The Shaggy Brother A Bavarian Hop Harvest Folio
A stark portrait of Spalt area hop harvest years with a printed organ named Sele and queen Cob-Dler Charborigs. The piece notes StrauBinger's periodical as a voice for hop pickers beggars vagabonds and peddlers, describing its staff readers and the vernacular verse included. The tone highlights class sensibilities and regional culture centered around Spalt and its Bavarian hop industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broder Straubinger
Southerte
Spelt
Nurehiberg
Ciermau O
Seo
Sele
Isael
Tau
Bop
Bentil Bfe
Sparse 1906 County Board Audits and Expenses Report
The August 4 1906 Sidney Nebraska board meeting audited and allowed a long list of claims for general and county funds including road and bridge repairs supplies medicals and labor. Notable items include Insanity Board costs equipment and stationery, attorney and assessor fees, and payments to Williamson and Stephens for supplies. warrants to be drawn to cover these costs.
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Barth
Lowe
Leo Osborn
Myrtle Pobth
Wester VoDstowttts
Sabiury County
Phystefian
EL Pritchett
Stevs Muarray
Murray Sidney Oru Co
Vale
Soo
Borgingi
Sfeus
Dunedun
Barrett Seridees Insanity Board
Rob Barret
Clyde Spiatente Lewal Pesistrar Viel Statistics
Woo Geispen Pa Register
Vital Statistics
Lewis DeBriuriier
Baedkeen Labas
Sweet Coal
Afsrawitts
Saleo
Sidney Electric Service Co
Myrtle Polk
Insanity Board
State Journal
Elert
Hamid & Stephens Co
Len Osborn
Pitperineg Court Reon
Psansa Pease
Hadley
Onnithi Peli Co
Fred Lehmbckuld
Board of Feaqualization
tHisa
Oberfedder A
Pauper Foods
James Tooker
Lesitt Neubauer
Huaddings
Sidney Electric
Bribus
Sidney. Neb
R.E. Barrett
Frey
Ateral
Burke
Cliath
Mayared
Charies
Tromiita & Davison
Lawrence
Potter
Shin
Thompson
Gilehast & Haynes
Chaimed
Mustall Ase
Lodgepole & Colton
John Tucherty
Sidney Tau Fred Lindberg
Redington
Court House Hook
IG. Miller
Ates
Cnton Valley & Kale Sd
Himmond & Stephens Co Supe
Phitte Valley News
Petuting
McDaniel
Sterlit
Tho
Kohiaanuelson
UN General Fund
Western Land Co
Chawlas & Son
Indeses
Gus Welker
Diamures
Libby
Brand Vounttiee Dso
M Adutos
Leroy Martin
Sidney Telegraph
Savith
Servy
Murray
W.A. Thompson
Constable Matthews
Jlenry T Doran
Mike Beerline
Gates
Hubor
Haskell
R. BE. Barrkierr
Guaranteed Cure For Piles Patent Medicine Ad
An advertisement touts Paro Ointment as a guaranteed cure for piles with refund if it fails in days. The small print mentions authorized druggists and a price of 40e.
Ancestral Memory and Language Learning Reflections
Excerpts discuss instinctual guard reactions in lonely places drawing from ancestral memory. The piece contrasts savage ancestry with modern language learning via reading, conversation, and writing. Carl Schurz is referenced through his Reminiscences in McClure's.
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Carl Schurz
McClure
Special Reduced Excursion Rates for G A R Encampment
The 40th Annual G A R encampment in Minneapolis in August 1906 prompts extensive travel prep by the Northwestern Line. Round trip tickets and discounted services from Nebraska points to Minneapolis and nearby lakes resorts are offered with limited return dates and extensions upon ticket deposits. Special G A R trains and tourist sleepers from Omaha and Lexington cater to patrons, with rates listed for Grand Island Lexington Kearney Central City and other cities.
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Union Passenger Station
Chicago
Mait
Union Pacific Railroad
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Norryanvestern
St. Paul
Sunuier
Minneaapolis
Grand Island
Lexington
Kearney
Central City
Stromsbury
Columbus
Fremont
Milford
Nebraska
Northwestern
Onaha Union Station
Omnaha
Stromsburg
Omaha
Carrie
Milford St
Union Pacific R. R
SF Miller
AL. G.opl& Poa
C& NW
Ner
Sailors Mutiny Over Pay In 1797 London Incident
A London Telegraph note recalls English sailors striking for higher wages in April 1797. Mutiny aboard the London led to marines firing, resulting in prisoners. An act on May 10 granted increased pay and the king pardoned the mutineers.
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Admiralty
London
Aason
Admiral Colpoys
London Telegraph
Third eyelid spectacle and pale eye rings noted in wildlife
The article explains the third eyelid in birds and mammals and describes the spectacled bear of Chile, Ursus ornatus, with black fur and pale eye rings resembling goggles. It notes the eagle’s limitation in sun gaze and praises the eyelid’s movement compared to human spectacles.
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Chile
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Vision Versus Sight: A Plain Dealer Quip
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quips on language comparing two girls across the street. It jokes that one is a vision of loveliness while the other is merely a sight, highlighting playful word use in everyday speech.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Dim Pant Professor Lectures on Oxygen
A professor explains that oxygen is essential to all animal life and notes its discovery only a century ago. A student asks what life was like before oxygen was discovered, prompting the discussion.
Right Kind of Reading in Catholic Home Companion
The passage extols literature as a powerful influence on destiny and happiness. It credits good reading with drawing genius from hidden places and giving talent a view of the world’s opportunities. It praises literature for consoling sorrow and easing pain, calling it the immortal influence of Athens.
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Maaway
Athens
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Chicago, Milwaukee
Paul
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Nash
Farnam Street
the Shaggy Brother
Omehul
Weinderfils Vage Abords
Bavaria
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne
VIA
Alva B. Cady
R.R
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ath Ahd
Vps
Deerata
C . Diertana
Brleas Sport
Bertdaean Board
Thereunon Wisgurned
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Ornee
G. AR
Northwestern Line
Safilora
Omaha Commercial College
Rohrbough Bros., Propr’s
10Th and
Farnam Sts
Union Ly Laan
Lake Tahoe
Ruckee
Mion
The
Sierras
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