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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
6
A fragment recalls Georges Yo Kelcey from Cleveland describing a scene with a veteran named Artomas. He recalls fastened toothpicks, roaches, and washing him, noting the roach problem moved him as he helped. The tale ends with the veteran’s lasting frustration at his home.
A fragmentary excerpt discusses a prediction of death within a year, then shifts to home laundering tips. It emphasizes starch as essential for stiffening textiles and promotes Defiance Starch as improving the appearance of laundered goods. The text reflects period tone and practical household guidance.
Sir John Broad bent in an address to students foresees a utopian era where infectious diseases like influenza, pneumonia, measles, and scarlet fever fade due to sanitary reforms, reduced overcrowding, and changed social habits. He jokes about kissing and notes advances in domestic starch formulations.
The Troy Record argues that every great nation and state should invest heavily in its capitol or city hall. It asserts that major cities, as miniature commonwealths, deserve noble capitals where municipal business concerns all citizens.
King George III encounters Ellen Slocum Debora Slocum and Sir Charles Seton at Windsor as the Carringtons’ tangled England after a continental revolution unfolds. A duel, a failed escape, and a confession reveal Lord Carrington’s disobedience, strike a royal audience, and set the course for pardons and plans.
Baltimore mourners face an unusual advertising blast as two new undertakers tout $75 funerals. Billboards display oversized coffins with bold claims of best service and low prices, promising modern parlors and private chapels with no extra charges. آثار
London scientist Frederick Hovenden claims to photograph etheric waves of heat and electricity. He demonstrates visible ether in tobacco smoke, and shows air appears coal black under strong illumination. He enlarges and observes black molecular structure in air issuing from a glass box.
A Panama contractor scolds lazy workers by offering a simple tool to the laziest man. Fifty nine step up, but one stays back claiming he is too lazy to move forward.
A fragmented clipping rails against lack of cheap artistic pottery despite resources of enterprising firms. It notes shopkeepers demand extra payment for art and urges popularizing art. The page also includes odd ads for guns and traps, furs and hides, tobacco, and a Peoria factory mention.
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