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Title: Abstract of Title, Bailey Homestead
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1854
PID: grinnell:5852

Title: Abstract of Title, Bailey's Addition
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1854
PID: grinnell:5853

Title: Corn-Hog Reduction Contract for Raymond PIlgrim
Description: Corn-Hog reduction contract between Raymond S. Pilgrim and the U.S. Department of Agriculture in which the producer (Pilgrim) agrees to reduce acreage planted to field corn and reduce the number of hog litters farrowed in return for payment by the government. Contract includes figures on usage of acres and hog production for 1932 and 1933. Includes envelope with return address of Poweshiek County Corn-Hog Control Association, Brooklyn, Iowa.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30049

Title: Harvestore Installation Report
Description: Harvestore installation report from A.O. Smith (now called CST in 2021) dated September 12, 1960, for a 17-40 Harvestore on the Raymond Pilgrim farm near Grinnell, Iowa. The report indicates the crop to be stored is corn, the farm is 160 acres, and 60 beef cattle and 400 hogs are raised on the farm. A grain auger was also installed.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:30054

Title: Legal Documents Relating to the Frederick Ahrens Farm
Description: Legal documents relating to the purchase of a farm in Poweshiek County, Iowa, by Frederick Ahrens in September 1893.
Date Created: 1893
PID: grinnell:12866

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: Letter to Raymond and Lil Pilgrim from the Petersons
Description: Letter from Gilmore and Mary Peterson of Modesto, California, to Lil and Raymond Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, dated February 24, 1934. The Petersons had moved to California from Grinnell the year before. The letter describes planting almond and peach trees, raising chickens, visiting Yosemite, and the corn-hog program.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30034

Title: Midwest Distributing Receipt
Description: Receipt from Midwest Distributing Co., Grinnell, Iowa, to Raymond Pilgrim for livestock vaccinations. Dated April 26, 1940.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:30026

Title: Order for John Deere Tractors and Implements
Description: Order form from Farmers Implement Store, Grinnell, Iowa, for a John Deere #5 seven foot sickle mower ordered by Raymond S. Pilgrim on September 10, 1940.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:30053