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Title: Farm Bureau Fun Night, Farm Bureau Spirit Song
Description: Program for the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau Fun Night. Lists the cast of the play, "The Nervous Wreck," and includes the text of the Farm Bureau Spirit Song.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:30031

Title: Letter from Chicago Producers Commission Association
Description: Letter to Raymond S. Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from the Chicago Producers Commission Association dated September 19, 1930. The letter is from the Cattle Department and is addressed to those who are feeding steers. It discusses factors in the market and the effect on prices. Contains statistics on the number of carloads of cattle, hogs and sheep that were handled. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:30046

Title: Letter from Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company
Description: Grinnell State Bank, Grinnell, Iowa, condensed statement at the close of business, March 25th, 1931, including assets and liabilities. Raymond Pilgrim is listed as one of the directors of the bank.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:30052

Title: Letters Concerning Cattle Markets
Description: Two letters to Raymond S. Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, concerning the state of cattle markets at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago in September 1930. One letter is from Frank R. Mullen of the Mullen Commission Co. , Chicago. The second letter, with envelope, is from E.I. Stephen, Cattle Salesman, of the Chicago Producers Commission Association.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:30057

Title: Poll Tax and Old Age Pension Fund Receipts
Description: Receipts made out to Hilliard Turner and Eldora Turner for the Old Age Pension Fund tax levied for 1936, and to Hilliard Turner for the Poweshiek County Road Poll Tax, also in 1936.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:3349

Title: Secretary's Book, Grant Township Farm Bureau, Poweshiek County, 1930
Description: Secretary's book for the Grant Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, Farm Bureau for 1930. R.S. Pilgrim was the secretary. Includes names of officers, township activities, minutes of meetings, and a list of members.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:30018

Title: Story of an Old Settler
Description: Newspaper clipping of article written by Jennie Bailey (1858-1937) about her father, James Bailey (1815-1888), and mother, Cornelia Doolittle Bailey (1824-1893) and their life in early Grinnell. James Bailey was an Abolitionist and his home was a station on the Underground Railroad. Other people mentioned include Alfred Bailey, Lorenzo Bailey, Joanna Bailey Baggs, and Dennis and Clark Thompson. Topics discussed include the first saw mill in Grinnell, the Bailey House hotel, the Sugar Creek war, and prairie flora.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:5828