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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
2
A satirical bulletin mocks high living costs and taxation while commenting on Clemenceau potential presidency, Lloyd George, and Lansing. It ridicules prohibition, fashion trends, and postwar woes, notes rising food costs, inflation, and mentions Paris seeress predictions for 1920. It targets income tax, marriage, and the cost of motherhood with sharp, bone-dry wit.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm for nasal congestion and head colds. It promises instant relief by reducing inflamed mucous membranes, opening nostrils, and easing headaches with a fragrant antiseptic cream.
An editorial argues women adopting trousers is rational, noting skirts are cumbersome and health harming. It compares past revolutions like riding breeches and predicts public criticism will fade as comfort and freedom prevail, urging women to embrace the change now.
Arrangements have been made for regular passenger service from Tabor to Malvern. The T. & N. has leased a combination passenger and baggage coach from the Burlington system. The new outfit will run on the branch to connect with the Burlington main line.
The Fairfax Forum reports that a Mr. Schooler of the Fairfax neighborhood recently killed seven foxes and sent their carcasses to a local disposal site, drawing scrutiny over hunting ethics and animal welfare.
The document questions a gentleman’s claim of sending seven fox carcasses to Marshalltown for furs. It notes the foxes were captured last spring as young animals, kept in a pen, then killed recently for seven pelts, and doubts the pelts ever left the area or were sent for tanning.
Mary and her mother discuss how the ads and classified columns reveal news about locals, lost and found items, help wanted notices, household tips, and farming implements, noting ads drive the paper’s finances and inform readers. The father adds editors rely on ads to pay for the paper beyond subscriptions.
A passage argues that a newspaper survives through cooperation among publishers readers and advertisers. It mentions Aunt Emily Lucas canceling her subscription due to the paper’s new size and notes the editor’s continued operation as a shared enterprise with the publisher as manager for all involved.
Ed F Rankin held a mule sale last Thursday that proved highly successful with totals reaching 20743 dollars. The average price was over 300 dollars per mule, topped by Joe Whalen at 450 dollars for a single animal. Homer Browning of Fairfax bought a span for 700 dollars and C H Whitlow of Tarkia bought another at 725 dollars.
The United Public Health Service warns against bootleg liquor containing wood alcohol and poisons with death or blindness risks from a single swallow. A health booster urges residents to walk daily to improve health, while a local dealer promotes new talking machine records and invites selection.
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