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Letter, I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1905, July 7

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Handwritten letter, 7 pages, from I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, "Yours of 24-38 red on 29th. Your cipher was easy (after I had the key). You look for something difficult in nine do you not?"
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Letter, I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1905, July 7
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Handwritten letter, 7 pages, from I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, "Yours of 24-38 red on 29th. Your cipher was easy (after I had the key). You look for something difficult in nine do you not?"
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[1905, July 7]

But to return to the tiger beetles.
Will you be so kind as to inform me
what you are going to do with “nearly
three hundred” of one species? I can’t
see what you want with so many unless
you want to use them for the intestines
for a pie or a mattress. Of course I
understand that you want them for
exchange but do the “cranks” collect
them by the hundred?

This is a great country for birds
and if I had the time I could do some
nice work here. Mockingbirds are not
infrequent and Ark. Kingbirds are quite
numerous. Bobwhites are abundant. I
saw at least six upon fence posts yester-
day when driving out in the country. I
stopped my team and watched one calling
from a post less than 100 ft away from
me. He raised his crest and puffed his
feathers out until he looked as big as
a prairie chicken and then he stuck
his bill in the air, opened it, and said
“Bob, bobwhite” as fine as you please.

By the way - what do you know
date
7/7/1905
subject
Shoemaker, Frank H., 1875-1948
tablecontents/boxes/folders
Box 6
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RG 32-13-01
isPartOf/Collection
Frank H. Shoemaker, Papers and Photographs
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Frank Shoemaker
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
language
English
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Frank Shoemaker Correspondence - RG32-13-01
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Letter, I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1905, July 7
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Handwritten letter, 7 pages, from I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, "Yours of 24-38 red on 29th. Your cipher was easy (after I had the key). You look for something difficult in nine do you not?"Letter, I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1905, July 7