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1. 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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2. 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. Information supplied by Alison Holt Kn...

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3. 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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4. 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. Among the testimonials is one from Alf Wooster, a founding member of the Fairhope Industrial Association and the editor and publisher of the Liberty Bell newspaper, which served as ...

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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. FSTC-1341-1342 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph, no date, of five Mann brothers, the sons of Shuah S. Mann and Sarah Allen Mann. (Shuah Mann was a founder of the single tax colony in Fairhope, Alabama.) There were eleven children from this marriage. After Sarah's death in 1876, Shuah Mann remarried twice. S. S. Mann and T. E. Mann were both among the first twelve officers of the Fairhope Industrial Association. S. S. Mann was Trustee, T. E. Mann was the Superintendent of Public S...

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9. iv.5. 129-130 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston concerning information on shipping a printing press and setting it up from Gladbrook to Mobile, Alabama.

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10. v.3.2 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Cyrus Davis (not sure of last name) from Mobile, Alabama. Date torn off. Letter states a Mr. W. J. Patterson has a job press to sell. It needs some repairs to be in perfect condition. He will sell the press for $60. Since no other presses are for sale in area, he suggests that Mr. Gaston come over and look at it. Mr. Davis was invited to speak in Fairhope on some subject, but declined as time was lim...

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11. v.3.71-72 - Letter

    Letter from Clemens Gerhard who requested Fairhope Couriers for Edw. Seidel, James Smith, and B. J. Abason and requested stopping Theo. J. Gerhard's subscription. He showed an example of his work on the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan letterhead. He offers the services of his company. He is a pressman by trade and willing to do it for cost. He notes the poor print quality of the Fairhope Courier and suggests ways of improving the q...

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