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Title: Demise of the Spencer Family of Grinnell, Spencer Family of Grinnell
Description: A collection of primarily newspaper clippings from throughout the United States concerning the Grinnell, Iowa, First National Bank Scandal of 1904 and the deaths of Charles H. Spencer, Henry C. Spencer. and Clarke H. Spencer.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:27178

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

Title: West Side of Broad Street between 4th Avenue and Main Street
Description: View of the west side of Broad Street between 4th Avenue and Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Talbott's Drug Store on the corner of 4th and Broad. Building blocks are labeled from left to right (south to north) as: Grinnell Block, Gifford and Manly Block, Child Block (909), Stewart Block (911-913), Morse Block (915), Coutts Building, and Miles Bros./Parker. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6485