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January 1970

A Short Chronological History of the Geiser Manufacturing Co.
The successful manufacturers of farm and forest machinery

Steam Engine Stories
The Clark Cobble dick farm

The Zumbro Valley Show
15th Annual Steam and Tractor show

MY TRIP TO BYRON, OKLAHOMA IN 1916
Harvest and threshing season of the year

BOOK REVIEW
Doble steam cars

Iron Man Of The Month
The National Threshers Association Reunion

Young People's Page
People at this time used the steam engine to make life easier

The Ladies Page
Country Echoes

NEWS RELEASE
The use of vertical tie-rod construction

The Golden Roll
The Stump town Steam Threshers Club

COBS FROM ELMER'S CORN CRIB FREE
The plow is man's greatest implement

A STUDY OF BRITISH STEAM
Our steam activity is confined to threshing or playing at home

SOOT IN THE FLUES
we are getting into the Christmas season

The Old Machinest vs. Modern Management
The older generation were extremely conscientious

PREDICTION
The next innovation will be a steam turbine

A TRIBUTE TO A TRUE FRIEND
During Labor Day week end he was attending the steam show

WHAT'S THRESHING BEE?
Real old-fashioned threshing bee at the Jones wheat ranch

PION-ERA 1969
The weather at that time was too cloudy to take a good picture

Threshing The Wheat From The Chaff
Reaching toward the middle of October and no record discs

Britannia Saved
Locomotive was the first of the 999 standard engines

STEAM ENGINE IN RETIREMENT
The company reported for work daily

Saw Mills
Several pictures of steam engines on saw mills

TAKE CARE
The same place hundreds of times before

GETTIN UP SPEED
Planning a show and invite one and all to come visit

W. P. Snyder, Jr. at Marietta Ohio
The arrival of the steamboat brought a boom

PRAIRIE VILLAGE THRESHING SHOW
During the show, three men became Steam engineers

NEW STEAM CLUB AT CORBY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND.
The aim of the society is to collect and preserve disused steam machinery

NEWS RELEASE
The company is an autonomous operating division of its parent corporation

Lost In The Files
A large collection of engines working in the old days

POST CARDS
Makoti Threshing Association

March 1970

COBS FROM ELMER'S
We would only take 2 year subscription renewals

Gettin Up Speed
Mr. Charles G. Dungan has been an engineman for 44 years with New York Central

SOOT IN THE FLUES
Big Bend National Part at Castolon

FLYING SCOTSMAN, and other things.
Steam Express Passenger Locomotives of the British Isle

Iron Man Of The Month
National Threshermen's Association at Wauseon

SUBJECT-GENEALOGY-in a Steam Magazine????
That little ad in your paper changed my whole life

Young People's Page
I was invited to the Rough & Tumble Show

On Sleds
20-horsepower single cylinder portable gasoline engine built by Geiser Manufacturing Company

Threshing The Wheat From The Chaff
Neil Armstrong walking for the first time on the Moon

New Year's Eve, An Aultman And Taylor - Oh What Fun!
Engine owner Billy Hall and his capable throttle artist, Edgar Adams

ATTENTION: Engineers A Matter Of Time and Interest
1969 Florida Steam and Gas Engine Round-Up

THE GOLDEN ROLL
General Works Manager of the Case Works in Racine

STEAM IS NOT DEAD IN CHICAGO
Locomotive 5629 was built by American Locomotive Company

Lost In The Files
Illinois engine at Fred H. Pauls yard in Hillisburg

The Old Days
Machines make work easy

CASEY CHATS
I used it exclusively for threshing in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas

CALDWELL EXPAND LINE
Every dreamer is another IRON MAN

WHAT MAY THIS DEVELOP
Mr. C. Syd Matthews, founder of the Reeves Historical Society of America

MONARCH ROAD ROLLER
Purchased the roller from the City of Seattle

LOVER OF STEAM
I am a member of the Pioneer Engine Club of Rushville

LOVE LINGERS
Speech on The Age of Steam before Gregg County Historical Society of Longview and Rotary Club of Glade-water

PICTORIAL PAST: 1916 WHEAT WAGONS
We thank The Wenatchee Daily World newspaper

POST CARD
Eastern Shore Threshermen & Collectors Association Show

May 1970

Mr. Reed Visits Pion-era
Iron Man Album magazine has been one of my favorite periodicals

Young People's Page
Live Steam Models

The Ladies Page
African Violet plants and seven freshly potted new ones

Iron Man Of The Month
Spark Plug-Iron Man Ralph Ary

THE GOLDEN ROLL
Floyd Clymer was a truly remarkable man with unbounded energy

BUTTERFIELD STEAM & GAS ENGINE SHOW
The Butterfield Threshermen's Association held its third annual Steam and Gas Engine Show

REPORT OF ANNUAL REUNION OF TRI-STATE HISTORICAL STEAM ENGINE
Dean Redd had both of his Keystone machines in operation

