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Title
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Counter Checks from Poweshiek County Banks
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Description
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Counter checks from a variety of Poweshiek County (Iowa) banks. Counter checks were kept at the cash register of a business. Customers could write in their bank account number and use the checks as they would a personal check. These checks have MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) codes on them which the Federal Reserve began requiring in 1967.
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Date Created
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1967
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PID
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grinnell:12824
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Title
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Grinnell Savings Bank Passbook
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Description
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Grinnell Savings Bank(Iowa) passbook belonging to Raymond Estel Pilgrim showing deposits made in 1918 and 1919.
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Date Created
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1918
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PID
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grinnell:17770
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Title
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H.V. Griffith Business Card
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Description
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Business card, circa 1920, of H.V. Griffith, agent for Lennox furnaces in Grinnell, Iowa. Directory of other Grinnell businesses on verso of card.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:12031
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Title
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Lorene Alyce Pearce Morrison
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Description
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Recollections of Lorene A. Pearce Morrison who was born in rural Grinnell, Iowa, in 1925. The locations of many businesses in Grinnell are discussed. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Biographies.
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Date Created
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2013
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PID
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grinnell:13067
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Title
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McNallys' Sidewalk Superintendent's Club
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Description
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Sidewalk Superintendent's Club card. Issued during the construction of the new McNally's grocery store at 1021 Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa, in 1955.
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Date Created
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1955
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PID
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grinnell:11927
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Title
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Receipts
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Description
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Receipts made out to Hilliard Turner and Perry Turner for gasoline, sugar, and bank deposit
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:3347
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Title
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Receipts
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Description
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Receipts from the Ration Board and the George and Hoyt Hardware store in the 1940s made out to Hilliard Turner.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:3348
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Title
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Story of an Old Settler
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1930
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PID
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grinnell:5828