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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
5
The Reporter explains the Christmas week publication pause, thanks readers and staff, notes steady business growth despite the war, and outlines plans for 1918 including more news and special features. It praises foreman Jas A Johnson, reporters, and subscribers while inviting feedback and news from the community.
Ed Coffey sustains injury from a fall last Thursday. He moves with crutches, keeping weight off a high leg during recovery.
Local scene reports W F Knappe and his sons Roger and Ford delivering pie pumpkins as a Christmas gift to the Reporter staff. The pumpkins are valued as cash substitute like Liberty Bonds. The note promises pumpkin pie on future Johnson and Hill homer occasions, pending lard and eng borrowings.
Arrangements with Western Union for teaching telegra phy in schools led to twenty sets of instruments arriving this week. Thirty three youths showed interest and a class of twenty five will have an instructor provided. Hamburg is the smallest town in the middle west to offer this service.
Miss Laura Roe of Chicago spoke at the Red Cross rooms yesterday afternoon. She praised Chicago school efforts and the results they achieve and her remarks are expected to boost the local Red Cross work.
Christmas exercises at the Baptist church drew a large crowd with a splendid program. Santa Claus aided in making the evening enjoyable for children. A similar event at the Evangelical church included Santa and a Christmas tree, delivering a well received program.
George Fort received a navy department service card praising a son in the service. The card notes that a man from his house is serving his country, referring to Wilbur, who has been in the navy for several years.
Grover Cummings now stationed at Camp Cody won the first prize in a recent gun drill contest. The test required a shot every second for seven seconds with 250 entrants. The victory is noted alongside a light remark praising efficiency.
Clyde Spencer of Oelwein Iowa visited over Christmas and, a skilled printer and linotype operator, came in yesterday morning to help out on the linotype, making up part of the time lost for Christmas.
David Holliman of Wellmore Kansas visited Monday with his parents Mr and Mrs Grant Holliman. He is a Hamburg boy whose banking career marks him a rising figure in the state.
Roy Duncan of Needles California arrived in town late this week for a visit. He holds a rising position with the railroad and is noted as always preparing for the next job ahead.
Frank Ryan, a longtime bookkeeper at Farmers Savings Bank, has joined the Army and traveled to DeSmet South Dakota to visit his parents before reporting for duty. This marks his move from civilian banking to military service.
On a Sunday around eleven, Chas nine, Leonard eleven, and Otto fourteen Sharp sons of Mr and Mrs John Sharp were skating near the Missouri River below the Nishna mouth. The ice broke at an air hole and all three, with another boy, fell in. A brother on shore aided by a pole as the boy surfaced again, but their bodies were not recovered. The Sharps previously lost another son at roughly the same spot.
Mrs Charles Reynolds displayed a basket sent by her son Joe from Camp Cody Deming New Mexico The shell of a Mexican anteater forms the basket body with a tail and head handle The shell is lined with red satin and the piece presents a neat appearance Mrs Reynolds expresses pride in the gift
Statements from men who studied crime suggest the worst age for criminal acts is 29. After that age, 21 27 and 45 are also prominent among offenders, with 29 thought to be a peak of mental and physical power leading to greater risk of wrongdoing.
Mat and Mrs James A Johnson and wife visited Farragut for Christmas and noted two carloads of soft coal on the railroad. Local inquiry showed Farragut had ample soft coal to meet needs for weeks, while hard coal remained scarce.
Relatives report son Duane Smalley thriving overseas in your uncle’s service. A government telegram confirms his safe arrival. From Lincoln, he is elected to Sigma Tau national fraternity and joins the Mathematical Society there.
Mr and Mrs H H McAdoo happily host their daughter Marie a member of the Lillian Ringsdorf Concert Company for Christmas. She arrived with Mrs Lillian Ringsdorf and Miss Mary Hall and six other members before the group performs in Northboro next month.
Mr and Mrs Chas Weston awoke Monday to find their six week old son dead in bed. The infant had shown no illness, leaving the parents and community to seek a cause while expressing sympathy.
Albert Murray receives a letter from Clifford Clary stationed at Camp Cody New Mexico. The note shares rabbit hunting, quarantine for measles, chalking weather with sand storms, six hours of drill, hospital cases among comrades, and longing for home. Clary mentions Hamburg Reporter and plans to visit friends if released, and jokes about marriage timing and a missing haircut.
A central Illinois farmhand walked into a bank to buy 500 dollars in liberty bonds with only 16 dollars on hand. He arranged future payments from his farm laborer salary and said he would bear the interest himself if the government runs short. He was denied entry to both army and navy but remains eager to help in the war effort.
Letters from many boys abroad report their safe arrival noted this week. Home folks receive the good news with relief and pride as they read the messages from overseas.
Christmas bells rang and America music filled Hamburg as residents marked the holiday. Miss Laura Roe visiting H F Brumback, a Chicago teacher, is known locally. Fred Hornley and family traveling from Sheridan Wyoming joined R P Natson’s family for the holidays. J R Utterback and daughter Lillian of New Kirk Oklahoma visited Natson relatives. Chas Noblitt and J F Halliday attended Henry Baker’s funeral in Thurman yesterday.
A letter from Cliff Clary to friends around Hamburg describes choosing not to grow a mustache after seeing others, asks about the area, and closes with Christmas and New Year wishes. He notes he will not be there soon and signs as your friend.
A busy Christmas saw numerous dinners and family reunions, with Ruth Notson and family at their home. Mrs. James Spicer’s country gathering. Forsyths hosting Atlantic and Griswold guests. Gottsche family dinner with H. J. Hamann visitors. J. B. Douglas neighbors sharing a festive meal. Noblitt Johnson dinner one day late. and community meals featuring Goose as a highlight, plus Santa at Wint Good home. Families from Sheridan to Bartlett joined the celebrations.
German Evangelical Church led by Rev. Th. Seybold offers Sunday services at 11 and Sunday school at 10. Church of Christ Scient ist in Woodman building hosts 11 o clock services Sundays and 7 30 p m Wednesdays with a reading room open Tuesdays 2 to 4. First Baptist Church under Rev J J Hobbins schedules Bible school 10 and morning worship at 11 with New Year messages and Membership Day on Sunday. No evening sermon indicated.
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