Cat With Disturbing Name Returns Home on Call
A Times clipping describes Frank Whipple’s cat named Nigger who recognizes his owner’s voice over the telephone and races home when called. The animal roams the Whipple residence and the express office, sometimes causing a nuisance by walking over papers. Mrs Whipple chanting the name over the phone summons the cat back, which then scampers home on its four black feet.
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Frank Whipple
Wigger
Whipple
Express
Frank
Local farmers prep for season as sheriff candidate camps
The article notes fine weather aiding farmers, Ab Griffin interviewing republican voters as sheriff candidate, and various community updates. It reports on a gun accident involving Allen Foster, health notes from Ames Iowa, a hospital corps addition, and classroom and wedding milestones in Atchison county. It also covers oat yield improvements, teacher exams, and local business notes including Hamburg Canning Co contracts.
Mare loss and local notices from Hamburg Iowa 1908
The week’s Hamburg Iowa items include R F B No 5 O T Athen losing a fine mare to lung fever and Elmer McVey planning a move to Wyoming. Local updates note L N Hoyts and George Cox shelling and delivering corn to Hamburg grain men. Chas Simpson visited Coin and bought a fine team. Funeral attendance by Grandma Beebe and her son for Mrs. Henry Clayton in Shelby Neb. Also list of uncalled letters in Hamburg post office for week ending March 13 1908 with names Mrs E A Cole C L Clemens Charley Sniggs Earl Sniggs Hanibal Tilite E J Tamponi Mathias Bowenkamp and others. letter recipients include G A Danforth W L Kensey and M D. Eye Nose & Throat specialist advertises at 6th and Edmund St Joseph Missouri.
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Elmer McVey
Wyoming
L.N. Hoyts
George Cox
Hamburg
Chas. Simpson
Iowa
Doan’s Kidney Pills Praised by Hamburg Citizen
Samuel O Howard of Hamburg Iowa attests that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieve kidney trouble quickly and tone kidney function. He endorses the remedy as unsurpassed and notes it is sold by all dealers with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York as sole agents in the United States.
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Doan
Hamburg
Samuel O. Howard
South Main St
Dean
Trice
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United Sutter
New Wall Paper at Jas Mann and Son Druggists
Advertisement notes new wallpaper at Jas Mann and Son Druggists and promotes Deans Ointment for skin eruptions with quick relief and lasting cures, priced at fifty cents. Also mentions Burdock Blood Bitters for purification of the blood and claims of improved digestion and liver function. Credit notices urge debtors to settle as the store has gone out of business.
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Jas. Mann &Son Druggists
Geo. C. Thompson
Train schedule fragment listing daily and weekend routes
A clipped rail timetable fragment shows multiple daily and Sunday services with numbers and abbreviations for routes such as No. 27 Pass Daily, No. 91 Ert Daily ex Sun, No. 12 Pass Daily, and No. 98 Frt Da ex Sun. Times range from early morning to evening across East and West directions, including B and Q lines.
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Pasa
Pass
Dailyex Sun
Vasa
Sun
East
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Madge Piper
Vera Antrim
Ada Jobson
Blanche Williamson
Bulletin
the Bulletin
James Hannon
O. E. Haskins
John Sblevins
Percival
Hamburg Canning Co
E. A. Cole
C. L. Clemens
Charley Sniggs
Earl Sniggs
Hanibal Tilite
E. J. Tamponi
Mathias Bowenkamp
G. A. Danforth
P.M
W.L. Kensey M.D. Eye
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Thad
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