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LENNOX Legacy

As the years pass, businesses come and go with little fanfare. Many small towns once had “hub” businesses that helped support the local area. This is a story about a treasure from one such business in the sleepy little northeast Iowa town of Manly.

When Daniel Darius Knowles and his brother, Delavan, went into partnership in a local general store nearly 120 years ago, it is safe to say that the last thing on their minds was the final disposition of a 16hp Lennox stationary gas engine they used to grind feed for customers. But this

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