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We have a stock certificate and correspondence (all dated 1908) from the National Corn Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska.  The certificate is signed by G. W. Wattles, President, and T. F. Sturgess, Secretary.  It was purchased by the Independent Telephone Company (of Omaha?).

Their motto was "Prosperity moves on crutches when crops go wrong".  One of the letters has a wonderful print of the Corn Show Mermaid (her "tail" is a corn cob and her cloak is made of husks).  

We would like it to go to a corn or agricultural museum, preferrably in Nebraska, but definitely somewhere corn-related.

Any takers?

Jody Georgeson
Telecommunications History Group
P.O. Box 8719
Denver, CO  80201-8719

(303) 296-1221
jlg0241@aol.com