A Letter From Oregon Tells of Travels in the Coast States
Readers receive a letter dated December 14, 1907 from Oregon describing a coastal journey. It notes Seattle’s size and activity, travel via Portland to Drain, then north for a few months, and mentions rainy weather, local names, and anecdotes about residents, a Star elected officer slate, a mayor’s report on mail volume, and a hospital of winter duties in Hamburg and surrounding towns.
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West
Seattle
Oregon
Portland
Siap
Church notices invite all to special services and revival
The church announces Evangelistic services continuing next Sunday with morning and evening sermons. Rev Highfield will lead meetings at his residence Saturday at 10 oclock. Bible school at 10 am, Christian endeavor at 6:30 pm, prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 pm. Pastor S Isaac Elder invites all to attend as souls welfare is stressed.
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Preach Association
Call
Highfield
Booker
S. Isaac Eider
SacoBie Walla
Bessie Ivds
B.Y. Piu
Hamburg Mercantile Co to Reopen after Wright Sale
The local shop Wright sold his stock last week to the Hamburg Mercantile Co. The new firm will operate under that name, be stocked and enlarged, and patrons are urged to support them. Mr. Wright and family plan to move to St Joseph for their future home.
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Aldeal
H. the- Wright
Wwiets
Hamburg
Mercantile, Co
Resolutions honoring a deceased Mason and brother
A Masonic lodge adopts resolutions mourning the loss of a departed brother Bantley. They commend his Masonry, express sympathy to his relatives, vow thirty days of mourning, and authorize forwarding a copy to the family and journal insertion. W. S. Liggett F.M. Stow OL Hunter Com.
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Ay. Bantley
W. S. Liggett
F .M. Stow
Hunter
Com
Wher Righteousness Prevails in Davenport Seaport
A local meeting urged immediate enforcement of new laws amid saloonkeepers voting unanimously to act. The Des Moines Chronicle notes Davenport’s mood shifts with the money market rebound and industrial stability, while the Wisenberger family joins Hamburg, and Sid Fowler returns to lead the KC section as R. McBride & Co. handles coal deliveries.
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Davenport
Funeral of Kate French Dies at 35
Kate French aged 35 died after illness in Los Angeles following a grip and rapid sinking. telegrams announced her death Thursday. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 PM at the Methodist church, with interment in Hamburg cemetery. She had lived with sisters in Mississippi and Nebraska City, Nebraska.
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Ari Quan
Los Angeles
Jette
Hamburg
Kate Frenchr
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Card Of Thanks And Local Notices From Hamburg Area
A card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy after a bereavement of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mann and family. Notes on Mrs. Samuel Jacobs’s funeral in Hamburg, Rev Highfield presiding, and neighbors Jacobs and Ives once lived nearby. Evangalists Barrafer conclude two week series at Baptist church. church raise $100. Kansas City GOP convention not chosen for size. Local holiday visit from Will Laraway, O. P. Colon’s 77th birthday party and gifts. Coal from BR McBride & Co offered at $5 per ton delivered. Miss Fannie Bell works in Hamburg Mercantile Co. dry goods.
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Samuel Jacobs
Eves
Argyle Street
Highfield
Presbyterian Church
Jacobs
Ives
Hamburg
Barrafer
Baptist ¢ Church
Hauburg & People
O. P. Colon
BR. McBride & Co
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Henry
John Wesley
Cora
Ove
Mr. Kelley
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Frank Brown
Brown
Sam Smiths
Oxidge
Thomas Slack
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Aload
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F. McBride & Co
Danforth
Chicago
Vena Toedt
Madison
Uthakota
Will- Garstot
Watson
Finnell ‘Farm
Church of Christ
Baptist Church
A. K. Williams
Travis
Nous
Tpaniveaches Wee Co
Jas. Spicers
Orth Main Street
Harve
Wright
Uié
Apologse
Pislarvequet
Will
Senate
Dévie Jacobs
Joe
Seaport
Mat Wisenberger
High Créek
Fesix
Duture Sevonde
Re‘porter
Wisenberger
Ho Harriman
Sid Fowler
Kate French
W. E. Mann
Kansas City
Will Laraway
Mr. Williams
Leonard Cummings
Paro
Cummings
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