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| 2001 | 2016-28-45 | Report | Treasurer's Annual Report for Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, dated July 1, 1943. Funds on hand are $1004.50, with $5388.10 in total receipts and $4383.60 in total expenses for the 1942-1943 school year. Report signed by A.L. Christensen, Secretary of School Board. Found originally in 2016-28-18A |
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| 2002 | 2016-28-46 | Statement | Quarterly Statement for Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, dated June 30, 1943. Lists expenses and revenue for the previous quarter. Two pages. Found originally in 2016-28-18A |
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| 2003 | 2016-28-47 | Report | Annual Financial Statement from Lincoln Township School District, dated July 12, 1958. Lists amount on hand, total receipts, and total expenses. |
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| 2004 | 2016-28-48 | Report | Secretary's Annual Report from Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, dated July 1958. Lists number of students in district, balance on hand, tax rate, and other information. Three pages. |
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| 2005 | 2016-28-48A | Statement | "Quarterly Statement, summary of proceedings" for Lincoln Township in Clay County. Dated June 30, 1943. Page 1. |
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| 2006 | 2016-28-49 | Notice | A notice of tax revenue from the Clarke County Treasurer to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, dated January 10, 1941. Total of $472.65 |
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| 2007 | 2016-28-50 | Book | "District Township Record" book used by Lincoln Township, Clay County. Used from 1900 to 1936. Contains minutes of school board meetings. |
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| 2008 | 2016-28-51 | Invoice | Bill from Jones Music House for $10.06, dated November 24, 1937. |
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| 2009 | 2016-28-52 | Invoice | Bill from Jones Music House in Spencer, Iowa to Lincoln Township No. 1, Clay County. Bill is dated October 29, 1937. Total of $4.69 for records, needles, and tax. |
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| 2010 | 2016-28-53 | Invoice | Bill from Jones Music House in Spencer, Iowa to Lincoln No. 2 in Clay County for $3.07, dated October 27, 1937. |
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| 2011 | 2016-28-54 | Invoice | Bill from Jones Music House in Spencer, Iowa to Lincon No. 3 in Clay County for $2.30, dated October 29, 1937 |
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| 2012 | 2016-28-55 | Note | Note for 4 sets of World Book encylopedias, dated October 29, 1937. For Lincoln Township Schools in Clay county. Total of $228.60 |
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| 2013 | 2016-28-56 | Invoice | Bill from Johnson Pharmacy to Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County for $1.63, dated December 12, 1937. |
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| 2014 | 2016-28-57 | Invoice | Bill from Champion-Thompson Co. to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County for $4.00, dated October 18, 1937. |
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| 2015 | 2016-28-58 | Note | Note for cleaning and labor, totalling $13.28. From Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, undated. |
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| 2016 | 2016-28-59 | Note | Note for cleaning and labor, totalling $6.75, signed by Bill Noll. From Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, undated. |
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| 2017 | 2016-28-60 | Note | Note for schoolhouse cleaning, mowing, and 2 gallons of kerosene, totalling $6.25. Note states its for District #2, which is in Lincoln Township, Clay County, Iowa. |
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| 2018 | 2016-28-61 | Note | Note for school cleaning, mowing lawn, and labor, total of $7.00. Signed by Mrs. J. W. Swanson. From Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, undated. |
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| 2019 | 2016-28-62 | Note | Note to A.L. Christensen, the secretary, for $15.00 of his salary. From Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, undated. |
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| 2020 | 2016-28-63 | Statement | Tuition statement from Spencer Public Schools to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, dated May 27, 1938. Statement covers a semester of high school for nine students in the 1937-1938 school year. Total due is $364.50. |
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| 2021 | 2016-28-64 | Invoice | Note for labor, 4 hours of work on roof of toilet at Lincoln School No. 1 in Clay County. Total of $2.00. Paid January 3, 1938. Signed by J.W. Swanson |
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| 2022 | 2016-28-65 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln School No. 1 in Clay County for $0.40, dated September 18, 1937. |
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| 2023 | 2016-28-66 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln Township in Clay County for $0.10, dated September 11, 1937. |
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| 2024 | 2016-28-67 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln Township in Clay County for $0.23, dated September 11, 1937. |
