The Old Thresher s steam whistle: Four generations of Dewees
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Midwest Old Threshers set to return this weekend
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The Mark Twain Zephyr was one of the premier trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad when it was put into service on Oct. 25, 1935. Its lustrous stainless-steel design made it clear the shovel-nose locomotive was new and modern.
Named after author Mark Twain, the train ran between Burlington and St. Louis through Hannibal, Missouri, Twain s hometown.
Built by the Budd Co., locomotive No. 9903 was named Injun Joe, the bad guy in Twain s seminal novel, Tom Sawyer. Likewise, the three cars were named after Twain characters: Becky Thatcher, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. The Mark Twain was christened in Hannibal by Twain s granddaughter and final descendant Nina Clemens Gabilowitsch.
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A new business in Burlington is luring people away from their phones and into mysteries of fortune and success that can only be solved by navigating a series of complex clues.
Breakout Burlington, located at 1100 E. Agency St., offers weekend sleuths two adventures from which to choose: Pop Quiz, the objective of which is to find where your teacher has stashed the answers to a pop quiz in a classroom setting, and Last Will, in which your rich, eccentric, long-lost uncle turned his office into a puzzle that, once solved, will lead you to the location of a large inheritance.