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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
7
Mrs. W. L. Bogan was on the sick list this week. Mrs. Ida Strong is having a siege of typhoid fever. Sylvester Evinger spent over Sunday with his family. Mrs. O. Bristow transacted business in Watson Friday.
Roy Wikoff visited Sidney in the latter part of the week. Frank Cowden of Riverton and Charley Holtzinger with family spent time in the city. Numerous others including Miss Nora Zack, Mrs. Danforth, Mrs. Catlett, Miss Golda Beam, and many more were listed as visiting relatives, travelling, or planning stays in nearby towns and cities.
G M Privett had business in St Joseph Friday. Rolla Bogus and wife spent Sunday in the city. Roy Pierce left Monday for a trip to Black Hills South Dakota. Mrs Bettie Frazer visited daughter Mrs Julius Zack and family at Riverton. Fred Johnson and family and Rev J S Rooker attended a basket dinner at Cox Chapel. Dr E P Brownfield left Sunday for a visit in Ottumwa. Lew Rees and wife plan a Colorado resort trip for a week or more. Arch Claiborne visit returns to Clarksdale Missouri. Charley McKissick and wives moved from Phelps addition east of the Methodist church. Rev A B Adams and wife left to spend two weeks at Colfax chautauqua. Local farming news notes delayed Route 3, hot weather and rainfall to aid crops. Town folks trading in Hamburg, threshing mishap with Henry Grayton corrected by expert repair. Kingery busy threshing for Swiggart, Butler and Gotsche after equipment repairs. Harrison Gwinn hauling corn. millet sawn. fall planting plans and sowing wheat discussed. Joe Bush trip to Nebraska. Haddock of Kansas City inspecting Holmes and Hall place. Charley Golden hauling alfalfa bay to Hamburg. Win Batey hauling corn. Dick Brown catches large catfish in Hamburg. John Dean transports fish north last week. Late corn growing well with prospects of a good crop.
The piece asserts that harsh athletics cannot win the heavenly race and true progress comes from concentrating on Christ. It suggests God withholds strength to push reliance on His power and warns that morally compromised fundraising harms manhood. It emphasizes self-control as essential to guiding others and that disappointments may redirect toward divine purpose.
The column lists church activities including Sunday School at 10 am and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 pm, notes on maintaining interest, and memory verses for learners. It also recounts a humorous family-uncle-grandfather anecdote from a French marriage, plus local social updates on residents, chautauqua guests, and a heat-related illness.
A bold woman visits a famous savings bank and answers all questions about her life while refusing to open an account. She corners the clerk with pointed inquiries about the bank's leadership and scandals, then exits after learning the cashier is a Sunday school superintendent.
Cal Lindsley took his mother to Hamburg to visit James Claibourn, a Civil War comrade. Depot and coal house paint job completed, the town credits the crew for enhancing appearance. Post office notice lists uncalled letters and local residents, with notices of sale or trade offers and a boxed inquiry for a two cylinder touring car trade.
Daily and Friday schedules listed for several routes including No 27 Pass daily 35 a 02 No 2 and No 28 Pass No 91 Fri Daily ex Sun 2 30 p m South No 20 Pass Daily No 26 No 22 No 93 Fri Da ex Sun 7s C G amp QQ East No 12 Pass Daily No 90 Fri Da ex West No 5 Pass Daily 755 a m No 93 Fri Da ex Sun 2 20 p m Mtn 7 58 a m Bl
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