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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
1
Elijah Nelson Parkhurst and Elizabeth Grant Rairdon celebrated fifty years of marriage in Hamburg Indiana with a family gathering. Attendees included their children and grandchildren from nearby towns. gifts featured a five dollar gold piece, a bread cloth coat, and a gold teaspoon, commemorating the milestone amid recollections of Civil War service and lifelong ties to the community.
George Martin longtime Hamburg figure now at Soldiers Home Kansas spent a furlough visiting old haunts and friends this week. He reports C A Danforth Jas Brown Lee Liggett and Mr Swan from the county. Danforth suffered a stroke but remains in generally good health. Swan serves as ticket agent for the local motor car line. Glen Bunker arrived from Coloma South Dakota for treatment after a well digging accident left his great toe broken. he will be housebound for some time.
Miss Mona McLaughlin departed Wednesday for Omaha to begin studies and hospital practice as a practical nurse at the general hospital. She was accompanied by Mrs. Edd Doll and friends wish her success.
A tribute to Johan Van Meter born July 1817 in Virginia and his wife Ethalinda Earl. The couple crossed Indiana and Illinois to settle near Linden, Missouri in 1855, on High Creek. They built a pioneer life, raised five sons and four daughters, and are buried near their Linden home. T. S. Stevens named a Iowa delegate to the National Good Roads convention in Topeka.
The issue lists Honor Roll students by class from high school, naming seniors juniors sophomores and younger pupils across grades with numerous individuals such as Mire Hayden Glen Golden Emma Zach Lea Simons Ralph Stoner Everett McCracken Ben Brower Harvey Halen Simons Edda Putman Glen Robb and many others. It notes a literary society meeting and reports the contest plan for the session as a real success credited to the excellent staff and student participation.
The Hamburg school and students extend support for a January entertainment combining music and literature. A prior midweek performance by Miss McKissick and Miss Shaver drew strong attendance. An Evangelist lecture titled Grit Gumption was well received, and improvements to the superintendent’s office are planned funded by the school board.
The Hamburg evangelistic meetings closed Sunday night after a highly successful run. A voluntary compensation was raised for the evangelist and all expenses paid. Three first timers joined the converts, bringing the total to eighty three. Ernest urged converts to join a church and members to support pastors, as the congregation sang God be with you till we meet again with evident affection.
A lone office visit ends with Dr Jolly's living assistant owl occupying the chair and threatening to gouge and pluck if the patient is in a proper mood, insisting no chloroform or modern treatments. The owl, captured days earlier, is described as a fine specimen.
Rumor spread that Jim Vyse cut the dyke causing floodwater to rise in the Slough and threaten South Hamburg. Investigation showed he opened a dyke between the railroad and the Nishna dyke to release standing water from his property, sending water through a Main Street flume toward the bridge west of town. No damage was observed as the scare eased.
Frank McBride purchases Chris Pauley’s home farm just south of the depot at 175 dollars per acre for forty acres. Pauley, who earlier paid under 60 dollars per acre, plans to emigrate to Neighly Nebraska in the spring.
The Fruit Show in this city next week is expected to be larger and better than anticipated. A large number of exhibits are promised and favorable weather could boost attendance and results.
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