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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
4
A late September House session discusses Shak Yowa and liquor issues, with debate over the highway commission’s handling and a special committee report blasting the commission. Critics accuse mismanagement while others defend the panel amid political tension and procedural clashes.
The Locust Grove Christmas Eve program at Locust Grove Chiven featured recitations and joys, but ended with a fatality as attendees recall the event. Names such as Handley, Barhaya Grove, and MebQoem appear among attendees, with a community vigil and notices about family ties and neighbors.
The report notes test averages with 607 pounds of milk and 27.4 pounds butterfat for November, a decline from October but up from last November. It lists cows producing over certain butterfat thresholds, names Lady Rose and other livestock, and mentions a new separator installed at the Lutheran Children's Home in Stanton.
The neighborhood near Locust Grove bubbles with reunions and visits. Oscar Gruber and kin, Emma Gruber, Paul Gruber and relatives traveled, while Tows visited from Friday to Monday. Many others like Mundus Bangs family, HF Balls in Hamburg, and R L Piersons hosted kin for Christmas and a series of dinners. Eldean Fierson from Tar?no College enjoyed vacation with home folks.
The snippet outlines a Constmas party hosted Wednesday at Mrs Sime Beckstead with prizes, decorations, and a pine tree. It lists attendees including Mrs Gordon Sr and Mr Gordon, plus various families. It mentions future programs, Christmas visits, hospital recoveries, shopping trips, and a stray note about a New York nuisance decree on radios.
The speaker recalls Ernest Torrence and other frontier actors, notes Cruze as a capable director, and muses on screen projects while praising horse racing culture and West vs East croquet play. A rambling reminiscence touches on The Covered Wagon, David Harum, and a famed Lexing ton Kentucky setting.
A fragmented reflection discusses parade culture from cars to horses, noting pollution fears, public attention, and the nostalgic urge to showcase equine sideshows. The speaker jabs at politics and rural life while pitching mock endorsement of “All Purpose” horses.
Fragmentary quote attributes a remark to Dr W H Osgood of the Field Museum praising a fapir as a defenceless animal and contrasting an automobile as a standing joke, yielding an incoherent excerpt about zoology and vehicles.
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