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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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B. H. James Business Card
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Description
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Business card for B.H. James of Montezuma, Iowa, offering pump repair services.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:12518
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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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East Main Street, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east toward the north side of East Main Street in Montezuma, Iowa, in approximately 1920. The photo was taken from approximately the intersection of East Main Street and 5th Street. Visible are the Ford garage and H & M Auto Co.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:27196
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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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Elmer Urfer Farm
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Description
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Aerial view of the Elmer Urfer farm, rural Montezuma, in the 1940s.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:27220
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Title
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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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Title
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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
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Title
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G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Ia., G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and Masonic Hall in Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard is postmarked March 5, 1909, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Ellis Winters, Sherwood, Oregon. Card is signed by Edna Thorn.
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:12506
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Title
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Garfield School, Montezuma, Ia., Garfield School, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of Garfield School in Montezuma, Iowa. A handwritten note on the back of the card reads, "where the old mill used to be." The building, which stood near the location of current (2016) day Brownell's was demolished sometime after 1993. Postcard was published by L.L. Cook, Lake Mills, Wisconsin.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:12513