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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
8
Former West Virginia legislator Hon W H Kelbaugh asserts Peruna is a superior medicine and tonic. He claims it cured his stubborn cold and weak system, saving him money after trying other remedies and costly doctors.
Mrs Clara Litterst of Seafield finds relief after a severe cold last fall. She states she took Peruna and steadily improved, enabling her to resume and complete her work.
New York city houses the world largest diamond cross though not officially acknowledged. Its main line traces Maiden Lane with tin foot on Broadway and arms reach Nassau Street. Some 480 men work in diamonds there, more gems than in any other city in the same area.
A compact collage of wry aphorisms on women and society. It jokes about chorus girls as cooks, rainbow gold, travel, life insurance, and famous actresses like Ellen Terry, Sarah Bernhardt, and Patti. It mentions brides in Australia, Eskimo women, Chinese photography, and New York women supporting husbands with a tone of light satire.
An Illinois man reports relief from long standing indigestion after replacing coffee with Postum. He had struggled with stomach and nerve irritation for 20 years, losing meals after coffee, then found relief and better appetite from day one after switching. Endorses Postum Co. claims and recommends the book The Road to Wellville.
MESBERVEY A stove maker and a hatchet were used as weapons in a personal clash between AL Uitermarkt a butcher and PF W Van der Zalm a real estate agent over possession of account books. Uitermarkt suffered a maimed hand from a blow and bruises after a dispute over recovery of the books.
Across Iowa a crowded program unfolds with 5,000 expected at Atlantic for the old settlers reunion. Notable items include Onawa widow Mrs Mary Lamson death and a string of local incidents from Carlisle to Exira. Burglary suspects Allen and Wagner escape custody in Albert Lea.
Davenport sees a violent attack on Alderman at large and physician J A De Armond, brother of Congressman Be Armond of Missouri, by J W Walsh, secretary of Davenport Electric Light and Walsh Bros. After a city council clash over lighting prices, Walsh struck De Armond as he left the hall, knocking him down and bruising his face. bystanders restrained Walsh.
In Council Bluffs Judge Estelle denied a new trial for John Boesen against the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway. The seven-time case, arising from a fall from a car allegedly caused by crew negligence, leaves the verdict for the railway company intact unless reversed by the supreme court. Boesen secured three verdicts totaling 9,156 and three hung juries, with the last verdict against him.
George Goode nough, once pursued for illegal sales of liquor, was found living with a woman in Council Bluffs with his wife Mae Scott in Weston, leading to his immediate arrest on a bigamy charge. He previously operated in Iowa Falls and was connected to liquor bootlegging.
Postmaster Hazleton received plans for the proposed post office building addition after a visit by the government architect. Congress appropriated 70 000 dollars for the project. The design calls for the expansion to the west of the current structure.
Fire at Daggett & Sons barn in Ottumwa raged from an unknown source in a hay mow. The blaze consumed an entire block of livery, feed and sale barns with estimated losses around 75000 dollars.
RIPPEY The First Baptist church building was struck by lightning and burned to the ground during a heavy rain and electrical storm. STUART Eben Whittum about 60 years old, staying with his brother five miles southwest of town, took his own life by cutting his throat with a razor. no reason is known.
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