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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
2
A long fragment surveys US political figures and stateside issues, noting Roosevelt's lengthy message to Congress and the nation’s bank and wage tensions. It also reports European unrest and reform, a New York peace conference, and emerging tensions over emigration, employment, and old-age pensions abroad.
The plan proposes young men begin at twenty paying thirteen dollars annually to age sixty, then receive four hundred dollars yearly for life. It argues this beats present life insurance in accumulating wealth.
Ragged OCR text mentions legal violators, Roy Harris with Mrs Dorthy Lee, Onizha and Fayette Mo, Garismas on vacation, Frazier and Miss Annie Biller of Linela Web, guests of William Zick and family. A wife entertained island relatives at a large dinner. Kenney MD Eye Nose & Throat in St Joseph Missouri. Correspondence elicited.
A famed Stradivarius violin once kept in a glass case is found rotting and may not survive many years. The plan proposes removing it annually for a one hour performance by the conservatoire’s host pupil to preserve the instrument. Only once since Paganini’s death has it been touched, by Pablo de Sarasate during a triumphal Italian tour.
A recent Hamburg concert featured a blind sister and two blind brothers performing while a fourth brother studies composition at the Berlin Academy. The sister has a fine soprano voice, one brother accompanied on organ, and the other is a capable cellist. The family hails from Mubiheim.
The text explains Scots legal terms and equivalents for common law concepts. It notes sequestration, writer or law-agent for solicitor, debate for case, assizes for jury, delinquent for wrongdoer, late person for idiot, housebreaking with aggravation for burglary, and author meaning property seller in Scotland rather than writer.
A brief quip contrasts a student’s question about becoming a college president with the witty reply that it happens "by degrees" from Lippincott's. The line captures academic progression humor in a concise exchange.
R F D No 3 notes corn shucking progress with Holmes, Dana, and Gilmore’s son back from Quincy for holidays. Reeves Gottsche and Stanton ready cattle for market while Taylor boys haul corn for 40 cents a bushel. Hamburg hosts Christmas shopping and revival meetings as families carol and visit. Local notices include pox reports, visits, birthdays, and a promotion for Dean’s Regilats and Lee’s Egg Maker. A seed house advert promotes poultry feed.
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