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| 2025 | 2016-28-68 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln Township in Clay County for $1.02, dated September 10, 1937. |
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| 2026 | 2016-28-69 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln School No. 2 in Clay County for $2.74, dated September 4, 1937. |
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| 2027 | 2016-28-70 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln School No. 3 in Clay County for $1.79, dated September 4, 1937. Purchase of a school flag. |
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| 2028 | 2016-28-71 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad to Lincoln School No. 2 in Clay County for $2.28, dated August 25, 1937. |
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| 2029 | 2016-28-72 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. for $7.43, dated August 14, 1937. |
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| 2030 | 2016-28-73 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln School No. 2 in Clay County for $1.20, dated August 15, 1937. |
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| 2031 | 2016-28-74 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln School No. 2 in Clay County for $7.65, dated July 29, 1937. |
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| 2032 | 2016-28-75 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln School No. 2 in Clay County for $0.10, dated April 28, 1937. |
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| 2033 | 2016-28-76 | Statement | List of all charges from Otto A. Bjornstad Co., Inc, to Lincoln Township Schools, Clay County, Iowa, from April 1937 to September 1937. |
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| 2034 | 2016-28-77 | Invoice | invoice from Schoeneman Bros. Co. to Lincoln Township District No. 1 in Clay County, dated October 7, 1937. Total of $3.94 for supplies, paid on December 30, 1917. |
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| 2035 | 2016-28-78 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. for $0.31, to Lincoln No. 1 in Clay County, Iowa, dated October 24, 1937. |
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| 2036 | 2016-28-79 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. for $0.46, charged to Lincoln No. 2, Clay County, Iowa, dated October 9, 1937. |
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| 2037 | 2016-28-80 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad for $0.36, charged to Lincoln No. 3, Clay County, Iowa, dated October 6, 2017. |
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| 2038 | 2016-28-81 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co. for $0.82, charged to Lincoln No. 2, Clay County, Iowa, dated September 26, 1937. |
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| 2039 | 2016-28-82 | Invoice | Bill from Otto A. Bjornstad for $1.57, charged to Lincoln No. 4, Clay County, Iowa, dated September 26, 1937. |
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| 2040 | 2016-28-84 | Statement | List of charges from Otto A. Bjornstad Co., Inc. to Lincoln Township Schools, Clay County, Iowa, for October and September 1929 |
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| 2041 | 2016-28-85A | Envelope | Envelope addressed to J.W. Swanson, from Farmers Trust Savings Bank. Dated July 2, 1937. |
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| 2042 | 2016-28-85B | Statement | A carbon copy of a tuition bill for 5 students from Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County, who attended Rossie Consolidated School District for the 1935-1936 and 1936-1937 school years. Bill is dated July 2, 1937. Total of $810.00 Students listed: Francis Peterson, Betty Peterson, Vernard Walstrom, Rudolph Beck, and Ethel Hendricksen. |
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| 2043 | 2016-28-86A | Envelope | Envelope addressed to A.L. Christensen from Rossie Savings Bank, dated June 10, 1936. |
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| 2044 | 2016-28-86B | Letter | Tuititon statement from Rossie Consolidated School to Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County for 5 students, dated June 10, 1936. The total is $486.00 Students listed: Francis Peterson, Betty Peterson, Vernard Walstrom, Veryl Walstrom, Rudolph Beck, and Ethel Hendricksen. |
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| 2045 | 2016-28-86C | Check | Farmers Trust and Savings Bank check, from Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County to Laura Howe, dated May 22, 1936. Total of $60.00 |
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| 2046 | 2016-28-86D | Check | Farmers Trust and Savings Bank check, from Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County to W.H. Holiday, dated June 25, 1936. Total of $486.00 for tuition. |
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| 2047 | 2016-28-86E | Check | Farmers Trust and Savings Bank check, from Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County to Lulu Flint, dated June 25, 1936. Total of $486.00 for tuition. |
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| 2048 | 2016-28-87 | Invoice | List of charges related to Lincoln #3 in Clay County, Iowa, totalling $21.60, dated August 25. Signed by J. W. Swanson |
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| 2049 | 2016-28-88 | Invoice | Bill for $7.00, dated August 19th. charged to Lincoln # 1. Clay County, Iowa |
