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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
2
The Hamburg Reporter records local happenings from Otoe County. Nebraska City visitors staged a show. two men drunkenly tried driving a buggy and were jailed after fines. Marriages, injuries from bicycle and machine accidents, a car theft report, and a list of births and social notes follow. Public notices include theater bookings for the Colonia Theatre.
Bwaniee Diaonds base ball team journeyed to Alchikon to face the Saat Atchison Generals in a tense tournament game. Hamburg’s Charley pitched for Hamburg and McVoy twirled for Atchison as the Generals won amid four Diamonds errors. Late runs by Hamburg could not overcome the early two-run rally, final score of the contest read as above.
Attending Republican Governors Conference in St Louis are numerous state leaders. Names such as Walter Goodland Dwight Green and others across Wisconsin Nebraska Delaware Vermont Montana Oregon Idaho Missouri Colorado Maine New York Ohio New Jersey Connecticut Kentucky New Hampshire Pennsylvania Minnesota Michigan and more are shown in attendance. The list includes deputy and party figures with dates and places noted.
Round the Bluff column reports Mrs Gia Hutton and Mrs Bob Herron visiting relatives in Hamburg and San Diego letters from a shipmate to the Gardners, weekend visits by Jennie Gordon Moe Clara Brower and baby to Mrs Frank Zurzly, Frank Brown family, Oscar Crandal employed at Tambury canning factory, and Shenmnndogh visitors noted among scattered names.
Payne column notes social visits and dinners across Vallay Ferm and nearby towns. Mrs. Raymond Benson hosts at Conrad with several neighbors attending. many entries list family visits, weekend trips to Colorado, and hospital/home life. A long chain of names includes Nixon, Gordon, Bray, Marsh, and Mattweiler among others.
Classified list of items for sale including furniture like dining room sets and radios, plus several Wanted ads for a small house and a capable woman. Mentions Ray Lytle, Rev. A. E. Hollingshead, and Conlan & As fe building Kansas City. Includes prices for a Philco yard radio and a Corona typewriter, and references to melons and farm supplies.
The Legion Auxiliary hosts a rummage sale at the Burns building on Aug 85 and 26 to aid rehabilitation for hospitalized days. Donations welcomed via Mollie Catlett in Hamburg Iowa. Albert Shields advertises farm listings in western Iowa and northwest Missouri with contact details for sellers.
A Wartime style ad urges residents to donate old cars batteries radiators and machinery to support the war effort. Contact Bellz the junk man in Hamburg Iowa by calling 60 for pickup and recycling.
An advertisement touts a permanent wave kit named Charm-Kurl with complete equipment, 40 curlers and shampoo. It pledges harmless use, cites praise from Fx McKenzie and other stars, offers a money back guarantee, and credits Gehler Drug Cozs as the seller.
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