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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
1
Fred W Hill publisher of The Reporter enters the Hamburg post office as second class matter.
Subscription rates listed for OWA PF 50 and Fremont area. One year in United States and adjoining counties costs 2.50 dollars, with payment required in advance. The text notes paper stops at expiration of time paid for and mentions a Fremont region rate of 82.00 in unclear formatting.
The Hamburg Fair Association, a young group, plans major improvements this season including stock buildings grandstand space and ground filling. The piece extols Southwestern Town as a hub for fine stock fruit and grain with strong local enthusiasm and educational as well as entertainment aims. It urges community unity to ensure lasting, prosperous fairs and notes the town’s favorable business climate for manufacturing and expansion.
A Mississippi woman loses her shoes to a lightning strike yet her silk stockings remain unscorched. In New Orleans a structural iron worker carries his five month old baby on a fourteenth story girder while a preacher conducts a christening. The piece hints at a fall presidential election looming.
The passage notes memory aids like alarm clocks for election day and observes some people have brains but lack sense. It hints at looming partisan friction between Democrats and Republicans in Ohio amid ongoing scandal columns. Family jars are criticized as unethical in the era of political disarray.
Queen Quality and Mueller Keller chocolates touted as different luxury confections. Loyal Cafee 11 tf noted in association with the premium chocolate display.
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