Richest strikes reported in Rutabaga gulch mining tale
Pioneer Times notes a mining push in Rutabaga Gulch as the Pennsylvania mining company digs a sylvanite vein worth about $150 per ton. Two hundred acres are described with seventeen feet drilled. $30,000 in treasury funds support ongoing prospecting. Stakeholders claim Colorado’s sylvanite districts set a new benchmark.
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Pennsylvania
Vania
Rutabaga Gulch
Wilson Company
Sylvanite
Colorado
Hamburg Youth Ring In The New Year With Fireworks
In Hamburg the young people rang bells for an hour and set off firecrackers to usher in the new year. The crowd celebrated with happiness and good cheer and hoped for a joyful year ahead for all citizens.
Whist Club Evening Adorns Green and Gold Theme
A Whist Club gathering featured sixteen couples with decorated rooms in green and club colors. After games, Mrs. Jones offered scalloped oysters wafers coffee ice cream and cake as B. W. Jones and wife were praised as ideal entertainers.
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Antonne
Resignations and New Management in Hamburg Firms
On January 1 Lawrence Griffin resigned as manager of Standard Oil Hamburg distributing agency and was succeeded by Oscar Jones, brother of B. W. Jones. Griffin plans to run his mother's farm in Locust Grove township. Last week Hamburg business circles reported important transactions. Mrs H H Carpenter bought S P Newland and Co interests and will run the store as H H Carpenter at the same location.
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Lawrence Griffin
Standard Oil Co
Hamburg
Oscar Jones
B. W. Jones
Lawrence
Locust Grove Township
Tansch
H. H. Carpenter
S. P. Newland
S. P. Newland & Co
Notice Corrects Sale Date for Peter Gingrich
Printer error corrected for a sale advertisement. The correct date is January 14, 1908, not January 14, 1902. The ad cites misprints and notes New Year’s Day confusion.
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Peter Gingrich
District Quarterly Meeting At Free Methodist Church
The Free Methodist Church hosts a district quarterly meeting January 8 to 11 with visiting ministers from abroad in attendance. All are cordially invited to attend these meetings. B Sama, Pastor.
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Free Methodist Church
Sama
Marriage at Washington Street Home in 1908
Miss Mae Queen of Hamburg and J. H. Spicer of Sherandoah wed at the home of A. P. Allen on Washington Street Thursday evening January 1, 1908, with James Yowell officiating.
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Washington
Mae Queen
Hamburg
J. H. Spicer
Sherandoah
James Yowell
Modern Woodmen Camp No 1020 Meets With Speaking
Nishad Valley Camp No 1020 held a meeting with about fifty members present. Before 9 PM Royal Neighbors were invited in and Neighbor Joseph Stephens of Cason spoke for over an hour on re adjustment, highlighting Modern Woodmen as the world’s largest fraternal insurance order with about 700000 members and 100000 more policies than New York Life. Three candidates were initiated after the talk.
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Nishad Valley
Joseph. Stephens
Cason
Woodmen’ S Order
New York Life Insurance Company
Stephens
Millionaire Senator's Daughter-in-Law Dies in Butte
Mrs. W A Clark Jr daughter in law of Senator Clark and mother of the so called million dollar baby died today in Butte Montana after illness since December 1 the child is alive and well Mable Foster before marriage she and her pioneer parents were prominent in Butte The wedding in 1901 was a major event with diamonds valued at or near a million dollars the senator vowed a million for his first grandson.
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Butta
Mont
W. A. Clark, Jr
Clark
Paris
Miss Hellie Cross Celebrates Fifteenth Birthday Anniversary
Miss Hellie Cross entertained twenty friends at her Bluff Street home on New Year’s night to mark her fifteenth birthday anniversary. The evening featured music and games including ping pong and crokinole, with Delmonico cream and cake and prizes for game winners. Guests stayed late and offered birthday wishes.
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Hellie Cross
Bluff Street
Helen Hammond
Helen
Local Notes From Hamburg Area Social Roundup
Sunday visits and weekly updates feature residents of Shenandoah Thurman Omaha Red Oak and Hamburg. Notables include Mrs Henry Wright Miss Lillian Loveland Miss Pearl Rees and Miss Helen Hammond among others with sickness travel and social events, a K P lodge initiation and a New Year gathering shaping the community pulse.
Market Report from A. G. Brower Co. Weekly Update
Furnished and corrected weekly by South Hamburg grocery and produce merchants. The report lists butter eggs and poultry prices with references to young fowl and hens. A garbled OCR segment includes odd spellings and incomplete items such as turkeys and other produce.
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A. G. Brower Co
South Hamburg
Fish Pond Social Netted Funds for Sunday School
A Fish Pond Social and watch meeting was held at Charles Nobletts Wednesday night by two Christain Sunday school classes. About 75 attended. Oysters coffee and cake were served and a nice little sum was netted for the Sunday school and a pleasant evening was spent.
