through La Salle, and Rock Island was reached on February 22, 1854, becoming the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River. Eldon had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the Keokuk and Des Moines Railway through that territory. Eldon was incorporated in 1872. 1912 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16799

Title: High school building, Durant, Iowa, Durant High School
Description: Looking north at a three-story brick building. Durant was first named Brayton after its founder Benjamin Brayton. The name was later changed to Durant after Thomas C. Durant, one of the pioneers of the Transcontinental Railroad and an individual who contributed the bulk of funds needed to build the town's first public school. 1912 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16818

Title: Important Legislation Concerning Liquor Laws in Iowa
Description: Leaflet, probably published by the Iowa Anti-Saloon League in 1912, summarizing anti-saloon legislation and advocating for the election of senators supportive of temperance reform in the November 1912 election. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:5595

Title: Main Street, Elkader, Iowa, H.W.& G.H. Wilke, Bayless Hotel
Description: Looking southwest on Main Street in Elkader with the Elkader State Bank on the far left background and the Bayless Hotel on the far right background. 1912 postmark. Number 6.
PID: grinnell:16918