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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
3
Poem fragment from The Living Age echoes dream of music and wonder. Imagery of night, heaven, and gleaming stapes of dream unfolds as the speaker feels a meteor like splendor opening the gates of heaven. John Payne credits.
Ezra Shaw and Philip Westbrook survive a flash flood at Tehachapi with their wagon and horses swept into a treacherous river bed. Shaw recalls a two year old flood warning as they race a torrent, cut free a tangled horse rope, and swim for shore amid drifting debris. Westbrook makes the perilous crossing, and both men reach dry ground after a harrowing escape. Youth's Companion credits the grim canyon test and Shaw's long desert experience.
A packing firm executive confronts a bogus year’s revenue claim, alarmed by apparent mis management. The silent partner plans action while the head of the packing lease mentions an investigating committee as tension rises.
The remark notes Sheffield likely employs more steel workers than any other city. Buay Shemeld remarks on the scale of the steel industry in Sheffield, highlighting its prominence and intensity of employment.
A garbled OCR fragment references a New York Herald remark on syndicate Miller, a Dallas News line about a woman throwing to hit, a Mount Vernon visit by M. Witte noting a young ash as a tree of peace, and a Kaosis City Journal quip on “Peace, to, his ashes.”
In all states except Alabama Georgia Kentucky Louisiana South Carolina Vermont Virginia and West Virginia the governor’s inauguration date is in January. West Virginia alone sticks to March for the inauguration in the nation.
An American tourist’s automobile trip through Austria Hungary last summer yields a snapshot of local character from signs in German Magyar Italian Slavonian and Turkish. He notes no single preference among the languages and observes a diverse linguistic scene across signboards.
An essay muses that a modern giant battleship could wipe out fleets in a Trafalgar style engagement and leave Nelson’s tactics far behind in the age of extended range guns. The tale contrasts hand to hand fighting with long distance firepower and laments unlikely naval revolutions. Two patent medicine firms sue an Eastern magazine for libel over alleged forged testimonials.
A Seattle jury awards the dog owner $10,000 after a man sued for injuries from a dog bite. The defense argued provocation, saying the dog acted within rights when provoked. The ruling notes similar cases and cites a frog biting verdict from Portland as an odd parallel.
The New York Sun condemns onfield fouls like trampling, strikes, and rough tactics used to disable opponents. It argues students ignore such acts when for "our" team and urges President Roosevelt to influence college players to see brutality as others do, potentially ending real football brutality.
The article surveys decades of French pension schemes from 1850 to 1893, detailing deposits limits, annuities, and government stock support. It lists branches, aging care institutions, free and paid facilities, and charges for various homes, hospitals, and charitable foundations in urban and rural areas.
The item describes Fremont unfurling a flag at the Rocky Mountains in 1841 on the way to California and notes a Seattle- period flag tied to Mrs Fremont. It then reports a Baltimore druggist case about two missing pills from a bottle of quinine and ends with a London Work snippet about middle aged romance replacing youth as a social focus.
A collage of snippets from various papers shows humorous exchanges and misheard lines. It ranges from playful banter about poems and football to political jests and a dancer of headlines, capturing a lively if fractured snapshot of era journalism.
Boston Transcript reports officers aboard the United States Fruit Company's steamer Admiral Sampson suffered fog eye, a fog induced eye irritation, during a long voyage from Jamaican ports to Long Wharf. Captain Liggins aided by crew reported eye discomfort from heavy fog and heat.
Four Track News argues that every village along a railroad line should post signs near stations listing the town name and its historical, residential, and industrial claims. Travelers often wonder about a town seen from the train and its purpose, and while railroads promote attractions, towns could add bulletin boards of facts for enlightenment.
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