Locomotive Pulls Down Trestle
Canadian National Railway

Threshing The Wheat From The Chaff
Indiana side of Union City

Why, Why, do old engineers come back every year?
Midwest Old Settler's Reunion at Mt. Pleasant

STUMPTOWN STEAM THRESHERS CLUB, INC.
7th Annual Reunion

THE LAST OF THE GIANTS
Holly Vertical Triple Expansion Steam Engines

BERRYVILLE SHOW REPORT FOR 1969
The Shenandoah Valley Steam and Gas Engine Association

SUBJECT -32 HP. SIMPLE REEVES
My father did some traveling service work for Huber

PART OF MY FAMILY
My father owned 64 different steam engines in his life

Soot in the Flues
Power Plant Engineering and Railroad Locomotive Maintenance

Irene
Locomotives of Pennsylvania Railroads

Cobs From Elemer's
Second Class mailing

Post Card
North Central Illinois Steam Power Show held at Kings

Miscellaneous
In 1921-1922 I graduated to the straw stack

July 1970

IRENE
The First Class mailing list

EARLENE
Hi Ladies

SOOT IN THE FLUE
The larger jungle animals

Didn't Know It Could Be So Much Fun
The steam engine shows

Young People's Page
The Early American Steam Engine Society Show

Iron Man Of The Month
Evolution in the manufacture of Case engines

Threshing The Wheat From The Chaff
National Council of Churches magazine

Informative Letter
Thresher Manufacturing Company

THE STEAM SHOW ANTIQUE ACRES 1969
Horse drawn farm machinery

Memories Are Kept Alive At Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
The Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Reunion

Montgomery People Stage 29th Annual Event
The twenty-ninth National Steam Threshing

Comments
Records show regular company

GOLDEN ROLL
The rolling hill country of East Central Missouri

POST CARD
Alexander Enterprises of Kansas City

September 1970

EARLENE
Replacing us at the reunions

SOOT IN THE FLUES
Compare a Reunion to the modern Rock Festivals

My Iron-Man Friend
Rough & Tumble Steam Shows held at the Arthur S. Young

The Ladies Page
Here were Bobolinks, Cardinals, Cowbirds, Goldfinches, Red-headed Woodpeckers

THE GOLDEN ROLL
Organizers of the Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers

Iron Man Of The Month
Old Time Threshers & Sawmillers

The Pride of Battle Creek
The year the first World War ended

Lost In The Files
Iron-Men Album

Wonderful To Remember
Geiser Manufacturing Company of Waynesboro

Threshing Time
Minnesota Giant chain drive return flue engine

NOTE TO MEMBERS
REEVES HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

THE COMPANY MACHINE
Huron engine and a Red River Special separator

THE ASHCRAFT
Steam shows in the Ohio region

1969 WEST COAST REPORT
Earley Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association

Threshing The Wheat From The Chaff
Reading Iron Man Albums isn't loafing

WE GAVE 1970 A PROPER WELCOME
Rare Bass Whistle with a bell of rectangular cross section

Phew!
Running a steam engine was a lot of hard work

Report of Rock River Thresheree, Inc.
Labor Day Week-end show

POST CARD
Northwest Pennsylvania Steam Engine and Old Equipment Association

November 1970

COBS FROM ELMER'S CORN CRIB FREE
Articles and stories have been wonderful

EARLENE The school Marm Says
So nice seeing old friends again

Gettin Up With Speed TRENE
Have details of English engines

SOOT IN THE FLUES
The Williams Grove Show

RELIVING THE DISTANT PAST WITH TODAY'S FASCINATION
Advance-Rumely Traction Engine

Iron Man Of The Month
The seasons first fire-up

Show Report- Berryville, Virginia
Steam and Gas Engine Associations annual show

A Sad Soliloquy
An old retired steam locomotive

The Ladies Page
Country echo

Threshing The Wheat From The Chaff
The message of a Christian Savior hold

Young People's Page
The first of several technical articles

SHOW REPORT
South Carolina's first show

Second Show
Central Floridas 2nd Annual Steam and Gas Show

VALVES
The rotary part of the valve

FARMER'S 'MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES' Steam Threshers Fascinate Visitors
Steamers were really something

He's 'Hooked' on Old Steam Tractors
The annual Midwest Old Settlers

Swayer Massey Man
Engine and boiler are in excellent condition

THE WHISTLE ARTISTE
Welcome more information and would indeed

THE GOLDEN ROLL
In Tribute To Those We've Known

CUSTOMERS INCLUDE A SULTAN Place for Old Car Parts
The Victor Head Gasket company

The Explosion In Noel
The tremendous power of that explosion

Let's Keep 'Em Puffing
System in cleaning boilers for possibly

HOW TO SET A SLIDE VALVE IN A HURRY
An opportunity occurs to remove

POST CARD
Steam traction engine manufacturer