Hamburg Shootings Highlight Local News Letter
Hamburg February report details Will Patton shooting Webber Smith after a drunken row. Smith severely wounded. Patton under arrest. Community urged home paper subscriptions and notes wagons moving goods through streets as Fremont and Atchison County farmers prepare for a record crop season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple
Hamburg
Iowa
Richardson
S. Des Moines
Will Patton
Webber
Smith
Fremont
Atchison County
Special Services at the Catholic Church in Hamburg
A notice describes a series of special services at the Catholic Church in Hamburg next Sunday at 10:30 am and 7 pm with multiple priests including Father Drexler to deliver sermons in German on Tuesday morning. Other visiting clergy listed are Father Randall Father Hanson and Father Quinn, inviting all to attend.
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Catholic Church
Motile
Drexler
Father Randall
Father Hanson
Father Quinn
High Five Party and Local Social Notes
Mrs. Jim Richardson hosted the Round Dozen club with Hallie Vyse taking first prize a bon bon dish and Mrs. Paul Dean second an olive dish. The Schumann Lady Quartette wowed audiences at multiple venues prompting encores and praise. Various friends and locals from Hamburg Sanborn and Harrisburg feature in brief notices along with births and jobs.
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Jim Richardson
Hallie Vyse
Paul Dean
Schumann
Ottumwa Daily
Opera ‘House
Liberty School Report for February 27 1908
Madison township record shows 28 pupils enrolled with 19.8 average daily attendance. Fifteen tardies and seven present without absence mark. Visitors tally 61. Named nonabscente tardy pupils include Leslie Meek Merle Meek Eugene Hess Earl Dovel Floid Crise Clarence Scott Marie Hamann Claude M Scott. Teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty School
Madison Township
Leslie Meek
Merle Meek
Eugene Hess
Earl Dovel
Floid
Crise Clarence Scott
Marie Hamann
Claude M. Scott
Sidney Schools Closed by Epidemic of La Grippe
Sidney schools shut this week due to la grippe. Absences reached 150 on one day last week. Classes will resume next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
la Grippe
Unclaimed Letters and A Dry Hamburg Ahead
Weekly post office list shows uncalled letters for March 6 including Mrs. Alice Russell and Arthur Manning. A drunken shooting incident last Thursday led to a dry Hamburg for the week, easing tensions until the city election restores the usual pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Russell
Geitleoméen
Arthur Manning
Thomas Sellers
G. A. Danforth
P. M
Various Local Notices and Social Items in Hamburg
Household furniture sale on Park Street by Sena Fletcher. Clark Farmer from Shenandoah visited Hamburg. Miss Joe Reich of Alliance Neb., staying with Mrs. D. R. Long. Schumann Lady Quartette at opera house March 11. Scott Wright with Creek Nation crowd. New lockets and jewelry on display by H. G. Burverrreup & Co. N. Van Meter and family moved near Wellsville Kansas. Dr Arnold Jolly back from Birmingham. Mr Padgett of Sidney Sun in town. Mrs T. W. Shoults attended Mrs Nace funeral. John Finnell moved into L. H. Smalley’s rooms. Claude Vyse and family north of town. Bank, Terew, or Sidney visitor Sunday. Will Sheldon of Percival in Hamburg. Mrs H A Noble ill this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Kansas City
Rob’t Thompson
Iles “Middleton
Hamburg
Sidney
B .W
W.S. Jones
James
H. H. Clayton
Nation
Oklahoma
Joe Reich
Alliance, Neb
D. R. Long
Opera House
Nishna River Ditch Proposal Moves Forward At County Board
Mills county officials hear a plan to straighten the Nishna River from Anderson to the state line and then to the mouth. The project would reduce 34.16 miles by river to 17.16 miles by ditch, with costs borne by benefitted landowners and bonds issued repaid over ten years. Atchison county consideration could extend the work six miles to the river mouth. Earl Brown earns a Council Bluffs weigh station job while Marl, Hamburg High School class of 1902, is noted.
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Anderson
Nishna
Board of Supervisors
Atchison County
Earl Brown
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Fast Mail
Chicago
Sogn
Marl
Hamburg High School
Ice-price unchanged this year by D W Philips notice
D W Philips announces ice prices will remain the same as last year. A new girl, Miss Winifred Fortis, arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Lew Nix. Miss Fortis is employed in Connor Bros new store on Evelyn Street. Evelyn Sturgeon has been ill this week. Tyng Libby is out of school due to illness. Dick Hatten was in Sidney on business Tuesday.