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Charles Noblettt
Christain
Public Installation of Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors
A public installation for the Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors will take place at the Odd Fellows hall on Thursday January 8. A program will be presented and a cordial invitation is extended to all.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Hamburg New Year Observances and Local Notices
Residents of Hamburg recall the passing of 1902 and arrival of 1903 with church bells and fireworks. Local brief notes mention lost money, post office hours, and visits from residents of Shenandoah, Lincoln, and Nebraska. Additional items cover births, illnesses, social visits, and business moves including M. A. Travis relocating his second hand store and stove repairs offered nearby.
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M. A. Travis
Redshaw
E Street
Visit by Bred Jones Reveals Local Employment Change
Bred Jones visited his brother B W Jr last Sunday. Fred now works at Shenandoah with the grocery firm McMahill Marsh, indicating a local personnel update.
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Jones
Fred
Shenandoah
McMahill & Marsh
Opera house announcement and social notes from Hamburg
Community items report Illness of Doc Stoner and new telephone poles east of town. Various social events include High Mass attendance, a cereal mill company night shift, visits by G M Waterman, local entertainment by Mr Huron, theatre notes for June 10, and a Ping Pong club gathering.
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Huron
Des Moines
Opera House
Conner Bros Lease Hamburg Store for General Goods
Conner Bros of 0lessa Missouri lease the room now occupied by H H Carpenter and will open February 1st with a general store selling dry goods boots shoes and groceries. The firm is described as enterprising and they are welcomed to Hamburg business circles.
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Conner Bros
Real Estate Transfers and Local Notices in Hamburg
Real estate transfers list numerous lots and parcels in Hamburg with buyer and seller names including Derr, Luren, Kish, Simons, Brown, Bagley, Bankston, Runyon, and others. Local social items note visits, parties, weddings planned for January and early 1908 events at the Opera House with Metopolitan Concert Company and the Boy Tramp performance.
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James
HW. McDonald
Fremont
Fremont County
Stoney, Towa
S$ J Jacobs
Alto
AP Brown
DOLE
Simons
P Brown
A P Brown
Judd
Laniwad
Hiatt
Sidney
M Marbour
Bagley
Kempton
Bankston
Holmes
J W Shunick
Runyon
HE Hawley
Aistrope
Mgr. McKissidk
W.H. Evans
Red Oak
Hamburg
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Henry. Wright
Thurman
M. R. Fletcher
Griggs .Gels
Wright
Marcia Holmes
A. Sh. Holmes Eg
Chicago
Charles Wyatt
Mrs. Freely Clayton
Guy Vyse
Scarlet
Maud Birkby
Nebraska City
Frank Davis
Lillian Loveland
Omaha
Sarah Shrode
W. L. Bogan and
Family
Willma Ross
Lola Jones
Chas. Thornton
Ham Birkby
Col. Reeves
Knox
Fred Pauley
Douglas, Neb
Eugene
Cecil ‘Steinmetz
Rock Rapids, Ia
Bogan
la Grippe
Ed. Hecker
Mrs. Hurley
South Dakota
Geo. J. Chandler
Kirkville, Mo
Loveland & Stephens, Sidney’s Clothiers
Edward Harvington
Council Bluffs
Alburt Ford
W. C. Laraway
Rock Port
Alice Taylor
Central House
K.P
Pearl Rees
State Teachers’ Association
Miss Custer
Produce Market Report
Danforth
John Goff
Philips’ ‘County
Kansas
Mrs
Charles Highfield
Mabell Fisher
Lincoln
Héx
Hi Wilcox
Yife
George E. Tullinger
Nebraska
Joseph Simpson
Atchison County
RB. P. S. Notson
Lee Notson
Kidney
John Frede
Watson
Horace Noble
J. P. Fisher
Lineville, In
A. J. Fisher
D. E. Calkins
Maude Cooley
Miss Ferguson
Dr. Hoover
Z. Holtzinger
Charles Holtzinger
A. Mann
Family New Years
J. H. Knoth
James Carter
Jim Bentley
Overland Theater
Doc Stoner
Washington Street
Bulger
Church
G. M. Waterman
Sidney Herald
TO. Morgan
City
Bro. Waterman
Herman Wildberger
Brock, Neb
Mr. Wildberger
Brock
J. A. Richardson
Geo. Barnett
Miss .Vera
Austin Parkhurst
Miss Fleming
Homer Foster
Percivil
Shenandoah Sentinel
Epworth
Methodist Church
Teem Ene
Kansas City
T. W. Shoults and
Retta Hydinger
Argyle Street
J.T. Maxwell
Phelps City, Mo
Edna Iwaisher
Ross and
Gibson
Ada Cox
Clyde Hess
H. A. Simons
Seagler, Neb
A. A. Simons
T. J. Bentley
J. F. Baldwin
Dr. Morrill
Williard James
Metropolitan Concert Company
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