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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1975

Page

5

Dear Genie Editor's Note seeks Linn County ancestry clues

Questions with Iowa connections and 50 words max are published space available. Readers asked about Linn County settlers Sylvester Bort and Lorana Burdick Bort, Aurilla T. Hill and siblings, William H Halley lineage, Jane Oxley relation, Verlee Hale marriage, and other local genealogy notes from Iowa and nearby states.

Genie Linn County Heritage Society Iowa Dear Genie P.O. Box Cedar Rapids Sylvester B Lorana Burdick Bort Linn County Erie County Chicago Clinton Wis Aurilla T James Hill Aurilla John W. Graham Hawkeye William Henry Halley Montgomery County Ind Lavonia Camblin Marion Township Jane Halley John Scott Oxley Halley Bette Oxley Atkinson J Avenue Coronado Calif

Quill Pens Hurt Autographs in Old Collecting

New York AP reports autograph expert Charles Hamilton notes plastic tipped pens improve ink flow, making signatures bolder and neater. He says quills required sharpening, squeaked and could spoil secret writings, suggesting early pens diminished autograph value.

New York Charles Hamilton Hamilton

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