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Grinnell-Business/Manufacturing-McHose Brick & Tile Factory
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Includes Grinnell Brick & Tile and other brickyards
GH 1886, 1895 clippings on the growing brickyard of Mr. McHose.
n/d clipping, there are 7 brick yards in the Grinnell area: John Pigman, Lon Chapman, George Bosworth, Charles Hobart/Hadley, Harry Preston, George Saunders, McHose. McHose brick yard is south of Grinnell by the railroad.
1878 clipping on Mr. A.S. Brown, Mr. C. Hobart, L.C. Phelps and their yards.
1897 advertisement for S. McHose Brick & Tile Works. 1890 clip on importance of S. McHose. 1925 clipping mentioning Samuel McHose and his sons and their plant.
1916 clipping: The directors of the Grinnell Brick and The Co. bought up the property/pay the debt of the Brick and Tile Co. New owners are Grant Ramsey, W.F. Vogt, Senator H.W. Spaulding, J.P. Lyman, Paul Esler, T.J. Bray, C.A. Smith, and R.G. Coutts.
1929 clipping: Brick and Tile Plant Dismantled, real estate transfer between Mel Foster of Davenport who owned it and a man in Laramie, Wyoming who had the equipment removed.
Subject terms: 1) Industrial development 2) Physical labor/manufacturing 3) Business exchanges