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Ed Gein Farm Auction

Date: 03 30 1958
Description: Notice of farm auction sale for farm and personal property of Ed Gein. The farmhouse was destroyed by fire before the auction took place.
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Reaper Contest!

Date: 05 30 1882
Description: Advertising handbill for the Osborne twine binder. Describes the results of a contest between the Osborne machine and machines made by McCormick, Deering, ...
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Champion Harvester and Binder

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising handbill for the Champion harvester and binder. Includes the text: "the Champion light binder, is the only simple, light, durable, efficient wo...
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Hoxie's Patent Threshing Machine Broadside

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Description: Handbill advertising "Hoxie's Patent Threshing Machine." Features a drawing and description of an early threshing machine.
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Kansas City Manufacturers Message to Implement Dealers

Date: 1885
Description: Broadsheet describing the opposition of numerous smaller agricultural machinery manufacturers to "...the monopoly which certain implement dealers, here in ...
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Norwegian Advertisement for Land

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Description: Advertisement in Norwegian for land in Grand Falls, Ward County, Texas.
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Auction Sale on the Leo Melcher Farm

Date: 1889
Description: Broadside advertising an auction on the Leo Melcher farm. Items for sale included livestock, feed and crops, farm machinery, and household items including ...

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