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Title: 15127 Newcomer Avenue, Newburg, Iowa
Description: Home at 15127 Newcomer Avenue in Newburg, Iowa, (mailing address is Grinnell, Iowa) built by Charles Austin Palmer.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12023

Title: Aerial View of Puls Farm
Description: Aerial view of the farm and home of Walter and Dorothy H. Puls in Section 29, Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Walter and Dorothy owned this farm from 1983 through 2006. Their son, Donald Puls, resided at the farm until 2005. Legal description of the farm: NE 1/4 29-81-15 and 120 ac N 1/2 28-81-15. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Poweshiek County (Iowa) -- History -- Sheridan Township.
Date Created: 2000
PID: grinnell:11575

Title: Assembly of God Pastors
Description: List of pastors who served the Assemblies of God churches in Grinnell, Iowa, from the time they were incorporated in 1934 until the time they closed in 2009. The First Assembly of God was located at 619 Broad Street. The Glad Tidings Assembly of God was located in the former Baptist church at the northeast corner of 4th Avenue and Park Street.
Date Created: 2009
PID: grinnell:6389

Title: David Yandell and Dorothy Palmer
Description: David Yandell (center) stands with his mother, Dorothy Palmer, and an unidentified man in front of a home at 15147 Newcomer Avenue in Newburg, Iowa. The house is believed to have been built by Charles Austin Palmer.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12020

Title: Drummond Club High Tea
Description: Drummond Club held a "high tea" on March 19, 2002, at the home of Kristine Hanson in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 182, Drummond Club.
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:21158

Title: Edith R. Smith Luminary Award
Description: Edith Renfrow Smith received the Luminary Award in 2009 from the Chicago Senior Citizen Hall of Fame. This flier contains her photograph and biographical information.
Date Created: 2009
PID: grinnell:12203

Title: Grinnell Railway Express Sign Installation
Description: Gordon Borthwick puts the final touches the the sign for the Grinnell Railway Express building in Grinnell, Iowa, in 2005. Grinnell Railway Express is a model railroad club. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Grinnell (Iowa) -- Associations & Organizations -- Grinnell Railway Express.
Date Created: 2005
PID: grinnell:11576

Title: Home of Anson and Abi Palmer
Description: Farm homestead of Anson Hayden and Abi Alden Palmer. The house is believed to have been built by Anson. Located approximately one mile south of Newburg, Iowa, at 15294 N. 87th Ave. East.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12021

Title: Newburg Chester Congregational Church
Description: Color view of the Newburg Chester Congregational Church in 2008. The church was built by Anson Hayden Palmer in 1896.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12018

Title: Newburg General Store
Description: The former Newburg General Store in Newburg, Iowa. Dorothy Palmer and her son, David Yandell are standing in front. Charles Austin and Nora Belle Palmer lived above the store with their family in the early 20th century. Abi (Alden) and Anson Palmer (Charles' parents) were married and began farming in what became Newburg in 1877. In 1881, Abi's brother, George Alden, bought the little general store on the land they were farming for Abi and George's mother, Louisa, and unmarried sister, Vesta, to live in. In 1920 or 1921 the apartment above the general store was available and Charles Austin Palmer and his wife, Nora Belle (Brown), lived there with their children when they returned to Newburg in 1920 or 1921, after building houses in Carpenter, Wyoming for a few years. Philip Palmer was born here and the family continued to reside above the store until around 1928, when they moved to Grinnell.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12024