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| 2050 | 2016-28-89 | Invoice | Bill covering painting and light installation at Lincoln School No. 2 in Clay County, for a total of $20.30 |
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| 2051 | 2016-28-90 | Invoice | Bill from Don Youngbluth to a Lincoln School in Clay County, dated December 1, 1937. Bill is $13.51 for school coal. |
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| 2052 | 2016-28-91 | Invoice | Bill from Theo F. Loft to Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County for groceries, totalling $7.14. Dated September 22, 1937 |
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| 2053 | 2016-28-92 | Invoice | Bill for labor, totalling $3.00. Signed by Martin Jespersen |
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| 2054 | 2016-28-93 | Note | Undated note about the purchase of a piano for the school, bought for $25.00. |
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| 2055 | 2016-28-94 | Statement | Tuition bill from the Independent School District of Royal, Iowa to the Lincoln School Township in Clay County. The bill is dated May 28, 1938 and covers the 1937-1938 school year. Tuition for six students is $486.00 |
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| 2056 | 2016-28-95 | Invoice | Bill from M.J. Hjelm to Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County for $6.53, dated December 1, 1937. The preprinted bill letterhead has 'L.J. Hjelm' listed, but an 'M' is written over the 'L' in pencil. Items mentioned in bill include a drinking fountain, baseball bat, glass pane, putty, and tacks. |
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| 2057 | 2016-28-96 | Statement | Statement from Leach & Thompson Company to Lincoln Township for $3.47, dated January 9, 1937. |
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| 2058 | 2016-28-97 | Invoice | Bill from Nicolaisen Paint Store to Lincoln School No. 3 in Clay County for $11.18, dated October 1937. Paid November 16, 1937. |
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| 2059 | 2016-28-98 | Invoice | Bill from L.E. Underwood Lumber and Coal to Lincoln School District in Clay County, for $25.11, dated August 27, 1937. |
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| 2060 | 2016-28-99 | Invoice | Bill from L.E. Underwood Lumber and Coal to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County for $167.80, dated August 27, 1937. |
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| 2061 | 2016-28-100 | Invoice | Bill from Farmers Elevator Company for $1.63, dated May 29, 1937 |
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| 2062 | 2016-28-101 | Invoice | Bill from C. Ben Bjornstad Co. to Lincoln Schools in Clay County for $13.41, dated April 6, 1937. |
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| 2063 | 2016-28-102 | Invoice | Undated bill from Otto A. Bjornstad Co., Inc. to Lincoln Township, totalling $13.41. |
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| 2064 | 2016-28-103 | Invoice | Note dated July 1, 1937, "A.L. Christensen Sec Salary $15.00" |
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| 2065 | 2016-28-104 | Invoice | Bill from The Royal Lumber Co. to Lincoln School Township in Clay County for $1.97, dated June 26, 1937. |
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| 2066 | 2016-28-105 | Invoice | Bill from M.J. Hjelm to Lincoln Schools in Clay County for $2.04, dated June 26, 1937 |
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| 2067 | 2016-28-106 | Invoice | Bill from L.E. Underwood to Lincoln Township School No. 4 in Clay County for $1.75, dated June 26, 1937 |
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| 2068 | 2016-28-107 | Invoice | Bill from Pederson Service Shop to Lincoln Township for $2.75, dated June 26, 1937 |
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| 2069 | 2016-28-108 | Invoice | Bill from Iver Jesperson Store to Lincoln School No. 2 in Clay County for $0.71, dated April 7, 1937 |
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| 2070 | 2016-28-109 | Invoice | Undated handwritten bill of labor on a school for $4.00, signed by Mrs. J.W. Swanson. |
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| 2071 | 2016-28-110 | Invoice | Undated handwritten bill to "District No. 2" for $4.20. From Lincoln Township School District. |
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| 2072 | 2016-28-111 | Statement | Tuition statement from Spencer Public Schools to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, dated January 14, 1938. Statement covers high school tuition for nine students for the first semester of the 1938-1939 school year. Total of $364.50, note in pen on the statement indicates it was paid March 2, 1938. |
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| 2073 | 2016-28-112 | Invoice | Undated handwritten bill for cleaning to Walter Walstrom, totalling $3.57. |
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| 2074 | 2016-28-113A | Envelope | An envelope addressed to Amos Christensen, Secretary of the Lincoln Township School Board, from the Office of the County Superintendent of Schools in Clay County, dated August 22, 1935. |
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| 2075 | 2016-28-113B | Map | A map of school districts in Lincoln Township, Clay County, dated April 2, 1935. Signed by J.W. Swanson, president of the school board for Lincoln Township, and Della M. Grubb, county superintendent for Clay County. |
