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Fireproof safe from 1895 linked to Memler family in Iowa City
An iron safe with a cement concrete lining for fire protection dates from about 1895 and once belonged to John P Memler. He ran a Sharon Center grocery and later a Rochester Avenue store in Iowa City, with two sons and a dairy on Parsons Avenue. The article invites readers with memories of Memler’s Grocery or Dairy to share them.
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Iowa City
Victor Safe and Lock Co
Cincinnati
John P. Memler
Johnson County
Memlers
Parsons Avenue
Rochester
John Memler
Sharon Center
Everett
Elza Means
Rochester Avenue
Memler
Memler Grocery
Everett Means
Dubuque Street
Irving Weber
John
Johnson County Historical Society