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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
6
Miss Helen Bailor won the Hamburg Beauty Pageant with Vir ginia Edgerton second and Bary Louise Aller tied for third. The issue reports sports, births, deaths, a fatal police shooting, storm disruption, funeral services, and planned building projects.
A column reports a variety of incidents and happenings. Jim Ace, a visitor, recounted seeing rare “sassafras dog” creatures in the region. William Jennlis broke his arm after a stairs fall, and Malcolm Doiel damaged a collar bone during a Farmer Burns demonstration. Kiwanis members hosted a large picnic at the Alden home, with about 150 attendees. Allyn Heal sustained a head and spinal injury diving at a quarry. Geo Aulsizer died in San Antonio, his daughter Mrs C B Doyle present at home. he was 92. Mike Wiederhalt, 70, died near Chayoone and Hamburg. funeral planned on the family lot. A fire damaged a Maxwell car near the post office. minor damage. Mrs Alpha Shelton was killed in a collision on the Rockport Hamburg road.
Farragut crews began a week long project to apply oil and gravel to streets in the northeast section. Work progressed with gravel overlay on Main Street area and the loading zone near Public Service and Marragiy Qyop Bluyat covered by the time of reporting.
The Mayaville Journal notes Mastadon Toott and Lyle Weung visiting with a fossilized tooth believed to come from a mastodon, found by Lie Inti Charles Woody of Wentheyoy. The tooth weighs eight pounds and fourteen years, and the boys plan to return to the site to search for more bones of the predator.
John TL Lewis visits Mystic Iowa recalling early singing days. The Missouri statute updates restrict who can perform marriages shifting to trained ministers and judges at courts of record, with probate judges and justices of the peace barred until January 1st. News from the Clorinda Herald Journal notes these new laws take effect July 1st under the state constitution.
Crowding fire crews rushed through the town Sunday evening as residents watched closures. McCarty’s bank and local officials coordinated to keep bystanders from following fire apparatus, while authorities urged calm and order.
More than 1000 residents joined the community sing event in Athiliy lant on Wednesday night. Organizers say preliminary plans are in place for a follow up Atlantic event with support from local leaders.
A garbled mix notes sparrow control in chicken houses and mentions the second largest state capitol in Indiana. It cites about 2,200 daily newspapers, Delaware circulars, and fibers like wool, hemp, and sisal. References include U S sea alfalfa seed, tin and copper production, and various livestock, with scattered notes on fashion, farming, stamps, and English Channel geography.
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