Number of sheets: 2 Poem entitled Cauley "In fond and loving memory of our darling Annie, aged 18, died 2nd May 1896."

Number of sheets: 1 Dodge Hardware store, New Richland, MN. Cash Journal 1896 - January 1899.

Number of sheets: 1 Lodge certificate for William Wobschall 29 March 1896. Certificate in German.

Number of sheets: 5 Minnesota Road Overseer's Land Tax Pass Book for Township of Blooming Grove, Road District No. 1. Signed Fred McKune, Overseer. 4 April 1896. Signed Gullick Knutsen, Town Clerk. Names listed inside. Minnesota Road Overseer's Land Tax Pass Book for Township of Blooming Grove, Road District No. 6. Signed Justus Reinhardt. 7 April 1896. Signed Gullick Knutsen, Town Clerk. Names listed inside. Minnesota Road Overseer's Land Tax Pass Book for Township of Blooming Grove, Road Di ... more

Number of sheets: 1 Receipt to Judge for Returned Ballots November 1896.

Number of sheets: 11 Acceptance of Overseer documents to Knutson, Town Clerk, signed McLune, Tyrrell, Nordmeier, Schuette, Reinhardt, Boucher, Dardis, Jamesen, Karsten, Murphy, Kim. 1896.

Number of sheets: 2 Handwritten bid 13 July 1896. "I hereby pledge myself to furnish all the material, to haul the same and erect a Town Hall 20 x 36 with 10 foot posts , all the material to be as per specification of June 29 and the work to be done in a good workmanlike manner. Building to be completed before November 1st 1896. For the above I ask the sum of $337.00. Signed Larson. "Bid accepted 16 July 1896." Signed Davis, Saufferer and Englebretson. Handwritten receipt 8 October 1897 "Bloomi ... more

Chattel Mortgage Jacob Youker to Mundt 11 March 1896; Chattel Mortgage Hugh Brown to Bank of Waterville 14 March 1896; Chattel Mortgage Pierce Hackett to McCormick Harvesting Machine Company 14 March 1896; Chattel Mortgage Edward Morher to Francis Delan 18 March 1896; Chattel Mortgage Ole Kim and Charley Nelson to Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company 24 March 1896; Chattel Mortgage John Moor to John Moonan 20 May 1896; Chattel Mortgage Carl Rismann to Stephen Jeweitt and Healy Bros. 22 July 1 ... more

Number of sheets: 1 Lien for Stallion Service George Hand, Owner of Stallion and John Cantwell, breeder 16 May 1896.

Number of sheets: 11 Blooming Grove Township Overseer's List 1896.

Number of sheets: 12 Blooming Grove Township Land Tax Road Warrant 1896.

Number of sheets: 8 Blooming Grove Township Official Oaths 1896.

Number of sheets: 12 Blooming Grove Township Poll Tax Road Warrant 1896.

Number of sheets: 1 Blooming Grove Township Town Clerk Receipt Book 17 November 1896 - 19 November 1897.

Number of sheets: 1 Otisco Station Creamery Association Capital Stock Shares certificate book. Receipts from 15 May 1899; Receipt dated 28 January 1896.

Number of sheets: 1 Koechel Harness Shop Record book 1896-1902.

Number of sheets: 11 Blooming Grove Township Real Estate Assessment Roll 1896. Section or Lot 1 - 36. 11 pages.

Inscribed on flyleaf: "Pansie Jenkins"

PLACEHOLDER Inscription on flyleaf: "Joseph Olson, April 9, 1904, Waseca, Minn."

PLACEHOLDER Barnes's Complete Geography Inscription on flyleaf: "Otilia Larson, Otisco, Minn."

Material: textile. Size: 44" W. x 54" L. flag on 41" L. pole. Description: black, yellow and red - shield with star and stripe motif, "Blumenthal Loge No. 53, organized on 21th Marz, 1896, Waseca, Minn." - reverse side: "O.D.H.S. Fruendschaft Liebe und Truer" and a Tuetonic warrior on blue field.

Crazy Pattern Velvet and Wool by Grandma Hoffman. Material: textile. Size: 51" W. x 68" L. Description: multicolored velvet and wool - "Crazy" quilt pattern - 12 block design in solids, plaids and small prints - wool yarn embroidered outline around each block - embroidered date "1896" with the initials "M.E.H." and "Mother" - navy blue cotton backing - MN Quilt #WS087.

Material: textile and metal. Size: 18" W. x 33" L. Description: yellowed white or tan - fifteen fabric covered metal hoops form the lower portion of skirt frame - 1" W. white cotton tape waistband closes with metal buckle - hoops are attached with staples and bands to five horizontal strips of 1" W. white cotton tape that extend at intervals from waistband to hemline - this design gives fullness and support to lower portion of skirt only.

Child, Emerson Ward. 3-7/8" x 5-1/2" black and white photograph of a baby identified on the back as Emerson Ward; photographed by J. A. Brush, Minneapolis.

Child, Emerson Ward. 3-1/2" x 5-1/4" black and white oval photograph of a baby identified on the back as Emerson Ward.