Number of sheets: 16 Calvary Episcopal Church vestry book, 1897-1904.

Number of sheets: 1 Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Iosco Farmers policy. Policy in Mrs. James Hand name 26 June 1897. Property located in Blooming Grove, Section 5, Town 108, Range 22. Policy good for five years. Signed Aug. Minske and Julius Ulrich.

Final certificate of naturalization for Herman F. Simnick (Suemnick). Signed by Henry Reynolds, Clerk of the District Court of Waseca County, 13 December 1897. Phyllis (Halle) Suemnick was married to Walter E. Suemnick on 10 December 1945. Walter was four years old when his mother died. His two older sisters raised him; Lillian Suemnick the eldest sister, was 13 when her mother died and Elsie (Suemnick) Henkensiefken, was 12 years old. Walter's grandmother was Grandma Abbe. Phyllis (Halle) S ... more

Number of sheets: 1 Baptism certificate (Written in German) for Ruth Auguste Mathilde Naske born 15 July 1897 in Wilton Waseca Co., Minn. Father Albert Naske and Pauline (Rick). 1 August 1897 in Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waseca, Minn. baptized. Signed Friedrich Lochte, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor. (Ruth Naske's brother (Clarence Naske) was donor's stepfather.)

Acceptance of Overseer documents to Knutson, Town Clerk, signed Remund, Kim, Schuette, Reineke, McGuire, Sampson, Hagen, Murphy, Swift, McKune. 1897. Number of sheets: 11

Number of sheets: 1 Financial report for 1897 for Blooming Grove.

Number of sheets: 7 Chattel Mortgage Janke to Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company 27 February 1897; Chattel Mortgage Hugh Brown to Bank of Waterville 18 March 1897; Chattel Mortgage Hugh Brown to Bank of Waterville 7 April 1897; Chattel Mortgage Ole Kim to Newark Machine Company 23 April 1897; Chattel Mortgage William Thompson to James Murphy 4 August 1897; Chattel Mortgage John Blaeser to Bernard Cawley 8 December 1897; Chattel Mortgage Ole Kim to Thos Boucher 21 December 1897.

Number of sheets: 3 Blooming Grove Township Palmer Dairy Association Annual Report 1897.

Number of sheets: 1 Waseca Grand Lodge of Minnesota Independent Order of Odd Fellows IOOF Rebekah Department Charter certificate February 1897.

Number of sheets: 7 Blooming Grove Township Overseer's List 1897.

Number of sheets: 13 Blooming Grove Township Land Tax Road Warrant 1897.

Number of sheets: 6 Blooming Grove Township Official Oaths 1897.

Number of sheets: 12 Blooming Grove Township Poll Tax Road Warrant 1897.

Number of sheets: 1 Minutes book for the I.O.O.F. of Minnesota, Venus Rebekah Lodge No. 160, Waseca, MN. 1 February 1897 - 7 October 1904

Number of sheets: 1 Rural Otisco Township School District #46. School Registration booklet for school year 1897 - 1901 for school District 46; located in Waseca County, Otisco Township, Section 17, East of Otisco, MN, Bishman, teachers: Ada Neugebauer; Jennie Abell; Hygina Johnson. Rural School District No. 46. Rural schools, country schools, schoolhouses, Otisco schools, Bishman school.

Waseca Fire Department, Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Minnesota State Fire Department Association held at Little Falls, June 15th, 16th and 17th, 1897. 127 page booklet. Number of sheets: 1

Bryan and Wife Stereograph. Material: paper. Size: Description: sepia standard size image; subject: head and shoulders of man and woman in formal attire, floral border and floral accents; printed on front: "1920 Bryan and Wife" and "Copyright 1897 by Littleton View Co. Littleton View Co. Publishers, Littleton, N. H. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, N. Y."

Stereograph: Woman Forcing Man to Wash. Material: paper. Description: sepia standard size image; subject: domestic scene of man standing over washboard and woman leaning over washtub pulling his hair, floral border and floral accents; printed on front: "112263 "Don't tell me you won't wash" and "Copyright 1897 by B. W. Kilburn James M. Davis, New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney" - printed on reverse side: "Photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, N. H. 1897."

Women's Rights Advocacy Stereograph. Material: paper. Size: Description: sepia standard size image; subject: domestic scene with man washing clothes on washboard and seated woman holding a newspaper in her lap, printed on front: "122562 Woman's Rights" and "Copyright 1897 by B. W. Kilburn James M. Davis, New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney" - printed on reverse: "Photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, N. H."

New Richland Plat Map: 1897. Material: textile. Size: 15" W. x 22" L. Description: white linen; black and red imprinting; Manuscript Plat Map. Plat of Frank McClane's second addition to village of New Richland, Surveyed 16 March 1897. Signed and notarized and certified by J.A. Tyrholm (Village Recorder for New Richland), and stamped and signed by J.M. Wollschlaeger (Register of Deeds). Also description of metes and bounds by O.L. Smith. Map shows boundaries and lots.

New Richland Village Plat: 1897. Material: textile. Size: 13 1/2" W. x 19 1/2" L. Description: white linen manuscript plat map; red and black printed information; "lat of Chas. Nitschka's Subdivision of NW 1/4 Sec. 20-105-22"; metes and bounds described by Orson L. Smith, County Surveyor; shows streets, blocks and lots; other certifications.

PLACEHOLDER Material: paper. Size: 7" W. x 8 1/2" L. x 1/8" D. Description: 24-page book for handwriting practice - sample line at top of each page followed by 18 practice lines - partially used - own by Roy Chalmers - page 24: "Sincerely yours, Isabel Gray".

Humorous Stereograph. Material: paper. Description: double photograph over cardboard. Subject: man and woman dressed in night wear, woman holds candlestick in one hand and with other hand grasps crouching man by his night shirt; man holds feather duster in one hand and his other hand in a forward position; caption: "You go first Hannah 'twould be a mean man that would hit a woman". Copyright 1897 by Strohmeyer & Wyman - blue print in margin: "Underwood and Underwood Publishers, New York, Londo ... more

Material: textile, metal. Size: 20" W. x 20" L. Material: black wool front - black satin back - cream colored silk lining - deep u-shaped neckline plunges to near waistline - narrow rounded collar forms lapels edged with narrow black rickrack - front closure near waistline with four buttons (missing) and buttonholes - sleeveless - one pocket trimmed with black rickrack on each side of upper vest - one pocket on inside right - black silk adjustable belt with silver buckle at back waistline - d ... more

(a) Bowl. Material: glass. Size: 9 3/8" diameter x 2 3/4" H. Description: clear, pressed glass - ornate designs in sides - bowl flares from base to a wide scalloped edge. (b) Basket. Material: metal. Size: 10 1/8" W. x 10 5/8" H. Description: silver plated metal - short ornate base holds glass bowl - simple silver handle flares out from base over sides of bowl and rises high above bowl as a looped handle - ornate floral filigree design at top center handle - stamped on bottom of frame: "S ... more