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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
3
Henry Johnson and Henry Porter quarrel led to a fatal shooting near Hamburg. Porter died from two gunshot wounds after Johnson confessed the revolver was used. Coroner’s inquest noted Porter's wounds, Johnson was jailed in Sidney awaiting grand jury action.
Mr and Mrs Roy Curran their seven year old son three year old daughter and Currans father J M Curran narrowly escaped asphyxiation when coal stove gas leaked at their Shenandoah home. Neighbors were alerted by J M Curran who crawled to a window as physicians treated the four for nearly three hours before they recovered.
Mr and Mrs J D Marvin of Riverton altered plans in Riverton on Wednesday morning. They changed cars for Kansas City and then boarded a train to Long Beach California. Fremont county friends hope they settle joyfully in the distant west.
Shelby Vanscoy, a young man from Creston, was arrested in Omaha the first of the week and returned to Creston. He is held on charges of embezzling 450 dollars from Creston stock buyers, after being entrusted with checks for burying cattle.
The Ehlers farm one mile north of Northbare in Page county was sold in two tracts. One 80 acres brought SE7G pee sere and the other 120 acres sold for 130 dollars per acre. The property was owned by Mr Ehlers for about 43 years.
Christmas exercises and services are reported as well attended with elaborate decorations. Messages mention sermons themed The King Year and The Market Line in windows, with pastor and Epworth League plans. Local residents share holiday greetings, visitors, and community updates from Malvern area churches and families.
Watson residents plan school fundraiser at opera house to buy new schoolhouse while families celebrate Christmas. Rev Burgner visits Worth Missouri and D. Speer seeks treatments for a crippled relative. Local residents attend funerals, repair homes, and host visitors from nearby towns as students enjoy two weeks vacation and a Santa Claus at Mack’s store draws crowds.
Uncle John Camp, in charge on the Asa Mann farm northwest of town, took twelve seven month old hogs to Nebraska City, with the seats shipped at 20 pounds each and sold for seven cents per pound. The report notes uncertainty about age weight and price. Sheriff Don Ryan and Pr. CE Hoover sent GW Sykes to Granada asylum as his health declined after years of paralysis, though his mind failed only this week.
A stream of wedding announcements and family notices from Banbury to Nebraska recounts Christmas ceremonies, reunions, and engagements. Couples Mr Clayton and Mrs Harrington, Mr Thompson and associates, and Miss Mabel Redfield figure among the nuptials, while relatives from Sidney Riverton and Madison Township gather for reunions and farewells.
Visit shifted to a Nebraska office on Tuesday when A G Cleveland and G Cleveland of Subbell called. They recalled Hamburg from around 50 years ago during railroad construction and named James Mann Frank Gillman and Dr Swiigach Me. Mrs Cleveland was also present as they visited longtime friends.
Guy P. Leviatt sold his stake in the Mills County Tribune to Sam R Young and Earle A. Davis at Glenwint. The duo became joint owners with Frank Wil in the paper, all seasoned editors formerly with a Manchester desister. Eastern Stars officers were elected including Charles Hargrave, Clive Lyes, Bess Dantard, Lucy Danforth, Anna Warnstaff, and Frances Bell. A rider reports Fat Clyde Spooner broke both leg bones after falling from a horse while quending the chasivari at Gus Nook's, and Thomas Shannon of College Springs recalled a hog incident where hogs knocked him down.
John Powles of Harlen and Nellie Pace of Glenweau wed at Nellie’s parents home in Glenwood on Wednesday. W. O. Anspach gave a clock to Searge Murrows on Christina day. The clock, about 150 years old, was crafted by F. C. Brewster & Co. of Gris tal Connecticut and has survived through several generations before a recent purchase.
Joe Waters narrowly escaped death Wednesday as he crossed the branch railroad from Payne to Nebraska City. The train slowed suddenly, throwing him about thirty feet. His team of mules dragged along the track for about three hundred yards. one animal was killed and the other badly mangled. Waters escaped serious wounds.
The Sidney Knights of Pythias No 227 announces elected officers for 14913 including Chancellor Commander E A Travis, Vice Chancellor Joe Spittler, Prelate G W together, Master at Arms D W Brown, Keeper of Records Mike Spittler, and other positions such as Master of Finance, Master of Farms, Inside Guardian, Outside Guardian, and trustees.
A serious accident near Feceival site two miles southwest while workers toiled at a saw mill. A man named Lefe Sircl Cape was injured when a lumber piece or tool caused a fatal break in his leg, as a crew of laborers operated a cottonwood lumber saw.
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