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| 2076 | 2016-28-114A | Envelope | White envelope from H.P. Hendricksen, Royal, Iowa, addressed to H.B. Knoll, Secretary of Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County, dated July 6, 1935. The name 'J.W. Swanson' is written in pen and crossed out in the addressee field. Calculations written on the envelope in pencil. |
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| 2077 | 2016-28-114B | Statement | A tuition statement from the Independent School District of Royal, Iowa, to Lincoln School Township in Clay County. Total of $693.00 for nine students in the 1934-1935 school year. Bill dated July 5, 1935. Two pages. |
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| 2078 | 2016-28-115 | Invoice | Bill from Rainbow Cash Market to Lincoln Township School District for $1.18, dated September 3, 1937 |
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| 2079 | 2016-28-116A | Invoice | Bill from Route F., Spencer to Lincoln Township for $0.69, dated October 21. |
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| 2080 | 2016-28-116B | Invoice | Bill from Rainbow Market to Lincoln Schools for $0.71, dated December 1, 1936. Covers purchase of one broom for $0.69, plus $0.02 tax. |
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| 2081 | 2016-28-117 | Invoice | Bill from Twetten Furniture Co. to Lincoln School No. 3 in Clay County for $1.02, dated November 1, 1936 |
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| 2082 | 2016-28-118 | Statement | Tuition bill from Greenville Independent Consolidated School District to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County. Bill for $162, dated July 1, 1936. Signed by Roy Birdsall |
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| 2083 | 2016-28-119 | Invoice | Bill from Royal Lumber Co. to Lincoln School Township in Clay County for $151.44, dated October 1, 1936. |
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| 2084 | 2016-28-120 | Invoices | Two bills from Royal Lumber Co. to Lincoln School Township, dated August 14, 1936. Total of bills is $39.68 and $36.28, for lumber. |
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| 2085 | 2016-28-121 | Invoice | Bill from Royal Lumber Co. to Lincoln School Township in Clay County for $37.03, dated August 28, 1936 |
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| 2086 | 2016-28-122 | Invoice | Bill from Royal Lumber Co. to Lincoln School Township in Clay County, dated August 28, 1936. Total of $37.58 for lumber. |
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| 2087 | 2016-28-123 | Invoice | Invoice from Klipto Loose Leaf Company to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County for $4.50, dated September 26, 1926. |
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| 2088 | 2016-28-124 | Invoice | Bill from L.E. Underwood to Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County for $24.74, dated December 10, 1936. Includes charges from November 1935 to August 1936 |
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| 2089 | 2016-28-125 | Invoice | Bill from L.E. Underwood to Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County for $38.28, dated December 10, 1936. Contains charges from August to October 1936. |
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| 2090 | 2016-28-126 | Invoice | Bill from J.S. Latta, inc. to Lincoln Schools in Clay County for $1.38, dated August 15, 1936. Bil covers a large pencil sharpener. |
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| 2091 | 2016-28-127 | Invoice | Bill from L.J. Hjelm Hardware and Furniture to Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County for $12.87 |
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| 2092 | 2016-28-128 | Invoice | Bill from L.J. Hjelm Hardware and Furniture to Lincoln Township Schools in Clay County |
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| 2093 | 2016-28-129 | Note | Note to Amos Christensen, Secretary of Lincoln Township School Board in Clay County, requesting $0.72 for heating oil, dated October 6, 1936. |
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| 2094 | 2016-28-130 | Invoice | Bill from the Office of the Superintendent of Clay County Schools to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County, dated November 4, 1936. Bill covers fourteen work type readers, eight for fifth grade level and six for sixth grade level, at a cost of $9.05. Superintendent asks that the district make the check out to the John C. Winston Company. |
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| 2095 | 2016-28-131A | Envelope | From Holly School Supply Company, dated March 30, 1937 |
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| 2096 | 2016-28-131B | Invoice | Bill from Holley School Supply Co. to Lincoln Township School District in Clay County for $91.80, dated March 30, 1937 |
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| 2097 | 2016-28-132 | Invoice | Invoice from Geographical Publishing Co. to Lincoln Township in Clay County for $36.32, dated August 14, 1936 |
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| 2098 | 2016-28-133 | Invoice | Bill from J.S. Latta Inc. to Lincoln Township in Clay County for $17.03, dated August 14, 1936. |
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| 2099 | 2016-28-134 | Invoice | Bill from Louis C. Mortensen and J.W. Swanson for $3.15 to Lincoln School No. 1 in Clay County, dated August 27. |
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| 2100 | 2016-28-135 | Invoice | Undated bill to Lincoln School #2 in Clay County, covering plastering and papering. Total of $3.60, signed by Oscar Walstrom. |
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