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1.2.39 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated December 19, 1894 C.L. Coleman gave a report on lumber. Members desiring to build should select where they purchase their own lumber. J. P. Hunnel moved that the Secretary be instructed to write Mann Press Co. and order materials necessary to get out the Courier as they had proposed to furnish the same and allow it to be applied to their stock carried. Mr. Pollay reported wor...
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1.6.141-145 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 3/23/1896 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Schakel reported about some shingles that were to have been unloaded on the wharf. Wharf receipts for the week $5.15. Trustees Stimpson and Young reported on audit of the secretary and treasurer. No irregularities found. C. L. Coleman reported progress with the committee assisting on balancing the Association's books. Schakel reported se...
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1.6.147-149 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 3/30/1896 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Wharfinger reported the need for a lower platform to accommodate smaller boats. Receipts for the week: $6.55 Secretary and president saw the Probate Judge who will serve notice about a new road. Secretary reported about communication he received from W.E. Brokaw regarding disposition of his debt to the FIA. Also reported that under Alabama...
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1.6.150-156 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated April 13, 1896. Report on Delinquent Members, George Lang, A. M Howell, J. D. Lucier, Edin Ferguson, H. R. Stockweather. Secretary instructed to write delinquents, that if they will pay up, penalties assessed will be remitted. A. H. Mershon reported on Fairhope road and sign boards specifying that signs should be 3' long, 1/2 " thick, painted with 2 coat...
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1.6.169-173 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated May 4, 1896. E. B. Gaston reported that lumber for wharf had arrived and that a subscription of $10 to Wharf Fund had been received from A. Swift of Des Moines, Iowa. E. B. Gaston made a report on findings by himself and S. S. Mann on the best route for the road. It was decided that S. S. Mann should go and get the Mann Press. S. Vander Meulen reported on business of the...
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1.6.175-177 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated May 18, 1896. C. L. Coleman gave wharf report. Wharf work practically complete. S. Vander-Meulen reported reported on the time spent on the wharf. There was a dispute between the time keeper and Mr. Cherry as to time put in. Moves that the committee be authorized to make Mr. Cherry a proposition to split the difference. Mr. Stimpson reported that they had appointed A. H. Mers...
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1.6.178-180 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated May 25, 1896. C. L. Coleman reported that the Wharf was complete. He had done everything but fix car for carrying watermelons and suggested Mr. Kearns do that. E. B. Gaston reported amicable settlement with Mr. Cherry. He also read a letter from Mr. Thad. McNulty claiming charges on his buggy while in possession of the Wharfinger. S. Varnder-Meulen reported getting the Press ...
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43_07_001-002 - Flyer
Flyer for the Mann Press Company advertising the Mann Hand Cylinder Press - the "Nearest Approach to Perfection in country newspaper work yet attained." c 1890. Includes testimonials and price list. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L.C. Mann were partners in this business. Their father Shuah S. Mann was a founder of the Fairhope Colony. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corpora...
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43_08_001 - Flyer
Flyer, c. 1890, advertising the Mann's Gas Engine: Power for All Purposes. Manufactured by the Mann Press Company in Gladbrook, Iowa. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this business. Their father Shuah S. Mann was a founder of the Fairhope Colony. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Mann Collection, courtesy of Alison Holt Knight.
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43_10_001-011 - Booklet
Booklet: "The Catalogue and Price List of the Mann Hand Cylinder Self Inking Press." Manufactured by the Mann Press Company in Gladbrook, Iowa. Dated c.1892. The booklet provides information, cost, parts, testimonials and drawings about the Mann Cylinder Press. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this family business. Their father Shuah S. Mann was ...
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43_11_001-002 - Business Card
Business card c. 1890 of the Mann Press Company, manufacturer of the Mann Hand Cylinder Press, printers' goods and complete newspaper outfits. The business, founded in 1881, was located in Gladbrook, Iowa, touted its machines were "superbly built" and printed "neatly and easily." Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this family business. Their father Sh...
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43_12_001-002 - Business Card
Business card and tag c. 1890 of the Mann Press Company, manufacturer of the Mann Hand Cylinder Press, printers' goods and complete newspaper outfits. The business, founded in 1881, was located in Gladbrook, Iowa. There is a hole punched in this card so it can be used a tag. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann, A. R. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this family business. Their fa...
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43_13_001 - Letter
Letter dated February 6, 1958 written by Cato F. Mann in Des Moines, Iowa to Earle B. Holman in Antigo, Wisconsin. The letter had been forwarded to Cato Mann from the editor of the Tama Northern newspaper in Gladbrook, Iowa. Cato Mann, son of T. E. Mann, is answering Holman's questions about the Mann Press Company run by brothers L. C. Mann and T. E. Mann and the mens' accomplishments. Lee Count Mann (L. C. Mann) invented a gasoline engine a...
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43_27_001 - Documents
Handwritten history of the Mann family in England. No date. Likely written by Shuah S. Mann. The notes are written on paper from a Mann Hand Cylinder Press statement form. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Mann Collection, courtesy of Alison Holt Knight.
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ii.9.14 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 3/30/1894 from T. E. Mann. He encloses a draft for $10.00 for installments for March and April. He mentions a notice in Liberty Bell and says Salt Lake City party is not the first to inquire of the "Mann" press (self inking printing press). He has been pressed with office work and writes of his reputation and about illconsidered, immature plans and systems for the public service of the Association. What he can ...
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iii.6.59 - Ad, Newspaper
Ad for Mann's Gas Engine which was invented by L. C. Mann and sold and distributed by the Mann Press Company of Gladbrook, Iowa.
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iii.6.70-71 - Postcard
Postcard written to E. B. Gaston on December 10, 1894 from T. E. and L. C. Mann, co-owners of the Mann Press Company in Gladbrook, Iowa, asking Brother Hunnel to submit a list of what would be needed for the Fairhope Courier plant. They offer submit their very best price to be applied to their stock in the Fairhope Industrial Association.
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iv.1.47 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Hugh G. Barclay, general agent Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company dated July 26, 1897, saying that he had mistakenly refunded him $2.30 on the shipment of the printing press from Opelika, Alabama to Mobile, Alabama and asks to be remitted.
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iv.1.48 - Letter
Letter written to A. J. Cullen c/o Fairhope Courier from Hugh G. Barclay, general agent Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company dated August 4, 1897 asking him if Mr. Gaston will give him a reply with regard to undercharge of shipping a printing press from Opelika, Alabama to Mobile, Alabama.
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iv.5.23-25 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from T. E. Mann of Gladbrook, Iowa dated June 19, 1897. He is giving a character reference of Mr. Chas. Leech who Gaston is considering employing on the Fairhope Courier. Mr. Leech has just visited him from Chicago and he impressed Mann as a well meaning fellow though not of ability or force of character, the most that could be expected of him is the mechanical work of the paper. He hopes that a resourceful and prac...
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