Hamburgers and townsfolk visit Hamburg area notes
Ed Doyle and Dene W. BE from Shenandoah are in town visiting friends. Numerous locals and visitors pass through Sidney, Thurman, Farragut, and Omaha. News includes births, illnesses, travel to Oklahoma and Nebraska, new housing plans, and upcoming monuments. The Iowa Official Register 1909-10 arrives. Ted Hawkins returns to business. Wirt Reid ill but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Doyle
Dene W. BE
Graft of
Shenandoah
Nemaba
Neb
R. W. Hawkins
Lesee
Ted
Hamburg
Noted Officer Moore and a Faded Fare Story
A Kansas cavalry lieutenant colonel, Horace L. Moore, famed for endurance and humor, leads a tale of a snail joke during a march. The piece pivots to a playful anecdote about a conductor and a penny mix up during fares, then shifts to a quixotic contrarian piece on ditching kitchens for tablet meals. It closes with a long list of jurors summoned and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace L. Moore
Lincoln
Moore
Tam
Conscientious Workman at Navy Yard
At the Union League of Philadelphia veteran shipbuilder Charles H. Cramp recalls a skilled caulker named Brown. Brown, from a three generation Cramp employe family, refused to draw pay for days not worked, saying he would not rob the government and only earned wages for work days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union League of Philadelphia
Charles H. Cramp
Brown
Gramp
Mavy Yard
Cramps
Navy Yard
Why the Kettle Sings While Water Boils
The bubbling water starts with tiny bubbles forming at the kettle's bottom and rising to the surface. As heat increases, bubbles form higher and burst more rapidly, creating hundreds of bursts that produce the kettle’s singing sound.
Pens of Price and Famous Pens in Historic Sales
A Dundee Advertiser report surveys antique writing instruments sold at auctions. Dickens’s pen fetched £19 10s at Sotheby’s, while Boz’s worn gold pen sold for over £40. Other notable items include Wellington’s 1844 letter quill at 544 guineas, Sir Walter Scott’s pen with Abbotsford connection, and a George Washington lens box fragment pen linked to Lincoln. The piece notes prized pens tied to Empress Eugenie and the 1856 Treaty of Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Messrs. Sotheby's
Boz
Dalhousie
Wellington
Queen Victoria
Sir Walter Scott
Lord Dalhousie
Scott
Abbotsford
Isaac Reed
New York
George Washington
Lincoln
Eugenie
Paris
Dundee Advertiser
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Populaire
Germano Batiste
Taffeta Oriental
Organdie
Versailles
Licesa
Batiste
Staples
Jay Leeka of
Thurman
Dr. Hoover
Dr. Lovelady
Sidney
C. W. Sturgeon
Ralph Loveland
Rob Andrews
Langdon
Nebraska
Roscoe “Case
Cox Chaple
Robi. Hendcroff
Dr. Stewart of
Farragut
Our City
Mrs. A. Mann
S. Finnell Sr
Pansie Russel
Effie Brown
Riverton
W. F Ford
Council Bluffs
Jobo Jones
Oklahoma
Gutherie
Harry Guyer
Percival
Don Fisher
CG. G. Fisher
Julien
Harvey Travis
Cbss
Edgerton
H. E Hawley
R. E. Hawley
Nebraska City
C. Holtzinger
Ren
Mrs Griffin
Thors
Mrs. Rander
Argyle
Thos. Simmons
Rev. Adams
Malvern
Portland
Ore
H. Smith
Carpenter Farm
Wing Farm
H. G. Butterfield
J. Vogel
Columbus
John Bruce
Omaha
J. R. Hayward
Frank Kerner
W. A
Ramson
St. Joseph, Mo
W. A. Travis
Iowa
W.s. James
H and
Argyle Street
Fine Farm
Thompson & Thompson
Kansas City Journal
Kansas City Times
Browning
Emerson
John Proctor
Bert Pippitt
J.M. Smith
W. A. Matthews
John Adamson
B.D. Pippett
Randolph
Odell Ruse
Tabor
F. M. Hiatt
Isaac Scott
J. H. Moore
Bartlett
Harry Gore
Mustard
Wm. Finley
J. B. Clayton
Fred Bell
Jesse Hummel
Imogene
Joe Rogers
Imogen
Geo
Magel
Wm. Harless
W. G. Snow
Thorman
Albert Stull
Shenandoats Chas
Swanson
Hihott
M. M. Roberts
Noy Fleming
Frank Bell
Melvin
Ewall
Don Ryan
Monroe
McPaul
W. A. Yates
Farragt
Fisher
J. L. Irwin
Sidney D. OW. Phillips
Hambere
Franklin
Thos
Duncan
Greane
Gee
Gilmore
Washington
S. T
Rhode
Riverside
Geo. Gudgel
T. J. Monagan
Hemton
Davis
Prairie
Chas
Rorebeck
Alex Bootten
Thomas
Emer
Swift’s Pride
China
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