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Sidney
Wnodh Lair
D. W. Philips
Mrs. Lew Nix
Winifred Fortis
Connor. Bros
Evelyn Sturgeon
Dick Hatten
Death Notices from Hamburg and Fremont County
Death of Mrs. Euphemia Midaleton Nace born in 1864 in Kenton Ohio and long resident of Hamburg Iowa noted for Christian life and family survivor list. Funeral held at residence by Rev Geo Wood and interment in Hamburg cemetery. Adam J Mortimore dies aged 82 in Hamburg with services at Mt Zion church conducted by Elder Henry Kemp. longtime Fremont County resident remembered as a useful citizen.
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Mary
Euphemia Midaleton
Kenton
Hardin County
Ohio
Nebraska
Tecumseh
Neb
Hamburg
Iowa
Jesus Christ
Methodist Episcopal Church
Adam J. Mortimore
Mt. Zion Church
Madison Township
Henry Kemp
Fire gut Merchants National Bank building in Nebraska City
Saturday morning about 4 30 fire alarm called out men to the Merchants National Bank building. Fire confined to the one building and gutted it. Cause reported as defective hot air furnace. Loss set at 62000 for the structure and 1500 for contents, fully insured.
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Merchants National Bank
Brutal Trainers Raise Outcry Over Horse Abuse in Hamburg
Citizens in Hamburg condemn cruel horse training methods used to break horses for riding. They demand strict enforcement of animal cruelty laws and warn of taking action if abuses continue, signaling potential public disturbance if the practice persists.
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Hamburg
An Evening With Mr and Mrs Frank Griggs in Hamburg
Mr and Mrs Griggs entertained many friends at the D Hunter residence in Hamburg on a Saturday evening. The home was beautifully decorated with palms ferns and carnations. Whist formed the main entertainment and delicious refreshments were served in a nicely decorated dining room featuring a tall vase with a large bouquet of pink and red carnations.
Lillie Found Guilty in Nebraska Murder Case
In David City Nebraska on March 3 the jury convicted Mrs Lena M Lillie of the murder of her husband Harvey Lillie and set life imprisonment as punishment The trial spanned over three weeks and included testimony that she blamed a burglar and faced questions about funds and life insurance The defense plans to seek a new trial and appeal to the supreme court
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Lillie
David City
Neb
Lena M. Lillie
Harvey Lillie
Supreme Court
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Fremont County
Week ending February 28 1903 records show numerous transfers including D F Hardy and wife to J J Driever and others A M German and husband to W Aitkin FC Vaughan to Otte as to property in sections 69 42 and others M E Eaton to JW Chandler and many more including J A McMeeken to J Allely and D F Swiggart to Diesel. Listings cover farms plots and various lots across Hamburg Riverton Randolph and neighboring towns with multiple deeds recorded from builders and residents.
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James H. McDonald
Fremonts County
Fremont County
Sidney
F Hardy
J J Driever
Burt
Hackett
BC Bobbitt
JH Martin
T Chandler
LE Davis
Slamburg
Io G Haning
A Johnson
MG Cole
Hush
Duncan Wi Peng
Jones
A N Dauley
W G Vanderpool
C Pauley
A McMeeken
J Allely
Eaton
Chandler
Hamburg
Jenks
Watts
Riverton
Gow
F Swiggart
ST Mitchell
Manley
LE Hanley
Wingate
Husb
Johnson
Sturgeon
M A Clark
Randolph
Sedan
S Smith
W Kelsey
Gor
CE Perkins
Geyer
Farragut
M Mead
J M Reed Et al
Rt Schofield
WH Carter
Niger
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Chas Thiessen
Frank Gillman
Nishna River
Big Nishna Ditch
Afam Smith
Ith and Family Cof
Liggett’s
Bob Clayton
Bethel Wright
Algo
Wannip
Phelps
Analog
H. G. Burrerrmip & Co
J. F. Baldwin
Amity
Tarpon Springs, Florida
First Baptist Church
Harrisburg
Daily Telegraph
C. N. Bliss
Marshall Town
Marcia Danforth
Mrs
Ed Fugitt
Margaret
Tabor
Mrs. Fugitt
Mrs. Duncan
Rob't Thompson
Mrs. _ Thompson
Kittie Lull
H. S. Vyse
Sanborn
Town
Harrry
Curt. Chapman
Vermillion, S. C
John Morton
Shenandoah World
Orpf
W. T. ‘Davis
Frank, Gillman
Sitney
W.L. “Bogan
Park Street
Sena Fletcher
Washington, D. C
The
Clark Farmer
Shenandoah
Scott Wright
H. G. Burverrreup & Co
N.’ van Meter
Wellsville
Kansas
Arnold Jolly
Birmingham
Alabama
Mr. Padgett
Sidney Sun
T. W. Shoults
Nace
John Finnell
L. H. Smalley
Claude ‘Vyse
Bank
Terew
Our City
Will Sheldon
Percival
Tyng Libby
Nebraska City
Mr. and
Frank Griggs
H. G. Borrininvuon & Ca
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