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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
2
Voice of the People quotes John B.P. McKnight, county attorney of Auburn, Nebr, urging property owners to defend their patch and calling for sheriff cooperation to apprehend trespassers who cross state lines.
Locust Grove news reports a guest day meeting at 2 guest day with attendees from nearby towns. The program featured vocal and choral numbers, readings, and a birthday dinner planned for a husband, with numerous locals listed among hosts and attendees.
The piece notes a large group visiting relatives in Gordon and Omaha over the weekend, with trips to see family in Idaho and Nebraska. It also covers local weather and a broad editorial on advertising, economic concerns, and the role of news media and commerce in daily life.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions various names and terms without clear context. Readable parts reference places and people in a fragmented local news item, but the overall event or purpose remains obscured. No coherent action or outcome can be determined from the legible text.
A fragmentary local item discusses home life ideals and the challenge of making a home simple yet complex. It shifts to municipal gas station rules that bar sales to intoxicated drivers, placing the duty on attendants to report drunken motorists and aiming to reduce drunk driving through civic cooperation.
This fragment lists various sale items and notices from a local paper. Items include furniture for sale from Mrs L Mincer, paint and wallpaper suppliers, and miscellaneous goods. Public notices reference a railroad commission and franchise inquiry for Frewont County, with an invitation to citizens. It also mentions events like a church picnic and a lost item report near Hamburg Iowa.
A fragment reflecting on jury duty evasion by citizens and the impact on justice. It critiques moral fitness and willingness to serve, noting the burden on the system, tax-like costs to society, and calls for civic responsibility amid perceived corruption and distraction.
Fragmentary OCR text shows references to a meeting of a people’s league, a public library rear area gathering, Sunday all-day event at the city park, a noon start, and a signoff by E. Nussmann. additional garbled lines mention moon, a man named Raven, and a supposed manufacturer.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners in Des Moines Iowa set August 26 1936 10 am for hearing on a petition by Town Nebraska Light and Power Company Lincoln Nebraska to construct operate and maintain an electric transmission line across public roads streams and private lands in Fremont and surrounding counties The project includes 6600 yards three phase 11000 volts and 19200 volts single phase lines with routes described across Section 34 28 22 27 14 19 24 3 15 27 34 and town Hamburg Riverton and other townships Objections must be in writing five days before hearing and be represented by counsel in Des Moines Iowa
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